/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The elven children have a ceremony to summon their spirit animals. Most get unicorns, phoenixes, fire salamanders etc. One kid ends up summoning a human, smoking a cigar and sporting a hefty shotgun.
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[WP] "If you wanna find out what something does, seek out a Human and let them figure it out. That species has an ...uncanny ability of making use out of the most mundane or the most advanced piece of technology in unexpected ways."
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[wp] You are immortal and have lived for thousands of years. Never in your entire existence have you ever met anyone like you, so as far as you know, you are the only immortal on earth. Today, with perfect fluency, someone greets you in a language you haven't heard in a long, long time...
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[WP] You always knew your spouse got replaced by a body snacther. But the body snatcher is so much better than your original spouse and now you know deep in your soul the body snacther loves you just as much
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[WP] A new drug goes viral & everybody starts consuming, while few abstain from it. The drug causes time/perception delay, a permanent side-effect. The junkies eventually begin to see the non-users as gods due their ability to move and react quickly, and tell the immediate future.
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[WP] A psychic alien who feeds on dreams comes to Earth for the first time. Turns out humans are the only sentients in the galaxy that have nightmares.
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[WP] A wizard accidentally becomes immortal. He has the idea to become the antagonist so that a hero will come along and defeat him, so he can rest in peace. Sadly, the heroes are weak in comparison so the wizard creates a persona as a 'wise teacher' to train these heroes in order to defeat him.
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[WP] You were mocked as "One Mana Man" because of your single mana point compared to their hundreds, even though your vastly more efficient spells are comparable to theirs. They forget that a single mana point regenerates much quicker than hundreds, and that fractional mana points are still useful.
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[WP] Write a story with a very nice protagonist, and a narrator who absolutely loathes them for no reason whatsoever.
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