/u/OstrichEmpire's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are the minion of an evil villain. Your boss is... actually a pretty good person, and not evil at all. But you don't have the heart to tell them that, because they just look so damn happy when playing the villain.
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[WP] The Grim Reaper has lead every single soul of every single life into the afterlife. They have seen every death imaginable countless times over. Which is why you're surprised when you see the Reaper staring at you with a baffled expression, asking you how the fuck you died the way you did.
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[WP] "Insert card to gain power". Seems like bad translation, until you insert your card and feel power surging through your veins.
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[WP] Reptilians actually do run the government. But not out of malicious intent; the Reptilian race just loves humanity, and is afraid that if humanity was to run itself, it would end up destroying itself.
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[WP] Every day, you send a message to your dead friend's account. It's become a diary of sorts to you, a way to help you feel better, even though you know you won't get a response. One day, however, you do.
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[WP] turns out, misinformation during our time became such a problem that, in the far, far future, historians have to dig through thousands of centuries-old articles on the internet, fake and real, to decipher what actually happened and what was simply made up for clicks in the distant past.
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[WP] Legends tell of the Human, an ancient being with intelligence greater than anyone in recorded history's. It's only a myth, right? Well, the Human is real. It has recently decided to come out of it's hiding with a warning: there are other Humans out there, beyond the stars. And they are coming.
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[WP] you're on your computer, when suddenly, your virus protection program gives you a popup. the only message is "you're in danger".
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[WP] You are a superhero, and have just defeated a supervillain. You boast to him about how, in prison, he will no longer be able to destroy the world. Confused, he tells you that he was told you were trying to destroy the world.
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