Vigilante Justice Writing Prompts

Reincarnation is a known, common, and expected result of death. You are a bounty hunter that specializes in tracking down people who have committed suicide to escape debts or a jail sentence.

You are an assassin with a strict moral code. You’re the best there is but you assess each job very carefully and if you believe the target does not deserve to die, you go after the one who employed you.

You've eaten your Chinese takeout and open your fortune cookie. It says, "If you kill a killer, the number of killers in the world stays the same." That gives you an idea: you'll kill two of them.

An assassin has finally retired after getting enough money to last him 50 lifetimes, but being only 30, he still enjoys the thrill. He joins the police force and is immediately recruited for his skill in all Fields. But when he is assigned to hunting down himself for his past, he must be smart

Each time you kill someone, you have a vision of the best thing that person did for humanity. Usually this confirms that you are actually killing villains. But each of the last three people you killed triggered visions showing that the best thing they ever did was try to kill you.

You are the world’s most elite assassin. Although you usually only kill when paid, you finally decide to take matters into your own hands and kill the person who keeps leaking your past contracts onto Reddit disguised as writing prompts.

Murder is legal, once a permit has been obtained from the local police department. Permits require a declaration of a target victim and justification to commit the act. Once a permit has been issued it is valid for 72 hours. Once expired you can never get another for the same target victim.

"If you kill a killer the number of killers stays the same." "Just kill two, hell i killed like 17 today."

As a hitman you worked for all sorts of clients. Politicians, royalty, business folks. Today a child clutching their piggy bank approaces you, tears in their eyes 'I'm being hurt real bad and you can make bad people disappear, right?'

"Done. They're dead." "But... I just hired you!" "That's how time travel works, partner."

You're not a hero, you're an anti-hero, most of the hero league doesn't like you, but you get the job done and they have no real evidence of you killing villains. When the arch nemesises of all the major heroes die, all eyes turn to you.

You are a notorious hitman. Seriously one bad mother!@#$er. And this little kid just gave you a big fistful of change to get his bike back from the neighborhood bullies.

You are a state prosecutor who has consistently won against "vigilantes" and reckless "super heroes." Your reputation is well known. So you're not surprised when the latest rising star you're prosecuting ambushes you in the garage out of desperation. This was a big mistake on their part.

You are an officer in charge of paying off bounty hunters. One day a hunter came in, asking for reward. You looked at what the hunter brought in and shook your head. “Nope. It says right here, wanted…dead or alive. Can’t pay you if you don’t fulfill the conditions.”

Your city does not have a resident superhero, yet it has a lower crime rate than any city with a hero. This is mostly your doing, since you have made it your mission to hunt *anyone* with superpowers out of the city, be they hero or villain.

–"They threatened to hurt you." –"So you killed them all?!" –"Of course not, don't be absurd. I left one alive to tell the tale of what happened to the others."

"Kill the hostage for all I care; I'm not here to save anyone, I'm only here to kill you."

"Your guilt shall haunt you!" "I don't have any guilt over killing scumbags like you."