Comedy Writing Prompts

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Amused by human "justice", the Fey are giving you a show trial prior to whatever cruel punishment they have planned. You're allowed a lawyer, so you call in a friend. Your lawyer is a djinn, but the faeries won't realise this until their brains are tied in knots

1,615 upvotes48 comments

You made very understanding friends online and they invited you to go camping. At sundown, you all reveal your true forms, you heard the horrifying sound of breaking bone and tearing skins as you friends transformed into 8ft tall werewolves, who are very confused about the fursuit you unpacked.

1,597 upvotes59 comments

Turns out, because humans are sentient you’re not allowed to hunt them under intergalactic law… because of this you have now begrudgingly joined some humans hunting club to make your trip somewhat worthwhile

1,583 upvotes81 comments

A celestial spirit seeks to empower magical girls to protect Earth, but by accident the power is granted to a group of masked wrestlers. It's time to suplex some monsters and drop kick villains!

1,582 upvotes35 comments

You're Stacy. Your parents divorced after your mom got together with your crush and your best friend got together with your dad. Your ex-boyfriend dumped you for your brother. You are very worried about bringing your new significant other to Thanksgiving dinner.

1,579 upvotes76 comments

Out of breath, completely exhausted, and wounded, you finally give up. The murderous doll stood over you, ready to deliver the final blow, and all you could do was ask, "Why does this shit always happen to me?". The doll pauses, "Wait.. what?".

1,555 upvotes65 comments

500 years ago, you were resurrected as the strongest lich in history and no hero has ever managed to best you. Now, you run the entire IT department of a large company with your undead army, and you’re desperately trying to explain to your boss why all of IT can’t make it to the company BBQ.

1,543 upvotes33 comments

You're about to be sacrificed by a cult, but when the demon appears before you, it speaks with the voice of your high school friend and says "Hey man, haven't seen you in forever!"

1,529 upvotes27 comments

Your boss at the newspaper company is starting to notice he's never seen you and the local superhero in the same room together. You're actually just a terrible employee.

1,518 upvotes23 comments

"Rules are, you can't—" "Yeah, yeah," you cut off, "I can't wish for more wishes. Should I also assume I can't wish I can wish for more wishes?" At this, the genie pauses.

1,516 upvotes80 comments

Most vampires spend their immortality spoiling themselves and living lavishly. Instead, you've been working the night shift at a Waffle House for 70+ years with no intention of leaving. One of your coworkers asks why.

1,484 upvotes95 comments

A demon has tried to posess you, however it turn out to be weaker than expected. It only manages to take controll a couple of times a day to make a single movement or say a single word. You now have to live with a demonic version of tourettes that's perfectly timed to ruin your day.

1,480 upvotes28 comments

As a joke you had always said "I dedicate this to Hades" as you threw away food scraps from your cooking and cleaning your plates. When you die you find yourself in front of Charon's boat with Hades sitting in it, seemingly very excited to see his most devoted follower in recent times.

1,479 upvotes85 comments

"how can you have HIM as an apprentice! He is too soft!" "Exactly! He's the only one I trained that isn't a power hungry psychopath."

1,473 upvotes40 comments

"I don't get it," says the demon, "This person's lived a perfectly good and virtuous life. Why are you sending them to hell?" The angel nervously rubs the back of their head. "Honestly? We're pretty sure they'd be happier in hell than heaven."

1,463 upvotes98 comments

Your next door neighbor is convinced you're a vampire. You're not. You're just a night guard who is allergic to garlic and gets sunburns very easily. Today, your neighbor invited you over.

1,457 upvotes58 comments

A kid losing a video game, and getting their big brother to beat it for them, as seen from an npc's perspective

1,442 upvotes47 comments

The witch begs your forgiveness for cursing you as a baby; she was young and hot-headed, and would you like her to undo the curse? You aren't sure what to say as this is the first you've heard about any of this.

1,417 upvotes80 comments

“I’m sorry I’m dating, who?!” You say in shock. You just found out your girlfriend was the greek goddess Hera, how? By her ex husband Zeus arriving at your door and threatening you to give her back. This is going to be a long day…

1,413 upvotes51 comments

The goose has collected all the dragonballs. The dragon is summoned. "What is your desire?" The goose honks. "... as you wish." The dragon disappears. Nothing noticeable has changed and that makes you nervous.

1,393 upvotes41 comments

You die and discover hell exists. Worse yet, you find out that the only reason you’re here is because when you were 2 and a half years old, you accidentally made a deal with the devil.

1,385 upvotes52 comments

Everyone summoned some relativly normal familiars and even some extremely rare ones were summoned. But who cares about a dragon or hydra when your axolotl is telling you cosmic knowledge beyond human comprehension.

1,385 upvotes85 comments

You own a construction company that especiallise on supervillians hideouts, you make tones of money and usually work in paradise islands, but dealing with your clients and keeping their ideas within OSHA standards is not an easy job

1,380 upvotes18 comments

You got abducted by cultists as you were heading to a restaurant for your date. After two days, the cultists have started a ritual, attempting to offer your soul up to a demon for power. But as the demon appears, it turns out the demon they try to offer you up to is your girlfriend/ex.

1,378 upvotes42 comments

“Violence is never the answer,” the monk says, pumping a shotgun. “But you don’t always have to be right.”

1,372 upvotes28 comments

A love triangle where the person at the center of it is not only aromantic and incredibly uncomfortable with the situation, but suspects the two ‘rivals’ are simply looking for a way to spend time with one another, both being too obtuse to realize.

1,352 upvotes22 comments

Though the Demon King likes to think of himself as evil, his idea of evil is... PG-13, for the lack of a better word. Compared to the medieval atrocities of the previous human kings, it's one hell of an improvement.

1,351 upvotes22 comments

When the party barbarian is named "Uthgar the Kind" some people don't think he's still capable of ripping someone apart when they piss him off. Those people are very, very wrong.

1,332 upvotes36 comments

"You shall fall dead the day your first child is born!" the young, inexperienced witch had cried casting her curse. Little did she know, to an asexual like yourself, she'd practically granted immortality. Now, every year, on the anniversary of the curse, she tries her best to "fix" things.

1,318 upvotes58 comments

The crime rate in this city is so bad the guy who just robbed you at gunpoint got mugged twice before either one of you left the alley.

1,299 upvotes33 comments

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