Reddit Writing Prompts

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A supervillain is trying to get his wife to the hospital, but the superheroes are intervening because they believe he has kidnapped her.

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"Your town... I mean, it's delightful, but do you know if it has always been... here? As in, in this specific location? Because I could have sworn there was a forest here, like, yesterday."

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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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Dragons don't actually have such a long lifetime. Instead, they have a spell that allows them to sleep for decades or even centuries without aging a day. Your dragon friend wants to take a "nap" and asks if you want to join in.

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"This gun right here is able to fire a bullet at the speed of 299,792,458 meters per second which is 1% the speed of light. Now, i gotta warn you of the flash that comes after the bullet hits the target."

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You, a trans person, are talking to a fey you met in the woods. You are attempting to get them to pull the fey "can I have you name" prank on you in order to get rid of your deadname, without making the fey suspicious.

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You were disowned by your family after being accused of a crime you didn’t commit. You end up getting adopted by your superhero mentor who believe in your innocence. After being proven innocent, your former family want you back

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“So, wait, you’re an angel? A real, honest-to-God angel?” “Well, technically, I’m only half-angel, and even then, my dad Fell a long time ago.” “Why did he Fall, if you don’t mind me asking?” “Long story short, he met and fell in love with a mortal woman.” “You mean?” “My mom, yes.”

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The dragon didn't realize it misheard the definition of "hoard" until it had already amassed an army of nomadic steppe warriors.

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People on the autism spectrum are resistant to completely immune to eldritch knowledge's sanity degradation effect due to their brains being "properly attuned" to recieve and process it.

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"Wait... So this whole time, you weren't under my mind control?"

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Turns out every lender has been rejecting you because your kid has an unpaid tab at some little girls' lemonade stand. Your kid's status as a "big mean stupid head" is really hurting your credit. You need to fix this. But how?

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"You killed the humans. Our parents. So, we will kill you. Extinction begets extinction."

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A member of the Thieves Guild is trying to sneak into a noble’s castle, but she’s dummy thicc, and the clap of her ass cheeks keeps alerting the guards.

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"It took me a long time to get your father to propose, I dropped hint after hint. As humans like him say 'if it was a snake it would have bitten him'...so one day I bit him. And that's how we got engaged."

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"For my final wish, I wish porn wasn't so unrealistic." "Granted! Reality is now far more like porn!"

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After fighting all kinds of demons in the various hells of different religions, just before you reach your goal, you did something stupid. As the last of the major sin, the demon of sloth rises from his throne. Your divine companion goes the palest he's ever been and utters "Fuck."

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"There he is, the elusive 10th dentist. Do whatever it takes. We need him to approve Colgate."

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"You think science and magic are two separate systems? Hardly. They are merely ways of looking at the universe and bending it to your will. That is why I revere these scientists as I would the greatest mages." said the magical professor.

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The next generation of world leaders have their own hobbies for stress relief as they all log-in to their favourite mmo. It just so happens that they've ended up in the same guild in the same game but have no clue as to each other's real identity.

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"I plead the Fifth!" "First of all, we're in hell. Second, you're not an American Citizen."

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A kind and generous Fae is desperately trying to convince a starving guest to eat. The Guest, well aware of the rules of the Fae, is paranoid and constantly worried about falling victim to said Fae.

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"So you're a villain, but you only want to take over this small village?" "Yep." "You don't have any plans to take over anywhere else?" "Nope."

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After seeing the movies, you started "breaking" fourth wall, Deadpool style, usually only when you were alone and private... And now you stand before the gods, "developers" as they call themselves, and you have to explain how random NPC character got sentient.

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Guests at an old castle-turned-hotel often wake up in the morning feeling light-headed, as if they're suffering from blood loss. This is odd to everyone, especially the family that owns the castle; they may be vampires, but they get their blood from a bank like civilized people.

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Nearing the end of Earth, humanity united to send passenger ships across the universe the preserve the species. But that's not your story, you're one of the ones deemed unfit to send.

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When you learned that you were teaming up with a magical girl, you expected a tiny preteen in a dress with sparkles. Not a 6’4 behemoth wearing bright pink body armor wielding a machine gun.

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Your tomboy bestfriend is being auctioned off as a sex slave by her drug addict father. Hopefully you have enough in savings to win her and prevent her from ending up with some old pervert.

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In a world where superpowers are bought at the store, two teens drop 20 bucks to raid the dollar bin.

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“So, I noticed on your paperwork that you put ‘mixed lineage’. Would you care to elaborate?” “Oh, well my dad’s a minotaur, and my mom’s a mermaid. I just inherited the human side of both.”

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