/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] when you were a kid, you had an imaginary friend, Lewis; That was 20 or so years ago. Yesterday your child came into your room in the middle of the night, and said "Lewis wants to know why you don't play with him anymore"
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[WP] The Fermi paradox has been solved. All intelligent organic life eventually develops AI that destroys them. In the year 2432, Earth has been ruled by benevolent AI for 300 years, when first contact with the galactic confederation is made. They come to ask: "Why are your creators still alive?"
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[WP] Heaven runs a "faux hell" for good people whose favorite works of fiction involve taking on demonic forces.
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[WP] Story prompt: you're a time traveler and you arrive in 1936 Berlin, Germany for the Summer Olympics. Knowing better but messing around, you check your phone/gadget to look for a Wi-Fi signal. There are two access points.
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[WP] After snorting something weird at a party, you suddenly gain the ability to smell personalities.
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[EU] As the defense against the dark arts teacher at Hogwarts, it is customary for students to learn how to cast a patronus in their 3rd year. However, one of your students’ patronus is of a creature you have never seen before, something your other students are calling a “Pikachu”.
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[WP] Every time someone’s heart breaks, so does a piece of our world; this creates fissures, valleys, and even cracks in the pavement. Tell me the story behind the Grand Canyon.
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[WP] You are the extremely powerful child of the last two superheroes. Your only true friend is the equally powerful middle child of the villain family. You both know each other’s positions, but no one knows about your friendship.
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[WP] Planet report: TR-189, colloquially “Earth”. Oxygen based atmosphere. Dominant life form is a bipedal gregarious mammal, globally infected with a type K2 parasite from birth. Research note: said creature seems to regard this parasite as a primordial organ, referred in their language as “brain”.
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[WP] Necromancy is simple. There is only one single Resurrection Spell possible, and the only reason necromancers are rare is because the spell is hard to learn. However, once you learn the spell, the magic compels you to lie about it and tell everyone that necromancy is a very complicated thing.
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