Superhero Writing Prompts

"We shall defeat you villain! With the power of friendship!" "I have friends too you dick"

Your superpower can completely nullify the powers of any other superheroes in your vicinity. You expected the government or supervillains to be after you, but you never would have thought that some heroes would voluntarily seek you out.

"so you are telling me, that you, a super genius super villain, is just here to rob the bank, no deep plot or philosophical metaphor about society, you just want the money?"the hero asks, "thank god"

You have a single superpower, and you're not even aware of it. You're a Jinx. Specifically, you're a consequences based Jinx. If something someone will do is going to negatively affect you, bad luck afflicts them in such a way that they can't perform that action. The supers community all know.

You used to be the scourge of kingdoms, the reaper of heroes and the mere mention of your name scared even the toughest of them. But today no one remembers you and you are fine with that. You have lived in peace ever since until one day a stranger approaches you and calls you by your true name.

You're a retired S-tier supervillain. After you retired, you married a B-tier hero. You are forced back onto the stage when an A-tier villain attempts to kill your spouse.

Anonymous "Hero" donates human kidneys, blood, eyeballs, and various organs to the hospital every week. The number now tallying in the hundreds. Doctors and news outlets are wondering where they acquire them from and whether it is ethical to use them. Surprisingly, its not a serial killer.

"I should've been a hero instead of following my family's legacy" a villain sighed to himself while rescuing civillians trapped under the rubbles of destroyed buildings caused by the reckless and arrogant hero who's still telling the fakest story to his Twitch fans while striking poses

After the Villain finished their Monolouge stating their True Motivations, the Hero asked a very unexpected question, "Wait, why are we fighting then?"

You've just learned of the exact date of your death, and no matter how hard you try to die before said time you somehow miraclously survive. So to make use of this "gift" you decide to try and become the world's greatest stuntman

In a world where every human has a unique superpower, yours is largely laughed at. The ability to untangle anything has come in handy for untying shoelaces until you discover a new way of using your power that makes you formidable against your former superiors.

“So my mom is half-Fae, and my dad is half-dragon; that’s where my powers come from. How about you?” “I’m half-mermaid on my mom’s side, hence the wheelchair.” Your new magic school roommates suddenly turn to you. “What about you?”

Your superpower is "epic fail". Whatever you attempt to accomplish, it always fails in the most spectacular manner possible. You thought it was a curse, until you finally realized how to control it, and now, no one can stop you.

After months, the villain finds the hero, but upon arriving at his home, he discovers the hero in a stained robe, baby food splattered, huge dark circles under his eyes, and a non-stop crying baby. The only thing the hero says is, "My wife left me."

Due to a glitch in the system, whenever you lift a heavy object you gain 1 point in Intelligence instead of Strength. Reading a book, however, gives you 1 point in Intelligence as well.

You were born without powers, which made you the black sheep of your superhero family. Eventually, you became the director of an agency that deals with superheroes (a la Nick Fury), and now you are the boss of the family that shunned and picked on you.

Rule 12 of the Official Evil Villain Rulebook™ states that "One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in my plan that they spot will be corrected." You, as the local villain you decide to do just that. It soon turns out your plans have quite a few flaws in them.

The world's most powerful superhero have gone rogue. All the remaining heroes and villains are helpless on their own. So they must free the hero's greatest enemy, who is sealed away in a supposedly impenetrable prison.

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, a D-list villain, like to make sure that all the kid superheroes you fight study, so you weave bits of their lessons into your evil schemes.

When you were a kid, you were granted the power to read minds. You used it to learn from the smartest students in your class. Now, you decide to use it on the dumbest student in your class. It moves so quickly you can’t understand what they are thinking.

The villain teleports behind the hero. "Nothing personal, kiddo". The hero also knows flash step and teleports behind the villain. The villain teleports behind the hero again. The hero does the same...things escalate.

“Why would you choose that monster over me!” The hero yelled at their former protégé, who stood beside the villain. The protégé answered, “Because they treated me like a child, not a foot soldier.”

You, a supervillain, answer a knock at your door, only to find your superhero nemesis shivering, bleeding, scared, and slightly dazed (as if drugged). They appear to have been assaulted. The hero mumbles “...didn’t know where else to go…” before collapsing into your arms.

After the war, everyone in the world was granted a wish by forces beyond. Some wished for money, some wished for love. Others used their wish to be given the strength of superman or the speed of the flash. I was the only one that wished to have the power to grant other people’s wishes.

In an exclusive global televised sit-down interview with Superman, he corrects Cooper Anderson's referencing Superman's Christianity; "Actually, Anderson, I'm not Christian, I worship the Sun, the source of my super powers."

Humanity has developed a serum that gives a superpower at random. It becomes the norm to sell them for insane prices to the elites of society. You have just won one in the lottery but the power you awaken to is more… unique than you were expecting.

You have a strange power: When you yell ’Cut!’ from the top if your lungs, everyone presents turns into ’actors’, ’crew’ with ’equipment’ pops into existence and the area you are in turns into a set. Usually you do this when you’re bored but this time you do it to avoid an unwanted marriage.

A young villain tried to mug you, but upon seeing your face, he fled in terror. Upon further investigation, you discover that your high school sweetheart is now the most powerful villain in the world and has you on a list titled "hurt them, and I'll kill you."

You have a café shop, and you always treat everyone kindly, whether they are heroes or villains. Everything was going well until a young hero decided to read your mind.