/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The pirate captain looked distraught as he said to his crew, "The cabin boy be right, lads, friendship IS the greatest treasure of all!" And this began the tale of Friendbeard, the man who forcibly befriended the entire Caribbean.
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[WP] The hero was too afraid to commit to the ultimate self sacrifice at the climax of the story which costed many lives. Everyone turns away from the hero and calls them a coward. The villain seems to be the only one that sympathises with the hero.
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[WP] As an immortal soldier, “not dying” isn’t as fun as it sounds so you have to find ways to amuse yourself. To your increasing annoyance, the army misinterprets these acts as heroic and keeps rewarding you.
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[WP] You tried to commit suicide, but as it turns out you are immortal. Now you have to call someone to help you cut the rope. Awkward.
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[WP] At the end of each month we get a report card from God. Usually its pretty mundane but you notice an abnormaly high number in the 'Lives Saved' column. Now you're curious to what it is you did last month to save so many lives.
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[WP] You were cursed with a magical talking sword. At least, you thought so. Turns out, the sword was actually cursed with you.
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[WP] It has been discovered that an ancient parasite is responsible for Human conciousness. "You" are simply the parasite controlling a homo sapien. Soon after an unknown disease has begun ravaging the parasites and leaving the human hosts as typical primates. The parasites must adapt or die.
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[WP] You are an all powerful MMO end-game boss; adventurers once came to you in groups to try and defeat you for gear and glory. Several years and expansions later, you are all but forgotten. You have gotten use to your retirement, until one day when a lone adventurer appears.
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[WP] For the past 8 years you’ve been part of an elite team working on creating the perfect ai. There was much excitement company wide when your system took the Turing test... and heartbreak when it fails. Going over the system you find evidence implicating your ai failed on purpose.
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