Prompt:
Choose a character from your favorite anime or movie—someone with a powerful ability, like bending elements, time travel, telepathy, shapeshifting, or healing. Now imagine that power isn’t a blessing… but a curse.
Write a scene, short story, or even a monologue where that power brings suffering instead of strength. Maybe it isolates the character from others, backfires in dangerous ways, or slowly eats away at their humanity.
🧠 Challenge Guidelines:
- Length: 300–1000 words (or more if you’re inspired!)
- Tone: Tragic, eerie, dramatic, or bittersweet—your choice.
- Perspective: Write in first-person (as the cursed character) or third-person (from an outsider’s view).
- Optional Twist: Let the character meet someone who envies their power… and reveal the dark truth behind it.
🌟 Examples to Spark Ideas:
- A character who can read minds slowly loses their own thoughts to others’ voices.
- A healer who absorbs pain when healing others begins to feel every wound they cure.
- A time traveler who can’t return to their own timeline, always a ghost in someone else’s life.
💬 Bonus Reflection (Optional):
At the end of your piece, write a short author’s note answering:
“Why did I choose this character and how does this cursed version change how I see them?”
Happy Writing ^_^
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