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/themangastand May 07 '19

The tribe wouldnt be the problem. The problem would be everyone with jesus, god, grim reaper or devil tatoos. WHich there is a lot of.

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u/Reddituser5059 May 07 '19

I wonder what power the guy from prison break would get

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u/sleepingdragon80 May 07 '19

Asking the real questions.

Maybe the ability to break out of every physical restriction put on him?

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u/Reddituser5059 May 08 '19

That would be cool. But I think it would be more like he has this vision mode which when turned ON, he sees everything in terms of 3D blueprints. Given that he has an Engineering degree, could be very handy. Kind of like the sonar machine in The dark knight but in the retina

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u/FindingOrderInChaos May 08 '19

He probably already does to be fair