/u/elheber's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] To combat falling birth rates, the government forces everyone to find a marriage partner before age 35 OR ELSE. As a result, lots of desperation parings happen at shared "35th Birthday Pairing Parties." Time is running out for you.
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[WP] A robot and a rover are sent to an exoplanet for research. Although project is abandoned, the pair continue to wander and discover together for decades until one of them begins to fall into unrecoverable disrepair.
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[WP] Once cryosleep becomes safe and effective, people with few ties begin "decade hopping" for any number of reasons, recreational or otherwise. It soon starts to become a real problem.
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[EU] In a desperate ploy to avoid financial ruin against the industry juggernaut Willy Wonka, Uncle Uwe's Sweets hid tickets for a tour of his own candy factory which is practically falling apart in front of the kids. Still, Uncle Uwe puts on a brave face as he discreetly shoos away some rats.
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[WP] The protagonist wishes life were more exiting and is depressingly bored at how normal the world is. However, since they've only ever known one world, they're ironically unaware that their world is actually an exciting, fantastic wonderland with thrills at every corner.
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[WP] For decades the machines' predictably-optimal invasions have been thwarted by the unpredictable counter-assaults of a single, brilliant human war strategist. Today the machines managed to capture the strategist, dissect and upload his brain, to use his tactical genius against the humans.
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[WP] A powerful coven invites you into their secretive guild of witchcraft. There must have been a misunderstanding: you are only a master of PAPERcraft.
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[WP] Due to how aliens have pupa cycles, they mistakenly believe multiple generations of humans are one long life. An alien who was a close friend of your grandparent approaches you as if you know him well.
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