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gaborrero t1_ixsfuih wrote
HongerBongers t1_ixsfshm wrote
Reply to comment by humble_nomad in [WP] You are a vampire hunter. Your roommate is a vampire. Neither of you can afford the apartment on your own so if one of you attacks the other you'll lose the apartment. The tension between you two is increasing by the day. by john_snape_
Hey I get that, I have ADHD too! It can be really hard for me to sit down and read- but for some reason writing is a little more engaging xD
Thank you for reading!
Here’s a quick update. Everything will be sorted out and more legible moving over to r/NoSleep
In case you don’t get notified of my comment: https://reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/z1ktv3/_/ixsfd7p/?context=1
HongerBongers t1_ixsflag wrote
Reply to comment by AnonymousNeko2828 in [WP] You are a vampire hunter. Your roommate is a vampire. Neither of you can afford the apartment on your own so if one of you attacks the other you'll lose the apartment. The tension between you two is increasing by the day. by john_snape_
I’m so happy you enjoy the story! Here’s an update about what’s coming.
Everything will be sorted out and more legible moving over to r/NoSleep
https://reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/z1ktv3/_/ixsfd7p/?context=1
ph30nix01 t1_ixsfi3m wrote
Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP]I recently got hired by some government acronym, and I’ve learned something interesting: magic is REAL, and migraines are our bodies response to MANA building up to dangerous levels. by mafiaknight
Unless you use a pressure release valve. 😏
ZeraskGuilda t1_ixsfed9 wrote
Reply to comment by Zahirico1 in [WP] You are a famous anthropologist exploring ancient ruins and you find a cryogenic chamber with a creature thought to be extinct, a HUMAN by Zahirico1
Cool shit. It's gonna be a long one. I think I'm at just over the halfway point right now
HongerBongers t1_ixsfd7p wrote
Reply to comment by HongerBongers in [WP] You are a vampire hunter. Your roommate is a vampire. Neither of you can afford the apartment on your own so if one of you attacks the other you'll lose the apartment. The tension between you two is increasing by the day. by john_snape_
Hey everyone, thanks for reading!
I decided that I was having so much fun with the story that I want to make it a little more accessible. Reddit’s comment system is a strange, difficult way to tell stories. Eventually it gets a little hard to find stuff.
So, over the next few days I will be editing, polishing, and posting the chapters to r/nosleep
Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to read. More content is coming!
the_lexical_goddess t1_ixsf73v wrote
Reply to [WP] An eldritch horror disguised as a human is on a date. An angel disguised as a pigeon lands nearby. "Hello, unworldly abomination." "Hello, self-righteous vermin." by Affectionate_Bit_722
We stared one another down, neither of us blinking for some time. The angel's beak finally twisted as it smirked unnaturally for its disguise of choice. "Cousin! Tell me. How has it been?" I sighed as I stared off towards the bathroom where the young woman had gone some time ago, almost an hour by their measurements.
"I think my date ditched me." I sighed. "Oh, well. It's not like it was going very well anyways." I raised my hand to the waiter for the check. "Let me pay for this and we can go somewhere private to talk." The bird twittered happily as the poor deluded bastard hopped around happily on the open window sill.
After I paid I left the restaurant, my heavenly cousin flittering onto my shoulder to sit. I received some odd looks from the people passing by but I ignore them. I walked from the restaurant, down the road a ways and turned towards the entrance to the city's only patch of nature amidst all the gleaming metal and glass.
"So, talk. Angels don't take the form of birds for no reason at all." My cousin sighed and flew from my shoulder to a table in a secluded hollow. When it reached the plastic lattice work its form changed from a bird to that of a beautiful woman casually tossing a rush of long blonde hair over her shoulder.
"Fine. Down to business then. We need you to leave." I balked at her.
"Excuse me? I've been here for less than a week! And that's after my hiatus from the last time you bureaucrats kicked me off of this rock! Now you're demanding I leave again?" The air stilled around us as I flexed my already limited power to freeze the flow of time around us.
"Yes. You should know, better than any being, that your very presence upsets the balance of this universe. We work very tirelessly to maintain everything from the inertia of the cosmos to the inner workings of cells, constantly! And after the last war with the demon children of Lillith our numbers took another huge hit. We cannot afford to have something as chaotic and unbalancing as a horror walking about in the skin of a human!" The angel sighed and shook its head. "You were told this last time by Gabriel."
"I am not unbalancing anything and you should watch your tone with me, or you'll find out how Detriel felt when I incinerated him." The angel bristled.
"Just leave. Or else." I shook my head.
"You half-breed upstarts haven’t the authority nor the power to evict me. I left last time as a courtesy. Now, I'm staying. Whether you like it or not." I turned to leave, the angel's mouth hanging agape. "Oh, and tell Metatron that he still owes me a rematch on our chess game." Then I left the park, leaving the angel sputtering after me. I took a deep breath and unleashed the full extent of my influence on their precious cosmos, smirking as the sky began to darken.
"Let's have some fun."
Edit: spelling and slight sentence rewording
GrunkleStanwhich t1_ixsezr2 wrote
Reply to comment by Purple_Cheetah1619 in [WP] As a druid many expect you to be a tree hugging hippy, nobody is prepared when you say you're more of a hitman, turns out nature is quite ruthless, where plants will ask you to kill other plants so they can grow better or animals asking to hinder their enemies or lure in prey by 12gunner
Yes, it is. It's from the Meet the Scout Team Fortress 2 video.
SFiyah t1_ixsexpl wrote
Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP] An eldritch horror disguised as a human is on a date. An angel disguised as a pigeon lands nearby. "Hello, unworldly abomination." "Hello, self-righteous vermin." by Affectionate_Bit_722
Hmm....self-righteous because angel, and vermin because pigeon. If we follow this pattern, then unworldy because eldritch horror, and abomination because human.
Jacky1111111 t1_ixsemic wrote
Reply to comment by gaborrero in [WP] You visit a shady pawn shop and find a battered blacksmith's hammer that seems to silently call out to you. What you're unaware of is this hammer used to belong to the god of the blacksmiths. by Shadrak_Meduson
I know your gonna do amazing, also what's the book called?
gaborrero t1_ixsefuh wrote
Reply to comment by Jacky1111111 in [WP] You visit a shady pawn shop and find a battered blacksmith's hammer that seems to silently call out to you. What you're unaware of is this hammer used to belong to the god of the blacksmiths. by Shadrak_Meduson
Thank you so much! I am self-published through Amazon, just one book. I'm glad you and everyone else enjoyed what I wrote and I hope to write additional enjoyable stories in the future!
Purple_Cheetah1619 t1_ixse7wm wrote
Reply to comment by GrunkleStanwhich in [WP] As a druid many expect you to be a tree hugging hippy, nobody is prepared when you say you're more of a hitman, turns out nature is quite ruthless, where plants will ask you to kill other plants so they can grow better or animals asking to hinder their enemies or lure in prey by 12gunner
Ooooh! Is this the beginning of something? It seems like it could be.
Scootersmugskirt OP t1_ixsdcko wrote
Reply to comment by Major_Air in [WP]After crashing on a planet that seems to keep you immortal by bringing you back to life at your crash site each time you die. You finally escape and grow old and die only to wake back up at the crash site by Scootersmugskirt
Yeah. Finally beat the game and wanted to see somone change it up
Zahirico1 OP t1_ixscjks wrote
Reply to comment by ZeraskGuilda in [WP] You are a famous anthropologist exploring ancient ruins and you find a cryogenic chamber with a creature thought to be extinct, a HUMAN by Zahirico1
honestly I have no idea I think it can be put here
ZeraskGuilda t1_ixsbark wrote
Reply to comment by Zahirico1 in [WP] You are a famous anthropologist exploring ancient ruins and you find a cryogenic chamber with a creature thought to be extinct, a HUMAN by Zahirico1
The follow-up is almost done! Is there a sub I should put it in, that you know of? Or d'ya think I should be fine putting it here?
BlightFantasy3467 OP t1_ixsaz2v wrote
Reply to comment by rulethem in [WP] You are the Big Bad, you've been purposefully sending weaker minions to the Hero and their party, in order to strengthen them for the final confrontation. All you seek, is a worthy death. by BlightFantasy3467
Pretty good,
Just one gripe that I have.
Stop using contractions in your more powerful moments. It takes away from their Importance.
For example "...for I'm your worst mistake."
Does not have the emphasis of the character, such that
"...for I am your worst mistake." would.
Using contractions makes your authoritive characters seem weaker, less important, more casual.
It's fine if say, your character was some average teenager or something. E.g. "Don't tell me what to do!" Sounds like they're throwing a tantrum.
But if a king were to say it, their words would be less threatening. Instead they would say "Do not tell me what to do!" It gives their words a power to it, a weight to their words.
Also, say you were doing an essay, and it had a minimum word limit, not using contractions can pad out your word count.
Jacky1111111 t1_ixsafch wrote
Reply to comment by gaborrero in [WP] You visit a shady pawn shop and find a battered blacksmith's hammer that seems to silently call out to you. What you're unaware of is this hammer used to belong to the god of the blacksmiths. by Shadrak_Meduson
Brother i feel like this will be a good story if you decide to finish and your a really good writer, feels like you could be an author or are one
S1eepyZ t1_ixs8q3h wrote
Jamaican_Dynamite t1_ixs8nci wrote
Reply to comment by Crystal1501 in [WP] You know that graffiti you see on the side of tall bridges or along the walls facing train tracks? Today, you figured out where it comes from: ghost gangs. As in, gangs made up of ghosts. by Crystal1501
Yep. Here's ADZE over the 110 for an example.
S1eepyZ t1_ixs88rq wrote
Jacky1111111 t1_ixs81pe wrote
Reply to comment by gaborrero in [WP] You visit a shady pawn shop and find a battered blacksmith's hammer that seems to silently call out to you. What you're unaware of is this hammer used to belong to the god of the blacksmiths. by Shadrak_Meduson
Thank you thank you thank you
Jacky1111111 t1_ixsfxhy wrote
Reply to comment by gaborrero in [WP] You visit a shady pawn shop and find a battered blacksmith's hammer that seems to silently call out to you. What you're unaware of is this hammer used to belong to the god of the blacksmiths. by Shadrak_Meduson
Alright then thank tou