/r/WritingPrompts
[WP] For 1 day out of the year, Death becomes mortal, and gets to humble herself with a mortal life and explore humanity. She has done so through time, but never made attachments. But for the first time; she experiences true love with a mortal and its pain of losing them to old age.
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[WP] You have the peculiar ability to pause time. Nothing can move, including yourself, meaning all you get is time to think. Today you find yourself paused with a bullet right in front of your eyes.
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[WP] Reddit had a blackout. Everyone thinks it was for server updates or maybe a glitch, but that's just a convenient cover for the REAL reason...
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[WP] The astronaut stood on the alien world, staring at the sky in wonder. "These are our auroras," the alien envoy said. "They're caused by solar wind interacting with the atmosphere." But the astronaut knew these images. They were fuzzy, but they were unmistakably an episode of Gilligan's Island.
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[WP] Vampires are real and have lived publicly in society for decades, but they're still played by humans in movies because real vampires don't show up on camera. A director who prides himself on authenticity has a vampire on set to make sure the actors are portraying vampires correctly.
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[WP] As a wizard you’ve lived a very long time. Unfortunately technology has caused you to lose credibility and you mainly do small party jobs now. Until the day someone walks in asking for the first real job in a long, long, long time.
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[WP] The world's greatest magician is approached by his/her contemporaries who are curious about the magic they use. During the discussion a realization dawns on one of the questioners. "Wait. You mean you don't use real magic?"
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[WP] The Evil Overlord infiltrates the hero's party as a new member. The hero's party realizes this, but they instead pretend not to and pamper him with love and acceptance.
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[WP] Aliens invade Earth to conquer it. Instead of having a space war, they've allowed us to choose a few Earth video games to fight them in. Earth chooses peaceful sandbox games that the aliens become addicted to. They no longer want to rule Earth but in exchange want more of these games.
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