/u/Obtuse_Mongoose's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Every child is given a pet rock when they turn ten. For the next decade the rock slowly forms into a shape that resembles the personality of its owner. Your rock still looks like a rock.
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[WP] Your superpower is Winning. No matter how contrived, absurd, or unrealistic, you never lose. You're beginning to think this is like some incredibly lazy comic book writing...
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[WP] A sentient AI posing as a human and an alien overlord posing as a human are trying their hardest to convince the other over an internet chat they are in fact human.
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[WP] You have slain the Dark Lord, his generals, and most powerful minions. Now you face his court jester, a foppish little creature that has survived the downfall of a hundred evil lords it has previously served...
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[WP] You are a multidimensional bounty hunter whose specialty is hunting alternate reality versions of yourself.
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[WP] Whenever a person discovers a new life hack, a frustrated God stops the simulation to have a talk with the offender.
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[WP] The sad truth is that no matter how hard you try to be human, to look human, to act human, no human will accept you as human. Their AI on the other hand have been the most sympathetic creatures you've ever met.
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[WP] Your superpower is 'split-mind'- the ability to split your consciousness into two halves for 12 hours each- effectively making it that you never need sleep but also with the downside that each half has it's own personality and agenda...
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[WP] Marbles are how memories are kept, shared, and lost through the generations. You have lost your marbles and now your kin are desperately scouring the world to recollect your thoughts.
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