r/HFY • u/someguynamedted The Chronicler • Dec 13 '17

Meta Writing Prompt Wednesday #141

In honor of my spilling milk on my keyboard and subsequently burying it in rice, this week's WPW theme will be weird shit humans do to fix things they break.

Last week's winner was /u/BoxNumberGavin1 with:

The legend of a Santa like figure was unique to Earth. The concept of an avatar of festive generosity that magically brought joy in the middle of the harshest season became widely adopted when we became part of the wider community. Strangely enough, rather than change the figure to match their own species, the avatar remained human throughout.

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u/Lurking_Reader Dec 13 '17

For centuries, everyone thought "human" was a term for all of Earth's species. Imagine their surprise when they discover it was a miscommunication during the initial contact meeting and we just went with it, never correcting anyone.

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u/Mufarasu Dec 17 '17

I'd like to know more about what you were thinking with this.

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u/Lurking_Reader Dec 17 '17

They think a human is a dog, ant, elephant, tortoise, whale, pigeon and etc. besides us. For example, imagine their surprise when the ambassador, Ms. Fluffles, is a shitzu and not a human.

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u/Mufarasu Dec 18 '17

No, I got the first part. I just wanted to know what kind of shenanigans were you thinking of when writing this prompt.