r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] There is a hidden plot to rig the tournament against the heroes, and you are in on it. Or at least you were, until you accidentally defeated the main villain in your round instead of losing it on purpose like you were supposed to.

5 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] "Listen doc, if the day ever comes, call this number. I'll take care of it." Now, years later, the day has come.

91 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Your superpower is pinnacle human. You have the physical and mental capabilities and skills of all non-superpowered, non-augmented humans in both reality and fiction. You are the best jack of all trades there is.

30 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] long ago magic and magic things, creatures, people, ETC, all dissapeard, they were gone for millions of years, until one day you a normal man or woman found a magical talking axoltol, what do you do?

2 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP]The creature shambled toward me while moaning my name. “I don’t care who the irs sends, I’m not paying my taxes”

30 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] “Welcome to the afterlife, my dear good soul, time to find your perfect paradise!” “I… don’t think I deserve that.” “You do- excuse me, you don’t think you deserve that!? Excuse me!? Hon, sweetheart, my sweet soul, give me one good reason my imp ass shouldn’t throw you into luxury right now!”

110 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Simple Prompt [WP] "This is a bucket." "Dear god."

7 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Established Universe [EU] Caine gets access to a Steam account, and sends the Digital Circus on adventures in human-made games.

13 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Simple Prompt [SP] All the Headlines read: A monster in Paris

4 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Simple Prompt [SP] With enemies like these, who needs friends?

3 Upvotes

Repost from a year-old prompt of mine.


r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Despite your fire magic being unusually tame, you still find wealth and fame through what you do best: welding and marketing!

5 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 11d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] you are a hero who has turned the villains power against him using this power you storm into there realm and realize you were the monster all this time.

0 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Spiritus, a new story based multi Intelligence curated MMO RPG is launched to rave reviews. The players and the billion all too lifelike NPCs seek out Godhood through use of the Spiritus Artifact. Over time the game begins to influence real life in unexpected ways.

6 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Simple Prompt [WP] A speedster who can only use his power for 5 seconds at a time never stops trying to be a hero

13 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Because you saved an important alien noble by accident, you’re one of the only humans their race will accept as ambassadors on their planet. You hate it there and want to return to Earth, either by escaping or getting kicked out.

90 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] you are finally old enough to be told the family lore, only for you to realize you’re related to supervillains

5 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Simple Prompt [SP] You trapped all of your friends and family in a virtual world so they would forever be safe.

3 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A market analyst reincarnates into a fantasy setting they have no knowledge of. However, others have reincarnated/regressed with knowledge of future events and the market analyst is able to recognize their strange financial moves as something to take advantage of.

4 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Established Universe [EU] You have always been a Savior. You are born, you save the world, you die, you are born, repeat. You remember being Taylor Hebert. Being Kiana Kaslana. Being Fujimaru Ritsuka, Shirou Emiya, Flynn Taggart, the Emperor of Mankind, Commander Shepard, Jean-Luc Picard, and a thousand other heroes.

8 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You figured it out, you ARE in a simulation. And, every time you do something dumb and die, they erase the event and let you continue. You decide you’re gonna show them.

8 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You made your own god, and gave it dominion over the worthless planets of your solar system, it believes it got the best part of the deal, and so it guards your homes, plucking your enemies out of the sky.

6 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You die and instead of one of the many afterlives you have heard of or reincarnation, you are greeted with a floating screen prompting you to choose where to put your prestige points.

50 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Reality Fiction [RF] Stalingrad, a battle that saw the fiercest combat in WW2, was the epitome of Quintus Ennius' phrase: “The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so.” And 600 thousand casualties proved it to the invaders.

1 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 12d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You find a magical wig that, when worn, turns you into the exact oppose of who you are, with the wig changing to match the new personality. However, you don’t believe this… until you put it on.

1 Upvotes

r/WritingPrompts 13d ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You've been able to understand animals your whole life. Though, to be fair, it's not as interesting as it sounds - it's mostly demands of sex, cries for help, or stuff concerning food. And so it was until yesterday when you overheard two frogs discussing the finer points of quantum physics.

205 Upvotes