/u/Spoon_Elemental's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Your child has a secret they're keeping from you. They're actually a super hero. Well they think you don't know at least, but when a new hero with the powers of both you and your spouse popped up it was pretty obvious. Now you're both pretending to be completely clueless for a cheap laugh.
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[WP] It's been 2 weeks since every other human vanished from Earth. Since then, there have been a handful of times where you thought you saw a fairy in the corner of your vision, but you dismissed it as a delusion. You're not so sure now since there seems to be a dragon curled up on the water tower.
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[WP] By day, you're a normal high school student, but at night ....you're still a normal high school student but you also dress like an edgelord. You don't have any powers, you just think it's cool and usually mind your own business. Unfortunately, a new hero is convinced you're a supervillain.
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[WP] You have been summoned to another world to be a hero for the country that summoned you. What your summoners didn't expect is that your world was already investigating people who disappeared like you, and kidnapping a citizen of a foreign country to force them to fight is a serious crime.
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[WP] An alien mothership appears above Earth and broadcasts a message. "Citizens of Earth, you are hereby under arrest for illegally developing a technologically advanced civilization without approval from the Galactic Council."
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[WP] Everybody knows genies will twist your wishes against you, so people are taught to be very specific with how they word their wishes. This provides no end of frustration to a rare benevolent genie who often has to look for loopholes to prevent the wisher from accidentally screwing themselves.
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[WP] "FOOL! I AM IMMORTAL! Only the chosen can kill me and I've already seen to his end!" Shouted the Lord of Darkness. "That's nice and all" you say "But I'm stronger than you and I have a rope."
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[WP] A small time villain is minding their business on their day off when they get attacked by a hero. After a brief but destructive scuffle trying to defend themselves they get a diabolical idea. They take out their phone and call the police "Hello, I would like to report a public disturbance."
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[WP] You are a therapist working in the afterlife. You specialize in helping innocent people who were put to death come to terms with their reality.
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[WP] Hundreds of years ago there lived an invincible evil tyrant with skin like steel, only to be stopped when he was sealed away. Now his invincible body breaks out of his prison and walks the Earth once more intent on wreaking havoc. He is promptly shot with an anti-tank rifle.
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