/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You found a strange cave full of easily repaired and very helpful robots, giant car sized spiders with the disposition of a friendly puppy, piles of gold and fine art and a wardrobe full of fun spandex costumes. Unfortunately you are only just realising how much you now look like a supervillain
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[WP] Every job in a spaceship is vital and irreplaceable, from the engineer who keeps the craft running smoothly, the pilot who navigates the often confusing and treacherous interstellar highways and of course the wizard who allows the ship to go faster than light in the first place
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[WP] The current rulers of the galaxy exert their dominance by showing showing new races a glimpse of their terrifying nature inevitably either driving the unfortunate victims mad or causing them to retreat in fear. It does not work on humans however, they are used to it
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[WP] Human products were laughed at for most of history, after all the Elves could imbue items with the raw magic of the woods, Dwarves were unrivalled masters at metalwork and even the Orcs had mastered durability and practicality. Then a little concept called the assembly line changed everything.
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[WP] When you gain a superpower it is a reflection of your inner self, good people tend to get typical 'good' powers such as flight while bad people get 'bad' powers such as mind control. Oddly enough the top superhero and supervillain each have powers that seemingly do not suit them at all
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[WP] People often attribute your success as a superhero to your power. However the truth is the power itself sucks, you just learnt how to use it well despite its limitations over the years, as one power stealing villain painfully learnt
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[WP] You were cursed with good luck by a supernatural entity, something you were very confused by at first. Now a few week later you know exactly what that means
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[WP] Dragons require large amounts of metals for their diet, their hoards full of gold because while gold is collected with iron and steel it cannot be digested, their reputation for killing knights due to the amount of steel on their armour and weapons
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[WP] Few mortals can claim the honour of killing a god, the first one was a bitter man who wanted revenge against the gods who took his family, the second was a unrivalled warrior who slew one in a duel, the third was a genius who spent years carefully preparing a trap and you were drink driving
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[WP] Your father used to be a supervillain who faked his death in order to be with his family, but hid that from you in order to keep you safe. Unfortunately you look almost exactly like him, and this is in fact how you came to find out about his past in the first place
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