/u/This_is_a_Man's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] The alien conquerors gave you immortality and appointed you Governor of Earth with full authority over their fleet of enforcement drones. The rest of Earth doesn't know that the aliens don't care how you run the planet as long as you meet your annual quota of crop and seafood tributes to them.
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[WP] It's not fair. You trained your whole life to rise to the rank of sergeant in the Evil Army, but the Main Protagonist just tore through your platoon like you're all nothing but cannon fodder.
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[WP] Trial lawyers are a very different profession in a legal system where trial by combat is very real.
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[EU] Somehow, for one full day, Superman isn't needed. Clark Kent just spends the whole day doing Clark Kent stuff.
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[WP] It's been years since you destroyed the hordes of henchmen, defeated the big bad boss, saved the kingdom, and rescued the princess. You're still dealing with the PTSD.
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[WP] Centuries after civilization collapsed, a storyteller regales her audience with the legendary saga of NASA
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[WP] Humanity will come like a plague of locusts. An astronaut who has gone native prepares an alien civilization to defend itself.
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[WP] A Roman centurion warily leads his men through the forest. The samurai watch as they prepare their ambush.
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[WP] It's an annual tradition for you and your dopplegangers from parallel dimensions to have dinner. Despite coming from the same basic background, you live quite different lives because of your choices. It's your turn to host this year.
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