/u/starfyredragon's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You were tested for superpowers as a child, and became the most recognized superhero of all, yet no one has figured out what your power is, that each time you die, your life restarts from the beginning with all the knowledge you gained from your previous 'run'... you're on run 32,562.
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[WP] You are being heralded as the greatest vampire hunter of all time. Which is weird since you've never seen a vampire, despite delving into every place they're claimed to be, armed with nothing but your headphones, cellphone, and your heavy-duty full-spectrum daylight-bulb flashlight.
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[WP] Prophecy foretold a terrifying, cruel, unstoppable army would arise when the different schools of magic went to war. Because of this, everyone prepared for an onslaught of necromancers or demon-summoners, but all defenses fell before the unparalleled and horrifying onslaught of the healers.
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[WP] You have returned from the King's Quest, bring him the herb of immortality. You bring it, and he greedily gulps it down before you can speak, never getting the chance to tell him it should be tendered and nurtured with one leaf eaten every week to maintain eternal youth... he looks expectant...
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[WP] "No, no no..." said the hero's antagonist, "My goal was never to rule the world. Simply to conquer it. The batch of people running it are all just greedy and out for themselves. I planned to convert it all to a direct democracy and then retire to a beach house in the Bahamas."
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[WP] As you dig in one of the earliest known human archeological sites, a loud clang is heard as the shovel peirces the earth, hitting something large, metal, and hollow were the center of the village is... but humans weren't expected to have metal working yet? Everyone gathers around...
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[WP]The end of the days has come and gone, and the holy chosen stand in a long line stands before the pearly gates, God's judgement having just confirmed their entry. Just before the gates open, God laughs, removing his mask, revealing a fiery skull underneath, "I can't believe you all fell for it!"
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[WP] It's all over the media! "Magic is real" Spells are all over social media, Governments confirm! Videos abound! Only... It's ONLY the media. In person, noone can seem to demonstrate it or make a spell work..
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[WP] You wrote an autobiography, but everyone keeps putting it in the fiction section. Not one person believes you that it was all real...
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