The ability to control the plot. Sub-power of Author Authority. Narrative equivalent of Reality Warping/Nigh Omnipotence.
Also Called
- God Modding
- Metahax
- Plot Altering/Manipulation/Warping
Capabilities
The user controls the plot of the story as it goes, be it the setting of the story, whom the plot revolves around, how the plot progresses or the reasoning of the user's world. They can control every decision the characters make and every consequence of those decisions and essentially control the whole timeline of their verse.
Applications (General)
- Causality Manipulation - Manipulated the cause and effects of anything.
- Nigh Omnipotence - For the Near Omnipotent plot is yours to command.
- Nigh Omniscience - Plot-wise.
- Plot Convenience
- Plot Device Techniques - via tropes in storytelling.
- Reality Warping - via plot alterations.
- Narration - Write it down.
- Comic Narration - Make it into comic.
- Vocal Narration - Tell the story.
- Narration - Write it down.
- Stage Manipulation
Applications (Examples)
- Context Manipulation
- Invulnerability - For as long as the user decides to focus on you, you are safe, no matter what the situation.
- Logic Manipulation - Even the most ridiculously impossible feat/situations are achievable, if not easy.
- Luck - No matter the extent of the user's misdeeds, they will always escape retribution.
- Plot Empowerment
- Power Augmentation - Automatically adjust the user's power-level to defeat any opponent they face.
- Power Immunity - Others' powers don't work on the user, without even the need for a reason.
- Self-Power Bestowal - Literally gaining new powers if the plot requires it.
Associations
Limitations
- The power may work subconsciously or consciously.
- The extent of the applications varies between users.
- Coincidence Immunity limits this power.
- May have to follow a plot-structure.
Known Users
- Sarda the Sage (8-bit Theater)
- Erika Aoyama (Anime-Gataris)
- Neko-Senpai (Anime-Gataris)
- Cosmic Armor Superman (DC Comics)
- Mandrakk (DC Comics)
- Mister Mxyzptlk (DC Comics)
- Kevin Thorn (Fables)
- The Narrator (George of the Jungle)
- Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)
- Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box)
- The Author (Once Upon a Time)
- Alba (Senyu); temporarily
- Creasion (Senyu)
- Akuto Sai (Demon King Daimao)
- Doug Walker/The Writer (To Boldly Flee)
- Featherine Augustus Aurora (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
- Billy Kaplan/Wiccan (Marvel Comics); as the Demiurge
- God of Stories Loki (Marvel Comics)
- Caliborn (Homestuck)
- Akira Toriyama (Dr. Slump)
- Andrew Hussie (Homestuck)
- Altair (Re:Creators)
- Slender Man (Everyman Hybrid)
- Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)
- Habit (Everyman Hybrid)
Known Objects
- Plot Device (Sheep in the Big City)
Gallery
The Author (Once Upon a Time), with his magic pen, can manipulate the story of anybody to suite his desires.
Alba (Senyu) once tried to alter the plot in order to get out of jail, but his attempt didn't last very long.
After Creasion (Senyu) changed the characters, the plot and the narrator at the same time, events become totally different as the new artstyle showcases.
The Plot Device (Sheep in the Big City) is a machine that sets up and controls the plot of the series.
Featherine Augustus Aurora (Umineko no Naku Koro ni) is a Plot Controller.
Akira Toriyama (Dr. Slump) changes Arale's speech bubble.
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