WritingPrompts

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[WP] A long-awaited game is so badly delayed that the devs add every fan who dies in the interim as an NPC. After release, rumors abound about their souls being trapped in the game - but, rather than trying to escape, they seem to be trying to improve the massively disappointing product.	808
[WP] Cats alone know that our reality is a work of fiction. When a cat stares at a wall for no apparent reason, it's usually because it's actually staring at the fourth wall.	319
[WP] The weapons of choice of two powerful supernatural beings are farm implements: the Reaper's scythe and the Devil's pitchfork. But few know that there is a third such cosmic farming implement... though many know about the being who wields it.	173
[EU] After someone in Gotham City is traumatized by a bizarre accident, their small child writes a letter to the police asking them to ask Batman to not punch them too hard when they inevitably become a villain. This prompts a visit from Commissioner Gordon.	146
[WP] Everyone who drowns becomes a merperson. Regaining consciousness soon after a wild party you held while your parents are out, you discover a merperson in your pool, left by the guests for you to deal with.	53
[WP] In a universe where supervillains and superheroes actually exist, documentarian Louis Theroux does a documentary about people who gained superpowers but, instead of choosing lives of crime or crimefighting, chose different options	49
[WP] In our timeline, Einstein's last words were in German, and were only heard by a nurse who couldn't understand it. In a timeline where she could, history goes much, much, MUCH differently...	36
[EU] Instead of becoming a weapon-toting mercenary, Deadpool instead decides to use his knowledge of our reality and ability to perform fourth-wall-breaking gags as his main superpowers. Things go as wrong as they possibly can.	19
[WP] In a zombie apocalypse, electricity and the internet still work. But with the zombies performing uncanny-valley imitations of human behavior when not hunting for flesh, there's an awful lot of haphazard photos and weird posts being uploaded to social media...	19
[WP] During a court case involving modern technology, the elderly judge admits he doesn't understand it. A magical impish being appears to take everyone present on a whimsical educational journey. The judge allows it.	12

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