I don't see Erotica listed as a genre. Is that something that folks post here, or is that better in another channel? I don't want to post in the wrong spot or offend anyone!

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r/WritingPrompts • u/SDCD8 • 2h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] One of the hero's companions is being hypnotized by an enemy to attack him. Unfortunately for the enemy, the hero harbors many petty grudges against his friend, and he has no intention of letting this opportunity slip by.

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/reallygoodbee • 8h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You just became a magical girl, and the organization gave you these limiter bracelets to keep you capped while not transformed... Oh. Oh dear. These are the same bracelets your sister wears.

202 Upvotes

5 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Codablaze • 11h ago

Simple Prompt [SP] You're hurting.

21 Upvotes

10 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Wolffeman97 • 16h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A cosmic programmer messes up and every being alive suddenly sees "Hello World" in the sky. Many people have different interpretations.

26 Upvotes

4 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/MastHat • 18h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] You never grew up. You are a Toys R Us kid kept eternally young by the unholy power of Geoffrey the Giraffe. You must buy Toys R Us toys or you will lose your youth and lifepower. That becomes a problem when Toys R Us closes all their stores...

41 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/SDCD8 • 22h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] When superhumans are born, they usually choose to become superheroes, but you're terrified of dangerous situations and try to choose a normal career. Unfortunately, your powers are so incredible that everyone constantly pressures you to become a hero.

216 Upvotes

20 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Terrifying_Illusion • 17h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] It's easy to forget that magical creatures with webbed (and clawed) wings and creatures with feathered wings have VERY different reactions when a phrase like "wing-clipping" comes up.

60 Upvotes

2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/BareMinimumChef • 2h ago

Writing Prompt [WP]You've been dubbed "Lucifer" after being framed a Villain with the Power of Contracts. "This is not how my power works at all, your honor. It has to be absolutely consensual, and bring equivalent equal value and punishment to both parties. I couldn't make my contracts one-sided if i tried."

61 Upvotes

6 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/AnCapGamer • 5h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Everyone is fated to discover their animal companion at some point in their life - it almost always happens before the end of puberty. At 25, you are convinced that you are one of the super-rare few who will never find theirs. Until a dragon lands in front of you.

86 Upvotes

7 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Draken_Brine • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] Centuries after humanity expanded to the stars, the concept of Grave Worlds, entire celestial bodies dedicated to funerary rites, boomed in popularity.

5 Upvotes

1 comment

r/WritingPrompts • u/Megamen1927 • 20h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] After 150 years, a robot's brain activity ceases, and a funeral-like ritual is performed, and you've been invited to witness one of them.

6 Upvotes

2 comments

r/WritingPrompts • u/Imaginary-Job-7069 • 21h ago

Writing Prompt [WP] A human (detective/criminal investigator) from another world is summoned, not to save their world (they've already summoned one), but to solve the murder of their king/queen.

16 Upvotes

3 comments

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^< 1. Prompt responses must be good-faith attempts at new stories/poems (No AI)
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