Text: The storm tosses a truly deep sea mermaid all the way to shore. She grows legs as they all do, but cannot stand the sunlight, and is almost impossible to stop from eating roadkill.
That moment when you find out your character never had parents and was born into this world through magic.
Interesting!
I feel like you can go a couple different ways with this, are you thinking more like are you just “poof-ing” into existence (wish spell)?
OR
Are you an “embodiment” of magic itself?
Either way I’m here for it. I love me a spellcaster.
My character in their first life was created by an Ancient Amethyst Dragon. They are currently in their fourth reincarnation and was created into existence in the same way. This was information given to me by my DM. 😂
I really like fictional couples that actually enjoy spending time with each other. It seems like such a simple, mundane thing. But, often, I see fictional couples who are completely enamored and dramatic and willing to die for each other, which is fine. But like… do they enjoy hanging out? Do they have private jokes and would they be friends even if they weren’t in love? It feels like such a basic thing, but it’s something that I actually don’t see that often. And it feels so refreshing and honest compared to these over-dramatic romeo and juliet-esque romances. Just two people who become good friends and because they enjoy each other’s presence so much it grows into a strong attraction. It feels more real and tangible than two attractive people meeting and “falling in love at first sight” - like, of course, you fell in love at first sight! You’re both supermodels! Sorry, can’t relate.
What is Titan? Titan is my Homebrew DnD 5e Campaign. Everything in it is built from the ground up by myself.
Winyul. The main continent is composed of Scarabae in the West, the Widow’s Wood in the North West and the Quarter Cities in the East. Geest is an island nation.
This Primer. I’ll be imparting all important knowledge of cities and key players in the campaign, so you can have a good understanding of things once I start adding stories from the campaign into the mix. If it inspires you, heck, I’d be thrilled if it helps you have your own campaign in Winyul.
I think it’s really important to talk about how different people have different power fantasies.
For example:
For some people, the idea of someone redeeming a villain is a power fantasy.
For other people, the idea of a villain being defeated is a power fantasy.
And for other people, the idea of a character owning their villainy is a power fantasy.
I would argue a lot of fandom conflicts re: villains come from people being unable to see that their fantasies, which put them in control of a narrative (and all three of these are designed to give the author or reader control of the narrative in different ways) are someone else’s horror stories.
….this explains SO MUCH.
This breakdown works equally well for the Problematic Love Interest.
Saving/Fixing the Problematic Love Interest is absolutely a power fantasy.
So is kicking them to the curb and saying that they are wrong, they were always wrong, and are not your responsibility.
Allowing the Problematic Love Interest to stay messy and flawed (but worthy of love anyway) is a power fantasy too.
Shoutout to characters that are both genuinely deeply kind and also genuinely terrifying and willing to spill buckets worth of blood to get something done. And neither of these are an act, they’re just both very true.
