What-If Scenarios Writing Prompts

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"So, let me get this straight you fucked a sith lord so hard that she turned back to our side" the Jedi master looks on his guilty looking padawan

49 upvotes6 comments

You find a small notebook with the following written on the inside cover: "Anything writen will have always been true. Only you will remember how things were."

40 upvotes3 comments

At the casino one night, Luna found a odd machine at the back labeled “Reality Jackpot.” Basically, you spin the wheel, and get three letters, you get to create three words each starting with one of those letters, and your new life will be changed based on those three words.

36 upvotes4 comments

In a world were everyone tries to have a 'work spouse' who they are supposed to have sex with in addition to their 'home spouse', it's always awkward changing company; especially if a former work spouse works there too and is already taken.

27 upvotes1 comments

After an apocalyptic event, you're the last person on Earth. You travel the Earth and find a facility in Yellowstone Park that could restart everything. Just as you're about to press the restart button, you realize you could make some... changes.

26 upvotes5 comments

An alternate reality: Bachelorette parties are a “pub crawl” by the bride-to-be and her bridesmaids. To contrast the bride wearing white for the wedding, she wears NOTHING AT ALL for the bachelorette bar-crawl. Just her wedding pearls, comfortable white shoes, and white thigh-high stockings.

21 upvotes3 comments

Here it is dude! The “what if?” machine! You can ask it any question, and it will transport us to a universe where the question is true. Like what if America had lost the space race, or if 9/11 never happened! Wait, bro, what did you just ask?!

19 upvotes5 comments

“Hi, truly sorry about this, but per the Male Aggression Reduction Act 2035, I’m here to... hmmm, sate your physical needs —Do you mind if I come in?”

18 upvotes1 comments

The people start a revolution not to overthrow the monarchy, but to keep it.

17 upvotes3 comments

You have a machine that drasticly changes reality in your pocket. It activates randomly and only you remember. At least, its better than being bored.

17 upvotes3 comments

A totally average person wakes up not knowing that overnight they have traveled to a parallel world. Everything in this new world is completely identical, except for the fact it's considered highly taboo, to borderline illegal, for them to wear clothes.

10 upvotes1 comments

Seeing all possible outcomes can be a very useful super power but while she's still trying to master it, she often feels what's happening to her in other realities at the same time.

7 upvotes2 comments

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