WritingPrompts

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[SP] A bartender describes his many encounters with heroes	6
[WP] You really don't know what exactly you should do in this situation but you do know you probably should do or say something at least as your friend greets you from across the street seemingly unaware they currently totally lack a face	6
[WP] It turns out space is hardly empty of intelligent life and civilisations, it is just that humans are the only species which has the right combination of psychological quirks to actively search for other species and set foot into the great infinite expanse of space	6
[WP] You are able to see the impact your next action will have on the future, however this often happens too late to actually be useful. One day you absentmindedly swat a mosquito, and as you hit the insect you are flashed with visions of the end of the world	6
[WP] After humans have gone extinct our machines continue our final command. Thousands of years later, a surveying team finds a fleet of unknown ships without any life signs at all.	6
[WP] Once humanity feared the monsters, who lurked in the dark and feasted on mankind, however a lot can change in a few centuries. Now the last few scattered monster populations left live in terror of those who live in the light, who mercilessly slaughter them for the crimes of their ancestors	6
[WP] Quite recently the legendary hero discovered he was a father, and is determined to somehow balance his job saving the world with genuine attempts at parenting no matter what it takes	6
[WP] The fusion reactor is rapidly overheating, the circuit is barely holding together and the algorithms are insufficient to predict what would happen past this point, however a small rift in spacetime indicates that the plan to summon a hero from another world is indeed working	6
[WP] "Any last words?" Said the man drawing his blade at the broken form of his foe on the floor, "Yes in fact, I won." replied his opponent as though simply stating a painfully obvious fact	6
[WP] Years after SETI was shut down a private radio telescope picks up a message, "Sorry for not answering earlier, we are already here"	6

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