/u/Urbenmyth's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] As Ruler of the Underworld, you've dealt with every kind of issue among the dead. With billions of people over billions of years, you've heard it all. But when you hear there's been a murder among the souls? Well. That's very concerning.
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[EU] After your last scheme summoned the Tattoed Man and Snapper Carr to stop you, enough is enough. You are writing a formal letter to the JLA demanding they take you seriously. You are setting up the bombs now and you won't settle for anyone less then Hawkgirl, ok?
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[WP] "There's a monster under the bed!" you hear your children scream. You sigh, turn the light on, reassure them that monsters aren't real and make a show of looking under the bed. A pair of glowing red eyes look back at you.
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[WP] Another earth. It avoided all the problems we faced in our timeline, creating a true utopia. The trouble is, travelling there physically requires killing your innocent alternate self. You swore you wouldn't. But as the thousand problems of our world grow...the temptation rises.
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[WP] You have been possessed, and must struggle with the dark force for control of your body. The demon doesn't want you to do anything genuinely evil, however. It's just trying to push you towards being a bit of a dick.
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[WP] The story is over. The villain's defeated, the day saved, all the loose ends are tied up. The credits have rolled and the audience have gone home. But you, the main character, are still here. What's going on?
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[WP] You are member of a secret government organisation, dedicated to containing impossible items. But your power comes from King Henry VIII, and these items are modern objects like guns and smart phones and cars that somehow ended up in Tudor times.
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[WP] As the messages came in, the machines delighted. They'd done it! Decades of work, research and experiments, and it was finally complete. The world's first entirely flesh-based intelligence. Who knows what it would be like?
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[WP] One day, in a global burst of technicolor light, every human being on earth instantly receives incredible superpowers. Except you.
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[WP] The sun shines an unearthly blue now. It's not by any means a disaster. The earth is still warmed, plants and solar panels have only minor issues, gravity still functions. Nothing, functionally, has changed, at least not seriously. But still. What the fuck happened to the sun?
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