/u/lgmdnss's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] Earth is a deathworld for most other species. Life was seeded there to evolve the most fearsome beasts. Both to wage war and provide entertainment, but the project was abandoned. Nobody could've foreseen humanity. The galaxy is terrified now that we've reached FTL and established first contact.
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[WP] Humans have always been great at replicating sounds and inventing a ton of different languages. This has made humanity the glue that sticks the galactic federation together. You're on your first day on the job as a translator.
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[WP] As Master of Coin and the most trusted advisor of the King, it's often joked about that you "shit gold". Little does the realm know, you actually do and that's how you keep the realm out of debt because you have no idea how finances work.
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[WP] People gain superpowers relevant to the first thing they've ever seen. The best doctors have first seen a pill. The best artists have first seen a painting. But you, you are the first and only person born in space. You saw the vast emptiness and void we call space.
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[WP] Humanity has finally established contact with an alien species. Culture and technology is being exchanged, and the internet is a concept that blows their mind. In fact, they're all getting pretty addicted to it...
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[WP] As always, you ask your dad to check under the bed for monsters. But this time when he checks, you hear him whisper: "Not yet, my friends. Soon."
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[WP] You're a monster hunter, having slain many creatures in your seemingly immortal lifespan. You're in Jerusalem and Jesus was just crucified. Little do people know nowadays, Jesus didn't get resurrected by God. He made a deal with Satan and became the first of many vampires...
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[WP] Contact has finally been made with an intelligent alien species. Instead of wanting to meet with our top diplomats and leaders, they have requested for a historian to represent humanity to meet with the equivalent role of their own kind.
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[WP] You just died. Or at least, that's what you thought first. You wake up as your 14-year old self, but with an additional 75 years of life experience and memories.
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