Social Commentary Writing Prompts

Everyone thought when Gaia made herself known to the world with the intention of suing every corporation which had polluted in the past century that the corporations would easily win. They after all had the best lawyers on Earth. Gaia alternatively had brought her most litigious Fae...

Brain chips have arrived, making the whole world an augmented reality! It is really *THOUGHT REDACTED*. That's weird, I forgot what I was about to say.

Eel-punk. Eels generate 98% of the power required by the world. Megacorps manage breeding programs and sell sterile eels. Today, Joe the Fisher caught a fish that could change everything.

The king is hailed as a hero by the poor people of the kingdom for his reforms that improve their lives. What they don't know is that the king hates poor people above all else; how they look, how they smell, everything. To him, the reforms are simply a way to have fewer poor people.

The humans described themselves as warlike, cruel and insane. Turns out the largest issue of humanity the galaxy needs to deal with is their self-hate.

You've found the answer to Fermi's Paradox of "There must be more advanced civilizations than us, so why haven't they contacted us", turns out there's a "Great Filter" that destroys over 90% of civilizations before they can journey to the stars, on Earth, we call that filter "The Internet".

The elite 1% of an intelligent alien race sent their workers to terraform the earth into a vacation planet, wiping out humans and any other native life in the process. Unexpectedly, the wrokers rebel and refuse to do their job, having been bribed with this human thing called "affection"

Since it didn't sink in at your coronation, let me be clear: I am the KINGDOM'S magical guard, not the King's... and lately your cruelty and stupidity have become dangerous.

In a country were an unbeatable truth serum with a verified 0% false positive rate is routinely used on all political candidates, the revelation that one candidate is completely clean of any misdeeds is considered terrifying by everyone (voters included) instead of reassuring.

Being a magical girl is an extremely dangerous and short lived calling. Due to your horrific injuries on the job, you're retired. You're trying to teach the next generation of magical girls, but feel they don't trust you due to your physical disability.

"Honestly, the only reason I'm firing you is so you can get unemployment benefits, because after this I'm heading straight to the HR office and handing in my two weeks."

"Stand down! Join the side of justice!" The hero exclaimed at the villain's henchmen. "But why? Our boss gives us healthcare, paid vacations, and homes for our familes to live safely."

Suddenly politicians start dying for an unknown reason, seemingly at random. The reason is discovered - something or someone has cursed them to die if they tell a lie

We did it. We engineered a bacteria that ate plastic and released oxygen. We could unleash it on the plastic pollution plaguing the planet. We did. It didn’t go as planned.

A noble frustrated with the current system, but too weak to revolt, has staked it all on starting a new trend: showing off how wealthy, well-fed and happy their local peasants are.

You are an angel, angels have only one rule when a human calls your help you must come. One day a human called you to come into the room of a teenage boy to fight the "gay evil" from his closet. So you go, what happens next none of you expected:

You are a superhero who joined a team for pay and benefits. However, the pay is minimum wage since you have no education and they made it so you are blackballed in the civilian world so you can’t work there either. So imagine their surprise when you joined the villain’s team.

"What are you talking about? Of course I take the children. If their parents are willing to trade them away for power, then they're not fit to be parents! By the way, the oldest is ready for the work force. Are you hiring? I guarantee he's trained."

The public's hate for super heroes has grown. The reason: They don't kill villains, which gives them a chance to escape. You are the leader of the biggest anti-super hero groups. You are going from a rally you get stopped by some of the greatest heroes. They say they're here to kill you.

The Galactic Federation makes first contact with Earth just to inform us that the planet has been divided up between several advanced civilizations, with no regard for our established national borders

"Well, you're the villain, not me, but if I'd built a machine that could destroy a whole city, I'd not ask for money.You can get that easy. No, you demand systemic change, at federal, congressional level. Legal, on the books change. That'll get you respect, and you can't buy that"

"You humans confuse me. You try so very hard to be as boring as everybody else, and, when some gifted soul is born that has some small degree of uniqueness to it, you beat and break it until it fits into a dull little box that you can understand. Explain this to me, if you please."

The superheroes have had enough of minimum wage, no benefits, no 401k plans, and being forced to pay high taxes. They decide to protest the unfair circumstances and surprisingly, the villains support their cause.

You, a trans person, are talking to a fey you met in the woods. You are attempting to get them to pull the fey "can I have you name" prank on you in order to get rid of your deadname, without making the fey suspicious.

A few years ago, your country elected a chaotic neutral president, who permanently made it so the candidate with the fewest votes is elected. Everyone was expecting absolute carnage in the next electoral season but... Things have never been better

Medusa finally leaves her cave after thousands of years. She finds out her power to turn people into stone no longer works as it relies on people perceiving her to be ugly and beauty standards have drastically changed. Now she is wondering if she prefers isolation over the catcalls.

Sexuality is not only not a taboo in this society, it is a conerstone. (Similarly to how media and entertainment is in ours) Fucking you coworker's ass? A kind gesture. A politcal candidate giving out blowjobs? A great marketing strategy. Having sex in the movie theatre? Just a little obnoxious.

When the aliens came to earth to invade, people were scared at first. But it quickly became apparent that even they didnt spend as much on their military as the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

"Who you think is the leader of this revolution?" Said the prince after his father suggested they both flee the castle as the revolutionaries invaded

As a lawyer, you find yourself staring at one of the most perplexing cases you have ever seen. A business is being sued for endangering its customers. However, cases keeps getting dismissed because everything the business does is legal under the local state laws.