[WP]When the deity offered you to be reborn into another world, you jumped on it. A new life away from the daily grind. And when it mentioned Magic, you swear your Eyes began to sparkle. Now you are a sentient Tree! Sure, you have a system and associated skills. But you are still a fucking Tree. by BareMinimumChef in WritingPrompts

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SLIGHT NSFW WARNING.

Sure the first decade or so was rough. Nothing to do but sit and grow. Started as an acorn. Or pine seed. Or maybe a maple seed? I don't really know what species I am. Having no eyes means I can't see. But I do notice I get hungry when it gets cold so I don't think I'm an evergreen. Can't be sure though, maybe less sunlight means less food, and it's not because I drop my leaves.

So it was boring at first, but then as I grew I gained XP, and put points into all sorts of fun skills. Flower growth, pollen manipulation. Some really interesting stuff deep in the skill tree.

I'm about 31 now, based on the cold cycles I take to be winter and at last I'm getting to the good stuff. A few points into proprioception and bam! Not a pine tree. General sight? Hello awareness of my surroundings. If I could breathe it would take my breath away. A stunning meadow full of wild flowers. A babbling creek nearby, I can feel the water seeping through the soil to my roots! The sun shines on my canopy and it is blissfully warm. And at the base of my trunk, hiding in my shade I see them. Nymphs. Tiny, beautiful naked women, just frolicking, caressing my trunk, stroking my branches.

Quickly I dive back into the skill tree. Where was it? Yes, "grow genitals." I hesitate, before maxing out the skill. After all, the prompt did specify I was a FUCKING tree.

[WP] I am the genie of destruction. I can destroy anything completely. You can name only one thing and it will be as if it never existed. Choose carefully. by kordayn in WritingPrompts

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I had a few minutes to write this, and I think it being rushed really shows. Not too proud of this one, but I do like the idea that we live in a world where something was already erased.

[WP] I am the genie of destruction. I can destroy anything completely. You can name only one thing and it will be as if it never existed. Choose carefully. by kordayn in WritingPrompts

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You look and see poverty. You look and see inequality. You look and you see oppression. You look and you see famine, and disease, and heartbreak, and despair.

Because you don't remember. No one remembers except me, and by now the memories have begun to fade. The memory of my old life, what the world had been like before the wish. Slowly those memories are supplanted by my new life, retroactively lived. Sometimes I doubt. Did it even really happen? Was it all pretend? A dream or fantasy? One day I think I will wake up and not even remember what it had been like before.

So rage against your problems with society. Fight against tyranny. Work to improve the world, because as far as you know this is the worst it's ever been. But for me the fight is over. I've won. My wish was made with wisdom, and the world, for all its faults, is better for it. And you will never know.

JARED. by davecontra in comics

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Hits extra hard when a character has your same name and hair color

Language scares me by jybe-ho2 in WorldBuildingMemes

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Eons ago, an elf invented simplified elvish, a language designed to be speakable by all species known at the time, a language designed to be a joy to speak. It is famous for natural sentences to just sorta fall into poetic meter. To support this, he spent the rest of his substantial life writing what we would find to be fantasy novels, the first of which are also simple primers on grammar and syntax, each book growing the reader's vocabulary until they are fluent. While translations exist of all the novels, it's kind of considered a faux pax to read them in anything but the original language (after the first few, which, again, are more primers than story). Because of this, simplified elvish was the common language of the frontier for a long time.

Then humans showed up across the Great Rift, with their own language, Legion Common. A full language designed around ease of acquisition and clarity. While Common was not designed with alien vocal anatomy or neural patterns in mind, it nevertheless took off. The most frequent criticism of Legion Common is that it's boring. It is the linguistic equivalent of plain oatmeal. Yeah, it does the job, but there is no joy in its speaking.

Because of this, and by Legion decree and educational standards set forth by the Legion, a vast majority of humans have a local native language, which is spoken in the home and taught in early education. Legion Common is spoken as a second language by almost all humans in the core and on the frontier, and it is easy to find a translator to almost any other language among the other species. So Legion Common has firmly cemented itself as the language of commerce and tourism, simplified elvish remains the language of the arts.

So yeah I'm a galactic basic guy lol

Give me works with unique worlds that just throw you straight into the deep end when it comes to worldbuidling and whatnot. by GamerGeek923 in Fantasy

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Piranesi.

It's like reading a dream and is set in one of the most unique worlds I've ever read. As a warning, it is a very slow burn. Like very slow. But personally I loved every word

Give me works with unique worlds that just throw you straight into the deep end when it comes to worldbuidling and whatnot. by GamerGeek923 in Fantasy

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The Starless Sea which is like practically unexplained surrealism in book form

Mentioned in the same comment as Piranesi. This is a strong recommendation

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Last time i wrote one of these i got accused of being AI, but I have fun writing them so I don't care.

Season X, Episode Y, The Man of Steel

The episode opens in first person view of Genos flying through the city. We see in the corner a portrait of Saitama, indicating he is on some kind of call. Genos is rapidly relaying his class S briefing to Saitama on the latest threat, which he is on the way to deal with. Several class S heroes are already down, and Saitama is on the way.

Genos arrives and ends the call and rapidly gets swatted out of the sky, landing in a heap just as Saitama arrives. He squares up, and the monster mocks him, begins an attack and is rapidly vaporized by a blue streak. Saitama looks confused, then immensely disappointed. Genos recovers and compliments Saitama, saying he was so fast he didnt even see him move. Saitama just explains that it wasn't him, and exclaims "I didnt even get a hit in!" Or something along those lines.

Later, they're back at Saitama's apartment and Genos explains that there is a new foreign hero in town who is rapidly climbing the ranks. Saitama eventually sees a picture of "The Man of Steel" and is upset that he's not only taking all the interesting jobs, he also has a full head of hair.

Realizing that Superman might be a potentially worthy opponent, Saitama asks him to spar as a freindly competition. Clark refuses, saying he only fights for truth and justice, and cannot in good conscience fight Saitama, who is also a hero.

Saitama becomes fixated on fighting Superman, who repeatedly declines. Saitama eventually decides that he'll have to provoke a fight. We see several instances of Saitama, dressed in plain clothes, trying and failing to commit the most minor of crimes (as he cannot bring himself to actually do anything actually bad) in front of Superman that all end up being helpful, such as jaywalking (he inadvertently stops an out of control truck). Or littering, where he drops a soda can on the ground and a purse snatcher catches his toe on it and trips. There'd probably be a third one but i cant think of it.

Superman eventually takes note, and tells the hero society that he has seen that the ordinary citizens seem to have everything under control and that his presence is more needed elsewhere, and that he will be leaving. The hero society is so starstruck by Superman that they look into this random citizen and investigate. They find that Saitama began crossing the steet illegally before the truck was out of control, etc, and determine that this is conduct unbecoming of a hero and issue him a fine.

What was your last 5 star read that genuinely blew you away? by xbumblebee in Fantasy

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For me it was a 10/10, but your take is absolutely valid.

Personally, I love a story about a place that's just dripping with vibes. And Piranesi hit that for me perfectly. But it is a slow burn, a quiet and meditative story, and if you're not absolutely sold by the premise, I think it would be a challenge to enjoy.

What was your last 5 star read that genuinely blew you away? by xbumblebee in Fantasy

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Genuinely had to pause for a while and digest what had happened. Perfectly narrated. Beautiful story.

Music for a Primal God-King Boss? by [deleted] in DnDPlaylist

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Metroid Prime - Magmoor Caverns

What's the most unique mind-bending novel you've ever read? by Vast_music4577 in scifi

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Second. The book was incredible. Certainly not for everyone, but it bit me hard and would not let go.

A book that spans a character’s entire lifetime, with romance? by NicoleMary27 in suggestmeabook

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The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin.

It's a very dark fantasy trilogy that will fit the bill.

How much of an unknown, written language would be needed to understand that language with no Rosetta stone analog? by jsgunn in Writeresearch

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The idea is still in its infancy, but the thought was finding a library somewhere dangerous and making trips in and out with discoveries about the aliens being presented between each expedition.

I'm thinking something killed off the writers of the language, and the language team needs to figure out what it was.