/u/TheDukeofEnunciation's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You're the unappreciated intern for a famous group of Superheroes. Your power? You can boil water. All you do is make tea for them while they laugh and drink in their hideout. Little do they know that you've got dreams of becoming the Worst Villain ever. After all, a human is over 70% water...
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[WP] For every 10 lives you save, you get an extra life for yourself, shown as a number visible only to you on your wrist. Waking up with bad hangover after a particularly rowdy night, you look at your arm through blurry eyes to see the faintly glowing number: 700,000,000.
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[WP] You've been trapped in an endlessly repeating simulation by an alien race, studied and researched. They believe when they reset it, your memory resets as well, but for the last 1000 cycles you remember everything.
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[CW] Write a poem wherein, when read forward it is from the perspective of a murder victim. Read backward, it is from the perspective of the killer.
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[WP] Humans can't see them, but ghosts are real. Not only that, but they're *everywhere.* For 1,400 years, no one has figured out how to pass on to the next life. As a result, bored ghosts flood every public event: every children's play recital, every beat poetry night, hoping for entertainment.
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[WP] "Welcome. You're dead. Congrats. Door to Heaven's on the left. Door to Hell is on the right. Go ahead and pick, but just know that the decision is final." The figure sitting at the desk spoke, stifling a yawn and not looking up from their book.
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[WP] There is a different Grim Reaper for each species, and they only get to retire when the species goes extinct. You are the Human Grim Reaper, and 1,000 years into your retirement, you get a message, calling you back to work...
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[WP] You were betrayed by your commanding officer, sent with your platoon into an ambush that was unwinnable, outgunned 100:1. Your officer didn't know one thing though: You're unable to die.
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