Reddit Writing Prompts

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A Sorcerer has cast a spell to activate every magic symbol in the world. Suddenly tattoos of magic symbols start glowing on people.

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Dragons reenter the modern world and soon defeat the military. The dragons can only be harmed in melee combat with a knight, so a talent agent gathers an army of celebrities who have been knighted - Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Mick Jagger, Sean Connery, Elton John, Daniel Day-Lewis, etc.

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Working in magical waste disposal can be a mixed bag. Most of the time you’re just hauling off wagons full of used crystals and broken wands. Other times you’re dealing with the house full of cursed stuff the local witch left behind when she died.

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You are the dangerous Chaos Mage. Everyone fears you. You are actually just dyslexic and keep reading you spellbook wrong.

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You, a powerful wizard, have been challenged to a duel by a young sorcerer. This sorcerer wields incredibly powerful magics, but does the magic all wrong, using no focus, and clearly no training. This is horrifying to you

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You did not expect an invite to a college of magic as you live in the real world and not some fantasy novel. You were especially surprised it being specialised in eromancy

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Despite not being magical, yourself, it's been revealed that your blood means your *children* will be magical. This has brought you no end of interested parties, magical, moneyed, common, and otherwise.

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You are a student at a magic school where every year students have to publicly demonstrate the progress they made in the last year. After your demonstration you return to your classroom, only to find multiple teachers and the principal waiting for you.

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As a prank a witch detached your cock and suctioned it to the shower in the girl's dorm. Neither of you expected how frequently it was going to be used, nor knew that it couldn't get soft again!

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A teenager has been kidnapping young children during the night for his gang of thieves; he addicts them to "pixie dust" to ensure their subservience. Only a lone police captain believes it to be true. This is the story of Peter Pan and James Hook.

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You are an instructor at a magical academy, but you are no wizard, warlock, sorcerer, or witch. No, you aren't magical at all, but that doesn't mean your classes are easy.

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A 16-year-old schoolgirl is taken to a magical world. She slays a dragon, becomes queen, gets married, has kids, and dies 90 years later...only to wake up back at school, young and in her school uniform again, like nothing happened. She notices that her wedding ring is still on her finger.

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“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?”

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Two magicians made a blood oath when they were children that they would never harm each other. Now they are mortal enemies and have resorted to inconveniencing and annoying each other, knowing if they harm one another they'll die.

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You are transported into another world where dragons rule with magic. Humans are treated in low regard as they don't have anything special in them. Everybody speaks in a language you don't understand. To your surprise, Dragons speak English to use their magic spells.

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The University's resident dragon girl has set her sights on a new addition to her hoard, a nerdy guy that is surprisingly well endowed.

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"I'm a 18 years old and my best friend is an Elf. She has always been thier for me through all my adventures, but recently she's been acting weird and is always afraid I might get hurt. Yesterday she handed me paperwork, and asked if I wanted my name changed during the adoption process."

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Most wizards try to learn as many spell as possible. You should fear those that don't need to do that.

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The most powerful word in the language of magic is "not"

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At the age of 16 all witches are assigned a familiar. You are excited for yours as you see your friends turn 16 and get theirs. Cats, Crows, spiders. You are devastated to find out that out your 16th birthday, your familiar is a 27 year old hipster named Frank.

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You kiss boo-boos. You cuddle. You make chicken noodle soup. These spells and potions make you one of the most powerful healers in the land.

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You are a traveler who reaches a city where powerful magicians exist. The stronger a wizard, the less other wizards can sense him casting spells. You start showing off some card tricks to the locals for some coins and realize that some people in the audience look terrified.

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In a world where books have long been obsolete, our hero stumbles across the last remaining bookstore.

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“The Hero is a fraud! The Dark Lord resurrection is a lie! The Hero and The Pottery Guild are working together to take money away from you. Don’t let the Hero destroy your pottery!”

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You have always loved books, so much that you're becoming a librarian. Upon completion of your degree, you discover that the saying "getting lost in a book" has a whole new meaning.

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A serial killer decides to murder a bunch of teens in a cabin in the woods. However these 'teens' have just returned from a magical journey thousands of years long and have dealt with much worse.

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She has the power to enter and interact with the worlds within fictional movies/animated films. One day during a movie night with friends, one accidentally brings a Hentai/Porno. After the initial awkwardness, as she moves to take out the disc, she accidentally trips into the TV.

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As the currently reigning Dark Lord, how do you keep these would-be heroes and adventurers at bay? Savage might? Powerful magic? Maybe you're just legendary in bed?

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As the newly-appointed Royal Mage, it's your duty to protect the king and his family from magic and curses. The prince(ss) comes to you with a rather intimate curse that's too embarrassing to get anyone else's help with.

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You are transported to a magical realm and thrust in the midst of an epic battle of goblins, elves, dragons, dwarves, etc. Only to find they're actually just doing a historical reenactment LARP.

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