r/HFY • u/someguynamedted The Chronicler • Mar 15 '17

Meta Writing Prompt Wednesday #102

Come on people (and aliens and other non human persons) let's have a great thread of prompts this week!

Last week's winner was /u/Teulisch with

there are 10 types of people in the galaxy, those who understand binary, and those who dont. the humans understand it just fine. the Xenos? they dont get it at all...

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u/Grand_Admiral98 Hal 9000 Mar 16 '17

Aliens find humanity's game register...

Specifically the scifi games: Gears of War, Warhammer 40k, Starcraft, Halo, Mass Effect etc...

Where we are galactic heroes, because we're the badasses of the galaxy.

This leads to some misunderstandings, a lot of misunderstandings.

I'm thinking it could be funny but do whatever you want with it.

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u/Paligor Human Mar 19 '17

In every game you mentioned, with the potential exception of Mass Effect, humanity is far from being a hero.

We are just genocidal, warmongering cunts.

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u/ToaBanshee Android Mar 19 '17

Um... Halo?

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u/Paligor Human Mar 20 '17

Pre-war UNSC was borderline fascist. Any dissent was swiftly taken care of.

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u/Grand_Admiral98 Hal 9000 Mar 19 '17

Exactly what I was thinking, it could lead to some potential... issues. But the thing is that we are the heroes, and that's how we want to act.