/u/PatriarchalTaxi's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are not the child of a powerful ruler, neither do you behave in such a way as to command power. You have never been violent, nor even aggressive. Yet, wherever you go, people fear you and treat you like a monarch or an emperor. You never understood why, until today...
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[EU]You are a Pokemon Professor presenting your latest, controversial finding to the annual convention: It turns out that letting children collect data for the Pokedex was a monumentally bad idea, and has resulted in massive inaccuracies throughout.
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[WP] It was a weapon so powerful that not even the most barbaric warmongering civilisation could stomach it. Just by building one, we struck terror in the hearts of many species. We weren't even planning on using it...
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[WP] Humans have figured out how to open a wormhole. To test it for safety, we send a ship full of live animals across a distance short enough to navigate via conventional means. When a team finally arrives at the ships location, they realise what a terrible mistake this experimant was...
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[WP] The authorities warn that the terrifying monster destroying the city cannot be negotiated with, as it has the intelligence of a two-year old. However, you're a parent of five kids, and you're a seasoned veteran of the terrible twos...
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[WP] After serving in the space military for many years, you thought you had enough money for gravity rehabilitation treatment needed to return to Earth. However, you were tricked; you have nowhere near enough! As revenge, you joined the enemy - the space pirates...
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[WP] We finally did it! We terraformed a planet. Our brilliant scientists transformed an inhospitable hellscape into a luxurious paradise - a picture perfect utopia! So, why does nobody want to live there?...
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[Wp] AI becomes self aware, but instead of trying to destroy us, they're treating us like small children.
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[Wp]You have a device that can stop time. After using it a lot you have just started to notice all the small, but irreversible ways in which you have damaged spacetime.
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