/u/Alpha_Trekkie's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] the apocalypse has come and gone, and civilization has started to rebuild itself. you are an archeologist investigating a local legend in a land once called Florida. down at a sacred cape, legend has it that mankind rode dragons into the sky to live in. the stars and promised to return one day
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[WP] there is a reason America is super militaristic, its citizens are armed to the teeth, and they want no one inside of the country. its because they are trying desperately to contain something with its boarders, and they are failing. one day a massive roar is heard around the world as it escapes.
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[WP] earth was filled with magic, every folklore, every myth, every legend was once real. until the industrial revolution that is. pollution destroys magic, and so the more earth was covered the more it lost. now that humans cleaned up the mess, magic is returning. along with everything else with it
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[WP] after an apocalypse you are the last human alive. traveling the country side in your increasing age you slowly stumble into more and more things before realizing that magic is returning to the world. today you spot a village of elves, the first intelligent things you have seen in over 30 years.
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[WP]across the galaxy humans have accidentally achieved a reputation for their gut feelings being horrifyingly accurate though a number of accidents. as a result, the human instinct is treated as fact. while onboard a ship you feel sudden horror like nothing you have ever known from directly ahead.
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[WP] to humanity's horror, it turns out that we are the super logical, seemingly emotionless, Vulcans of the universe.
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[WP]believed to be the last human in existence, you are traded around like some exotic pet in the magic community. you find a history book in the library of your newest master, filled with the adventures and achievements humans have. realizing what humans are capable of, you escape to see the world.
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[WP] Every race in the galaxy is weary of humanity. After all, how confident in their power must a single star system species be to not arm their exploration ships to the teeth? What they dont know is humanity just has no idea how to build effective space weapons and have been bluffing for years
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[WP] we finally make first contact with aliens. an intergalactic empire no less! however, humans by random chance match their religion's versions of devils and evil spirits perfectly.
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[WP]in the universe humans are not the strongest, most resilient, most agile, adaptive, or most warlike. humans are completely average in everything except one. we are fantastic at making ships. war stories come back about how the human made ship withstood everything the enemy would throw and more
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