/u/CatcherInTheRyan's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, he neglected to give him the ability to die again. 2,000 years later, it doesn't feel like a miracle anymore.
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[WP] You're a traveling warrior, and you have been in love with your partner for many years. One day a sorceror bewitches her, and as a side effect she becomes infatuated with you. Knowing it isn't really "real" love she feels, you broodingly and unwillingly set out to find her a cure.
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[WP] "Think about it, James! All the paintings, all the stories; if the Angels had swords, then Heaven must've had mineral deposits! AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS!"
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[WP] While hunting with your dog, you get cornered by a Grizzly Bear. You're forced to sick your companion on the bear and run for your life, arriving back at your cabin with tears in your eyes. The next morning, you exit your cabin to find your dog blood-soaked and carrying the bear's severed head.
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[WP] A timid introvert fought some bullies he found hurting a stray dog. He won the fight, but was stabbed in the gut. As he bled out, a beautiful Valkyrie descended to bring him to Valhalla, but he was resuscitated by EMTs too soon. Now he is obsessed with dying in battle, so he can see her again.
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[WP] Hell is a big place. Big enough that the demons can't torture every single soul there at every moment. Some souls are able to hide for whole centuries; others gather together and form hidden communities. You're the chief of one such community.
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[WP] Your friend has always been, like, SUPER into Norse Mythology, but you never really paid it much mind. One night at a bar, you both get exceptionally drunk. You ask him "Whats your biggest, most fucked up secret?" He says "Odin is real. I've met him."
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[WP] The Vikings really did settle America long before the British did, establishing an Odin-worshiping settlement at Plymouth Rock centuries ago. Its now 1779, and you are a Colonial Envoy come to try and persuade the Jarl to have his armies join the fight against the Redcoats.
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[WP] Odin was missing for months. It took Thor even longer to find him, and when he did he found Odin accompanying a strange creature with the head of an hawk and the body of a little boy. Odin is committed to getting this thing, this "Horus", back to his home. A strange, sandy land called Egypt.
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[WP] Completely by accident, The Barbarian unwittingly broke an ancient curse that was keeping the Princess trapped in the form of a goat. When she approached him to try and express her gratitude, the Barbarian clutched his axe and shouted "WITCH! SHAPESHIFTER! STAY BACK OR I'LL SPLIT YOU IN HALF!'
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