/u/Bunnytob's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You were the only user of Dark Magics in the Royal Court. You were falsely accused of treason, tried, and executed. But the trial was fair; the forgeries were perfect. In your "last" words, you proclaimed your continuing loyalty to the Kingdom - and you don't intend to change your mind now.
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[WP] This particular Dark Lord has a nasty habit of not executing subordinates for failure. This is starting to become a problem for the heroes, as their foes are starting to learn what works and what doesn't.
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[WP] A fantasy army with its generic Hollywood tactics meets a small group of Medieval Infantry who understand things like "formations" and "discipline".
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[WP] The question of how you and your significant other met is usually answered with an "oh, we were trying to kill each other". You both tend to leave out the part where you both succeeded.
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[WP] Our version of Earth is one of the few without magic, and is therefore a popular refuge for many kinds of mythological beasts who quite prefer being unable to accidentally kill people with powers that they can't control.
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[WP] The Evil Dragon has kidnapped the Princess, and now she must be rescued by a Heroic Knight. Nobody is quite able to wrap their head around the fact that there's no catch and this is actually being played straight.
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[WP] The officer of a platoon of frontier spearmen is trying to figure out why his unit is being hailed as the "best in the Empire" after the last battle. All they did carry out the orders they were given.
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[WP] You've managed to work out three things about the strange newcomer - One: your world used to be fictional to them. Two: They know how the story goes and want to change the outcome. Three: You weren't in the original story.
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[WP] Everyone thinks you're a Speedster breed of Superhero, but you've really just been strobing your incredibly potent time-stopping powers, which is why nobody has been able to match you yet.
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