My brain: Gives me this amazing scenario that makes me almost tear up with the heartwrenching flow, wording and emotion.
Me: LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN!
My brain: Hahahaha nope. Take this eternally inferior bootleg version of it instead.
Me: .......
Couldn't find a lot of whump prompts I liked, so I decided to compile a few of my own! Here's a jumbo list of prompts for superheroes and enhanced characters:
Powers Stripped Away (permanent)
Powers Blocked/Forgotten (temporary)
Powers Enhanced/Too Much Power
Powers Out of Whack
New and Unwanted Powers
No Longer Human
Healing Incorrectly/Healing Around Embedded Object
Allowed to Heal... Just Enough to Survive
Loss of Healing Factor (first time healing at a normal pace)
Anesthesia/Painkillers Burned Off Too Quickly
Awake Through Surgery
Forced to Watch Loved Ones/Sidekicks Injured
Confronted with their Weakness/Kryptonite
Betraying their No-Kill Rule
Put Under Hypnosis/Mind Control
Coming Out of Hypnosis/Consequences of Hypnotized Actions
Telepathic Torture (it's all in their head)
Forced to Relive Trauma/Memories/Nightmares
Forced to Defeat/Kill a Former Ally
Downfall into a Supervillain
Chronic Pain from a Lifetime of Hero Work
Deemed a Villain/Public Scrutiny
Wrong Choice, Right Reason
Trolley Problem (risk a loved one to save civilians)
Dangerous Powers/Forced to Isolate
Alter-Ego Friend is Super-Ego Villain
Superpowered Sleep Deprivation
Starved Until Their Powers Shut Down
Made Into A Lab Rat
Identity Stripped Away/Living Weapon
Loss Of Limb/Eye/Something That Won't Regenerate
Enduring Extreme Temperatures
Physically Unable to Die
Supersuit Melts into their Skin
Child Mistakes Them for a Monster
High-Tech Imprisonment
Alien Disease/Parasite
Unwanted Tech/Cybernetic Enhancement
Adapt or Die/Powers Emerge
Grieving their Normal Life
Outliving Friends/Loved Ones
Accidentally Hurting a Teammate/Innocent
Died and Revived
Working for the Enemy/Undercover/Forced to Defy Moral Code
Foresight/Too Predictable/Can't Get Ahead
Trying to Escape Superhero Life/Tracked Down
Emotions Manipulated
Injected with Paralytic
Dazed, Drugged, or Concussed
Fighting Until They Tear Themselves Apart