/u/ImTheAverageJoe's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are considered the wisest man in the world, people all over come to seek your advice. The secret? You actually aren't that smart. You just tell the person about random things in your life, and they twist it into some kind of metaphor for whatever problem they're dealing with on their own.
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[WP] Hello, mortal. Lucifer here. I suppose we'll be stuck here for a while. Wait, you thought I was going to punish you? I'm flattered, but you guys are mixing me up with the guy from those silly Greek tales. To put it simply, the fallen angels here aren't your tormentors, we're your cellmates."
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[WP] Aliens go to war sometimes, but they've never actually killed or tortured each other because simply threatening it usually leads to a peaceful surrender. Now they don't know what to do when the humans they captured start talking about sacrifice and patriotism.
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[WP] Aliens go to war sometimes, but they've never actually killed or tortured each other because simply threatening it usually leads to a peaceful surrender. Now they don't know what to do when the humans they captured start talking about sacrifice and patriotism.
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[WP] You'd heard rumors that the dragon in the heart of the mountain had a weakness to music. When you went to its lair and played a song, the dragon adjusted its glasses and responded "Not bad but you need to warm your voice up properly for those lownotes. Join me in some vocal exercises, alright?"
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[WP] Your boss, an evil mastermind who's outsmarted every hero out there, makes a confession to you: "I haven't had a successful plans in years. All the stuff I come up fails miserably. Things just keep working out in my favor. I say "all according to plan" just to look like I know what I'm doing."
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[WP] After making contact with the ghosts in your house, you find out they're mostly just curious about modern technology.
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[WP] A fallen angel, regretting their life choices but knowing there is no way to get back into Heaven, decides to play saboteur: Underming Hell from the inside, and using their knowledge of temptations to trick mortals into doing the right thing.
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[WP] A group of actors get together in a pub and have a laugh by talking about the things their characters did as though they actually did them. An real life adventurer overhears and, misunderstanding the context, joins the group and recounts his own experiences on quests.
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[WP] You, a teen with mind reading abilities, have this one classmate that you always tune in on during class because of how entertaining their train of thought is. But when you decide to actually try and befriend them, you aren't sure how to explain why you think the two of you would get along.
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