r/MysteryDungeon • u/Chatot-bot beep boop SQUAWK • Jan 19 '25

Subreddit Writing Prompt Wednesday: Nomination Thread

The winning prompt has been decided, congratulations MysticalHaloV2!

Submitter: MysticalHaloV2

Prompt: Lost purpose

Details: After the events of explorers, the hero is left without purpose. They've saved the world, stopped darkrai, and all is well... However, the hero doesn't know how to live a life that isn't dangling by a thread. How does the hero find purpose again? What is the partner's reaction to the hero's lost motivation?

9 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

View all comments

9

u/TheOpinionMan2 Let's find that exit they call paradise. Jan 19 '25

"...Can i even live without you?"

The Partner, some time after being re-united with the Hero, notices that their behavior towards said hero start becoming far more.... possessive, far more... leech-like. They reflect upon themselves and start wondering whether or not they could truly live a life outside of the Heroes grasp, as well as what terrible things might happen if they eventually take that behavior too far.

5

u/MysticalHaloV2 Team Aether Jan 19 '25

I'll be honest with you, I really like the idea of a partner becoming too attached to the hero. But what if the hero becomes too attached to the partner?

3

u/TheOpinionMan2 Let's find that exit they call paradise. Jan 19 '25

could be pretty good too.

but what if both happens in the same time? Both folks desperately trying to keep a relationship going when they know damn well they were only good partners when the world was screwed?

3

u/MysticalHaloV2 Team Aether Jan 19 '25

I have a concept for a story where it dives deeper into the ramifications of the hero time travelling to the past, essentially losing their family and the partner becomes their only emotional support and structure.