Preston_of_Astora

Preston_of_Astora OP t1_j9w6faj wrote

Reply to comment by BeesWithUdders in [WP] Slaying the dragon was hard enough, but the knight had absolutely zero idea what is being hidden in that tower. Everyone says it's a fair princess, but upon entering her quarters, you are immediately hit with an aura of immense dread, and terror. This tower isn't a prison, it's a vault. by Preston_of_Astora

Would imagine that the princess was kept here not by her jealous kin, but by the Church, or rather, what elves had for a church in this world

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Preston_of_Astora OP t1_j9vpkhd wrote

Reply to comment by jkwlikestowrite in [WP] Slaying the dragon was hard enough, but the knight had absolutely zero idea what is being hidden in that tower. Everyone says it's a fair princess, but upon entering her quarters, you are immediately hit with an aura of immense dread, and terror. This tower isn't a prison, it's a vault. by Preston_of_Astora

The One Reborn

FUCKING- I didn't stock up enough Firebombs. Welp, time to die

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Preston_of_Astora OP t1_j9vpdxy wrote

Reply to comment by ArbitraryChaos13 in [WP] Slaying the dragon was hard enough, but the knight had absolutely zero idea what is being hidden in that tower. Everyone says it's a fair princess, but upon entering her quarters, you are immediately hit with an aura of immense dread, and terror. This tower isn't a prison, it's a vault. by Preston_of_Astora

My very first prompt to this sub was this exact story, but an explicit statement that the princess is anything but, and I got a wild variety of prompts from a magical nuke unable to control her power, to a lich in a girl's body

Decided to mix it up due to the resurgence of Princess in Castle stories, with one simple question

Why else would someone put a dragon in a tower than to keep them out?

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Preston_of_Astora OP t1_j62f8k5 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5: How the hell did we go from "Bury your sword, gold, and food with you, and maybe your wife and horses", to "You can't bring money with you to the grave"? What cultural and societal event led to this shift of belief? by Preston_of_Astora

Common Sense isn't really a sizable factor when it comes to belief or tradition. There are an absurd amount of things that people still do despite not making sense in the slightest

Exhibit A: The Philippine belief that a boy must be circumcized so they can become stronger, taller, and more masculine. Does it make sense? Fuck no. Do people still believe in it? Bet your ass they do

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Preston_of_Astora t1_j584z0r wrote

Reply to comment by JonesNate in [WP] The queen is dead. The kingdom burns around you. Her soldiers fight on, but the invader is relentless. You do the only thing you can; you flee to beg mercy from your god, to call on your protector to cast out your enemies. You leave the hive in search of its beekeeper. by ArseneArsenic

I would imagine a Japanese Murder Hornet in human context be a giant samurai with an oni mask, just towering over an army of women-at-arms

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