/u/aBitofKindness's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The hero and villain finally clash, a final showdown. In a devastating blast, both fighters are thrown back and knocked unconscious. When they wake up, neither remembers who they are or how they wound up in pitted world destroyed to apocalyptic proportions.
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[WP] When you die, you see a version of yourself at your lowest point in life and a version at your highest point in life. You are as you were when you died. Death tells you that you 3 must chat to decide which afterlife to enter--reincarnation, heaven, hell, oblivion (soul ceases to exist), etc.
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[WP] For days you've heard this rhythmic trilling sound in the middle of the woods, and it seems to be coming from underground. You excavate day and night, unearthing strange ruins, until you find the source of the ringing. It's a Nokia phone buried in the rough stone, and someone is trying to call
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[WP] You're going about your unassuming life when a stranger walks up to you and says, "Hey, bud, uh... Look, I'm from the future, and you're going to become the most heinous despot the world has ever seen. So, uh... sorry, but I gotta kill you now."
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[WP] You are the squire to a knight, the sidekick to a hero. Over time, your close position gives you a different perspective: the "good deeds" the apparent protagonist does are actually carefully calculated to reach a rather less-than-righteous endgame.
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[WP] There was a slight mistranslation of the prophecy. Everyone thought that to slay the dragon, they needed a hero. However, it turns out that the dragon IS the hero.
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[WP] I had always been more on the four-legged side for a (human/elf/some bipedal creature), but when I met someone with similar physical appearance to me who called themself a "centaur," I began to suspect I was adopted.
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[WP] The reifications of the seven heavenly virtues and the seven deadly sins pair up randomly. Each pair must work together to guide humanity.
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[WP] You've been in a time loop reliving the same day for as long as you can remember. You know everyone in the city, and their routines never change. You've made tons of friends and gotten used to this seemingly infinite lifestyle. One day, someone new enters the city, and things begin to change.
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