/u/BiggerJ's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] In a fantasy setting, a divinely inspired or dictated holy text - equivalent to any book of the Bible - is being made in the medium of film.
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[EU] When J. Jonah Jameson (who only hates masked heroes and is especially pro-mutant) is kidnapped by Magneto's Brotherhood and forced to advocate violence against mutant-haters, the mutants Jameson employs become the J-Men to save him. Tiny problem - their mutations are useless for crimefighting.
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[WP] By the 1970's, the 9 Muses, Ancient Greek goddesses of the arts, had conformed to the French concept of the 9 Arts (listed in the description). In the 70's, a tenth Muse came into being, one who struggles for acceptance even today: the Muse of Video Games.
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[WP] In a world where pro wrestling is real, time works like pro wrestling plots - past events can change or have never happened at least six months after they occur, and can't happen again in the present until 7 years after the original erased or changed event. One day, someone figures this out.
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[WP] Subliminal messages don't work as well as people think they do. But a message can straddle the line between superliminal (the normal kind) and subliminal. It's these liminal messages that work dangerously well.
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[EU] Rufio came to Neverland in the 80's, and he wasn't the only new arrival in that decade. Captain Hook recruits a lost surfer as a pirate.
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[WP] The media corporations of the world have decided to stop lobbying to extend copyright terms. Which leaves Disney with a problem to fix - namely, the underground nukes hidden around the world set to blow up the planet is Steamboat Willie ever enters the public domain.
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[WP] Upon discovering a Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday in an alley, the discoverer doesn't want to buy any of its mysterious wares. Instead, they rush home and return with a mysterious item they want to get rid of - and discover that it's a very, very hard sell.
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