What makes your story different from anything you've seen anywhere else?

Leyelle 2023-12-29 15:54:52 UTC #1

My romance stars a paralyzed male lead and a First Nations female lead. I've rarely seen romances starring disabled people, and I'd definitely love to see more of them, nor have I ever seen a First Nations lead.

(Art by Mariel Leister)

Aeneas1 2023-12-29 15:56:46 UTC #2

It doesn’t have any major human characters in it. That’s because I was so damned sick of seeing humans in worlds it wouldn’t make sense for them to be in, and so my world is populated by all sorts of bizarre creatures of varying degrees of sentience.

braincell4rent 2023-12-29 16:18:29 UTC #3

Mine is a queer retelling of Frankenstein, in which I tried my best to turn into a somewhat wholesome romance (if you can call it wholesome when there is still so much drama around the whole plot)

Also, one of my characters is ace (I had to mention it because I usually have a hard time to find asexual protagonists in the things I read)

2DLenzy 2023-12-29 16:40:44 UTC #4

Chicken religion. And there's two vastly different perspectives centered around the secret life--and ~~slaughter~~ death of chickens...Features a lot of cocks and males...gonna balance that demo out hopefully...

KevinReijnders 2023-12-29 16:52:49 UTC #5

While I don't think Trespasser is super unique in premise or execution, it is widly different from the stories I have made in the past!

Before I would make stories about powerful men, chasin down mystical powers. A clash of on divine being against the other. Stories seeping of political intrigue and master manipulators making their way to the top.

Trespasser is none of those things. It's a story about an impulsive girl who just wants to go on adventures with her best friend. With Trespasser I've also come to focus more on the relationship between my main characters and a lot less on fighting against a big bad. I'm also actively writing a romantic subplot within Trespasser, something I avoided like the plague before

Funny enough, even the original animated short the comic is based on was an excersise in breaking the mold. That will be the legacy of Trespasser to me personally, trying to do the opposite of my usual M.O.

Read it here:

faisalhussein394 2023-12-29 16:57:43 UTC #6

My comic is based on fantasy-inspired Arabic Culture, Mythology, and historical events. For those who love lore, world-building, and exposition dumps, can find a lot of it in my comic. There are battle scenes on a much larger scale.

BoomerZ 2023-12-29 17:17:45 UTC #7

I'm trying very hard to make my world populated by real people and how real people would react to the situations they are put in. Things have consequences. Actions taken effect things down the line. They talk like people talk. The only fantastic element is the supernatural world that lies beneath the surface. Everything else is normal.

ArtGremlin 2023-12-29 17:27:02 UTC #8

Well, my novel is written from the perspective of the main character writing it. This means everything he tells you is only what he is willing to tell you at the time, and more can be revealed later.

And as for my comic, I’ve been told that the way I’ve used very short slice-of-life pages to tell my story with next to no context is very unique, but done very well. I hadn’t realized I was doing this. I think I designed my comic to accommodate my limited attention span…

Leyelle 2023-12-29 17:30:36 UTC #9

That's definitely something i've never seen before, i'd love more fantasy inspired by cultures other than European and East asian ones.

ArtGremlin 2023-12-29 17:30:47 UTC #10

One of the most crazy unique ideas I’ve ever seen here. I love it.

Leyelle 2023-12-29 17:32:55 UTC #11

wow, yeah, just yeah

romeopeppe 2023-12-29 18:22:49 UTC #12

Nothing. 208 pages for free.
https://m.tapas.io/series/DMG-Damage-/info.

warden 2023-12-29 18:50:45 UTC #13

Well, I hope that POWER-HUNGRY. can be one of those stories that sends a message, while also not holding back on speaking on tougher topics. I want it to really challenge the ‘morally gray’ character archetype, and make ppl question the value of ‘power’ in society today. In short, it’s ‘different’ in how it’s portrayed and how it spreads a message in the most unfiltered way possible.

Summary: Former, infamous criminal Kira Taylors life turns upside down when a forced agreement with the police puts her up to the task of solving a huge phenomenon that's slowly corrupting people on an island. Now, it’s a race against time as she tries to find her way out, and a way to the ‘man that made her lose everything.’

Prologue Link: http://m.tapas.io/episode/2997666

MK_Wizard 2023-12-29 19:22:41 UTC #14

Despite how it looks, it's not a cutesy story with your traditional light-good and dark-bad. Everything nuanced and complicated.

sleepykuya 2023-12-29 19:45:44 UTC #15

Although there’s a lot to improve on regarding storylines plot etc etc I am really proud of the way my Gods are set up—if one is gravely injured and cannot be healed in a ‘normal’ way (medicine, rest, elixirs, you name it) a follower/believer can let the God’s essence (soul) inhabit their body in order to heal themselves.

You see it with my Moon God (whose body is currently holding the Moon Goddess), and his story is being posted right now as we speak! If you’re interested, give them a read.

However, of course, it comes with a catch. Once the God’s done healing, the body of the human can’t handle the power a God holds and they die! (Fun times)

rainwang 2023-12-30 14:06:21 UTC #16

Hi there!! :))

Chasing Grief is a story about a woman who lost her love and is trying to deal with her feelings of loss and grief. She does this by going through life, death, and everything in between to get answers to her questions, and maybe reconcile with her heart. This story is in poetry form, so it is full of imagery, emotions, and feelings :)) I hope you like it!!

I think my story is rather different because it's meant to be short and it's written in poetry form. I know there are stories in poetry form out there, but I think in modern literature, most stories are written in prose, and poetries are often about one thing only and a book of poetries would contain a collection of poetries about different stuff, rather than poems that would make one whole story.

AmazementComics 2023-12-30 18:49:16 UTC #17

It’s about four giant talking fruit ninjas. I’ve heard people make comparisons to VeggieTales, but make no mistake, it’s not that at all. It’s got kick butt action while also having a good time:

Kuma 2023-12-30 19:00:06 UTC #18

I put a lot of emphasis into Worldbuilding.

GothickangelStudios 2023-12-30 21:06:18 UTC #19

Ouuuu I'm disabled and Indigenous. So I need to check your story out. I hit a sub.

skidiggy 2023-12-30 22:55:02 UTC #20

I've seen...
"They were roommates."
"They were aliens."
"They all love/hate each other."
"Everyone keeps secrets from everyone else."
"Holy cats, where did that shape-shifter come from?"

...but I haven't seen anything quite like Apparent Secrets, so I wrote it.