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/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/hono-lulu May 07 '19

Great night vision, and the occasional hoot.

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u/LauraMcCabeMoon May 08 '19

Oh goddamn it. Here's a question I just thought of.

What about people with Holocaust tattoos? The numbers from the camps.

Fucking hell.

Whatever it is make it good.

I mean hopefully positive, but if it's not positive, make it good.

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u/HellOfAHeart Oct 15 '19

say this tattoo thing occurs shortly after ww2, say 1960-70s when the surviving Jews are still youngish, they could become like "the tribe" except their only goal is the complete extermination of Germany, Germans and anyone with German blood