/u/CBenson1273's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] 100 years ago, the Viranth came to Earth. Rather than attack, they offered peace and technology in exchange for only one thing - all of our stories. Today, you are the first to visit the Viranth homeworld, and you are amazed at why they wanted them.
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[WP] An alien fleet appears above the Earth, with technology and weaponry that far outclass anything mankind can defend from. The armada says that it will destroy the planet unless it gets what it wants. What it wants: you. And you don’t know why.
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[WP] “I have hunted for you for years! I have trailed you across oceans and continents! Today you shall finally fall to your archenemy!” the man shouted at you. Two problems - you have no idea who he is, and you’re an accountant. Why would an ordinary guy like you have an archenemy?
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[WP] You’ve grown up in a world where it rains all day, every day. Your entire society has evolved to revolve around this. Today, for the first time in recorded history, the rain stops.
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[WP] You wake up in your apartment, shower, have breakfast, and are about to go to work, when you look out through your window. Painted in red in huge letters on the side of the building across from you is the message: “STAY INSIDE. OUTSIDE IS NOT SAFE.”
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[WP] You are a superhero who has come to a planet called “Earth” to stop the latest multiversal threat. While here, you find that this world has an entertainment (“movie”?) franchise that appears to be based on your world, life, and fellow heroes. But they’ve gotten everything wrong…
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[WP] You are a vampire and your best friend is a werewolf. Tired of the fear, loathing, and bad press, the two of you decide to go on a PR campaign to show people that you’re decent folks and that, despite all the horror movies and video games, there’s really nothing to fear. It goes…interestingly.
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[WP] It had been hard being a professional hero’s sidekick all these years. Wearing a brightly-colored costume. Reciting quippy catchphrases. Hiding the fact that his hero was a cleverly-designed front and he’d been the one doing all the real saving and rescuing all this time. Yes, it was very hard.
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[WP] They say that Necessity is the mother of Invention. And it’s true - she’s a *mother*, alright. But today your mother has crossed a line. And you, Invention, refuse to take it anymore, so you have a plan…
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