/u/ErraticArchitect's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] As a standard, everyday villain, you've gotten rather tired of being beaten by teenagers in colorful costumes. So tired, in fact, that you've decided to give this "power of love and friendship" thing they keep going on about a try...
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[WP] The Monkey's Paw grants wishes, but twists them so that they have horrible consequences. What most people don't know is that it honestly believes that it's helping people.
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[WP] Your daughter is fifteen, in a rebellious phase, and fallen in with a bad crowd. To be more specific, you're royalty, she's a princess, and she's been giving dragons gold to "kidnap" her.
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[WP] "I don't care if it's Satan himself, you do not let anyone through this door!" Satan looks up from Hell and considers this, then nods. "Challenge accepted."
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[WP] Having grown up with popular culture, when you found the genie lamp, your third wish wasn't even in question. You wish for the genie to be free, only to realize that the genie had been imprisoned for a damned good reason.
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[WP] You are a character living in a story's rough draft. Locations shift around, other characters appear and vanish from existence, and entire nations can be rewritten on a whim. It's been five years, and you wish your author would just finish the damn story already.
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[WP] Abraham Lincoln extinguished the vampires with resilience and sheer strength of will. Teddy Roosevelt conquered the werewolves through American might and bravado. But Elvis? Elvis Presley fought off the alien menace with rock n' roll.
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[WP] You are a minor deity, put in charge of the new branch of heaven, the office of reincarnations. Meeting old souls, getting them ready for their next life, etc. For a while, it was fun, but now you've gotten bored...
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[WP] In a world full of superheroes, you've gained the simultaneously worst and best power: you can change the background music.
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[WP] The afterlife is a field where souls stand, seeing the entirety of the world of the living. Every soul can influence living people a little bit, usually a single word or decision at a time. But the most significant choices are usually the result of a large group of dead working together.
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