/u/Ultraeisenhower's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] you don't know how you keep getting stuck dealing with all these F lister supervillains. Like "the redecorator" who... moves peoples' furniture around while they're away.
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[WP] taught by cartoons that they should keep such things a secret, a group of unattended children discover their superpowers and practice them... but it's a supernatural horror story.
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[WP] "This thing isn't some gigantic amorphous blob. A tiny body is beginning to form inside. It's a predatory embryo."
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[WP] like in an old folktale, the devil appears to those with great wants and ambitions to extend a shadowy hand and offer a deal that they'll later regret. Unfortunately for him, people keep figuring out who he is and instantly losing interest.
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[WP] You have stopped more evil plans than anyone else, and your only power is the power of persuasion. Disguised as a henchman or goon, you explain exactly how a villain's plan won't work in the long run, make them realize they don't really want to rule the world, and leave them crestfallen.
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[WP] lucifer took over and renovated hell; turning it from his eternal prison to his OWN take on heaven. With blackjack and hookers.
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[WP] formerly a D-tier superhero with only mediocre strength, you discover a tertiary power that makes you a force to be reckoned with: the ability to nullify the powers of others by a percentage... determined by how cliche or disinteresting they are.
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[WP] the Cleanup Crew appears at the end of time. Their sole purpose is to track down every surviving immortal before the heat death of the universe, and revoke their immortality.
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[WP] an inventor superhero takes an approach to crimefighting that the police department really doesn't like: deploying an army of crime-stopping robots that know the law perfectly and stop crime more cleanly than any human could. Leaving the human cops to handle nothing but the paperwork
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