Writing Prompt
STORY STARTER
Submitted by Jules Lee Petrich
The Anti-Hero
Write about a hero that becomes a villain, thinking that they’re not in the wrong.
Writings
Me?
I really didn’t mean to do it. Charlie just kept pushing me. And when she wouldn’t leave my stuff alone, that was the last straw. Dad, I promise it’s not my fault!!
I can’t believe how self-absorbed Charlie has been this entire trip. I tried to get her involved with the magic that you hid out here for us, but she just wants to stare at her black mirror. I wonder if that’s all she’s looking for in...
The Wraith Of Zero City
An old friend once told me that you either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain and as those words ran through my head as the helicopters hummed up above me, I realized one thing — I should have died that hero.
Standing here, atop Masters Tower, the tallest skyscraper in Zero City, I wish I had died that day three years ago when everything changed. At least then I wouldn’t be...
I Can’t
“Adria you don’t have to do this!” Ethan calls out, keeping his hand up above his head as he walks closer. “Just, just put the gun down, Adria. Just put it down.” Derek’s sobbing beneath me, some hero. Then again given his family’s history that was already inevitable.
“Adria your father wouldn’t want this!” Derek try’s to argue.
“You don’t get to talk about my father! You don’t get to tell ...
Gently Sharpened
They say that, long ago in a time gone by, when people whispered her name on their lips, it was in prayer, not in fear.
My shattering knee echoed through the room to accompany the screams as her hammer finished its arc. I think the screams were mine. I couldn’t be sure though.
It was hard to imagine the people hearing her name in the streets and feeling… hope? That’s what she was once. Apparently...
Standing against you
The thing is, you see, I’m fixing a terribly tragic wrong. That’s not how most people will see it, of course, but then again, isn’t that always the way of the world?
You have to be strong in this regard. Steady. You can’t just break at the first obstacle you see. You have to have principles. You have to stand for something.
And I’m standing against you.
I wish it didn’t have to be this way. ...
Radioactive Waste
Its hard when you find out you’re the villain
The deadly poison people should avoid
You thought you were glowing with light
But in reality it was just the radioactive waste that forms your personality
Slowly deteriorating those around you until they are dissolved too
You see him and you pretend to be her
You see her and you pretend to be him
Its all confused now
Who are you and who do you love
...
Cushing
He’s the Lord of these parts. He owns the Colosseum where he makes the convicted and the unfortunates combat to the death. You can always see him at every fight, eating his way through several plates of meat. He laughs and he claps at death. He is a rotund and misshapen and has his servants carry and bathe him. He doesn’t really have many friends, not any that he doesn’t pay anyway. He is good fri...
🦸♀️ Part Hero/ Part Villain 🦹♀️
There’s that hero
Who saves the day
Keeping everyone safe
In every way
A devil comes along
It touches his soul
He turns to a villain
He runs down that hole
He hides away
In that park
Can’t be in light
Desired to be in dark
People are in danger
They need protection
People look in his eyes
They feel rejection
He feels he is right
In every way
But he is wrong
With a price to pa...
If You Don’t Die A Hero
They say you die a hero,
And what a death it then shall be,
That you will show what's right and wrong,
And all shall worship thee,
If you don't die a hero's death,
The villain you shall be,
But you can't help the cards that were
First placed in front of thee,
But is it wrong if I decide
To live my life with glee?
Say what you will but you should know,
That I am truly free....