/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] It is believed everyone is born with a superpower but every single superpower has highly specific activation requirements which nobody has the ability to know until it happens, forcing superheroes and villains to do very strange things to actually use their powers
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[WP] The death traps are never really meant to kill, for if any self respecting supervillain really wanted to kill they would use something like poison or just shoot the guy, no, the death trap is for the fun of seeing how the heroes get out. Which is why you are so concerned the guy isn't escaping
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[WP] Millions of years ago a race of god-like monsters ruled the universe, warping the cosmos in horrifying and unnatural ways. They were banished on a backwater world and had their powers and intelligence taken away to prevent them from ever returning. Today humanity rediscovered their true history
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[WP] You have become one of the most powerful individuals in the world, navigated political nightmares with contemptuous ease, effortlessly dodged every assassination attempt and are now asked how you did it. You quite literally don't know where to start, truth is you have no idea what you are doing
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[WP] You find a loose plank in your basement floor and pry it out to replace it, only to discover a massive pile of bodies under the house. Even worse though is the fact that every one of those bodies is your own
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[WP] The small kingdom was able to remove the threat of the dragon in the nearby mountains not by calling a hero, but by convincing it to include the town in its horde
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[WP] Instead of summoning a bright eyed, naive, dense teen the summoning ritual has brought forth an exhausted 45 year old father of 4 who is more concerned about explaining his absence to his wife and boss than the prospect of adventure
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[WP] You have awaited the day the family weapon was finally handed down to you with great anticipation, you did not know what you expected as the ancient ornately carved wooden box opened in front of you but a yoyo wasn't it
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[WP] You have always been told that you have awful luck, and you have always replied that it is simply because you are saving up your good luck. People always took that as a joke, but now however you think it might be time to finally make a withdrawal
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