/u/actually_crazy_irl's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP]: As standard protocol, each new, intelligent alien life is judged not by what they say they are, but by an evaluation from a representative of their servants or slave species. Fascinatingly, the fate of humanity lands on the opinion of a little dog named Lucy.
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[WP] Children whose mothers have used magic potions during pregnancy sometimes experience the effects randomly through their lives, love potion offspring being randomly met by lovestruck strangers, invisibility potion kids randomly disappearing for a time... You run an orphanage for potion children.
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[WP]: Alcohol is not medicine. No bloodletting. Absolutely NO mercury, at all, ever. Being thrown hundreds of years back in time was an inconvenience, but at least you’ve made a name for yourself as the most paranoid and superstitious doctor around.
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[WP]: Your new roommate seems to think entirely in video game logic. Somehow, the world around him abides to this.
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[WP]: The elves do all with grace, the dwarves love great craftmanship with passion. Each race has their known and notorious strengths and weaknesses. The humans, for one, can't stand the words "you can't". They take it as a challenge.
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[WP]: Due to poor organising, an army of history re-enactors and a bunch of people playing a fantasy LARP end up in the same area. While they both refuse to break character, they both refuse to give ground.
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[WP]: Due to advances in medical science, the standard human life expectancy is now around 120-140. It is discovered that people in their 100-teens go through a second edgy rebellious phase.
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[WP]: You have no idea how to tell your dog that she has already been put down. Your house is being haunted by a very good girl.
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[WP]: Any god can claim a non-religious soul if they can prove in any way that this person practiced the faith in question. Large religions can take their pick, but lesser and forgotten gods keep getting more creative in their claims.
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[WP]: All animals on your walk are friendly with your dog. The kibble cabinet inexplicably opens when you’re away, no matter how you lock it. Storms evade your area. One day you drop a knife, stabbing your foot. You scream, remove the knife, and it is healed. Your dog looks at you, full of love.
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