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TB-A — Quest vs. Voyage & Return

Tag: Tiebreaker: The Road Question

Brittamus holds up 2 case files. "The road your story walks — does it end when the destination is reached, or does it end when the traveller comes home?"

• [QST — 2pts] Quest L'ove Quixote — The destination is everything. Getting there is the story. What happens after is a different story, for another day.

• [VOY — 2pts] Prodigal Gulliver — Getting there is only half of it. Coming back — changed, burdened, wiser — is where the story actually lives.

TB-B — Rebirth vs. Tragedy

Tag: Tiebreaker: The Wound Question

"The wound at the centre of your story," Brittamus says quietly. "Does it stay open — or does something cauterise it?"

• [TRG — 2pts] Tragedy, the Dorian — It stays open. The story is about the wound, not the healing. The protagonist may grieve it, rail against it, be destroyed by it — but transformation is not on the table.

• [REB — 2pts] Jean Valjean Re'birth — Something — however improbably, however painfully — seals it. Not perfectly. But enough. The protagonist is different on the other side. That difference is the whole point.

TB-C — Comedy vs. Rags to Riches

Tag: Tiebreaker: The Tone Question

"Let's be direct," says Brittamus. "Is your story funny?"

• [COM — 2pts] The Divine Puck of Comedy — Yes. Not frivolously — but structurally. The comedy is load-bearing. Remove the humour and the story collapses into something that no longer knows what it is.

• [RAG — 2pts] Cinder Fella B. Rich — Not particularly. It may have warmth, or wit, but the story is fundamentally earnest about its protagonist's struggle. The underdog arc is not played for laughs.

TB-D — Monster vs. Rebirth (a frequent tie)

Tag: Tiebreaker: The Opposition Question

"The thing your protagonist faces," Brittamus says, folding her hands. "Is it out there — or in here?"

• [MON — 2pts] Overbaron le Monster — It is out there. The primary threat is external. The protagonist's internal journey is real, but it is in service of the external confrontation, not the other way around.

• [REB — 2pts] Jean Valjean Re'birth — It is in here. The primary obstacle is the protagonist's own calcified self. Whatever external events occur, they are catalysts for an internal transformation that is the real story.

TB-E — Monster vs. Quest (another common tie)

Tag: Tiebreaker: The Direction Question

"Your protagonist is moving toward something," Brittamus says. "But are they chasing — or are they charging?"

• [QST — 2pts] Quest L'ove Quixote — Chasing. There is a prize, a destination, a thing to be reached — and the journey is defined by the goal, even when the goal recedes.

• [MON — 2pts] Overbaron le Monster — Charging. There is a threat to be neutralised, and the protagonist is closing distance with it. The story is not oriented toward acquisition — it is oriented toward confrontation.

Subplot Archetype: Rebellion

Rowdy Rebellion does not wait to be introduced. She announces herself by the shape of the argument she enters, the angle of her stance against the prevailing wind. The system is always present in your story — vast, structural, self-reinforcing — and your primary MC (who holds the spotlight) pushes back against it at considerable personal cost, because the alternative is a kind of death they've already decided not to accept.

The Rebellion Subplot Archetype gives your story its political texture, its sense that the stakes are not merely personal but systemic. Your primary MC's individual struggle is legible as a version of a larger conflict — and whether they win, lose, or find something more complicated than either, the story insists that the push back mattered.

Rowdy's story rarely ends cleanly. But it ends honestly. And that, as it turns out, is worth considerably more.

1. Defined Centers: Sacral, Throat, Root

   • Sacral (Defined): Sustainable life force, work/creativity/sexual energy, “I can keep going.”

   • Throat (Defined): Consistent expression/impact, your voice is a key part of your design.

   • Root (Defined): Consistent pressure to act, deadlines, adrenaline; you’re built to handle stress in a particular way.

2. Undefined/Open Centers: Head, Ajna, G, Heart/Ego, Spleen, Solar Plexus

   • What it means to amplify or take in others’ energy in these centers.

   • Head/Ajna open: mental pressure, overthinking, taking on questions that aren’t yours.

   • G open: fluid sense of identity, environment and people deeply affect you.

   • Heart/Ego open: proving yourself, self‑worth, over‑promising.

   • Spleen open: holding onto things/people/jobs out of fear.

   • Solar Plexus open: emotional empathy, conflict avoidance, wanting to keep the peace.