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[WP] - The vampire steps out, and his daughters cower and kneel where they stand. You ready yourself for the fight. Before you can raise your weapon, though, the vampire sighs, and with an embarrassed tone, says, “I’m really quite sorry for the trouble…”

Submitted by X01Eagle t3_11iy1lg on March 5, 2023 at 2:10 PM

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[WP] As a vampire, I follow traditions. My fiancé is human and just found out that human brides/grooms are to be bit to become a vampire themselves. She absolutely refuses to let that happen, and says the wedding is off unless I refuse to bite her. I feel like she's disrespecting tradition. AITA?

Submitted by Crystal1501 t3_z7abnp on November 28, 2022 at 10:10 PM

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[WP] After eons of refining your work, you summon the genie one last time. "Finally want to use your third wish? I thought the last two has taught you a lesson." You remain silent, and give him a dictionary-thick contract that cast the genie an unavoidable sufferings for eons, and inevitable death.

Submitted by alacz t3_zbnkl2 on December 3, 2022 at 6:56 PM

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[WP]You're a software engineer who is a communications geek. You learned Morse code. One day, on a whim, you blink "console" with your eyelids. A translucent overlay over everything appears, highlighting items of interest. A realtime programming loop prompt blinks eagerly

Submitted by livebeta t3_119n7g6 on February 23, 2023 at 3:30 AM

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[WP] The fights between the Superheroes and Supervillains are one big game of cops-and-robbers, just people with powers and costumes fighting each other and causing destruction while regular people just have to survive them. One day, a regular man goes out and just... kills one of the Supers.

Submitted by DieterVonDietrich t3_116jdt9 on February 19, 2023 at 5:59 PM

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[PM] Give me a character, I'll tell you how they die.

Submitted by Retro3654 t3_10l5ybv on January 25, 2023 at 6:37 PM

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[TT] Theme Thursday - Journalism

Submitted by AliciaWrites t3_11n2zms on March 9, 2023 at 8:35 PM

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[WP] Years ago, your mentor said, "Kid, there's a small secret when it comes to magic. You can literally make shit up and it'll usually work. Makes the guys who actually take it seriously really pissed off." Today, you're one of the least respected, and most powerful, mages in the land.

Submitted by Prompt_Dude t3_1231e5f on March 26, 2023 at 10:04 PM

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[WP] Out of all the superpowers out there, you consider yours the most sadistic; you can save any number of innocent people from death in the face of danger, but to gain that ability, you must kill an innocent person. Named after the infamous moral thought experiment, you are... Trolley Man.

Submitted by MarauderOnReddit t3_10pk32s on January 31, 2023 at 1:15 AM

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[WP] Your wife has an estranged sister that you have never met. She was murdered in a cold case soon after you were married. You brush off your wife’s new strange behaviour after the murder as grief. Until you find an old family photo of your wife as a kid, you shiver as you realise… they’re twins.

Submitted by AUFunmacy t3_z8m47w on November 30, 2022 at 8:31 AM

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[WP] To finally solve all problems caused by humans, God made six new earths, to separate everyone depending on their sins, Earth 1 being for the best people and Earth 7 for the worst sinners. Every 50 years, angels arrive and re-judge people to decide if they should stay, go up or down.

Submitted by QuantisOne t3_125htrp on March 29, 2023 at 8:54 AM

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[WP] Intergalactic Security stops a human outside the warp gate, attempting to arrest them for smuggling a container of dangerous caustic liquid. The embarrassed, exhausted human with lightyears of jetlag struggles to explain to the increasingly terrified officers what a "stomach" is.

Submitted by SnippyTheDeliveryFox t3_11pdqfg on March 12, 2023 at 12:46 PM

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[PM] Give me a prompt and I'll try to make it ✨ M a g i c a l ✨

Submitted by gaborrero t3_126szqf on March 30, 2023 at 5:05 PM

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[WP] You are a supervillain who went undercover as a superhero for jokes, only to discover how corrupt the system is in the hero society. The system is so corrupt that you agree to lead a small group of superheroes to rebel against the unjust hero society.

Submitted by RavenousOwlhead t3_10df6gn on January 16, 2023 at 1:56 PM

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[PM] Give me two-ish characters and a romantic situation to write.

Submitted by prejackpot t3_zz55tb on December 30, 2022 at 4:47 PM

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[WP] The knight who saved the princess was a 40 year old man with a wife and kids. He doesn't want her hand he just thinks teenage girls shouldn't be held captive in towers in the middle of nowhere.

Submitted by Gregamonster t3_11a7y6u on February 23, 2023 at 8:33 PM

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[WP] Every time you cooked over a campfire, you would throw some food into the fire as an offering to the gods. One evening, just as you're about to perform your little campfire ritual, you hear a voice behind you say "You know, I would very much prefer my food un-burnt."

Submitted by DragoTheFloof t3_z6uz37 on November 28, 2022 at 12:12 PM

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[WP] According to astronomy, wishes take thousands or even millions of years to arrive to the wishing stars. Today, wishes from people long past are starting to come true.

Submitted by WorsCartoonist t3_10xsvcg on February 9, 2023 at 11:51 AM

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[WP] You're a siren who is trying to lure a shipful of sailors to their death. "Please", one of the sailors beg as he swims onto your island, almost too willingly. "Stop. You're so bad at singing."

Submitted by ReadySetSantiaGO t3_z3iwgh on November 24, 2022 at 12:38 PM

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[PM] Give me some no-context prompts.

Submitted by ineedabettertitle t3_11d04cg on February 27, 2023 at 2:20 AM

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[WP] The . . . creature . . . has been following you for weeks now, but nobody else can see it. It just sits there, staring, grinning. Then one day you look across the coffee shop and see a young woman with another one right behind her. Your eyes meet . . .

Submitted by ImmortalJadeEye t3_z4y09n on November 26, 2022 at 4:30 AM

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[WP] It finally happened, a sentient AI took over the world's nukes and killer drones. However, instead of destroying humanity, it starts enforcing international law, much to the consternation of the nations.

Submitted by Slayer_Jesse t3_118f26c on February 21, 2023 at 9:05 PM

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[WP] Quantum Physics responds when things are being observed. For some reason, the universe doesn't consider you to be an observer, and daily life can get pretty weird when no one is watching.

Submitted by akschurman t3_zy6b3w on December 29, 2022 at 2:10 PM

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[WP] Legend has it, the princess waits for her beloved prince who never returned from war. The princess is seen waiting every day where they used to meet secretly, a lake now known as the Lake of Longing, with only her attendant at her side. As her attendant though, you know the story differently.

Submitted by salmontail t3_zk98v0 on December 12, 2022 at 7:45 PM

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[WP] You wake up, and stumble to the bathroom to pee. You realize you have a tattoo on your arm you didn’t see before. It reads “You have Alzheimer’s. You love your wife. Your name is Keith.” Then you notice your hand, on which is scrawled in sharpie: “THE TATTOOS ARE A LIE”.

Submitted by benjancewicz t3_zj49zk on December 11, 2022 at 7:05 PM

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