/u/ih8pkmn's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Superheroes lie about their powers to protect themselves; some speedsters are actually just able to teleport, and some people with super-strength can just cancel gravity to make things lighter. You're trying to come up with a plausible lie for your powers.
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[WP] Due to ethical concerns, you can't use live humans for your teleportation experiments. In an attempt to prove its safe, you teleport a cadaver through-- it comes out on the other end alive again.
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[WP] You take 'write what you know' to extremes-- you've been sky-diving, rock-climbing, and spelunking in the name of making your work more authentic. Now, your publisher is demanding you write a murder mystery.
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[WP] You're part of a ghost hunting show, knowing full well it's all B.S. But when looking over the footage from your latest episode, you start to see things you can't explain...
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[WP] Most legendary heroes use some sort of sword-- however, most of the metal in the kingdom is too low-quality to be made into proper weaponry, so that's not really feasible. Instead, you wield a legendary club.
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[WP] After striking out with half a dozen dating sites and apps, you finally get a match! There's only one problem-- they're from an alternate universe.
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[WP] You've bought some of your favorite cereal from when you were a kid. The prize inside, instead of being some flimsy plastic decoder ring, is some form of dread artefact.
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