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by Matthew Brown

A modern take on the another world story

January 25, 2026 in mastodon-prompts by Matthew Brown

A story idea found via Social Media: A streamer is sent to a fantasy world, but they get to keep their chat and have to ask them for advice to get by.

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Morgan Hazelwood

Isekai + Galaxy Quest? I'd read/watch it!

From tumblr: mostly-funnyTwitterTweets Reese @Reeser_Rat Story idea: A streamer is sent to a traditional fantasy world. The twist is they get to keep using their chat and have to use them to get by. "Chat, how do I invent modern medicine?" 1-10-2025 generalLuxun Thing is - it works both ways. The chat can see the streamer in the other world. A few DM each other, they're all seeing it, it looks real. What if it is real? What if the streamer asks questions they don't know the answer to? What if the stream goes down? You have the streamer on one side living in a world completely alien to them, trying to survive. You have this group of mostly randos to each other on the otherside, suddenly invested in becoming a better support team than the apollo crew had. There are shifts, people buy reference materials, some are trying to code redundancies or find a way to move the stream to a safe network. sillySorcerer Is this what polytheism is from the gods perspective? How DO you make alcohol? I dunno, I'm a god, I just conjure it from the ether.
19th December 2025, 9:32 pm 1 boosts 1 favorites

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by Jason Latnar

New Year… Again

January 9, 2026 in prompts by Jason Latnar

You have been trapped in a loop of New Year’s Eve for longer than you can remember.

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by Matthew Brown

What are the most significant historical events in your world?

November 15, 2025 in world-building-questions by Matthew Brown

Some of the types of historic events

  • Monarchs and Emperors
  • Battles and wars
  • Murders
  • Assassination attempts
  • Treaties
  • Leaders
  • Extreme weather events
  • Misunderstandings
  • Feuds
  • Trials
  • Heresy
  • Cultural shifts
  • Discoveries
  • Inventions
  • Proclamations
  • Coronations
  • Earthquakes
  • Volcanoes
  • Religious rifts/splits
  • Executions
  • Uprisings
  • Scandles
  • Reformations
  • Significant thinkers
  • Prophets
  • Hearings and meetings

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by Matthew Brown

The hunger from the sea

November 11, 2025 in prompts by Matthew Brown

In the cold dark of winter’s night, for one week each year, the shapeless black predator drags itself from the sea to feed.

Tags: / darkness / horror / sea / winter 1 Comment »

by Matthew Brown

What is a taboo in your setting?

November 11, 2025 in world-building-questions by Matthew Brown

What’s taboo in your setting? For example, in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive, it is considered scandalous for a lady to show her left hand in public.

What are your setting’s taboos?

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