/u/Iron-Waffle's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Having busted the evil cult's headquarters and capturing all their high ranking members, at long last you can punish them after you sift through the records of their vile activities like... an orphanage for war victims...? A catastrophe relief fund? Dragon habitat preservation?
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[WP] The evil artifact wants to slowly and insidiously corrupt the hero until the inevitable fall from grace and turn to the dark side. This is somewhat undermined by the hero demanding to be "eviled up" right now, and accepting every faustian deal without even hearing the downside.
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[WP] Your door is kicked down(literally) as the hero enters and volunteers you for the quest to save the world, as the one designated in the ancient prophecy. Then your window is smashed in as the dark lord enters to volunteer you to destroy the world, in accordance with the ancient prophecy.
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[WP] The hero is unwilling to fulfill their destiny. Destiny is not to be trifled with, however, so they keep accidentally advancing the plot at every turn while trying to escape from its clutches.
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[WP] The alien invasion has come... sort of. Instead of death rays and grand speeches, they are executing precision operations to collect seemingly the most random items from around the world.
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[WP] "Sir, are you certain that things like..." *flips through pages* "...wildfire preserves, and homeless smelters are going to be the vote-winners you expect them to be?"
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[EU] After the whole "one ring incident", Mount Doom became a popular spot to get rid of unwanted indestructible artifacts. Issue is, the artifacts actually are indestructible, and the volcano is getting pretty full of them by now.
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[WP] Excerpts from the wildly successful book of "101 common wishes and ways to pervert them: A guide for newbie demons and djinns"
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