May Writing Prompts!

[iam_senpai]

We had a HUGE turnout for the April Writing Prompts and once again thank you so much to everyone that participated in the event~! There's been a lot of confusion and comments thrown my way so I'd like to get something out of the way before I put up May's prompts:

Disclaimer: I never close old writing prompts form previous months. People can and should be encouraged to post on old month's prompts and I highly encourage players to track these posts to catch stragglers or new people writing on old prompts.

Now. With that out of the way, onto this month's prompts.

May Writing Prompts

1. Three things I got from my Mother....

2. Write something that starts with a Bang (submitted by heirtothedragonsfire)

3. Someone gave you a surprise gift! Who is it from? What is it?

4. Feeling Accomplished

5. The heroes of our time (submitted by heirtothedragonsfire)

Bonus Image Prompt!

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Things Steven Rogers got from his Mother

[juststeverogers]

Three Things.....

Three things Minoru got from his mother

[itmeanstruth]

Sometimes the most mundane days turn into those you never forget.

The four-year-old twins had been good boys for their grandmother, so the Hokage and his partner brought them to the market as a reward. They searched the entire market for hours for that one special treasure they would each get to pick for themselves. Isamu was smitten with a stuffed raccoon. Minoru, however, had his eye on something else - a necklace that was identical to the one both of his mother and father both wore. Their father bought the raccoon plush, but refused to buy the necklace.

The necklace, their father explained, was a family heirloom meant to be passed on from parent to child only when rightfully earned. Buying one, he said, would make the tradition and the accomplishment of earning it meaningless. He had earned his from his mother when he'd made his first kill - a coming of age moment in a ninja clan. He told his boys he expected them to earn their necklaces as well.

Minoru was appalled and furious. The deeper message was lost as his mind struggled to process the fact that someone died for that necklace to be passed on. Someone's life was priced the same as a piece of jewelry. And he couldn't, wouldn't, ever get what he wanted because he didn't want to do that.

He may have been young, growing up in a time of relative peace, but he had an idea of what war was. He watched their mother withdraw at the mere mention of it, saw the sadness in his faded sharingan, and felt the guilt that was eating him alive. As he grew up, he would eventually learn that his mother was a child solider and assassin, that he was ordered to kill his entire family and did so, before accidentally fleeing across dimensional lines. He would learn that he and his brother were conceived out of penance that only later grew into love. But at this moment, he was only four years old - and adamant that no one should ever have to kill anyone else. For any reason - least of all, a necklace!

His mother returned to find Minoru in a shouting match with his father. From the context, it was pretty obvious what Minoru wanted so badly, but it wasn't really an argument about getting what he wanted. No, Minoru refused to bend from a pacifistic ideal born entirely out of empathy for others. This was a protest, not a tantrum. Much to his partner's shock and dismay, he took off his own necklace and put it around his son's neck.

"If you are willing to stand up that strongly for what you believe in, then you've more than earned it." He told his son. "Never forget that."

Minoru inherited three things that day - a commitment to peace, the courage to persevere for what he believed in and a tangible reminder that his mother believed in him just as strongly.

He never once took the necklace off after that.

[drehnifusbahi]

Three Things Vanyel Got From Thalia

[rogueinladysclothing]

Reaching / Something that starts with a (small) bang