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[WP] An escaped bioweapon stumbles into an untested teleporter while attempting to flee. It ends up appearing in a little girl's bedroom. She's just happy to make a new friend.

Submitted by NyanFan190 t3_z2z9ak on November 23, 2022 at 8:14 PM

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[WP] "So tell us, What exactly do you hoard?" They blinked their reptile eyes lazily at the party of heroes standing victorious after the last battle of their quest. The dragon swung their tail in a mockery of a shy smile. All were uninjured and accounted for. What a great hoard indeed.

Submitted by Orimeia t3_yy0whh on November 17, 2022 at 8:37 PM

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[WP] the story of a sentient computer floating through space

Submitted by yourgoodfbiagent t3_yw86dq on November 15, 2022 at 8:12 PM

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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 close your eyes and die. A moment later, a score counter appears in your vision, alongside a menu asking if you'd like to spectate, return in creative mode, or delete this save file.

Submitted by Gobi_Silver t3_z7qe38 on November 29, 2022 at 10:35 AM

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[WP] Robin Hood and his merry men finally succeed in overthrowing King John. They find actually governing the Kingdom to be much harder than they bargained for.

Submitted by AccessTheMainframe t3_yzgyfq on November 19, 2022 at 5:19 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] Your children have been born, and their throne awaits. But a seer warns of a deadly fate. You must give up your children, and separate. Bide your time, lie and wait.

Submitted by Ten-Winged-Phoenix t3_z2ym5s on November 23, 2022 at 7:48 PM

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[WP] A man is a hero to one city, and a villain to the other. He takes pleasure in living both roles. But when the hero of the city the man is the villain of decides to locate his hideout, he bumps into the villain of the other city... fighting the man whom the hero thought was a villain!

Submitted by Crystal1501 t3_yf4ifx on October 27, 2022 at 9:50 PM

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[WP] there’s a number on top of everyone’s head, it’s the number of years before they win the big lottery. You’re the only one who can see the numbers… you can also add years on or take years away, even all the years from someone and no one knows.

Submitted by [deleted] t3_yc619c on October 24, 2022 at 8:43 AM

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[WP] You're a researcher in an artic research base studying humans who are born with strange 'abilities'. A shapeshifter who's 'ability' has no known limit, have broken open her containment cell.

Submitted by Lhenkhantus t3_ydthti on October 26, 2022 at 9:18 AM

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[WP] Somewhere on Earth, the world's first Inconvenience Store opened with a planetwide challenge: buy something - anything - from the store. Today, on the store's tenth anniversary, you enter the store with a plan to be the first to succeed.

Submitted by tssmn t3_yg97ao on October 29, 2022 at 3:52 AM

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[WP] You, a mad scientist, never expected to successfully procreate. Realising you have no idea how to raise a vaguely normal human being, you dust off your time machine, go forward in time to see what they turn out to be, determine problem areas, and how to raise them in future.

Submitted by adriantullberg t3_yh422w on October 30, 2022 at 4:04 AM

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[WP]In the distant future, most of the world's population perished. There are only two critter left in the world. A man and A robot. After a while they become friends. They look for a way to escape this world. Actually there is one. But in order to escape, the human must betray the robot.

Submitted by Equal_Landscape_1639 t3_ycnyy9 on October 24, 2022 at 10:00 PM

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[WP] The best superhero in the world isn't a paragon of virtue or an almost immoral vigilante, but a blatantly obvious, corporate-sponsored sellout. The only reason the rest of the heroes put up with them is because they've proven time and time again that they're damn good at their job.

Submitted by dcm1302 t3_yg3g6j on October 28, 2022 at 11:10 PM

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[WP] As it turns out a few years ago you were killed in your sleep and replaced with an alien parasite. Considering you have not exhibited anything unusual all this time this news came as a shock to all, most of all yourself

Submitted by PotentialSmell t3_yi998v on October 31, 2022 at 11:38 AM

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[WP] I don't trust mirrors, they always lie

Submitted by JitterySquirrel t3_yi08ao on October 31, 2022 at 4:04 AM

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[WP] You’ve just moved into your dream home in an idyllic, quiet suburb. As you settle into this new life you’ve been dying to build for yourself you finally feel like things might turn out okay. And then, one morning you wake to find a door that shouldn’t be there…

Submitted by chumett t3_ygceen on October 29, 2022 at 6:45 AM

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[WP] The worlds most powerful, violent, and dangerous sociopath, is also the world's greatest superhero.

Submitted by MartinMoonfang42 t3_11mvd9j on March 9, 2023 at 3:40 PM

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[EU] Dumbledore is called away by an apocalyptic emergency. In order to keep Hogwarts safe, he casts a spell that will summon the ideal person to run the school in his absence and protect it. What he didn't expect was that it would be one Ron Swanson...

Submitted by superanth t3_1215t2t on March 25, 2023 at 1:16 AM

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[WP] The great hall is stained with the blood of the battle, the king is dead and the throne is empty. The kingdoms are left without a ruler, the castle is left without its inhabitants. It could all be mine if I just took a seat.

Submitted by WriterNoMotivation t3_126arfo on March 30, 2023 at 3:56 AM

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[WP] Humanity has achieved faster-than-light travel using massive polonium-burning internal combustion engines. Our alien neighbors are terrified of this - they worship fire, and we have essentially enslaved their God to cross the universe. This could cause some international incidents.

Submitted by SeaboarderCoast t3_11vbomd on March 19, 2023 at 4:48 AM

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[WP] In the far future, humanity is facing an existential threat from an advanced alien race. Humanity is on the brink of defeat. However, just as all hope seems lost, a small group of humans discover a long-forgotten technology that could turn the tide of the war.

Submitted by Smedskjaer t3_123ris2 on March 27, 2023 at 4:05 PM

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[EU] The Little Mermaid killed the prince to save her own life instead of sparing him and turning into sea foam. Her actions have now sparked a war.

Submitted by tpphypemachine t3_127hm4e on March 31, 2023 at 11:05 AM

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[WP] You are a powerful alien who after being inspired by old television broadcasts of superheroics, came to earth to be a superhero yourself. Unfortunately you are not even remotely humanoid and are often mistaken as a villain by most other superheroes from Earth.

Submitted by Void_Seraph t3_125zrb7 on March 29, 2023 at 8:30 PM

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