/u/CrashInBlack's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Your daughter has always had imaginary "alien friends" she would play with and speak to in a funny, nonsensical language. You never thought much of it, until some real aliens arrived and asked for their ambassador, your daughter.
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[WP] "What do you mean the Council won't give us a seat?" "Well, the Galactic council is... unsure... how to proceed with a species that can so readily turn predators into, well, pets."
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[WP] The alien's attack plan was perfect: land on the Human home world, assess their capabilities, and attack accordingly. Unfortunately for them, they landed in the middle of a Renaissance Fair.
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[WP] The humans can't possibly defeat us, they haven't even formed a world government yet." "Actually, Prime Minister, they've annihilated 3 naval groups already." "What?! How?" "I think some of their governments are competing against each other to see who can kill more of us."
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[WP] Humans can now explore the cosmos making friends and enemies along the way. One of these races sends a fleet to attack the humans, which promptly lines up in rows and waits for the human fleet. Apparently, though their technology has advanced, their tactics remain Napoleonic.
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[WP] The island of Sodor, where Thomas the Train and his friends live, is actually a holding facility designed to keep military Artificial intelligence systems occupied in between wars.
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[WP] You and your friends missed the apocalypse because you were in your basement playing D&D. Now you're stuck surviving with these people, and most of them are staying in character.
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[WP] Most human cultures have stories involving heroes with superpowers. It wasn't until we broke into interstellar space, and escaped the alien suppression field, that we realized these stories and the associated powers were based in fact.
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[WP] The animals fought wars, brokered deals, and negotiated constantly for the most valuable commodity in the animal kingdom: scritches from the humans.
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