[ TT ] Dragons are discovered , but few people can train them . A redditor trains one to violently dispatch people who make up shitty writing prompts .

**The Ballad of the Great Promptful Dragon** 
 
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 Listen my friends, and harken to me, 
 
 As I sing of the Great Promptful Dragon, 
 
 Who freed this sub from shitty prompts - 
 
 So, attend, but first buy me a flagon. 
 
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 For the Writing Prompts sub was burdened 
 
 By thoughtless, and terrible suggestions, 
 
 That dictated detailed, specific plots, 
 
 Which made writers all shrink in depression. 
 
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 Because nobody wants to write, at all, 
 
 To a road map, with no free reign. 
 
 Especially when the road map sucks - 
 
 My god, that ’ s the worst kind of pain! 
 
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 But, oh, it does get worse my friends, 
 
 For so many of those prompts were repeated, 
 
 By morons who thought that changing one word 
 
 Would refresh prompts that should be retired. 
 
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 Then, along came the Great Promptful Dragon, 
 
 With great style, and great wit, and great taste, 
 
 But most of all, a great wisdom and love, 
 
 For the prompts writers *do* want to face! 
 
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 He rode out on the sub, into battle, 
 
 With a pen and a mouse as his weapons 
 
 And because he was a great dragon 
 
 We knew he'd kick ass, in one session. 
 
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 “ Death to worn-out pop culture, and memes 
 
 Death to “ hey, video games are real life! ” 
 
 Death to the “ modified prompt ” reposters, 
 
 Who just like to twist the damn knife! ” 
 
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 As the Great Promptful Dragon sang his song 
 
 He struck out at the worst prompt offenders: 
 
 Time-travel, wizards, and superpowers, 
 
 And immortals, and alien invaders. 
 
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 “ Look, ” said the Great Promptful Dragon, 
 
 “ There is nothing wrong with these tropes 
 
 And if writers want to write about them, 
 
 They will, just not tied down with ropes! ” 
 
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 `` Give them prompts that are open, 
 
 Give themes, and less detail - not more, 
 
 And don ’ t try to make the thing “ clever ”, 
 
 For the writers should have that in store!'' 
 
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 `` Give triggers, not outlines - that ’ s their job! 
 
 Give them the seed, not the tree! 
 
 Especially if the tree is already dead, 
 
 Let it go, and let the writers be free!'' 
 
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 `` If you've got a really specific idea, 
 
 Then, why don ’ t you try this, for a change: 
 
 Answer a prompt yourself, with that thought, 
 
 Have a shot at the wild and the strange!'' 
 
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 And thus, the Great Promptful Dragon came, 
 
 To defeat all the prompts that were shitty 
 
 And WritingPrompts then went on to become 
 
 The greatest subreddit in reality. 
 
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 “ Except - we don ’ t live in reality! ” 
 
 “ This whole thing is a big simulation! ” 
 
 “ Just kidding, ” said the Great Promptful Dragon 
 
 “ I ’ ll kill anyone who prompts this situation. ” 
 
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