/lit/ - Literature

>>22600110
Doesn't have to be a macguffin, but was trying to make them be one of the drivers of conflict
Problem is if I can't find a silver lining for it, I keep defaulting to these horribly debilitating conditions that devolve into misery porn (largely in part from looking up too many fairytales)
I'm a sucker for brands too and honestly, I've been thinking about just yanking the curse from FF13 of all things - get branded with a vague vision of what you must do in a vaguer sense of a time, success or failure just determines how miserable your death is
Always thought it was such a macabre concept that didn't get its do justice