#story ideas
Canon to the Mcu, dreams are your variants doing whatever
So what has my variants been up to (all dreams I can remember)
- A furby empire attacked an old house they where touring when they where like six
- They where running through a very dark woods with their two best friends
- They got outted at school cause a kid found their tumblr
- I worked at a pet saloon but only from 6-8 am and my parents had to take me in and it pissed them off
- My mom chocked my out with my hoodie
- It was a dystopian world and me and a bunch of other kids where camping out high up in a building. I was like a leader
- I was at a summer camp where my cabin mate had abusive parents. The cabin was yellow with lots of plants
- This is a long one, I was in my dads classroom before school, but it was me and girl and a guy. We convinced the girl to sing over the pa. I went outside to the parking lot and a conventionally attractive blonde opposite sex senior asked me in perverted ways if I was gonna date them next year, in real life I know this person and they would never. Next I was in a classroom and a sayter is roaming about, I lean out the window and ask, are you a sayter, ahh you didn’t call me mortal, you must be a clear sited one, pants appeared on him and he walked over, then my alarm went off
- I was stuck in a river for fifteen years, like a soul fish, I come out of said river and bricks and metals from the buildings come around me giving me a body. I head to my dads meat/barbecue plant. A majority of the workers are alseep, they’ve been alseep for fifteen years, not aging, some are fine with kids. We start working on getting the plant back up, I’m a bad thing to the local police force so one day when out and about with extended family we here police cars so they are trying to hide me.
- I’m a scientist, maybe not. But I’m part of an important experiment. Like really important. The numbers on the pages keep blurring off
- The world is cracking apart like ice age. We are all gonna die. I’m cussing up a storm and still being told to watch my language. My and my family had a falling out but I wanna say good bye. They are in a Greek like pavilion I’m trying to get there but the earth cracks apart. People are cheering every time it happens a bit more and enjoying their last sun set. I notice I have my dads golden watch. I see a kid from my chemistry class and through it at him and tell him to please take it to my dad. He says no he wants to watch the sunset and throughs it back
~ The Call ~
So this is just a story idea that me and @sunlitscrib have been bouncing around and are no where near actually writing but I’m really hype about the idea so I thought I would share it with you guys!
A pair of twins are born in a village that has been the center of a prophecy as old as time. One of them is the chosen one and it has been told that they would be the one to save the world’s magic. So as the two grow up eventually the village picks a twin that they believe to be the chosen one. They praise them and adore them and put a lot of pressure on them to be great while completely ignoring the other twin. The ignored twin is resentful of their sibling for this and distances themselves from them assuming that their sibling enjoys the attention.
The ignored twin is the main character of our story and little did they know they wouldn’t be envying their twin for long. After their sibling dies in a horrible accident it turns out that the ignored twin was the chosen one all along. But because of how they had been treated growing up they absolutely refuse to save anyone. After being practically abandoned from the time they were young and ignored for their sibling the world could burn for all they cared.
Although they do feel guilty for the resentment they held for their sibling. After it is revealed that they are the true chosen one they realize how much pressure their twin had on them and well they wish they had been their for their sibling more. Sadly now it’s too late. But they’re determined not to end up like their twin and decide that they’ll leave the village, avoiding everyone who knows about the prophecy. They’ll be just another regular person like they were before their twin died, at least that’s what they thought.
But sadly for them fate can’t be avoided that easily.
March 27, 2022
Dream last night:
Had a dream that kind of felt like it either had a group of 3 - 5 vampires or spies (or something like that). MC of the dream ended up falling for one of them. She tried taking a picture of him with her phone, played it off when it made a noise as fidgeting with something else or changing the volume or sounds.
(For some reason, it didn’t save the picture.)
They ended up taking her home. A bit of a sad goodbye, and she actually believes it’s the last she’ll see of them.
I can’t recall if there was a goodbye scene between the two or not, but I wanted to say yes. Then the group leaves.
(He does like our MC too.)
Fast forward and MC is just living life. She still thinks about the one she fell for, but she is still moving on with her life.
A party of some sort occurs, and MC had put a lot of work into putting it together. She gets a shock when the group returns and shoes up at the party. Happy reunion there.
I think there was a bit of a message about your value isn’t determined by what you can do or give to others that they shared with MC?
Either way, happy end. And a good ending for MC and the one.
And I swear to you that I keep thinking that the one/ML looked something like this:
Or
… but I can’t remember exactly what.
(Images from (1) The Villainess is a Marionette and (2) Attack on Titan.)
Writing Prompt #45
“And what about honour? Have you forgotten about that in your fancy little plans and movements, or have you simply removed it?”
“The whole world has at this point!”
I’m fucking dying someone please make a Pink Panther-style crime comedy about this
So, this is something that has rattled around in my mind for a long time. It’s mostly common knowledge at this point that when a parent, usually mothers, see their child in danger they can go into a state that allows them to go far beyond the normal strength and pain thresholds of their body. There are stories of parents lifting whole cars and ripping the muscles off their bones to save their kids from danger. This is where my idea comes in.
Do quirks work in the same way in the BNHA world? Would parents be able to activate their quirks far beyond their normal strength in order to save their kids? A father with a slight elasticity quirk stretching 30 feet to create a bridge for his child during an earthquake. A mother with a warming quirk, normally only getting hot enough to be slightly uncomfortable to touch, being able to melt through a car wreck to release their baby from the back seat.
And if this is how it works, wouldn’t it be an interesting idea to see what would happen if a certain green haired boy got in a tough spot with his mother nearby. Imagine Inko Midoriya being first hand witness to a battle with her son on the losing side. Deku getting knocked to the ground and right as the killing blow is about to be struck, something in Inko would snap. Her slight levitation quirk being amplified to something akin to a wall of force or being yanked by a bungie cord tied to a truck. The villain being slammed into walls or just flung hundreds of feet into the air then slammed back down like a meteor spike. The villain would be down for the count and Inko would follow as soon as she saw Izuku was okay.
The consequences would be similar to quirk fatigue, like Endeavor over heating or Bakugo’s wrists hurting, but cranked up to 11. Inko would likely have be hospitalized for some kind of seizure due to the psychic nature of her quirk for some time. It would also be interesting if these types of quirk usage would be treated differently that illegal usage since they are more of an instinct to the parents.
This could also be a fun idea to explore with the other parent figures in the BNHA world, like how Toshinori or President Mic would be impacted by parental instinct quirk enhancement (PIQE?). I would add Aizawa to that list, but we have already seen him in those situations and his quirk can’t really be enhanced in any real way.
1. Write a story with a headstrong, take no shit character pushed to work with a lazy, well to do, annoying character by forces outside of their control
2. Write a story set during the worst storm in history in the most beautiful place to ever exist where people have never dealt with such an experience
3. Write a story where a couple must go on an epic journey that requires them to confront all of the things they hate about each other
4. Write a story about a character raised to believe in something so strongly they can hardly separate themselves from it until something unexpected forces them to do just that
5. Write a story with two estranged siblings who must band together to fulfill their individual goals and confront the thing terrible event that drove them apart in the first place
Yes it is winter still im just tired of it
1. a walk on a brisk morning, ice frosted windows, a bouquet of flowers from a farmer’s market
2. distant bird song that wakes a character in an unsavory place, April showers, a character named May who betrays another
3. a picnic just before it’s warm enough, a love that blossoms like early spring flowers, a promise made in good faith
4. a bet for who can do something before the first flowers spring up, a robin with a worm, borrowing someone’s jacket
5. a gurgling fountain in a park, days that grow slowly longer, a time for moving on and fresh starts
1. a detective, a pet fish, a bus
2. eye glasses, a golden dice, a journal chronicling a tragically failed experiment
3. a sweater, a cigarette, a rose garden
4. an umbrella, a field, a paper airplane
5. a wedding dress, a closed store, a one way ticket
6. an ominous and threatening greeting card, face paint, a broken cell phone
7. a can of orange paint, a pair of mismatched shoes, a mysterious repeating noise
8. a rainy day, time travel, a broken family
9. an intelligent and unusual pet, a new city, a photograph
10. a fire, a soccer game, enemies to friends
1. “You can’t just make it disappear.”
“No, but I can make myself disappear.”
2. “What the hell is that?”
“Don’t worry, it’s not staying for dinner.”
3. “Am I missing something? Why does he want you dead?”
4. “She came back.”
“From the west?”
“From the dead.”
5. “Say, whatever happened to you and I?”
6. “I can never go back.”
7. “Do you ever wonder what would’ve happened to us if we hadn’t be tossed in prison together?”
“Well, we wouldn’t be back here now would we?!”
8. “I wish we could start over.”
9. “The docks, half past midnight, bring a weapon.”
10. “You can’t just do things like that! I thought you were dead!”
“Yeah? And I thought we were a team!”
1. “Well if you aren’t going then why should I?”
2. “You forget yourself. Are you a prince or a poor man? You have decisions to make, I suggest you make them soon or risk the future of your kingdom.”
3. “Mom and dad didn’t say you were coming.”
“They didn’t know.”
4. “I came to you because you’re supposed to be the best. Am I mistaken?”
“Unfortunately for you, no.”
5. “Are you from around here?”
“No, I arrived today. With the other survivors.”
1. a blizzard, a bucket list, soul searching
2. a theme of loneliness, a stray cat, flickering gas station lights
3. a falling out of love story, an open window, something broken
4. a swing set, a supernatural experience, a character who is lost
5. a garden, a magic key, a child of warring parents
1. “Don’t tell me what to do! It’s mycurse.”
2. “Oh, just kick me off this cliff! It would be merciful at this point!”
“I can’t do that my liege, I was charged with-”
“With keeping me alive, yes, I am aware.”
3. “I thought you’d be scarier.”
“Excuse me?”
“Well, I don’t know. I just thought, ‘reclusive vampire who lives on a mountain, he’s probably scary’ and … .”
“And?”
“And taller. I thought you’d be taller.”
4. “Your mother always loved you best in red.”
“Yes, well my mother also always loved me best in prison so I think I’ll go with the blue.”
5. “Well? What are you waiting for?”
“I thought this was gonna be the moment where you confess your undying love for me before I run into the thick of the battle where I’ll probably be martyred? Or did I read the moment wrong.”
“You read the moment wrong. Go!”
Write a story including a set of three things
1. a grey sky, a farm, a broken fence
2. a magical item, a middle schooler, a pawn shop
3. a letter without a return address, a stockbroker with a dark secret, a curse of a family who really deserves it
4. two opposing organized crime families, a silver coin, a painting
5. a garden, a talking bird, a shattered window
6. an ill parent, an after school job, a suspicious person
7. a shopping mall, time travel, bells chiming
8. a warm fire, a traveler seeking shelter for the night, a deal to be settled in blood
9. reincarnation, a spell that goes wrong, a smashed vase
10. footprints, fog, a bus
1. “Who the hell do you think you are?”
2. “I didn’t want you! I didn’t want any of this! You should have left well enough alone.”
3. “Are you still there?” “Of course. I’ll always be here.”
4. “We have a visitor.” “A visitor?” “They are waiting at the door?” “What are you talking about? Who’s here?” “A visitor.”
5. “Well, you haven’t changed, have you?”
6. “Arson is not an acceptable coping mechanism.”
7. “Don’t go in there! Don’t! He’s there, he’s back, he’s coming for us!”
8. “I got you that. For your 17th birthday, do you remember?”
9. “I did this for us!”
10. “If you want to go back I won’t stop you. But I am never setting foot in that city again so help me god.”
1. apples, an accomplice, an articulate character
2. a bacchanal, a backstabbing, a book
3. a curiosity shop, a calico cat, a calendar
4. a daisy, a dime, a dance
5. an earthquake, an early morning, an Easter lily
6. a fable, fainting, a false alarm
7. a distant galaxy, a game, a garden
8. a habit, a hero, a home remedy
9. an isle, an idealistic character, an imposter
10. a joke gone wrong, a jar of something precious, a jogger
11. a knife, a kid, a kite
12. a lost family heirloom, a letter, a lonely old man
13. mac and cheese, a myth, a musty old attic
14. a nagging sibling, a nap, a nighttime walk
15. an open door, an oak tree, an old key
16. a poem, a penknife, a pocket that seems endless
17. a quest, a quitter, a queen
18. a roaming cat, a romcom, a radio
19. a snake, a spy, sand
20. a table, a toothache, a tabby cat
21. multiple universes, a university for the strange and dangerous, a urn
22. a vegetarian, West Virginia, a vet
23. a windy night, a wobbly desk, a wedding
24. a xanthic flower, a xylophone, a xeric environment (idk folks)
25. a young girl, a yellow scarf, a yawning cat
26. a zoo, a zero, a zigzag
1. “I tracked him into the forest, lost him at the creek, I’m sorry sir … he’s gone.”
2. “I’m not looking for trouble, mister.”
3. “Have you ever thought anything through in your life?!”
4. “I know better than to mess with them. If you want this job done you better find someone else and they better be as dumb as a box of rocks.”
5. “This wasn’t the deal!”
6. “Let me help him, please!”
7. “After the incident well, everyone thought they would be too ashamed to show their faces in town ever again, we figured they would leave. We were only half right. They’ve been holed up in that mansion of theirs out in the woods for the past thirty years, I haven’t seen them since the funeral.”
8. “This city … it’s like it’s alive.” “Something isn’t right here. I want to go home.”
9. “And what exactly makes you think I’m gonna hop on this crazy plan of yours?” “Don’t you remember? You owe me.”
10. “Forget about them. That’s an order.”