/u/actually_crazy_irl's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP]: 30 years ago, a thin and ragged stranger appeared in your village, walked into a random house and sat down. Over the years he learned the language and settled in, but never told of his past or where he had come. Today, someone recognises him.
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[WP]: You live in a world of high fantasy and magic. You wouldn't mind it as much if it weren't for all the travelling bands of heroes, plucky teenage protagonists and those conspiring to overthrow the king didn't all insist having their meetings in your coffee shop.
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[WP]: Something stings at your thigh. It's an arrow aimed to destroy you, apparently made out of a toothpick. "I am fated to destroy you, monster!" a tiny hero screams. You would rather make some peaceful way to end this.
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[WP]: The god of War is not a massive, bloodthirsty beast of a man wielding a massive weapon, but a very calm and calculative business man in a pinstripe suit.
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[WP]: Extraterressial life DOES exist, and they have received and interpreted every single message humanity has sent to space. However, they regard them roughly in the same sense as annoying drunk texts.
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[WP]: The tradition is simple. People propose by giving their loved one a rose, and once a rose has been given, the proposed will have to either marry or murder the giver. A man gave you a rose ten years ago. You haven't decided yet.
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[WP]: "Not until your descendants fly", "not until a man kills a disease", "not until we step on the moon". Many blessings and cuses that were intended to never, ever end are becoming undone due to the advancements of modern science.
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