Top Tips For Clues, Red Herrings, And Breadcrumbs

Or maybe they got in your car and yelled "drive !" cause they're being pursued.

You caught them doing something weird or embarrassing when they thought no one was around and they panic and you thought they were kinda...cute.

" I saw you scratching / spray painting the principal's car "

Meeting them on the street or whatever when they were drunk and hurting from a recent breakup.

You're my annoying little siblings babysitter. Welp, here's some drugs for HBP. You're gonna need it.

Them seeing you do something illegal / embarrassing and now they blackmail you with it to help them with something they need.

Finding them wounded or hurt in an alley.

Finding a poster for a lost pet which is the stray animal you adopted and thought had been abandoned so now you gotta return them to their owner

I was a passerby who saw you doing cool graffiti at a restricted area and the security guard came and now we're both running away like criminals.

I hit your butt / the back of your head thinking you were my best friend or stupid sibling. I'm so sorry.. !!

more specific ways to introduce characters :)))

find them crying at a social setting like party or meeting, and trying to hide from others’ eyes 

have a character stumble in on another character practicing an instrument they play

you know that “oh, look a dog!” that goes to “can i pet it?” to “what’s his name?” meeting with an owner and some random pedestrian on the street? yeah, that. make that for your characters, and if it’s fantasy and you have fantasy creatures, why not replace the dog with a fantasy pet?

 have a prankster/troublemaker kind of character crash (either literally or figuratively) into another character who’s currently in the middle of committing theft, and have them help each other out :D

“i was sent here as an assassin to kill you, but now i have to help you instead because it can benefit me, but that means i have to UGH work with you”

PROMPT LIST

feel free to use this prompt list for anyone :) please use at most three per request

Fluff

Can I kiss you?

How did you not know I liked you? I let you meet my parents!

My friends have a bet to see how long it will take me to ask you out.

All I wanna do is know everything about you.

I can get used to waking up like this.

If you don’t get me ice cream, I’m leaving you for your brother.

Would you mind staying the night?

You’re all I can think about right now.

I’m going to marry you one day.

I’m coming home.

Make breakfast with me.

I’m not meeting your parents when I look like this.

I told my mom/dad about you.

I had a dream that you were my wife/husband.

Why are you crying?

Last time I checked, I am deeply in love with you.

Come dance with me.

Why are you wearing my shirt?

Play [video game] with me.

Stop smacking my ass.

I didn’t trip over my shoelaces. I just fell in love with you again.

Are you jealous?

Wanna go for a drive?

Wanna get some food?

Sorry, I just realized that I might be madly in love with you, but go on.

Angst

What if I lose you?

My biggest fear is not having you anymore.

I know I fucked up.

Please don’t touch me.

I don’t know how to deal with this.

Do you actually love me?

I love you so much that I can’t fucking hate you.

Leave me.

What? Is she so much better than me?

I wish I never met you.

I didn’t sleep with your best friend!

I don’t know how much more of this I can actually deal with.

I know this might be dumb, but can you stay with me?

Do you actually mean that?

Of course, I still love you.

You need to decide. Him or me?

I thought you changed.

If you loved me, then why did you sleep with her?

You hurt. You hurt so bad.

I wish I could stop loving you.

Did your ex hurt you?

I lost it.

I’m not going to hit you.

Please slow down the car.

I’m so scared I’m going to lose you.

Smut:

I think we were too loud last night.

Do you think they can hear us?

Lock the door.

You have the body on an Angel.

Spread your legs for me.

Are you going to be a good girl for me?

Don’t leave too many hickies.

We can’t do this here. Everyone will see us.

Get on your knees.

Your tongue is magic, you know that?

If you get me going, I’m not going to stop.

It’s four a.m.. How are you still horny?

I have never seen you this needy.

Your hot when you’re sweaty.

Do you wanna shower with me?

My legs are shaking.

Do I make you nervous?

I have an extra special present for you.

I still sore from last night.

Those aren’t you’re keys in your pocket is it?

I miss you. Take a bath with me.

Louder.

Damn, you’re wet.

Don’t talk to me when you’re only wearing a towel.

10 Domestic Dialogue Prompts

1. “You’re already late, five more minutes won’t hurt..” 

2. “Hey, did you put my favorite hoodie in the wash?” 

3. “Go get ready for bed, I’ll handle the dishes..” 

4. “You sleep on this couch more than our actual bed! Come on, get up..” 

5. “I swear if you steal my sweater one more time..” 

6. “What do you mean you ‘threw out’ the leftovers?” 

7. “I don’t feel like cooking, how does takeout sound?” 

8. “I have to be dreaming…”

“Oh, shut up..” 

“You actually made breakfast for once?” 

9. “I can’t understand a word you’re saying, babe, finish brushing your teeth first.” 

10. “There’s a bath running already, I know it was a long day for you…” 

Words to replace said, except this actually helps

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO Acknowledged Answered Protested

INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK Added Implored Inquired Insisted Proposed Queried Questioned Recommended Testified

GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY Admitted Apologized Conceded Confessed Professed

FOR SOMEONE ELSE Advised Criticized Suggested

JUST CHECKING Affirmed Agreed Alleged Confirmed

LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed

LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed Moaned

ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT Argued Barked Challenged Cursed Fumed Growled Hissed Roared Swore

SMARTASS Articulated Asserted Assured Avowed Claimed Commanded Cross-examined Demanded Digressed Directed Foretold Instructed Interrupted Predicted Proclaimed Quoted Theorized

ASSHOLE Bellowed Boasted Bragged

NERVOUS TRAINWRECK Babbled Bawled Mumbled Sputtered Stammered Stuttered

SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted

FIRST OFF Began

LASTLY Concluded Concurred

WEAK PUSY Begged Blurted Complained Cried Faltered Fretted

HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved

BRUH, CHILL Cautioned Warned

ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG Chided Contended Corrected Countered Debated Elaborated Objected Ranted Retorted

CHILL SAVAGE Commented Continued Observed Surmised

LISTEN BUDDY Enunciated Explained Elaborated Hinted Implied Lectured Reiterated Recited Reminded Stressed

BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME Confided Offered Urged

FINE Consented Decided

TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS Croaked Lamented Pledged Sobbed Sympathized Wailed Whimpered

JUST SAYING Declared Decreed Mentioned Noted Pointed out Postulated Speculated Stated Told Vouched

WASN’T ME Denied Lied

EVIL SMARTASS Dictated Equivocated Ordered Reprimanded Threatened

BORED Droned Sighed

SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME Echoed Mumbled Murmured Muttered Uttered Whispered

DRAMA QUEEN Exaggerated Panted Pleaded Prayed Preached

OH SHIT Gasped Marveled Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Yelped Yelled

ANNOYED Grumbled Grunted Jeered Quipped Scolded Snapped Snarled Sneered

ANNOYING Nagged

I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER Guessed Ventured

I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled

I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered

OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered

SURPRISE BITCH Revealed

IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted

BITCHY Tattled Taunted Teased

Smut prompts

Never tease me like that again.

I'm bored. Wanna play?

I want to kiss you everywhere.

Can I touch you?

Touch me and you lose.

You look beautiful. But I'm afraid you'd look more gorgeous with that dress off you.

You have no idea how much I want you right now.

I want you so bad...

Ugh,baby, I cant- please...

I can't help but have naughty thoughts when you when look like that.

You know,you make me feel so naughty.

You make such pretty sounds,my love .

How do you feel,baby?" I... feel... good... "

Tell me how it feels. It doesn't hurt does it ?

Are...you ok? Is this pace good enough?

I'm gonna do the type of things that happen in your dreams .

Mmm, so beautiful...

I can't help but wonder how your cute face would look when I finally touch you

You know, how about a little fun before we go to bed?

You're more than just a fling,my love.

Does doing these kind of things make us friends with benefits?

Just friends?! Do your friends make you feel hot and bothered like this? Do they make you moan like this?!

I love your body,baby.Everything you hate about it is what drives me crazy.

I'd love to love you all night,my love.

I love how excited you are .

Right now, I'd love your kisses on anywhere but my lips.

Gosh, why can't I get enough of your body?

I love seeing you so flustered.

You're safe with me,my love . You know I'd never hurt you .

You're so cute when you're nervous.

But baby,I want to play with you ~

See what a mess you've made me ?

I need you...

You like it when I touch you?

I want to make love to you.

It looks like you're ready for me,my love.

Tell me how much do you want me, my love?

I can't help but to be turned on by the sight of you

You don't have to be so shy around me, you know?

Don't tempt me.

I'm gonna do something very crazy but I know you're gonna love it.

You have been waiting long for this, haven't you?

Did I tell you to touch?

I'm going to mark all the parts I love to show you how beautiful you are.

I will never get tired of holding you./ Your body

Would you like to do it again?

Why can't I get enough of you?

We could... do it.

I want to make you feel so good,babe.

You're so beautiful...so,so beautiful...

Come here.

What if I told you I wanted you, right here. Right now?

I'm always in the mood to play,my love

You're mine , understand? Mine!

You know exactly what I want .

I love it when you're naughty like this.

Don't mind me, just enjoying the view.

I want you so badly...

Why are you covering up? I have already seen everything.

Let me show you how much I care about you.

How bad do you want me,my love?

I-I've never done this before so I'm afraid you have to guide me.

You're so adorable. Aww, don't hide your face/ don't cover up.

I-I want you to touch you too. Please remove the cuffs...

It's not going to hurt,is it?

Wet already? I see you're so eager,hm?

Seriously,when are you never horny?

Kneel.

Stop the teasing, please...

No,I'm supposed to make you feel good.

First person to become horny/turned on loses.

Don't you wanna feel good, baby?

Imagine your otp

A: " Kiss me"

B: " Hm, where" They look A up and down. " There are a lot of places I'd love to plant a kiss" They smirk,their eyes dark with desire.

A: closes their eyes, biting their lip. " Everywhere. Just kiss me" ,they whisper.

Disastrous date ideas

Something happens that upsets one of the characters and they come to the date feeling angry/upset/ crying.

One of them confesses that they don't love or have any feelings for the other.

They break up during the date.

Someone else your character likes comes to the same place with their date and your character gets jealous

One of them dumps the other during the date

Friends of your character comes to the same place and tease or watch your characters from another table

Your characters make a reservation but when they arrive they're informed there are no free tables.

One of your character creates a romantic setting and cooks meals but unknown to them, the other dislikes the food or is allergic to it.

One of your characters knocks down a drink and it spills.

One of your character is served meal they hate.

Character finds out something horrible about the other that hurts them.

Chr A unintentionally takes Chr B to their workplace

Another character ruins the date. ( An enemy / ex etc)

Chr A gets a panic attack or traumatic flashback from a triggered memory

Someone who wronged or hurt one of the characters in the past sees them

A fight breaks out between two characters.

Chr A calls B the wrong name.

Characters find something disgusting in their food.

A bird poops on one of the characters

They're attacked by insects.

Chr A takes B to a place they dislike.

Chr A realizes B prefers going out with another person.

Chr A learns something disappointed about B.

A new waiteress mixes their orders or spills their food/ drink on one of them

Characters start arguing and one of them hurts the other's feelings.

The weather is awful the whole time.

Characters arrive at the place of their date only to find out it's closed.

One of the characters is stood up unintentionally.

An ex makes an appearance.

Something one of them eats sets off an allergy.

The whole time, one of them doesn't realize it's supposed to be a date.

Holiday Prompts

Valentine’s Day

A disaster date

A secret admirer

“You really love love, don’t you?”

Person A is a huge grump but is so in love with Person B that they celebrate Valentine’s Day with them

love letters

“This is not the romantic surprise I was expecting”

“Will you be my Valentine….forever”

Person b’s kid gets their first rejection and person a comforts them

Person A is sick and is afraid they ruined their chance with person b

“Eat your heart out”

Halloween

Dressing up as the other person

A halloween fair

“Why are you so good with a knife?”

Family halloween costume

“You’re scared of the graveyard?”

Enchanted

The Monster Mash

“Please tell me that’s fake blood.”

Only two surviors

Turning into your costume

Thanksgiving 

Food fight

Making hand turkey’s

“You don’t eat lasagna on thanksgiving? It’s a staple in my house.”

“The turkey is still cold???”

“I’m gonna find some use for that extra whipped cream.”

Sexual innuendoes all day

Everyone keeps bringing you the same food

Accidental fire

The football game

watching a parade

Christmas

A snowball fight

“Are you eating cookies at 3 am?” “What! If it’s good enough for Santa, it’s good enough for me.”

Spending Christmas at the other’s childhood home

Letters to Santa

A secret Santa

Christmas Eve Traditons

Person A works at a Santa village and Person B takes their kid as an excuse to see them

Working on Christmas

Fake holiday dates turn real

I saw mommy kissing santa clause

New Years

Only one’s without a date at the party

Watching fireworks together

“My New Years Resolution is to kiss you way more often”

“You look like the drunk aunt right now.”

“Who needs a party when we have each other?”

Having sex into the new year

A New Years surprise

Snow angels

“I still have glitter in my bra.”

Your kid says they’ll be able to stay up all night

villain-adjacent tropes i like 

Tragic Villain – completely aware of their evil but takes little to no pleasure from it and could very well resent the evil they are committing

Noble Demon – a character who will proudly declare themselves evil, but still finds themselves doing good once in a while

Reluctant Monster — The Reluctant Monster usually has no idea that they’re a monster at all. They are often a member of a species that traditionally does nasty things to people, but that is not in their own personal nature 

Broken Ace – A character who is handsome, popular, and mature, but it’s a front he’s viciously maintaining to mask the fact that his self-loathing has reached the level of dangerous unbalance

Affably Evil – A villain who is actually amiable and nice in spite of their intentions

Dark Is Not Evil – A character who looks sinister but is actually good.

Defeat as Backstory: A character suffered a defeat sometime before the main events of the story.

Sympathetic Murder Backstory: A character once killed someone, but for sympathetic reasons—still, they carry guilt over it.

Start of Darkness: A prequel about how the villain came to be who they are.

Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Tortured into evilness. A character who undergoes prolonged torture gives up on their ideals and morality and joins Team Evil.

Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: A character is adorable on the outside, but evil on the inside.

Face–Monster Turn: Being forced to turn evil by factors beyond one’s own free will.

Forced into Evil: A character does evil deeds because someone or something else is giving them no other choice.

Tragic Monster: A character is transformed into a dangerous monster and is miserable because of it.

Used to Be a Sweet Kid: A villain or jerk was a lot nicer when they were younger, but something happened that caused them to grow up to be the bad person they are today.

Villainous Breakdown: The villain reacts to defeat by having a psychotic meltdown.

Never Be Hurt Again: fairly common stock motivation, in which characters who have been abused, betrayed, mistreated or otherwise persecuted in the past are acting to make sure that this sort of thing never happens to them again

Driven to Villainy:  A broken shell of a human being, warped by events around them, and forced into villainy by forces outside their control. 

Fallen Hero: used to be a hero

Jerk-to-Nice-Guy Plot: A plot where a character starts off as a Jerkass, but events change him into a Nice Guy.

Misery Builds Character: Having a character go through absolute hell as a way to strengthen them.

Once Done, Never Forgotten: A character has done something in the past that no one will forget — or let them forget.

Forgiven, but Not Forgotten: just because people forgive doesn’t necessarily mean they will move on. They may hear that they are trying to change their ways, but is still not good enough to make them completely happy again. 

Reformed, but Rejected: desire of the character to leave his evil ways in the past is completely genuine — but the hero still refuses to be “fooled.” All he wants is a chance at a normal honest life. It’s getting people to give him that chance that presents a problem.

Reformed, but Not Tamed: Now genuinely on the side of good, but they retain characteristics or methods that they used when they were evil.

all found on tvtropes.com

powerful prompts pt. 2

so i made a list of generic power prompts a while back, and i had a recent inspirational moment, so here we go again! many people sent in wonderful ideas for this, but they were so good and so full of potential for new memes that i’ll revisit them later! as always, with the action memes, please add “REVERSE” to let the receiver know if you want the roles reversed!

ACTION PROMPTS.

[ GLOW ]:     sender’s eyes begin to glow as a result of them preparing to use their powers.

[ BLEED ]:     sender’s nose begins to bleed as a direct result of them using their powers.

[ RADIANT ]:     preparing to use their powers, the sender’s skin begins to glow as they summon their power.

[ KILL ]:     while in full view of the receiver, sender uses their powers to kill someone.

[ SAVE ]:     sender uses their powers to save the receiver’s life from immediate and otherwise inevitable danger.

[ DEFEND ]:     in order to defend themselves from potential harm, the sender prepares to use their powers to fight the receiver.

[ PROTECT ]:     in order to protect the receiver from harm, the sender uses their powers to keep them safe and erase the threat.

[ DISPLAY ]:     sender tentatively displays a small amount of their power to show a curious receiver what they can do.

[ TEACH ]:     sender arrives at receiver’s doorstep to teach them how to use their newly discovered powers.

[ FEAR ]:     sender unleashes their powers in a massive way as a result of feelings of fear.

[ WARNING ]:     as a warning shot to keep the receiver away from them, the sender releases a quick, brief blast of their powers.

[ GRIEF ]:     having recently suffered a massive loss that causes huge feelings of grief, the sender releases a huge wave of their power.

[ RAGE ]:     overcome with sheer anger, sender unleashes their power on a massive, uncontrollable scale in front of the receiver.

[ LOST ]:    sender uses their powers to the point of losing control, unable to stop, forcing the receiver to try and intervene to limit the damage.

[ CALM ]:     witnessing the receiver losing control of their powers, sender frantically calls to them to try and keep them calm and in control.

[ COLLATERAL ]:     while using their powers in a reckless and possibly uncontrolled way, sender accidentally and severely wounds the receiver.

[ DEVASTATION ]:     sender arrives on scene to find the receiver, having recently lost control of their abilities, surrounded by the consequences. ( i.e. telekinetics surrounded by broken objects, pyrokinetics surrounded by scorched buildings etc. )

[ CONSEQUENCE ]:     having just unleashed a massive wave of their powers, sender regains consciousness to discover that the receiver has been fatally wounded as a direct result of their power.

DIALOGUE PROMPTS.

“ you know, it’s really difficult to explain injuries to a doctor when those injuries are caused by literal magic… ”

“ i… i’ve never been able to do that before… ”

“ no, no, uh… something’s wrong. it’s… my powers. my powers are gone. i can’t find them, they’re not… they’re not there anymore. ”

“ you have no idea what i’m capable of! ”

“ i… i’ve hurt people, before. i didn’t mean to. but i did. i lost control, and… i can’t let that happen again. ”

“ you need to lie low for a while. using your powers the way you’ve been using them… people are starting to take notice. ”

“ and why the hell should i be hiding, huh? why should i hide what i can do? it’s time the world knew, perhaps… that there’s gods among them. ”

“ i know about what you can do. i’m not blind, you know. i’m also not an idiot. i’ve known for a long time. ”

“ don’t give me that, okay? great power, great responsibility… it’s a load of bullshit. i never asked for this power, okay? i didn’t want this. i have it, and that’s not my fault. i just wanted a normal life! ”

“ you’ve seen what i can do when i lose control… i can’t let that happen again. “

“ you have powers, too, right? “

“ how long have you had them? how… how have you been able to control your powers so well that nobody knows you have them? “

“ people always expect us to be the heroes, don’t they? i figure it’s wishful thinking. manifestation, right? keep hoping the people who can destroy the world with a snap of their fingers, might just be good enough to want to save it instead… “

“ i heard that you have powers. and… i was hoping, maybe you could teach me how to use mine? “

“ together, if we combine what we can do… we would be unstoppable. “

“ people say they’d give anything to do what we can do. until they can do it, that is. then, they’d give even more to not be able to do it anymore. “

“ what do you mean? what’s wrong with your powers? “

“ i love you. not your powers, not your fame. you. “

“ we… we shouldn’t be together. not after tonight. those men wanted you dead because you know me; we were lucky that i was there to stop them. but… loving me, being with me… it puts a target on your back. and i won’t always be around to protect you. “

“ i don’t know how i’m able to do these things, so how the hell do you expect me to know how to control them?! “

“ don’t start what you can’t finish, kid. i’ve had my powers a lot longer than you have. it would be a very quick fight. “

“ i… i hurt those people? oh my… i could’ve destroyed the whole city if you hadn’t stopped me! “

“ how do i know that i’m in love with you for real? how do i know you’re not using your magic powers to make me think that i love you? “

“ don’t say that. you can’t know that, okay?! how do you know i’m not casting a magic spell on you to make you pretend that you love me? “

“ that’s not all i can do… would you like me to show you more? “