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[WP] The hero disappears overnight, and the only one who looks is the villain. Not their "friends", not their family, not the news reporters or any of the people who claim to love them. Just the villain.

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[WP] You are a villain famous for “killing” heroes. In reality, heroes come to you to fake their deaths.

3466 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] As a child, you dreamed of helping a wounded faerie. As an adult, they returned to repay the favour.

1995 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] You are a scientist who experiments with creating sentient, living things, and you love each of them like your own children. People keep trying to "rescue" them from what "must be an abusive situation", and you're furious. These "rescuers" keep traumatizing them!

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[WP] When you learned your mother was a goddess, things finally seemed to fall into place. The other demigods laughed at you, the only child born to the goddess of the hearth, Hestia. But your power was so much more than they could dream of.

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[WP] Humans were thought to be unremarkable. . . until we realized the aliens had never heard music before. We’re not space engineers, or galactic mercenaries; we’re space bards.

702 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[PM] Prompt Me a character whose personality goes against their nature. I.E., a shapeshifter who hates change, a demon who abhors sin, etc.

475 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] The hero was kidnapped by the ones they trusted, locked away out of fear. The villain comes to their rescue, and the hero begins to see that maybe the villain wasn't a villain after all.

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[WP] The alien ambassador's first night on Earth, someone decided to introduce them to fireflies.

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[WP] You are a supervillain's foster child. This is your fifty-second "rescue" (aka kidnapping) from your VERY NICE FOSTER PARENT, and you're sick of it.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
[WP] The hero disappears overnight, and the only one who looks is the villain. Not their "friends", not their family, not the news reporters or any of the people who claim to love them. Just the villain.	4785	WritingPrompts
[WP] You are a villain famous for “killing” heroes. In reality, heroes come to you to fake their deaths.	3466	WritingPrompts
[WP] As a child, you dreamed of helping a wounded faerie. As an adult, they returned to repay the favour.	1995	WritingPrompts
[WP] You are a scientist who experiments with creating sentient, living things, and you love each of them like your own children. People keep trying to "rescue" them from what "must be an abusive situation", and you're furious. These "rescuers" keep traumatizing them!	1064	WritingPrompts
[WP] When you learned your mother was a goddess, things finally seemed to fall into place. The other demigods laughed at you, the only child born to the goddess of the hearth, Hestia. But your power was so much more than they could dream of.	1018	WritingPrompts
[WP] Humans were thought to be unremarkable. . . until we realized the aliens had never heard music before. We’re not space engineers, or galactic mercenaries; we’re space bards.	702	WritingPrompts
[PM] Prompt Me a character whose personality goes against their nature. I.E., a shapeshifter who hates change, a demon who abhors sin, etc.	475	WritingPrompts
[WP] The hero was kidnapped by the ones they trusted, locked away out of fear. The villain comes to their rescue, and the hero begins to see that maybe the villain wasn't a villain after all.	412	WritingPrompts
[WP] The alien ambassador's first night on Earth, someone decided to introduce them to fireflies.	331	WritingPrompts
[WP] You are a supervillain's foster child. This is your fifty-second "rescue" (aka kidnapping) from your VERY NICE FOSTER PARENT, and you're sick of it.	296	WritingPrompts