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Prompt #726

Folks sharing magical formulas the way they do popular recipes from fast food joints/restaurants.

also

Peer reviewed papers on magic.

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Prompt #725

Immortal watching an archeology show (like Time Team) is bemused to realize the archeologists have found their old house.

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Prompt #724

Character A's life has suddenly become a video game. Nothing about their life changes for them, aside from the fact that, though they're the main character, they're not the player. A is confused when B, the player, who they can hear (whether or not they can communicate is at author's discretion), is not, in fact, bored out of their skull by the monotony of their day to day.

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Prompt #723

Silly Superpower Prompt:

The ability to instantly travel by changing the time zone on the device of your choice.

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Prompt # 722

In a small town where the existence of Supernatural Sentients (such as werewolves, vampires, sirens, and the like) is an open secret, mysterious happenings begin, coinciding with the arrival/return of the new human (allegedly) bed and breakfast owner, whose family used to live in the area. These happenings are kick-started by the arrival of a 4 year old selkie in the town's only lake, whose lost her coat (lost, not stolen), and has begun attacking the town's inhabitants because she can't hunt properly on her own, stuck as she is between human and seal.

The owner of the B&B is the MC, and is descended from a line of former supernaturals cursed to be human as result of their own hubris - owner is the one who breaks the curse, returning to their supernatural form, but decides to stay in town and keep running the B&B because they enjoy the work and the people. Strange happenings may or may not be a result of them getting close to breaking their family's curse.

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Prompt #721

Through a series of unlikely and impossible happenings, coincidences, and shenanigans, MC is sent back in time, changes history by dropping a pencil, returns to the present, and is named the sovereign of a much changed (enter country here) monarchy.

As sovereign, he’s allowed to do whatever he wants, so long as it does not change the current state of the monarchy, and has no authority, duties, or responsibilities. He’s provided with enough money that he could never spend it all, no matter how he tries (and he does, setting up a number of charities and donating to quite a few more; it doesn’t make a dent), and owns a number of grand palaces around the world - that he’s unfortunately not allowed to sell, turn into museums, or otherwise change their base function.

He exploits a loophole and turns them into halfway houses for the homeless instead, by claiming them all as his majesty’s ‘guests.’ He then leaves on a perpetual world tour so no one can kick them out - as there exists a protocol that requires their host to be present before his guests can be asked to leave.

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Prompt #720

A live-stream quickly gains attention and popularity due to what is perceived to be hyper-realistic CGI dinosaurs animated in the style of a nature cam. In truth, the person behind the stream actually has the ability to view, record, and live-stream any point in history, anywhere in the world no matter where it is in relation to them, and just happens to have a special interest in dinosaurs.

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Prompt #719

Character A works for as a dog photographer, and stops Character B on the street to take pictures of their dogs. Turns out B is the leader of the country A is in and A didn’t recognize them, having been distracted by Dogs.

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Prompt #718

Character A’s job is to travel to different story worlds while they sleep with the assistance/guidance of Character B. Their work changes the original without anyone ever noticing. Completing a full story comes with bonuses that have the potential to change A’s original world (they get paid either way, however).

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Prompt #717

Small time livestreamer starts to get popular. They think it’s because famous friends/family keep wandering into their streams. They’re wrong.

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Prompt #716

That one book the MC wrote in a three am caffeine fueled rush that somehow became popular starts coming true. Unfortunately, it was a self-insert.

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Prompt #715

Two alien species come to Earth and begin wreaking havoc. Millions die in what is assumed, at first, to be an invasion. As it turns out, they weren’t invading at all - they are at war with each other, and don’t recognize humans as ‘people’ at all.

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Prompt #714

A love letter to fandom and fan fiction written from the perspective of a burnt out former fanfic author and fandom veteran trapped in a baby author’s first fanfic.

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Prompt #713

Character with (il)logical fear/distrust of a specific animal species is universally loved by said species.

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Prompt #712

Neighboring Nations have established lasting peace, prosperity, and progress with each other by having two people from each bordering nation marry the newly crowned leader of the nation in the center. These marriages are accepted to be largely political in nature, and are not expected to be romantic, though they do tend to be friendly.

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Prompt #711

Supervillain and Superhero have a tradition of getting together at a local coffee shop in their civilian personas to talk after their fights.

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Prompt #710

The World’s Most Wanted Supervillain retires to run a non-profit sanctuary for wolves. Turns out while they were always incredibly dangerous when messed with due to the nature of their (unique and recognizable) ability, they were only labeled a villain due to their preferred target - rich people, and nobody knows what they actually look like without their mask. As such no one thinks to look for them at their wolf sanctuary until some moron starts trouble and they accidentally use their ability  protecting one of their charges. Now their former nemesis (who they may or may not have had a slight crush on at one point) is in town looking for them, and wouldn’t you know it? They’ve always loved wolves, too!

#writing #prompt #writing prompt #idea #writing idea #sorry this one's a bit ramble-y i just woke up