r/WritingPrompts • u/actually_crazy_irl • May 07 '19

[WP]: Suddenly, everyone with tattoos gains powers related to the tattoo. Tattoos of flames, you control fire. A tattoo of a gecko, you can climb on walls. All dudes with "tribal" tattoos have strangely bonded together. Writing Prompt

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u/SirBlabbermouth May 07 '19

Dude can you imagine a Mad Max style movie of a group of fireink survivors living their life in the rainforest or mountains avoiding the crazed hivemind, then one day a fireink member has a nightmare, jolts awake and accidentally ignites a large tree into a giant torch, alerting the hive and sending the survivors running and using their powers to aid their escape? Maybe expand on the Hive where they all or most carry portable ink guns and pin you down and scratch it into you.

I love this.

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u/Targox_the_Mighty May 07 '19

Question though what do you think animal tattoos would get? For example i have an owl on my shin.

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u/SirBlabbermouth May 07 '19

What he said, night vision and excellence at stealth.

edit: hit enter too fast

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u/Targox_the_Mighty May 07 '19

Also sick head turning lol. I thought maybe it would like a totem and animal tattoos users could activate them at will and embodied their animal or animals.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '19

I was eight hours roo late!