/u/OfAshes's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] People come from all around to talk to you, to pour out their hopes, their dreams, their losses, and their sadness. But they've got the wrong bartender — you don't deal in therapy, you deal in blackmail.
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[WP] Your rescuer was not the knight in shining armor, riding on a white steed. No, instead a thief assassinated the dragon, stole the treasure, left you there, and rode off on a donkey. It's a little underwhelming, honestly.
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[PI] A thief with a heart of gold, a bloodstained warrior walking a path of atonement, a demon raised by humans, and necromancer trying to use the dark arts for good deeds. Infamous, hated, outcasts. They approach the next town, answering the calls for aid that fall on deaf ears.
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[PI] "Our goddess was kind, benevolent, and perfect in every way. She protected us." The priest looks to you. You stand before him, holding a weapon stained with divine blood. Then he asks. "Why did you kill her?"
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[WP] As a vampire yourself, you really don't understand how the cliche of vampires biting on the neck got started. All vampires know that you should go for the wrist, it's much easier. And don't even get yourself started on the "turning into a bat" trope.
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[WP] John Smith offended a powerful witch, so she called down a curse on him. However, she accidentally cursed the wrong John Smith.
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[WP] The real reason silver bullets kill werewolves is because lycanthropes are actually the result of a bacterial infection that gets incredibly serious during the full moon.
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[WP] The villain is so incompetent that he always triggers the traps he makes to kill the heroes himself. He always survives, however, which is a testament to his horrible trap-making ability.
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[WP] When Halloween started, people were dressing up to scare the monsters away. The monsters do come out on October 31st, but not to do evil. They come because it is the one day of the year when they are accepted.
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[WP] You've always been able to sense death. Not in a bad way — just a simple "ping" in your ear when someone near you dies. However, you live in constant fear of your power expanding and showing you all deaths, everywhere. One day, you start to hear constant pings, but your power feels the same.
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