/u/PotentialSmell's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Humans are far from the strongest, smartest, most creative... or in anything really. In fact the prevailing mystery is how in a universe filled with races that are simply superior in every way humanity has managed to survive nonetheless
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[WP] Turns out the genie was never malevolent, they just seem to have a very poor understanding of the english language and figures of speech that causes very literal and disastrous interpretations
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[WP] Blood is a very powerful magical catalyst with certain families having stronger blood than others. Your family is famed for being amongst the strongest, which forces you to be very careful as even accidentally cutting yourself on a tuna can will cause disaster as you painfully learnt
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[WP] You are a robber who has just had his soul stolen by the devil, but you are about to do him one better, today you embark on your great quest to heist hell and steal souls from the devil
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[WP] The aliens encountered in the cosmos were far closer to Lovecraft's interpretations than anything, utterly alien in biology and psychology, with architecture that hurts to look at and occasionally worshipping demonstrably real and maddening gods. This didn't stop civil interspecies relations
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[WP] You seem to be the main character in a badly written wish fulfilment story, you succeed effortlessly at everything, your luck is beyond supernatural, everyone falls immediately head over heels for you and so on. Naturally you hate every waking moment of existence
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[WP] "I am here to seal away the dark forces of your kingdom and bring an end to all this pointless war!" the hero proclaimed "Ah so then that means we have a common goal" replied his foe
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[WP] While exploring your basement you suddenly get the feeling that something is not quite right, maybe it was the slight scent of rot filling the humid air, perhaps it is the slight sloping of the room, or it was because you didn't have a basement yesterday
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[WP] When humanity finally ventured out into the light of alien suns millions of ships were waiting for them at the first system they visited, led by an ancient, heavily modified but still recognisable Voyager 1
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