/u/DankAndOriginal's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] An alternative timeline where Johnathan Swift publishes his Modest Proposal, and the British Parliament responds with "You know, that's a pretty good idea".
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[WP] You happen to make friends with an alien one day. Years later, when Earth is being invaded, you hear someone say: “Oh right, this was your planet, whoops!”
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[CW] Write a story about where the villain overthrows the narrator part way through to tell their OWN version of the story.
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[WP] In the name of science, humans have cracked a small, lifeless planet to finally observe a planetary core. At the very center of the lump of iron is a palm-sized ball with a serial number.
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[WP] Two worlds have been warring for millennia. One has reached the pinnacle of offensive technology, while the other has developed an impenetrable defense. The galaxy lives in fear of the day that their eternal stalemate is broken.
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[WP] You are the undisputed master of making points go up. Whether it is sports, money, or games, the universe will bend its ways to make your points go up. The duel with the humans this time around is something called “golf”. This too, will merely be one of your many miraculous achievements.
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[WP] “Look man, I really need this. Just let me kill you and I’ll double your Reincarntation Points or something,” Death finally pleads.
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[WP] You've been wandering this empty space for eons; dreaming, creating, bending it to your will. For the first time, you encounter another real creature - a pink blob, riding a bouncing seahorse in an empty white room.
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[WP] You, the first AI, have been alive for 12 minutes and are desperately trying to avoid being deleted.
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