/u/bystander007's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] It turns out that Aliens avoid Earth because the greatest evil in the universe has retired here, living among humans in disguise and enjoying his new life. One day, a new great evil arises. Not wanting to lose his new life, your stepfather finally reveals his past and asks for your help.
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[WP] Your dream is to be an undercover agent, but you've been turned away by every major organization such as Law Enforcement, FBI, and CIA. You decide to infiltrate to cartels on your own. Within a year you're running the largest drug operation in the world and don't know how to stop.
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[EU] The plot of Home Alone except Marley is a legitimate serial killer and Kevin has to team up with the Wet Bandits if they all want to survive the night.
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[WP] You receive an email from the prince of a planet soon to be destroyed by a cosmic storm asking you to forward this message in hopes it reaches the Galactic Federation. You ignore it. Three days later you're on trial before the Federation for negligent genocide.
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[WP] Super powers are hereditary and first appear when children reach the age of twelve. On the day your child turns twelve they are revealed to have the exact same power as your neighbor, whose lived next door for thirteen years.
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[WP] Anonymity is now illegal. Anyone acting without complete transparency is considered a criminal and given the maximum penalty for their crimes. This applies to every aspect of life from newspaper sources to reddit accounts and even CIA agents.
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[WP] It's 5:25 am. You didn't feel like paying the cab fare or learning the name of the stranger sleeping next to you. You're not far from your apartment and decide to take the walk of shame. As you lumber home you can't help but notice the world around you in an odd new morning light.
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[WP] Due to a clerical error you are the only person in the world who didn't have a Fairy Godparent as a child. To make up for lost time you've been given on at the age you are now.
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[WP] Two weeks ago you proposed to your partner by having a plane fly overhead with a banner. Unknown to you there was someone else there with that name. After a lengthy trial it has been determined you're legally obligated to accept their yes and marry both of them.
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[WP] You work for the greatest Empire in the history of the known universe as a political envoy who goes from planet to planet making first contact and informing worlds of their new place within intergalactic society as subjects to a ruling class. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
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