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[WP] Your main character is Placebo Man. Although he/she never does anything special, crime drops in the city because everyone else thinks he's a super hero.
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[WP] You keep getting emails addressed to you at the correct email address but you don't know what they're talking about. You discover these are from a parallel universe meant for a parallel you. You slowly learn about the life of the other you
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[WP] You time travel to ancient Rome and introduce electricity. After a few years in the Roman Empire, you return to the 21st century to see how the timeline changed.
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[WP] One day you pull off your VR helmet but you never owned one. Your surroundings change and you are in a different reality. You then pull it off again and are taken to another reality. You keep going and there is always a VR helmet to take off.
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[WP] With superpowers, came the rise of superheroes. You are a 'Villain', an employee of the government tasked with planning 'Evil Deeds' so that superheroes can 'thwart' you.
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[EU] You come from a family whose blood runs with magic. Every one of your siblings is a witch or a wizard; except you. So while they are having fun at Hogwarts, you’re stuck at a shitty public school.
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[WP] A 2,000 year old ancient snack stand was recently discovered in Pompeii. An archeologist jokingly set out his lunch on it and offered it to the other researchers. "Back in business at last", Thought the snack stand.
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[WP] While cleaning out your grandmother's attic you find an old pair of glasses that, to your surprise show you the truth of what people say and what they mean. You eventually come across someone that the glasses do not work on. They have their own glasses on and seem as shocked as you are.
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