/u/ElGringo300's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You can teleport between shadows, turn invisible in the dark, cause the night to become tangible and attack like a living thing. You would be the perfect vigilante/ criminal, except for one minor detail: you have a terrible phobia of the dark.
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[WP] Write a story where the protagonist gets angry when the narrator keeps saving him with deus ex machina plot devices.
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[WP] A hero on a quest to save the world is presented with a choice: betray humanity and live a life of luxury, or save the world and be abandoned and unrecognized by the people you saved, living miserably.
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[WP] The apocalypse is upon us. On the last day of earth's existence, a band unites and plays one last concert.
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[EU] "Soon, your exploration vessel will briefly pass through Sus territory. Remember, the Sus are perfect mimics. You will not know if one has infiltrated your ship. Stick exactly to your schedules, and immediately report any possible Sus activity. Godspeed."
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[WP] You have always lived for your parents. You got good grades for their compliments, graduated college to see them smile, got married and had kids to hear them laugh. And now that they're gone, you're not sure what to do.
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[WP] In order to learn to socialize, an introvert decides to host a party in his house, or some property he owns. But while his party becomes more and more popular, he finds it even easier to hide on the background.
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[WP] You can see the future as it would happen without your interference. Therefore, the future changes a little with every step you take. Today, you see the thing you've been fearing your whole life, and as you begin your day, you realize it's not changing.
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[WP] Luck depends on the area, not on the person. Technology recently managed to predict and quantify luck, so it's changes can be predicted like the weather. This results in mass migrations to lucky areas, and away from unlucky areas.
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