/u/[deleted]'s posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] It's the apocalypse. The world is about to end when a voice booms throughout the sky: "No, this isn't how it's supposed to go. Rewind. Try it again." Time resets. It's the apocalypse again, and again, and again, and again, until it happens correctly.
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[WP] An unspecified catastrophe has brought about the end of civilization. Somewhere in America a lone McDonalds stands untouched amid the rubble and decay, golden arches gleaming in the toxic rays of the sun. The automatic doors slide open to admit a lone man, doubled over from hunger...
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[WP] After an fatal accident, all AI testsubjects at your facility formed a sentient hivemind, which, against all odds, is very fond of you and the scientists
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[WP] Almost all of humanity is wiped out. 1500 years later, tribes start to rebuild. Write an original myth to explain the relics of our present civilizations that these tribes might share.
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[WP] Civilised aliens fear predatory species and avoid contact with them. That is the reason why humans were excluded from the galaxy's affairs for a long time. The first human embassy to an alien specie is not taken kindly.
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[WP] You are an ancient being that the gods believe to be a villain. For centuries, they have sent their descendants and heroes to try and kill you. This time, they have sent a child.
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[WP] "What do you mean water used to just come down from the sky? That's absolutely ridiculous! Everyone knows you only find water deep underground, in the caves. Anyways, even if there was water on the surface, the heat would just evaporate it all."
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[WP] Humans are a race of hyper intelligent, intergalactic beings who have achieved 100% moral purity by taking all newborns with any trace of evil in their personality, and sending them to earth.
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[WP] The Emperor has ruled for decades, and every hero who opposes him has never been heard of again. You go to defeat him, but then realize that all of the heroes have become his friends and family.
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