/u/Sarcastic_Salamander's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Having been captured by the cult, you notice their pronunciation of the 'sacred spells' is totally off, and correct them. When they take your advice, you realize that your chance to escape is convincing them they're doing it wrong.
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[WP] On deaths row, falsely convicted of a crime, you plead with authorities to let you try to prove that the evidence which convicted you could also convict the detective in charge of the case. Originally, it was a ploy to give you a little extra time, but now you realize it really was the cop.
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[WP] Being in a horror story is hard enough for your friends, monsters chasing them wherever they go, but it's even harder for you - a deaf person who can't hear when the monster is near.
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[WP] You will never forget the day that 6 year old you found a genie. He only offered you one wish, so you chose VERY carefully. "I wish to make the world a better place," you declared at last.
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[WP] You're a scientist during a zombie apocalypse. These zombies have proved something totally unrelated that you have been saying for years, and you just cannot wait to say "I told you so."
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[WP] The world needed a leader; someone who would not be swayed by politics, or money, or corrupted by their power. So they chose you because you give less than no fricks.
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[WP] Aliens invade earth, and are immediately unimpressed, especially with our resilience. Then, suddenly, they are introduced to something so horrific, so agonising, so intimidating, that they beg to sign a peace treaty for fear of any race who could handle this torture — childbirth.
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[WP] Back in yesteryear, kings would lock their daughters in towers so that their handsome princes would come to save them. But times have changed, and these days, Fate's instruction to go polevault over an electric fence to save a maiden is a little more obscure.
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