WP The human fleet is outnumbered 100 to 1. The human Admiral orders the fleet to break formation and charge into the melee, relying entirely on the chaos of "friendly fire" to wipe out the enemy.



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WP It took humans colonizing the stars to realize Earth slowly drives us to self-destruction and violence. Now, the galactic council is inquiring why our own home planet is considered the human equivalent of a death sentence.

Inspired by SCP-4266

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WP "Imperial teleporters deconstruct the body and rebuild it elsewhere." The mad scientist said. "It's cheaper than folding space in on itself… Well, guess who's been keeping all the data for his cloning master plan?!"



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WP Einstein was right. Almost. Global War 3 was fought with atomics, Global War 4 with sticks. And swords, spells, Elves, dragons... The simultaneous detonation of so many atomics tore open the barriers between our world and others; bridging and forging together disparate planes and planets.



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SP "Why are you so fucking muscular?" "Buddy, do you have any idea how much magic weighs?"



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OT Fun Trope Friday: Leprechaun & Speculative Fiction!

###Welcome to Fun Trope Friday, our feature that mashes up tropes and genres!

How’s it work? Glad you asked. :)

 

- Every week we will have a new spotlight trope.

- Each week, there will be a new genre assigned to write a story about the trope.

- You can then either use or subvert the trope in a 750-word max story or poem (unless otherwise specified).

- To qualify for ranking, you will need to provide ONE actionable feedback. More are welcome of course!

 

Three winners will be selected each week based on votes, so remember to read your fellow authors’ works and DM me your votes for the top three.

 



Next up… [IP](https://www.deviantart.com/pixiesp1991arts/art/Leprechaun-little-girls-1310683215)

 


Thank heavens we’re done with this February love business as there are much more interesting concepts and events to celebrate! Like who knew March had so many fun ones? Owing to that, for March we’re exploring four very cool events that happen during the month. Please note this theme is only loosely applied.

 

“Magic Sandra’s seen a leprechaun, Eddie touched a troll, Laurie danced with witches once, Charlie found some goblins gold. Donald heard a mermaid sing, Susy spied an elf, But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself.” – Shel Silverstein

 

Trope: [Leprechaun](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Leprechaun) — Okay, so technically St. Patrick’s Day was on the 17th. But c’mon Pi Day had to happen, right? So let’s dust off our shamrocks and green-sequined gear and take a look at everyone’s favorite mythical Irish beastie the leprechaun. Irish myth agrees on these basic points. Leprechauns are the size of children and favor the colour green (when they don't wear red). They have red hair and green eyes — and if you have red hair and green eyes, you may be a descendant of the Fey folk yourself! Leprechauns can become invisible, but if you happen to see one, catch him quickly and make him tell you where his pot of gold is hidden. After all, gold has been hitting record prices of late and we could all use a bit more money, right?

 

Genre: [Speculative Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_fiction) — Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other highly imaginative realms or beings. This catch-all genre includes, but is not limited to: fantasy, science fiction, science fantasy, superhero, paranormal and supernatural horror, alternate history, magical realism, slipstream, weird fiction, utopia and dystopia, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. In other words, the genre presents individuals, events, or places beyond the ordinary real world.

 

Skill / Constraint - optional: Alchemy is involved.

 

So, have at it. Lean into the trope heavily or spin it on its head. The choice is yours!

 

Have a great idea for a future topic to discuss or just want to give feedback? FTF is a fun feature, so it’s all about what you want—so please let me know! Please share in the comments or DM me on Discord or Reddit!

 



Last Week’s Winners

PLEASE remember to give feedback—this affects your ranking. PLEASE also remember to DM me your votes for the top five stories via Discord or Reddit—both katpoker666. This is a change from the top three of the past. In weeks where we get over 15 stories, we will do a top five ranking. Weeks with less than 15 stories will show only our top three winners. If you have any questions, please DM me as well.

Some fabulous stories this week and great crit at campfire and on the post! We had 10 stories, so we’re back to three winners. Congrats to:

 

- AmeliaLP

- Weekly_Basis_9335

-

wileycourage

 



###Want to read your words aloud? Join the upcoming FTF Campfire

The next FTF campfire will be Thursday, March 26th from 6-8pm ET. It will be in the Discord Main Voice Lounge. Click on the events tab and mark ‘Interested’ to be kept up to date. No signup or prep needed and you don’t have to have written anything! So join in the fun—and shenanigans! 😊

 



###Ground rules:

- Stories must incorporate both the trope and the genre
- Leave one story or poem between 100 and 750 words as a top-level comment unless otherwise specified. Use wordcounter.net to check your word count.
- Deadline: 11:59 PM EDT next Thursday. Please note stories submitted after the 6:00 PM EST campfire start may not be critted.
- No stories that have been written for another prompt or feature here on WP—please note after consultation with some of our delightful writers, new serials are now welcomed here
- No previously written content
- Any stories not meeting these rules will be disqualified from rankings
- Does your story not fit the Fun Trope Friday rules? You can post your story as a PI with your work when the FTF post is 3 days old!
- Please keep crit about the stories. Any crit deemed too distracting may be deleted. This is a time to focus on our wonderful authors.
- Vote to help your favorites rise to the top of the ranks (DM me at katpoker666 on Discord or Reddit)!

 



Thanks for joining in the fun!
 



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WP "Why would I come with you?" "I've got friends in high places!" "Okay, just because you've got connections doesn't mean I'll do what you say." "No! I mean't they're stuck up there! I need your help!"



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WP You are a paladin, and the last line of defense for this city. Looking over the hordes at the gates, knowing you won't survive what is to come, you have one last conversation with your god.



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WP You a knight of a small kingdom were ordered to retrieve the princess from a group of bandits. On arrival to their camp some rough looking men lead you to "the fair lady boss". Its the princess, and she wants just one more day because, "I'm sure I can annex that city over there with my boys."



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WP Your daughter describes a game out loud and starts playing it. When she's bored, it'll cease to exist. Nobody buys or downloads software anymore - you just ask for it. You used to be a programmer.



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WP It's soul crushing being a Professional Villain in an rpgmmo. I'm paid to lose, y'know? Don't get me wrong, it pays alright and I didn't need a degree or anything, its just...I'd like to win once, y'know? To finally put the players in their place, or get one over on them, just once, y'know?



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WP As an immortal entity of some kind, you've made a surprising amount as a fill-in for death games.



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WP All things age, and all things die. The humans Slowly wither and decay, The elves grow into living trees, The dwarves harden into rigid stone, even a dragon's body will violently detonate when it fails them. Time kills all things, except for goblins, nobody has the foggiest as to how they die.



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WPScientist was able to develop technology to extract memories from past lives with a number generator showing how much impact a person's life did to help humanity. Most people get 20 while the few greatest ones got 7000 or more but you got 1 billion.



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WP "uh master don't take this the wrong because it's an honor to study under you but I've never seen any other mage do magic like the way you do." Said the apprentice to his master "well kid I wouldn't be the most successful and powerful mage on the planet if I did the same thing as everyone else.



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WP The village/town/city has had the tradition of offering meager sacrifices to their guardian for centuries, in return for protection. Until recently. The people didn't see anything they need to be protected from. Turns out, the guardian was so effective at protection, and now you all lost it.



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WP the party has had suspicion of their healer because despite supposedly being S rank they don't do any healing outside of potions and they do way more fighting then anyone else. That was until during a battle nearly half their body was destroyed but then grew back near instantly and continuing.



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WP You are the sentient supercomputer of a super-dreadnought. Your crew died 10,000 years ago, but your core directive states you must conquer the galaxy in their name. You are succeeding, but you're terribly lonely.



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WP FTL communications travel significantly faster than the ships themselves. You are a Captain who just received a frantic, terrifying distress signal from your own ship, dated tomorrow.



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