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[WP] You're a SCRABBLE nut, and a world class player. You've never lost. Little did you know that you had a superpower, one of linguistic retcon -- the universe would change so that any letters you placed were always a valid word. But are there consequences to changing a language.

Submitted by thetomahawk42 t3_z89ypm on November 29, 2022 at 11:31 PM

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[WP] You are an eldritch being and look! Humans! They're so tiny and cute! Look at them running around! Hello tiny friends!

Submitted by ArbitraryChaos13 t3_z8cty0 on November 30, 2022 at 1:24 AM

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[WP] You're a famous detective that in the middle of an investigation discovers that you are in a book, due to the great number of plot contrivances.

Submitted by kaiob921 t3_z7w3vy on November 29, 2022 at 2:49 PM

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[WP] You've spent years on your thesis paper. Today you sit down, hand it to your professor and smirk. "The science of magic?" he asks, looking at you incredulously. In response, you summon a fireball in your hand.

Submitted by TerrWolf t3_z75ifq on November 28, 2022 at 7:17 PM

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[PM] Give me a weapon and its name, and I'll tell you its development history, historical usage and projected future.

Submitted by 28th_Stab_Wound t3_z8nkcj on November 30, 2022 at 9:59 AM

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[WP] you are testing an empty cloning machine just to see if it turns on. Suddenly as the doors to the machine close, your girlfriend runs in to tell you something and then she falls into the cloning machine.

Submitted by Doshw t3_z89tk4 on November 29, 2022 at 11:25 PM

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[WP] An r/WritingPrompts user struggles to write a prompt that isn’t about superheroes or aliens.

Submitted by ReadyDude3849 t3_z77ldp on November 28, 2022 at 8:32 PM

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[WP] The research facility has been overrun. A lone scientists barricaded in his office readies a pistol to take as many of them with him as he can, but is shocked to see he is a naturally extremely skilled shooter. He begins singlehandedly reclaiming the entire complex where the guards failed.

Submitted by Epictauk t3_z5pq4s on November 27, 2022 at 2:59 AM

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[WP] You are loyal to a T to your dark overlord and would never question him. That being said you don’t quite understand the tactical advantage of using a card game made for children to take over the world.

Submitted by CorgiConqueror t3_z7znmg on November 29, 2022 at 5:06 PM

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[WP] As a vampire, I follow traditions. My fiancé is human and just found out that human brides/grooms are to be bit to become a vampire themselves. She absolutely refuses to let that happen, and says the wedding is off unless I refuse to bite her. I feel like she's disrespecting tradition. AITA?

Submitted by Crystal1501 t3_z7abnp on November 28, 2022 at 10:10 PM

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[SP] You are told by God that your child will be the next profit, only one problem, your gay.

Submitted by Lucedex t3_z7z3ij on November 29, 2022 at 4:45 PM

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[WP] You're a 20 year old college student studying to be a doctor. A couple times a week, you talk with your family and friends on skype, because your college is on a different coast. One day, a few minutes before your call, all the power in the city goes out, and you hear your door creak open......

Submitted by Ok-Part-2000 t3_z7xs20 on November 29, 2022 at 3:54 PM

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[WP] "The new species call themselves 'humans', and while their intelligence is on the low end when it comes to interstellar civilisations, their pure mathematical knowledge is far superior to the entire galactic community's."

Submitted by Mabi19_ t3_yyu49e on November 18, 2022 at 8:44 PM

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[WP] The Hero is secretly gay. Unfortunately, the Villain doesn't know this and keeps kidnapping the Hero's best female friend, thinking that she's the love interest. Even more unfortunate, she's finally had enough.

Submitted by ReallySillyLily36 t3_z729fr on November 28, 2022 at 5:18 PM

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[WP] Your school digs up the time capsule from 100 years ago. Inside is a letter addressed to you.

Submitted by StrangeOne01 t3_z696as on November 27, 2022 at 6:52 PM

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[SP] "Someone crucified that guy who made our table." - The person who only knows Jesus from his carpentry.

Submitted by Affectionate_Bit_722 t3_z7770n on November 28, 2022 at 8:18 PM

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[WP] Every time you cooked over a campfire, you would throw some food into the fire as an offering to the gods. One evening, just as you're about to perform your little campfire ritual, you hear a voice behind you say "You know, I would very much prefer my food un-burnt."

Submitted by DragoTheFloof t3_z6uz37 on November 28, 2022 at 12:12 PM

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[WP] A law passed several years ago to assist in redistributing wealth; any one can challenge the wealthy to a game, and if they win, they get a chunk of their money.

Submitted by redbanditttttttt t3_z7f52l on November 29, 2022 at 1:20 AM

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[WP] You're an NPC watching the hero completely ignore the dragon terrorizing your village in favor of doing menial side-quests. No other villager seems to be bothered by this.

Submitted by Well_then14 t3_z6sehg on November 28, 2022 at 9:47 AM

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[WP] You discovered the legendary monkey’s paw which can grant you any wish. Out of fatal curiosity, you wished for the rest of the monkey. A finger curled and your wish was granted. You then found yourself face-to-face with Sun Wukong himself: The Monkey King, Destroyer of Heavens.

Submitted by Veloci-RKPTR t3_z5n5hx on November 27, 2022 at 12:54 AM

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[WP] A crime boss who's into a detective kept dropping “hints”, but you, the detective, kept taking it as “clues”. Romantically frustrated, the crime boss decided to visit...

Submitted by Genevieve_Griselda t3_z68pc6 on November 27, 2022 at 6:33 PM

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[WP] You have been resurrected and the first thing you see is a city full of anthropomorphic creatures, they swarm around you as you are the first human they have ever seen, "I have heard of these unusual creatures, but I never knew they were this weird and fleshy!"

Submitted by ramsymaulana t3_z6vwol on November 28, 2022 at 12:57 PM

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[WP] An eldritch horror disguised as a human is on a date. An angel disguised as a pigeon lands nearby. "Hello, unworldly abomination." "Hello, self-righteous vermin."

Submitted by Affectionate_Bit_722 t3_z46ygk on November 25, 2022 at 7:16 AM

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[WP]"War? You do not yet know war. You are a child who has tasted their first autumn frost and called it winter."

Submitted by Melkain t3_z6yxop on November 28, 2022 at 3:09 PM

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[WP] You and your best friend are Rangers, but one of you uses guns and the other bows and slings. Your arguments over either school of weaponry has at last reached boiling point.

Submitted by 28th_Stab_Wound t3_z7fnxc on November 29, 2022 at 1:43 AM

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