I've been doing some...well, I can't really call it "creative" writing. But it is writing!
I saw Remi_chan writing out Status Screen descriptions. Something you see in a lot of Isekai/Game Worlds manga/anime settings.
Listing out Titles, Traits, and Abilities.
I thought it would be a fun simple exercise. Except...it's not as fun, unless the character has an impressive
repertoire. To make it fun you have to make it some how shameful or painfully pathetic to read. [Forever Alone][Virgin][Bed Wetter]. You know, stuff nobody would take pride in. It's like, do babies have status screens? Do those titles expire? How embarrassing would it be if a person grew up living an uneventful life with no feats to their name, so they're still carrying these titles from infancy like [Born Yesterday].
"Oh, come on! That's Impossible!"
"Not unless your parents are time travelers and never told you"
"R-really? I'm a time traveler?"
"Oh look. [Born Yesterday] just changed to [Delusional]."
"No. No. That must be it. It makes so much sense!"
Edit: That kind of meta-awareness has to useful for all kinds of situational humor.
*Ping* You've got [Cancer]!
*Ping* You're [Pregnant]!
*Ping* [Cuckold]!
*Ping* You're now [Orphan]!
Hmm. I mean, it's funny if you set it up right. Jump cut just as the horror sets in.
Maybe some chain reaction gag.
"Don't eat that after it's been on the floor"
"It's fine. 5 sec rule."
*Ping* You got [Parasites]
"Omg!" *self induced vomiting*
*Ping* [Bulimic]
"What! That's not fair."
*Ping* [Cry Baby]
Edit2: It's funny when
the system knows before you do.
*Ping* [Cat Owner]
"But I don't have a cat..."