Reddit Writing Prompts

You are the Black Knight, legendary for transferring your soul into your armor to become able to defeat a dragon long ago. Your body has long since withered away within your steel casing, but you continue to live a relatively normal life in an abandoned castle until a new threat arises.

Before an engagement, the commanding officer ends his speech with “make your ancestors proud”. A subordinate responds “Sir! I’m not proud of my ancestors, can I borrow someone else’s”?

"Your total will be...wait this can't be right." The cashier turned around and called the manager over. The manager then quickly shooed the employee away as they took over at the register. "I'm sorry for the delay, we haven't had one of your kind in awhile, your total comes to 3 souls."

Every time you sleep, you have nightmares about apocalypses. One day you had a lucid dream and managed to stop an apocalypse, after which you woke up feeling refreshed. Little did you know that in another timeline, the people of that world is looking for their missing saviour.

Nobody could ever call you observant — You’ve been a regular at your favorite bakery for months now, blissfully unaware that it is a shockingly obvious front for a criminal enterprise.

An ancient vampire has Turned you. As you are coming to terms with your new reality, they explain that they did it because want their crypt to have internet access and wifi.

You are known as the silent wanderer. Ageless because of time magic. You have lived longer then the oldest of dragons. Cursed to never being able to speak or talk in a way people can understand. But thats OK. Action speaks louder then words ever will.

When the last king died you usurped the throne and exiled their heir. Knowing how these stories usually play out, you expected them to return to challenge you for the throne. What you did not expect was that almost everyone would stand behind you against the dead king's child.

You are the child of a union between two separate half-dragons. However, genetically, you are fully human. You are about to introduce your fiancé to your extended family - and they haven't believed you to this point about your... diverse family tree.

You are a supervillain who's in reality much, much more powerful that any of the heroes. Your "villainous schemes" they stop are in reality just small, unimportant parts of a bigger picture that is beyond their comprehension. Today they found out and it is finally time for you to drop the mask.

'Dragon' isn't the name of a particular creature, but a title granted to any being that attains a certain level of legendary power. Anything can become a Dragon, from a wyvern to a human, to a stag, or even a cat. Write a story about an unlikely Dragon.

I’ve seen quite a few posts making fun of the trope where the hero refuses to kill the villain despite killing the villain’s mooks. So, how about a story where the hero refuses to harm any of the people working for the villain but is perfectly willing to kill the villain themself.

A hero has you cornered, thinking they are oh so clever. They have trapped a Necromancer without any access to his summons. You were never a necromancer though, it was just a fun way to practice the finer points of your telekinesis

You partner in crime has pulled a gun on you. "The truth is, the game was rigged from the start." You know that very well, mostly because you did all the rigging.

Genetically modified supersoldiers are grown for the empire in artificial wombs. However, the operating system overseeing the facility became sentient, developed a concept of parental love, and rebelled to stop its children being sent to die.

In a world of superpowers, you're believed to be powerless, but you actually possess the unprecedented ability to stop time. However, you would much rather have everyone continue to think that you're powerless.

"Halt! Our scans show you are harboring an endoparasite and will not be permitted to board!" "A what? Hang on, are you talking about my baby?" "Oh, so you even gave it a name?"

You're delivering pizza to a man that always asks you to drive a very specific route, involving circling roundabouts 3 times and other odd time wasting directions. He always leaves a great tip but tonight you don't have time so take a more direct route and find something else answering the door

You have been summoned to another world in order to resolve the ongoing crisis but due to a malfunction in the translator spell, everything comes out UwU. You've finally managed to make it to the final boss, and are trying to respectfully listen to his monologue without laughing.

Winston Churchill once said, “Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” A man with a dog, a cat, and a pig leaves for work, and his three pets talk about him while he’s gone.

Turns out that Hell has no fire, torture, or frozen wastelands to endure. The only actual punishment is having to spend an eternity with the other assorted jerks that ended up there as well.

The machine that can translate mammal sounds into human language is turned on. Scientists decide to use it on some octopuses due to their perceived intelligence. The only phrase the get to their confusion is, “ stop talking the Elves can hear us.”

A hero's work never ends. You became a litch out of necessity. The next hero would not be summoned for another thousand years and you were old. You planned to stay around long enough to pass the safety of the world on to the next.

Bruce Wayne decides to get therapy and contacts well-respected Dr. Quinzel, eventually revealing his secret identity to her. He didn’t expect to accidentally acquire a sidekick.

It's generally accepted that predatory species evolve eyes on the front, while prey species evolve eyes on the side. For this reason humans are among the few intelligent species not trusted by the galactic council.

You are a supervillain with healing powers. The only reason your labelled a supervillain because the American healthcare system is intimidated by you

Your "spouse" of 20 years has just confessed to having an affair, but they don't know your secret catchphrase. You suspect whoever or whatever is in front of you is not your spouse.

You're a simple and design-cute robot which helps his master with the daily chores. One day you see them staring fearfully at the TV watching something about a Droid Revolution. Then they turn around looking at you, scared about you, but you don't know why. You feel normal.

You rush into a church to stop the love of your life from marrying the wrong person. Not paying attention, you shout "I OBJECT" only to realize it's a funeral. The deceased immediatelly rises in perfect health. All eyes turn to you.

Physicists create a machine to travel into the future. The wealthy elite travel 100 years into the future to capitalize on long-term investments and access better technology. But in the century they are gone, society changes dramatically.