/u/adriantullberg's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The Gods often resolve disputes via proxies, or champions. The God of War has chosen a tested decorated soldier, master of modern and ancient forms of combat. And the God of Luck has chosen an oblivious idiot.
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[WP] When the Gods and demi-gods of ancient mythology returned, the last thing expected was that they would start YouTube clips commenting on their portrayals in popular media.
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[WP] With every supervillain locked up or dead, the authorities are looking closely at superheroes, whose attempts to stay occupied are straying closer and closer to blatant illegality …
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[WP] You're a historian who's made a horrifying discovery; there are two time travellers, directly competing against each other to rewrite history to their own ideal.
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[WP] An ancient item of power is found, conferring fabulous abilities to those who are deemed worthy. However, what was 'worthy' thousands of years ago tends to jar with modern sensibilities.
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[WP] For years you've been in a low level of paranoia, seeing one person near or following you in a variety of different clothes and haircuts. It's a relief to find out you live near a top-secret cloning facility.
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[WP] Billionaires love playing variants of The Most Dangerous Game. This one is making veteran players of first-person MMORPG shooters use real guns and kill each other in real life.
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[WP] You made a half-assed gag to your superhero roommate that their therapist - who has most of the superhero community as their client base - must be working for a major supervillian. Now events have left you wondering if you're right, or have created a major hysterical witchhunt.
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[WP] Two mad scientists have declared war upon each other, and many innocents have been caught in the crossfire. You've managed to get the two to discuss a ceasefire and peace 'treaty'. It's up to you to get two arrogant socially ignorant multi-disciplinary geniuses to listen. Good luck.
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