/u/patrickbasq's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] In the afterlife, souls can see how many living people still know you once existed. You, who had lived a fairly normal life, finally saw the count drop to 0 just 200 years after your death. 500 years later, 95% of the Earth’s total population suddenly knows about you.
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[WP] You made a deal with the devil and he showed up with two blank notepads. You’ll write everything you want from him on one notepad and he’ll write what he wants from you on the other. You filled your entire notepad but he only wrote one thing on his — to your surprise, it’s not your soul.
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[WP] You have the ability to turn back time, but whenever you do, a person close to your life is replaced by a completely different person (despite your memories staying the same) Fast forward, your wife, who you love so much, is the last “original” in your life and she’s about to get hit by a bus.
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[WP] Every time a superhuman was born, the Super Sorting Machine determines if someone is a superhero or a supervillain. It’s business as usual until a modern day engineer found out that a bug has been causing the machine to display the opposite result since its inception.
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[WP] You made a silly prank — launching a follower group of a really dumb conspiracy theory, but it gained cult-like following of actual believers in a short span. The global faction, complete with a military wing, appointed you as their leader, and now you’re on your first ever live TV interview.
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[WP] You’re a world-renowned celebrity chef who has established a successful restaurant chain, starred in a cooking TV show, and sold a lot of books. Everything’s going great until someone discovered a shocking secret ingredient in your recipes, causing public outrage and your career’s downfall
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[WP] You can see how and when a person will die if you stare right into their eyes for too long. One morning, your best friend — who is also your childhood crush — confessed feelings for you. You were so happy that you stared at her eyes long enough to see yourself murdering her later tonight.
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