Name: The Princess And The Dragon - Cost: 3 ☐
No matter who or what you're trying to sleep with, the logistics will all work out, somehow. Arbitrary differences in size, biology, temperature, substrate, and underlying physics can be gotten around with sufficient creativity and determination.

Oh that is such a yes holy shit wait does that mean he gets to fuck nonhuman species he did not know he had this kink but in retrospect it sure was predictable huh welp.

Name: GGG - Cost: 4 ☐
Your true love will be willing to try just about anything you suggest in bed, and if you really enjoy it, they'll really enjoy it too.

No.

Name: Before Your Eyes - Cost: 4 ☐
In your presence, people become willing to experiment sexually in ways they normally wouldn't. For some reason this applies especially well to boys kissing each other.

This is clearly some fujoshi shit huh. Don't worry he can be one of the boys kissing boys here, there'll be a lot of that happening if it's up to him. Also no.

Name: Fated Lovers - Cost: 3 ☐
You will meet someone who will go on to become your true love. If you enter a specific universe with a specific target in mind, you'll meet that person under favourable circumstances, and if it doesn't work out with them, this power will keep introducing you to new possibilities until you find someone who's right for you. If you're the sort of person who can have multiple true loves, you'll keep meeting new ones until you have enough.

...

...he shouldn't start crying in the middle of AP Calc. He doesn't know why this is making him feel like crying but it is.

You know what this is, this is too many epiphanies or whatever the fuck. He bets his audience is laughing their ass off about just how many times a single notebook can break him. Well, ha ha to all of you, too. He is not going to give you the satisfaction of crying over this, even though he probably will have to actually think about why this made him want to cry so that he can decide whether he'll take it.

Damnation.

Name: Sorry About That - Cost: 3 ☐
Your true love will be extremely forgiving. Even if you make mistakes or act thoughtlessly toward them, a simple apology will mend things between you. They may expect you to try to improve, but they'll be infinitely patient about how fast that improvement takes place.

Name: Excuse Me - Cost: 5 ☐
(Requires Sorry About That)
All your friends will be just as forgiving as your true love.

Name: Tragic Backstory - Cost: 8 ☐
(Requires Excuse Me)
Something terrible happened to you in your past. Anyone who hears about it immediately forgives you for any and all bad behaviour in the present. They will not expect you to grow or change, and will continue sympathetically excusing whatever you do indefinitely.

Jesus H. Christ my guy do people really want to just be able to do awful shit with impunity like this don't answer that. But like. God.

Name: Sense of Style - Cost: 4 ☐
People who are romantically interested in you will start dressing more to your taste. The more romantically compatible they are, the better they'll be able to guess exactly what to wear to catch your eye.

Sense of Style: will that get people naked. He's not sure there's any clothes that he likes more than naked. Maybe if it's very sexy. Actually there are kinds of sexy that he'd buy over naked (Astolfo) but he's really not sure this power is trying to cater to this particular kink of his.

...hmm.

Name: Bonus Style Points - Cost: 3 ☐
(Requires Sense of Style)
Luck will shine on anyone trying to dress up for you. They'll get their hands on outfits they couldn't normally afford, their clothes will fit better, and in extreme cases they might even find themselves able to change shape, sex, or species—though only in ways that make them more, not less, comfortable in their own skin.

What's next holy shit he can get other people to shapeshift too?????? Okay those two are a yes then hoooly wow.

Name: Popular - Cost: 3 ☐
Wherever you go, you develop a reputation fast. The sort of people who you'd like to have as fans tend to hear about you and be impressed. You may not make an impression on mainstream society at large, but you'll develop a following among the people who best resonate with your style.

Enh.

Name: Famous - Cost: 3 ☐
(Requires Popular.)
Wherever you go, people really take to you. You're the subject of constant gossip and most people have heard of you before you meet them. People you've never met will get crushes on you.

Enhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Name: Undiplomatic Immunity - Cost: 6 ☐
You are above the law. Any crimes you commit will be overlooked by the authorities. Note that, if you do enough crime that you start looking more like an invading army, local governments will still feel free to declare war.

No. Why.

Name: Friends In Low Places - Cost: 3 ☐
You make friends easily among the lowest echelons of society, the underdogs and underworlders. Moving and acting in these circles is intuitive and natural for you.

Name: Friends In High Places - Cost: 3 ☐
You make friends easily at the highest echelons of society, among the rich and powerful. Moving and acting in these circles is intuitive and natural for you.

Name: Friends in Strange Places - Cost: 3 ☐
You make friends easily in small isolated communities, among those who may be scorned by mainstream society for their differences or may just be so obscure that mainstream society mostly hasn't heard of them. Moving and acting in these circles is intuitive and natural for you.

...okay he. He does like these. These are cool. He'll take them.

Aaaand we're at the Drawbacks part! His points total is 71 but that's not counting whatever the modified version of Love Interest will cost plus the Mysterious Allure requirement and the Agree to Agree thing aaaand whatever the fuck just happened in his brain when he read over Fated Lovers.

okay so I'm at Drawbacks, pulse check on modified Love Interest?

I think I can get it to fit together with the modified Planned Parenthood using Incomplete to nudge them both. I'm still working on the changes you asked for to Agree to Agree; I think I'm going to end up needing to construct a whole new option and that's always tricky... I'm pretty sure I can get it to work, though!

Name: Backchannel - Cost: 4 ☐
When you're talking to someone and you think you might not be getting through to each other, you can take a step back, look deep into your heart, and really try to understand where they're coming from, and it will just work and you'll know what they're trying to say and how sincere they are about it and have a good idea of what you should say if you want them to understand you right back.

(I was trying to do something much more ambitious, that made you just be able to communicate with people that easily all the time instead of when you take a moment to try it, but this one is much easier to put together and it also doesn't cost as many points!)

oh but that's wonderful, that's better than what I had thought before any of the vague thoughts I had about it

he writes, then immediately checks that checkbox. 75 points now.

why the name "Backchannel"?

I don't know, it just felt right! Inventing options is very mysterious that way.

huh, interesting

He wonders if there's some reference he's meant to be getting here like "Emerald Orbs" and "Dragon Fairy Elf Witch"? Meh, whatever. On to drawbacks.

Name: Decorative - Grants: +1 ☐
You are unfailingly cute and pretty and feminine at all times, in all circumstances. You cannot wear insufficiently pretty clothes. You cannot make insufficiently pretty noises. You cannot ugly cry.

...oh, oof. He was a little bit confused about what exactly the drawback was until the last sentence and... yeah. Yeah.

Kind of surprising that it's only one point.

Name: Beauty Is A Curse - Grants: +1 ☐
(Requires A Thousand Ships)
No, you don't understand. Beauty IS a curse. People will NOT stop bringing it up. Everyone you meet just has to point out how pretty you are. This will never stop happening. Even the most tactful people find it slipping out subtly, as remarks about the luster of your hair or the depth of your eyes.

His ego is more massive than his dick will be once he gets magic powers so this does not actually sound like a drawback at all.

Name: Plain Jane - Grants: +2 ☐
No matter what you look like, nor how many times people tell you you're beautiful, when you look in the mirror all you see is imperfections. You will never be fully satisfied with your appearance on an instinctive level.

...once again he is surprised by how few points a drawback gives, because this would make him permanently, constantly miserable. He used to not like how he looked and now he does and if he became permanently incapable of ever being satisfied with his looks again he's not sure what he'd do. Honestly it's getting more upsetting the more he thinks about it so instead he will move on to the next drawback.

Name: Style of Sisyphus - Grants: +1 ☐
Anytime you settle on a personal style that works well for you, soon afterward you'll encounter inspiration for another style that you like even better. You might end up cycling between different fashions, or trying to incporporate them all into a single outfit (and then finding another inspiration and having to start all over again).

This honestly sounds kind of fun? Except for the implied mind control, even though he doesn't really have a problem per se with choosing to "mind control himself".

Name: There's Another One - Grants: +3 ☐
You are not the only vessel of the Spirit. You might meet someone else with similar powers to yours; you might even meet more than one. Your susceptibility to one another's powers will be governed by the narrative.

Oh yeah the notebook mentioned this. He probably doesn't want this, especially again given how few points it gives, because he bets other Mary Sues are a lot more cavalier about mind control than he is.

Name: Incomplete - Grants: +5 ☐
About half of people you encounter will be immune to all effects listed under Power of Friendship, and about half of those who remain will see reduced effects. You can do nothing to change this.

There it is. This... honestly doesn't even sound so much like a drawback. Having some people be in his story and some people not be in his story just sounds... pretty alright actually? He's taking it, absolutely. Now what were his Power of Friendship powers again?

...oh, right, that power he's not thinking about for now. That power's there. He will continue not to think about it for now, nope. Let's instead think about the powers he does want, like Love Interest and the requisite Mysterious Allure, which he's checking now and which together with Incomplete bring his total to 76.

Name: Love Interest - Cost: 1 ☐
(Requires A Thousand Ships and Mysterious Allure)
Anyone you fall for will ^(almost) inevitably like you back. They may not necessarily act on their feelings, but the potential will be there.
This power will only work by doing things like filter who you meet and present you in a flattering light and lead people to natural character development. If all that isn't enough, you could end up with an unrequited crush.

Name: Planned Parenthood - Cost: 1 ☐
You can only have children if you actively and specifically want to. Your partners will understand this and not worry too much about it.

those changes are perfect, thank you!

Okay he's still at 6 above maximum and there's that one power he is definitely not taking too to take into account so let's look at more drawbacks.

Name: Green With Envy - Grants: +6 ☐
People are so eager to be your friend that they become bitter and vindictive when denied the opportunity. You can tear apart long-established friend groups if you aren't careful to give everyone equal attention, and sometimes even then. This effect is particularly harsh around people you're dating.

...no. Absolutely not. He is obligate poly and that's hard enough to manage without cosmic forces pushing people into being jealous or so he hears, though he wouldn't know because no one wants to have long-term committed relationships with him let alone two people at once.

Name: You Ruin Them - Grants: +3 ☐
Once someone has dated, slept with, or even shared a deep and longing glance across a room with you, their heart is never fully satisfied with anyone else. Other relationships pale in comparison to what they could have, or imagine they could have, with you.

He... understands that this is some people's narrative kink but good God.

Name: Jilted Lovers - Grants: +4 ☐
When you break up with someone, they become monomaniacally obsessed with getting back together. If you take Realism, this will absolutely escalate to violent stalking.

Yikes??? Also, "Realism", that seems potentially interesting.

Name: The Crazy Train - Grants: +6 ☐
Powers that you should be able to control directly or influence by your mood and preferences (like Dragon Fairy Elf Witch, Emerald Orbs, or What's In A Name) instead answer only to the narrative, which is still using your aesthetics but might not necessarily have your best interests in mind. Combines... interestingly... with Realism.

...once again in the "drawbacks that aren't bad" series...

Okay, to be fair, he can totally imagine situations where he'd hate this but also it's still his aesthetics and the notebook said that stories would be ones he'd have been okay with having been in? He's vaguely tempted to grab this one as a perk instead of a drawback.

Name: They'll Know - Grants: +8 ☐
This drawback lifts the veil that discourages people from realizing how your powers affect the world around them and their own minds. Warning: this knowledge can cause a lot of trouble.

And again, another drawback that seems like a perk!

what's this "veil" the They'll Know drawback mentions?

Normally, the metanarrative tries to make sure that people only notice your powers within the narrative; people with Size Difference aren't noticed shifting height slightly until they shift height dramatically enough for that power to enter the story, and people with mind-affecting powers find that people usually don't notice their minds being affected. That sort of thing.

so given my general preferences about this matter, with no mind-affecting anything, would this just take the form of people not being prevented (via, I presume, coincidence-management and things like that) from putting two and two together about how the narrative tends to bend in my favor?

Yes, that's right!