/u/TumblrIsTheBest's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You're immortal and have passed the 'hero' phase centuries ago. You enter a small corner shop one day to find it is owned by your millennia-old arch-nemesis. You really, really need milk though.
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[WP] Aliens have recently come to earth, researching for a cure of a terrible disease that infects planets one-by-one. You look up from your work as they describe the effects of this disease: "Oh, you mean global warming?" The alien stares at you in shock. "Global WHAT?!"
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[WP] You're wanted by nearly everything and everyone in your universe. Your crime? Seeing through the fourth wall, and not shutting up about it.
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[WP] As a joke, you download the 'true internet' from some shady website. You are very surprised when you open it up the next day to find news from other planets in the galaxy.
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[WP] It turns out that the universal language of the galaxy is actually French. The English are not happy about this.
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[WP] Everyone has a unique superpower, but all the interesting or powerful ones ran out in 1983 so young people keep getting increasingly ridiculous abilities. When someone wrecks havoc on the city, you step in to save it - with the power of Christmas Decorations.
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[WP] You're a superhero who can control fire. The catch? Your daughter is your greatest fan, she buys all the comics, and quizzes you on the trivia regularly. Now, she has just burnt the house down in a mirror image of your powers.
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[WP] As a child, you used to be a bully who told people that mirrors would laugh at them. Now you are a wanted criminal, someone has cursed you: every time you see your reflection, it starts laughing very loudly.
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[WP] In a large kingdom, someone comes into your shop looking for a mask and some knives. Hallows-eve was near so you assumed nothing of it. A month later, law enforcement arrives. It turns out your customer is the most deadly serial killer in the country and has just killed the Queen.
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