/u/TheValiantBob's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Every year you take a mandatory blood test to see if citizens have superpowers. Yours always comes up positive, but you can't figure out your power. Until one day you happen to be at a bank when a super villain tries to rob it and you discover your ability: Superpower Suppression.
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[WP] Your spouse was possessed by a "spirit of justice" to save the world. But the spirit forces your spouse to fight as a superhero 24/7 with no regard for their host's safety. You just want your spouse back and will do anything to exorcise the spirit, even if the world labels you a "supervillain".
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[WP] You are scientist that has just made possibly the biggest discovery in human history. Everything is a placebo effect. Medicine, illness...even the laws of physics. Anything is possible, provided you apply enough belief that you can do it.
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[WP] In a world where androids are common, lobbying from the military causes the 1st Law of Robotics to change to "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; unless the number of humans harmed is less than or equal to the number of humans saved."
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[WP] An Author suffering from severe writer's block makes an announcement to the characters of their story: whoever murders the current Main Character will become the new Main Character and get to go on a quest to fulfill their wildest dreams.
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[WP] A warrior draws their weapon to challenge the Dark Wizard that is terrorizing the land. The Dark Wizard decends from the sky, maniacally laughing while arcane energy crackles and dances across their fingers, only to pause upon seeing the warrior and nervously asking, "G-grandmother??"
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[WP] A prophesied hero flees their destiny to stop the dark lord by opening a cafe. Only for the dark lord to become a regular at said cafe and develop a crush on them
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[EU] After becoming one with the Force, Luke Skywalker learns that the Force is omnipresent that he can freely travel through time as a Force Ghost. Despite Obi-Wan's and Yoda's warnings, Luke goes back and try create a new timeline by giving advice to anyone that'll listen.
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[WP] Angels are demons are actually close allies. The "war between heaven and hell" has actually been an elaborate act to keep humanity in line. It worked great for millennia, until humanity discovered interplaner travel and started a crusade against demonkind.
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