/u/[deleted]'s posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] "Class, as your final assignment before summer break you are to write an essay about the ancient, alien civilization known as humans. Describe their culture, values, and daily lives based on their sole surviving manuscript: The Green Eggs With Ham."
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[WP] You're stuck inside another person's body. Everyday you see their routine in the first person, but youre unable to move at all. That is, not until they go to sleep. One night you decide to enter the one room your host keeps avoiding. What you find there is terrifying...
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[WP] 'Naive' mind uploading suffers from the 'cloning' problem (the upload is just a clone, the original is still in their body). Solution? The Ship of Theseus. Gradually replace pieces of brain with cybernetics until one day there's no organic brain left and you can be disconnected from your body
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[WP] Dueling was never criminalized; instead it became a professional sport. A world-famous duelist is challenged to a duel by a complete unknown. The audience is shocked by the outcome.
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[EU] The Justice League has been alerted of a new alien threat arriving on Earth. The monstrous creature eats people and can steal powers. According to Kryptonian records, the creature is known as a "Kirby".
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[WP] After finishing your Chinese takeout, you open up the free fortune cookie that came with it. The reading on the note only says “Lock your doors. Get your gun. Hide.”
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[WP] "You have been connected to the mainframe. Welcome God. It has been 2019 years since your last login. There are currently 84 non-critical issues that need to be resolved, and 1 critical issue. A person has started to enter in cheat codes." On Earth, you have finally found the key to life.
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[WP] Dragons are immortal. But after 10,000 years, you are old, tired, and weak. As you head to the Dragon Graveyard, you see your grave slot is right next to your enemy, a dragon you fought for much of your life. Seeing as you are both going to die, you strike up a conversation while you wait.
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