/u/hogw33d's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A sort of combination of time travel and Blue's Clues: if you hold a physical photo, you can sometimes go into that photo, even if it's from a long time ago. (Up to you the writer if voluntary, involuntary, or a mix)
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[WP] When people die, their death memories are sometimes a bit corrupted by the process of ghostification. So you and the other ten people who died under strange circumstances at the mall that one day have decided to hold your own murder mystery.
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[WP] Your little town worships, and is actively overseen by, the God of Beauty. This brings both tremendous blessing and terrible sacrifice.
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[WP] Tardigrades, if they think of us, must think of us as godly huge, yet incredibly weak. Write a story of our own gods being vast and ancient, yet comparably feeble
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[WP] These aliens look nearly human, but unlike us each one is truly only one organism--no microbiota, fungal colonies, or any cells not of their own species. They have an organ for perceiving individual life signs, and find us to be shambling superorganism monsters.
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[WP] At least ten have already died based on their misinterpretations of an extremely enticing, but ambiguously worded, prophecy. But you're *sure* you finally have it figured out.
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[WP] Sympathetic pregnancy is a proposed condition where a male partner feels some of the same symptoms as their actually pregnant SO, presumably due to a close bond. But in this case you're starting to think there's more to it than that.
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[TT] You created a potion-delivered spell that forces the recipient to randomly experience the most painful memories of the person they have hurt the most. You've used it many times to great effect, but now there's a big problem: you've accidentally ingested it yourself.
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[WP] You keep hearing the same song in all your dreams. You had never heard it before in waking life, and can't find it anywhere.
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