/u/BiggerJ's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] During a court case involving modern technology, the elderly judge admits he doesn't understand it. A magical impish being appears to take everyone present on a whimsical educational journey. The judge allows it.
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[WP] The mysterious show that plays on the local public access channel late at night (whose existence the channel denies) elicits all kinds of reactions, though mostly paranoia... but for you, it's always been comforting.
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[WP] When a weird but harmless homeless person accidentally gets involved in an ARG (alternate reality game), thinks it's real and can't be convinced otherwise, the players and organizers reluctantly decide to let them get involved - resulting in greater plot changes than they could have imagined.
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[WP] Following the end of Star Trek TNG, Wil Wheaton says in an interview to blame the writers for the annoyingness of his character Wesley, not him. Shortly afterward, a former TNG writer is found dead, having been brutally murdered. Wil invents Wheaton's Law while secretly investigating the crime.
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[WP] When an Elon Musk-like tech CEO tweets someone's artwork and refuses to credit the artist, nobody can find the source, so a project begins to make an AI to find it. The AI succeeds... and becomes self-aware in the process. The tech CEO declares himself to be the AI's father.
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[WP] It turns out the publisher of a hot new game wasn't kidding when they said the game's DRM includes an actual genuine curse. When innocent people are affected by the curse's effects on those who pirate the game, it results in one of the strangest class action suits of all time.
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[WP] The reason Rick and Morty took so long to get renewed was because a single corporate higher-up was blocking it until he died. Then it turns out he was poisoned. Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon must prove their innocence, but are terrified that the real killer may have been a Rick and Morty fan.
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[EU] The Doctor makes a bet with their companion/s that the mysterious 'brown acid' at Woodstock was a dangerous alien substance. It's a bet the Doctor's going to lose - because the truth is much, MUCH weirder.
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[WP] One person has secretly been involved with the production of every Doctor Who episode and piece of spin-off media (books, audioplays, comics, spin-off shows...), shaping countless aspects from the major to minutiae, and has always been the sanest, most level-headed person involved: the Queen.
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