Writing Prompt De-escalating a conflict

NobleTalon

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Premise: Two characters or groups are about to beat the crap out of each other before any blows are thrown however something happened.

Task: Write a build up to a fight then stop it the most unexpected way possible.

2 Chinese cultivators are facing each other
they start to release their qi
they prepare their body-refining-soul-sunset-immortal-core-formation special move
a Korean mc show up
he is a special player that regressed in the past
and got transported to a wuxia world
thanks to his regression, he knows what each of the cultivators wants
they talk it out peacefully thanks to the Korean mc's mediation
problem resolved
everyone is about to go their way
until a Japanese mc shows up
everyone turn around
and they all gang up on him
the end

lesson n°328 : wanna de-escalate a conflict quickly ? Just give the different protagonists a target all of them hate the same
 

PeacefulMyst

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They disagree with something
They begin fighting
They find a treasure while fighting
They fight for the treasure
They realized the real treasure was the memories they made along the way
Bam
 

BluePheasant

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"Why are you so late? It's past midnight!"
"Don't you fuckin scream at me, biatch!"
"Wha?! Are you drunk, Adrian?"
"Yeah, so? Whatcha gonna do, bitch? Sweet-talk father into blaming every little shit on me again? All you can do is suck his balls anyway."
"I'm still your mother, Adrian. Mind your language."
"Shut up, you fucking whore. I will never accept you for my mother. She died saving our family and you bitch came here to destroy it."
"I had enough! I'm calling you father."

Ring Ring Ring~

"Hello?"
"Hello, honey! Listen, Adrian..."
"What honey? It was me, Dio!!"
 

Armored99

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Disperse of divert, or diminish.

What leads up to a fight is the increase in tension between the two or more participating parties.

You can disperse this tension, such as a comedic moment.

You can divert the tension, such as giving them a shared problem, or a problem for the aggressor.

You can diminish the tension, such as having a more powerful figure step in and end the squabbling.
 
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