/u/adriantullberg's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You're one of the most powerful, famous superheroes on the planet. However, your secret identity's job prospects have decreased so dramatically, the only job you can get is being a minion for a lower tier supervillian.
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[WP] Medieval courts had The Jester. Now there is The Striker, who is required to slap down any public official who says or does anything stupid.
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[WP] A monumental event has occurred - mythological Gods have emerged, aliens have landed, a superhuman is filmed. Unfortunately, it's happened on April 1st.
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[WP] The Lovecraftian entities have finally awoken, and are visible to all ... except thanks to saturation pop culture, Internet-induced attention span and plushies, the effect they have on the population is somewhat less than expected.
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[WP] You're one of the world's most famous superheroes. Not because of your power or exploits, it's because of your YouTube and Instagram series on 'How To Hero'.
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[WP] You can't believe it. The individual who's been consistently disrupting and foiling your covert ops team's operations for years is an oblivious civilian; the intersection of their actions and yours have been completely coincidental.
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[WP] You're not opposed to several people from your workplace experiencing simultaneous epic, life affirming Hero's Journey adventures. It's just made your job as HR manager very difficult.
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[WP] It's not the ranting, theatrical supervillians that scare you. It's the ones who make a point of laying low, keeping quiet while planning, organising, and finally executing their plot; by the time you've heard of them, it's already far too late.
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[WP] The younger people on site think you're not doing enough, the older people are frightened of you and don't think you're necessary. You're the only IT officer at a Wizard School.
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