Adopt a Hypothetical (What If) http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975 me-write-purdy-one-day Throw em here, folks! Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:15:21 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_2554 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_2554 Skid What if the evil cult summoned up an eldritch abomination that violently disapproved of sacrificing humans to summon eldrich abominations? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:28:36 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_2708 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_2708 Chillibean What if food ate people? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:15:41 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_3192 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_3192 NaNo_Bot What if everyone was colour blind except the protagonist? What if people didn't wear pants? What if a high school student was accidentally elected president? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:25:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_3691 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_3691 Amaya What if we all owned phoenixes? What if aliens were more interested in our dogs then us? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:12:06 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_4067 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_4067 frazzledog What if cars ran on water the whole time of their invention and not gas? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:11:15 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_4402 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_4402 Kenys Meyn What if the Earth's gravity suddenly decreased by half? What if every organic based man-made object on the planet came back to life? ex. your hamburger runs away mooing, the books on your shelves set down roots and start sprouting... Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:18:21 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_6326 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_6326 bobthecockroach Alien one is fascinating. Don't know if I'll be using it, but it's a great idea nonetheless. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:45:53 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_6745 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_6745 A.J.Horn What if cats were evil creatures planning to take over the planet? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:21:49 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_8276 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_8276 Kenys Meyn Wait, that's not true? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:15:04 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9128 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9128 Fyreheart What if humans would have evolved from birds instead of apes? What if vampires acted in reverse and took super-humans down to human levels? What if fae wiped out humanity and took the earth as their own? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:45:01 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9570 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9570 StarckWords What if all the children in the world vanished at the same time and reappeared one hour later as adults? What if all diseases in the world had been eradicated? What if time began to run backwards? What if aliens/the Rapture/SomeOtherThing took every living creature off the planet but, for some reason, left one person behind? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:45:16 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9576 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9576 AnnieDayNow What if the government was training sleeper cell agents through subliminal messages broadcast on TV game shows? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:00:11 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9829 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9829 bobthecockroach What if something huge happened, but for some reason, only one person remembered it the next day? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:05:00 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9895 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_9895 Totodile What if our whole world was just a dream of a slumbering eldritch abomination? What if the Roman Empire never fell? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:11:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_10020 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_10020 AmandaVega I think I'm going to have to snag this. I don't know if it'll turn into a full-out novel, but... I am completely fascinated. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:31:34 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_10408 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_10408 Jessica.1961 What if, we're all the dream of an eight year old girl, who lives in Slough. And she's currently having a good nights sleep. Shhuuussshhh! Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:53:23 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_11894 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_11894 princesswingnut whoa. boggled by the "what if the Roman Empire never fell" idea. this may turn into a serious brainworm. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:37:30 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_12699 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_12699 KaelynAngelfoot Its totally true. My cat told me so. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:28:34 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_13706 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_13706 emmanatrix I might have to snag that one. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:53:11 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_14120 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_14120 emmanatrix What if, when you fell in love, you gave the object of affections your literal heart instead of your metaphorical one? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:53:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_14132 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_14132 RebekahW What if the man/woman you fell in love with turned out to be your alter ego? What aliens came and turned out to be intergalactic insurance salesmen? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:30:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_14736 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_14736 Anfaenger I once had a stab at this, only it was intentional :) Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:02:07 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_16482 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_16482 Aviechan What if the god we believe in (or don't) is just a very stressed writer who's working on a tight deadline and has numerous times almost given up because there seems to be no plot? What if you woke up tomorrow, and found out your whole life until now had just been a dream preparing you for your REAL life? What if every time we thought someone died it just meant they woke up to go live their real life? What if America is the next civilization to fall? How would that affect those of us who live in America? The other countries? or somewhat more lighthearted... What if you found out that you were unwillingly signed up to host the next major party. the one that defines how everyone thinks of you, how they treat you, how you'll be remembered for practically forever in your town? What if you were really drunk one night, found your soul mate, and woke up the next day and couldn't remember what they looked like or lived but you COULD remember their name? What if you woke up and found out that you were now the opposite gender? Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:11:18 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_16641 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_16641 SilverGryphon That first one... I think that's my new religion now, Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:46:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_23228 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_23228 Fyreheart What if zombies were an endangered species protected by various laws etc? What if fire and the wheel were never invented? What if the entire thing is just the gods' twisted sense of a practical joke? Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:10:02 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_25334 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_25334 phoebuslore What if Brazil became the most powerful nation of the 20th Century, instead of the US? What if the Napolean Empire never fell? What if the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas withstood the assault of the conquistadores? What if the US was embroiled in a civil war between the CSI, the Armed Forces, and the state militias? What if Adolf Hitler came from South Africa, and took over that continent? What if a religious zealot in Russia caused severe civil unrest with his apocryphal, and true, predictions? What would happen to the survivors of a nuclear holocaust that had to live together in a tiny bunker for a year? What if the 3rd world war started in South America? Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:48:44 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_30734 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_30734 Annika_K I like those "alternative history" ideas. I'm a huge history nut but don't feel confident enough to attempt a "serious" historical novel yet. This kind of idea might be it for me. I'm not sure I'll adopt one of the ideas posted here, but in any case, thanks a lot for the inspiration... Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:51:28 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_34586 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_34586 pastmeetspresent What if aliens came to earth, and everyone was freaking out, and all the countries tried to nuke the spaceships, and after the entire world had gone to hell, the aliens came out of the ship and said they were peaceful. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:43:17 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_35402 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_35402 Taffine I really like the second idea you've got. I think I might have to snag it Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:43:12 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_36340 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_36340 Totally Bubbly What if you were the only person on Earth with Free Will? What if an alien race was "growing" humans and quietly taking us in small numbers (to avoid detection) to use as slaves? What if a non-superstitious person started having all the superstitions come true, to the point where it controlled his or her life? (Bonus points if it's all just a coincidence) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:29:35 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_52419 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_52419 Genosha Oh, I'm nabbing that alter ego one! It's perfect for my MC's love interest! Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:03:29 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_52787 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_52787 Genosha What if trees could talk to you, and hold whole life stories in a single leaf? What if there wasn't the colour pink? What if there was always a film camera and crew following you and recording your whole life, for no apparent reason? What would happen if you stumbled upon the camera crew? What if there was no oxygen on Earth? Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:07:55 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_52819 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_52819 frazzledog AHHH!! I've had a MC running around in my head, and I was wondering why I didn't know much about her!! Nabbing the first one, because Lex just jumped up and down about that storyline!!! (Not for nano, but when I'm finished it, you can take a look) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:07:58 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_55540 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_55540 MelanieB what if... World War 3 happened? Mobile/cell phones weren't invented? Global warming went mad and the ice caps melted? What about the remaining land mass? How would that change? Dinosaurs weren't extinct? 'Elf & Safety laws went madder than they are now and we all lived in cotton wool wrapped bubbles, not allowed to do anything in case we hurt ourselves? The Police force was abandoned and why? Someone found an intelligent life force on another planet? If we ran out of household utilities due to overpricing? What would happen in an island community/nation if no exported products could get in? (after being dependant on it) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:38:19 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_57183 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_57183 Mistwalker What if we are just dolls in a dollhouse and an intelligent life force is moving us through our lives? Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:30:37 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_60425 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_60425 KalypsoKat What if you're just a character in a story that a mother tells to her children at night? And every time you fall asleep, she closes the book. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:19:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_63819 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_63819 StarckWords What if (your concept of) God is a small child, and your world is its toy? What if music was a secret language that only a few people could understand? Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:52:06 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_67376 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_67376 TheLoyalOne What if you awoke one morning and realized/were told you had no free will, that everything you've done was preordained, even your destruction of the BigBad? What happens next? How do you deal with it? Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:36:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_73471 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_73471 albnutty What if Saturn didn't really exist? What if every imprisoned person in the world was released at the same time for no reason? What if the telephone was never invented? What if everyone in the world was completely silent for one minute? What if no one had to sleep? Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:48:53 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_78734 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_78734 laurence ashton --What if you were never born? How would the lives of your family and friends (and everyone you've ever met) be different? --What if you were reincarnated as your (great) grandchild's pet dog? --What if we really were as mayflies (having only a day to live)? --What if we woke up tomorrow and learned that our species was suddenly immortal (cannot die, but not necessarily eternally youthful or eternally healthy)? --What if you had an evil twin? --What if humans were androgynous? How would society/civilization have been different? --What if we weren't the only intelligent species on earth? --What if money stopped having any meaning, and therefore any value? --What if we (humans) had to accept/fulfill any favor anyone asked of us? --What if morality was a real biological imperative (and every time someone did something immoral, they were pained)? --What if the tectonic plates never moved, and pangaea existed throughout all human history? How would history have been different? How would the rise and fall of civilizations have changed? How would our understanding of the world, of culture, etc., be different? --What if you started to fade away and become invisible every time someone didn't pay attention to you, but the disease is progressing and becoming more permanent? What would you do for attention? Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:12:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_79304 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_79304 brandnewriot3 REALLY like the idea of the third one, now I can't stop plotting in my head... Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:53:42 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_80245 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_80245 ofnerdyvariety What if you had to obey every command someone tells you? What if one day every human developed the ability to breathe under water? What if everyone around you but you suddenly couldn't see? What if you were possesed by a spirt, realized it, but could do nothing about it? Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:10:23 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_88598 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_88598 1i2like3cheese I love the aliens one! Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:36:20 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_89731 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_89731 leighalove taking the getting drunk and finding your soulmate one! that is great Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:52:20 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_100144 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_100144 leighalove taking what if trees could talk to you! thanks Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:53:46 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_100162 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_100162 leighalove taking the first one! it's awesome. thanks Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:58:34 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_100229 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_100229 Ranne This... strangely actually fits with my story Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:04:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_100324 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_100324 lyricmedlie isn't the first one just ella enchanted? Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:51:59 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_102447 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_102447 Alex JF What if your world resembled a Mobius loop? What if there were no infinities, but there was a definite "smallest number in the world"/"largest number in the world"? What if you knew you were going to die at some point today, but had no clue as to how and when it would happen? What if everyone's thoughts and dreams were continuously recorded and uploaded to the futuristic equivalent of the Internet? Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:22:19 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_109148 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_109148 Kerantli What if you were really drunk one night, found your soul mate, and woke up the next day and couldn't remember what they looked like or lived but you COULD remember their name? What if you woke up and found out that you were now the opposite gender? ^^ Taking these for other plot bunnies Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:47:24 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_109368 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_109368 GenetheGenie might grab the alter-ego, maybemaybemaybe :) Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:22:01 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_123147 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_123147 GenetheGenie i really like the silence one ;) Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:25:00 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_123172 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_123172 Mudge the Expendable Cats: Proof that there *is* a Satan, and She wishes humaity ill. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:16:42 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_157621 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_157621 Mudge the Expendable ...!!... Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:17:52 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_157638 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_157638 Mudge the Expendable What if the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 had ended in 1846 with a Mexican victory? It's plausible, and here's an historian's view of it: "By that time American strength on the Rio Grande had swollen to nearly 20,000 troops, nearly all volunteers. The principal military problem was logistical support of such a quickly expanded force. The Americans were susceptible to subtropical diseases and found it difficult to maintain sanitary conditions in the camps. Fevers, dysentery, and general debility were rampant, and the mortality rate from sickness was alarming. A determined Mexican attack in July or August would have proven disastrous to the Americans." http://www.lone-star.net/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:25:10 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_157743 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_157743 emmanatrix What if you woke up one day and could understand animals perfectly, but couldn't understand people at all? Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:00:42 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_158196 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_158196 icarus_suraki What if the world had only just been created last night, and all the memories people have of things from long ago were only dreams and visions? What if children in some city somewhere created a new religion amongst themselves and for themselves? What if music were made illegal entirely? What if everyone was born with special or super powers...except for one child? Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:55:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_159605 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_159605 smodgey I like the last two a lot... *gets thinking* Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:04:52 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_160500 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_160500 Botherer1337 Be warned, these are a little in the... odd... category. ~What if dolphins took over sea world and persecuted the whales? ~What if shoes gradually shrunk so you would have to wear one on each toe? ~What if [Character] was a duck? ~What if the world was to run out of pie? ~What if a mouse climbed up the sink? Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:39:19 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_166980 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_166980 Rarity - What if your character found out he was a decendant of Hercules. -What if your best friend was an alien who came to collect the earths finest people... and he/she didn't want to take you with them even though, you know, your friends and all. -What if at birth you were presented with a bunch of items and which ever you touched first dictated what career/life path you would have. -What if you were put into a "species" zoo on an off world planet. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:51:03 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_167064 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_167064 Kenys Meyn What if your actions in life showed on your face? Think of the portrait of Dorian Gray... Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:01:03 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_167134 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_167134 Riley Stone What if character B punched character C? What is the four horsemen of the apocalypse showed up? Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:23:34 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_169237 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_169237 thatollie I'm taking, "What if no-one had to sleep?" and leaving . . . "What if your main character was a sandwich that no-one wanted buy?" "What if hot air balloons were the main form of transportation?" "What if nowhere was a real place?" Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:10:30 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_170291 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_170291 XXRegretXX What if the world ran out of pie?! Perish the thought! ;) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:03:45 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_177433 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_177433 Velkon What if the US was to fall from grace as the world's superpower? And, if so, who would take it's place? What if those WERE the droids you were looking for? What if your characters had never heard of the term "See you later, alligator?" Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:04:04 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_180306 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_180306 dhitzunako I have the similar idea with the fourth one. I want to write, "if the world stopped for a minute (or maybe more)". :) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:58:43 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195568 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_195568 Biel >>>What if music was a secret language that only a few people could understand? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solresol Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:52:14 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196536 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196536 kuyerjudd What if Outer Space was just a ploy created by the US government to keep humans from finding out there is nothing beyond the atmosphere? What if the Flying Spaghetti Monster came down from the sky and decided to take over the world? What if underwear was a torture device? What if pirates and midgets decided wage war upon each other? What if true love does not really exist? What if the universe was a giant Tamagotchi? What if snot was a viable source of electrical energy? Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:04:39 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_196642 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_196642 Paffle_Waffle Oh..... I like the Free Will one as well. Not writing it, but it's gotten me thinking about my plot. (So far I had been planning on doing a complete reverse of it. My main character is the only person who doesn't have free will. Think of a non-fairytale Ella Enchanted.) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:25:07 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196805 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_196805 fangmich i really love this, maybe i can fit this at least partially into my story somehow (which is also about dreams) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:13:49 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197252 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197252 abscg613 Might want to be careful that first one doesn't run into "the giver" type situation, if anyone takes it. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:30:08 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197423 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_197423 Castille What if time began flowing in reverse? What if everyone in the world switched bodies with someone else? What if pigs really could fly? Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:19:25 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_198686 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_198686 GreenSweatshirtGal Copy & pasting mine from last year, plus some more: ► What if a god or other otherworldly being randomly started texting/chatting with you out of boredom? ► What if you came home from work/school to find an otherworldly being just chillin' in your house? ► What if you, a normal citizen of Earth, were an adviser to a god? ► What if your friends got whisked away to some cool magical dimension full of adventure right in front of you...when that was always your dream come true? ► What if an alien parked in your driveway and asked to use your phone? ► What if you turned out to be the imaginary friend of your imaginary friend? ► What if your imaginary friend was capable of physically interacting with others, but still couldn't be seen, heard, etc. (so kind of like a ghost)? ► What if you were randomly given magical powers one day...but you couldn't really do anything with them because everyone else was normal and there weren't any bad guys to fight? ► What if someone arrived at your door and gave proof that they had bought your soul online? ► What if you got to tour all of the different afterlives after death? What if you were the tour guide? ► What if everything outside of your house spontaneously stopped existing? ► What if magical beings are all over the place, but you're the only one who can see them? What if they keep bothering you while you're in the middle of writing your novel? ):< ► What if your most valuable possession became human? ► What if you had an out-of-body experience...and couldn't get back in? ► What if everyone left Earth for space...but you got left behind? ► What if you could talk to insects (or some other physical thing that can't speak), but you were horribly afraid of them? ► What if you and your reflection switched places? ► What if you were a villain and your plan to take over the world actually worked? Your plan to destroy it (assuming you were watching from another planet/space)? ► What if inanimate objects started talking to you about their life problems? ► What if every little thing you thought became reality, and you couldn't control it? ► What if you woke up one morning next to a stranger...who wasn't human? ► What if you woke up one morning and became one of your characters? ► What if you woke up one morning and became one of your favorite canon characters (as in, your favorite character from a book, movie, game, show, etc.)? ► What if mythical creatures had all of their fabled weaknesses, but none of their supposed strengths? ► What if every day you woke up as a different person? ► What if every piece of jewelry you owned made people treat you different (wearing a certain necklace makes everyone love you, a certain ring makes them all hate you, a certain bracelet makes them all ignore you, etc.)? ► What if aliens invaded Earth...but they just wanted to hang out? ► What if a teenager went off to go save the world...and so did every other teenager in the world? ► What if the villain offered the hero to join them...and the hero said yes (and they sincerely meant it)? ► What if the hero refused the call in the first place ("You have to save the world, Chosen One!" "Yeaaaaah...no.")? ► What if the villain succeeded, took over the world, and life was better for everyone? ► What if food transformed your character into different things? ► What if you got kidnapped by the you from an alternate dimension? ► What if God (or some other almighty being of your choosing) proved His existence and gave humanity a week to get their shit straight? ► What if you could control an element...of the periodic table? (Inspired by someone's signature on another website lol.) ► What if people were assigned to be a hero, villain, or 'innocent citizen' at a certain age with complete disregard for personalities and capabilities? ► What if your emotions controlled the weather? ► What if you met a real life Mary Sue and were the only one unaffected by her eeeeevil Mary Sue-ness? ► What if you woke up one morning in a room with everyone you ever talked to on the internet? ► What if flying became the norm and the ground was abandoned? ► What if the pen was literally mightier than the sword? As in, what if writing utensils replaced traditional weapons? Potentially Taking (probably all for the same story because I'm insane like that): ► ►What if the evil cult summoned up an eldritch abomination that violently disapproved of sacrificing humans to summon eldrich abominations? ►What if aliens were more interested in our dogs then us? ►What if something huge happened, but for some reason, only one person remembered it the next day? ►What if our whole world was just a dream of a slumbering eldritch abomination? ►What aliens came and turned out to be intergalactic insurance salesmen? ►What if the god we believe in (or don't) is just a very stressed writer who's working on a tight deadline and has numerous times almost given up because there seems to be no plot? ►What if you woke up tomorrow, and found out your whole life until now had just been a dream preparing you for your REAL life? ►What if we are just dolls in a dollhouse and an intelligent life force is moving us through our lives? / What if (your concept of) God is a small child, and your world is its toy? I like using "What if you were possesed by a spirt, realized it, but could do nothing about it?" a lot, but with lots of twists: what if you and that spirit became best pals? What if you two could possess each other in a never-ending game of possession-tag (wut)? What if the story was written from the spirit's POV? What if the spirit only used you to do really mundane things that are extremely important to their species' culture? Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:46:19 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_209519 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_209519 dracorin WHat if you had a superhero but they had to do something really ridiculous to use or activate their powers, eg. flapping their arms to fly? Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:40:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_317182 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_317182 Paradise Sky "What if trees could talk to you, and hold whole life stories in a single leaf?" This is really inspiring!! Thank you! Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:39:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_336650 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_336650 Amorina Might use these: ► What if someone arrived at your door and gave proof that they had bought your soul online? ► What if people were assigned to be a hero, villain, or 'innocent citizen' at a certain age with complete disregard for personalities and capabilities? ► What if the pen was literally mightier than the sword? As in, what if writing utensils replaced traditional weapons? Leaving: -What if not winning NaNoWriMo was a crime punishable by death? -What if mythical creatures had access to the internet? -What if using the internet drained your life force? Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:47:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_338223 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_338223 starkwravenmadd best plot bunny combination ever. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:48:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_338244 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_338244 DrMorgan What if you had multiple personalities of a single aspect (happy, fearful, sad, angry, etc) that are dependent on the current weather. What if future advances in artificial intelligence discovered that information processing power is inversely proportionate to an aspect that could be described as “personality.” As a result, a computer that begins to grow more “human” will steadily lose its calculating power. What if all the trees in a valley had been twisted, formed, and cultivated over centuries by the inhabitants into living buildings, and sculptures, and furniture. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:09:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_377829 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_377829 Emmalyce What if you came out of your shower, and discovered that you missed the rapture? Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:56:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_378894 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_378894 sugarcherries What if technology were advanced enough to allow us to print solid objects, IE printing your iPod instead of buying it. What if your dog knew all the answers to every question you could ever ask? What if every person in one city forgot the world was flat except one person. What if there were little NaNo elves who would work on your plot while you sleep? Yes. I need to sleep. :P Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:02:05 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_382564 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_382564 DrMorgan [quote=sugarcherries] What if technology were advanced enough to allow us to print solid objects, IE printing your iPod instead of buying it. [/quote] They already have that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ_FRAfd7co&feature=related Well, sort of. It prints 3d objects. I don't think they can print a WORKING iPod. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:38:34 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_385646 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_385646 Totally Bubbly What if, upon getting a terrible curse, you were invited to join a weekly support group of other people with extremely bizarre curses? What if the CIA really did make up dinosaurs to discourage time travel? What if Hitler was a time traveler, and that's why none of the other time travelers can stop him? Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:31:43 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_446546 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_446546 njnagler "What if the man/woman you fell in love with turned out to be your alter ego?" You mean that as fiction? Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:57:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_447334 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_447334 martaloub Thats exactly the book I thought of when I read that first 'what if' :) Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:19:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_472354 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_472354 finchgeam Taking a lot of these ... Leaving: What if the world was created by a writer who exists within our universe and is creating himself & others and has over a billion volumes and just has to keep writing or else existance goes out ... then one day he asks the hero to find a way for him to be able to stop writing without existence going out ... I might use this one myself ... but you all are welcome to use it ^^ Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:45:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_509211 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_509211 Dancingpoet Taking the global warming one... I just need it for a pointless conversation, but thanks ;) Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:42:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_510825 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_510825 Windywords Society in general was matriarchal instead of patriarchal? Or, basically, orthodox female and male roles were switched. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:46:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_544810 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_544810 AnmlBri This just made me think of the little girl in the Doctor Who episodes "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead." Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:52:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_554306 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_554306 AnmlBri Hm, I might modify that first one a bit for my story. I'm going to have the government of the US disappear, but maybe I can have them all reappear an hour later as infants. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:56:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_554380 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_554380 Kareman I think that happens a lot, at least from the point of view of that one person, and is generally referred to as insanity. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:13:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_557874 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_557874 AnmlBri - What if the moon disappeared? (What would happen to the tides? The Earth as a result?) - What if the moon was really a sentient being held captive by an artificially created gravitational force so it could be exploited for some purpose by human scientists? (Think of the "sun" in the Doctor Who episode "42.") - What if we actually had human "energy servants" in the modern age? Instead of coal/steam powered generators there were people whose job it was to stand there and hand crank the turbine themselves. And not just like on a flashlight, but a team of people working on a full-sized generator, the kind used to power cities. A human body at rest uses energy at a rate of about 100 watts. How could we harness that to power civilization? Would an archaic class structure result? Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:47:56 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_560146 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_560146 AnmlBri This is a really cool idea. And I like your phrasing of "existence going out," like a candle flame. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:49:23 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_560190 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_560190 AnmlBri I'm thinking definite Doctor Who fan fiction with that Hitler one. :-) Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:50:06 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_560210 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_560210 AnmlBri Haha, missing the rapture because you were taking a shower is brilliant! xD lol. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:51:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_560237 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_560237 Aviechan -What if you are actually the imaginary friend of your imaginary friend? (So they are real and you're actually the one who doesn't exist in the real world) -What if silence became a form of payment? -What if there are two more people with parts of your soul and whoever finds one of the other two gets to keep them as their soulmate? -What if everyone saw something except you? (For instance everyone in the world sees this talking dragon but you see nor hear nothing) -What if you could talk to your soul mate in your dreams? -What if you suddenly stop existing to the rest of the world? -What if one day everyone in the world stopped having free will except for you? -What if one day they all gained free will and you lost yours? -What if the first Tuesday of every month humanity as we know it was drastically changed? -What if your life depended on you memorizing up to a certain point of pi? -What if you woke up one day and were someone's little devil/angel? -What if there was one event that everyone was destined to do in their life... and somehow you never did yours? -What if instead of running off to the circus everyone was expected to be part of the circus and you ran off to be a doctor/lawyer/teacher/etc.? -What if the whole world moved except for you, who was eternally stuck in time and destined to just watch? -What if one Monday morning you woke up and found out (in my head it was by watching the TV but whatever way would work) the entire world knew and worshiped you as their god? -What if your local nutcase was actually the only sane man? -What if your life had a reset button? Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:24:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_565594 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_565594 AnmlBri I like the one about two other people sharing my soul and whoever finds one of the other two first getting a soulmate. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:41:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_569488 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_569488 memilypoo What if this entire world was just a virtual game played by higher beings, hoping their character will finally win out in this iteration of the game? Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:31:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_570047 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_570047 Evening What if the world was warned of impending doom through chatbots (like cleverbot, etc.) but no one realized it until it was too late? Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:39:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_570123 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_570123 the-lonely-angel So many of these remind me of Doctor Who. xD There are subliminal messages from the Silence, unremembered invasions of Daleks, Donna Noble's supposedly imaginary husband... Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:39:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_572377 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_572377 the-lonely-angel SILENCE WILL FALL BWAHAHAHA YES Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:43:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_572429 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_572429 the-lonely-angel The last one just caused about a dozen plot bunnies to be born. =D Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:45:31 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_572442 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_572442 the-lonely-angel No kidding. ;D Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:49:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_572478 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_572478 aly818 What if... The order you were born in determined everything about yourlife? Say that you were first born. Your name would start with A, you would automatically be in the top 25% of the class, just for being first born, you would be able to move through the ranks of the corprate ladder much faster, you would have to marry another person who was first born, etc. Of course, thoughs are just examples. :) You'd never joined NAnowrimo? Death to the world I suppose. :) Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:15:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_619231 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_619231 Calista.Artemis What if... What if the world suddenly spontaneously combusted? What if the insane asylum down the street suddenly got attacked by terrorists and all of the insane people got released? What if you weren't awesome? What if misquotes suddenly mutated in to something even scarier than they already are? Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:30:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_619490 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_619490 Calista.Artemis I;m going to use that one. I like it. I mean, for the whole plotline. Kthxbai. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:31:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_619514 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_619514 Evening What if there was internet in the wild west? Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:58:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_721202 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_721202 Evening Wish I didn't think of this as soon as I hit submit... What if a war broke out between two modern countries that commonly interacted together on the internet; how would the internet affect propaganda techniques and how people felt about killing people they could actually talk to? (Just something I thought about awhile ago.) Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:01:30 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_721226 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_721226 wingch What if one person's personal sense of time started to slow down gradually, until they started to live time backwards? What if there was a trashy reality show, where only one contestant remained at the end... but at the end of every episode, there was one person, instead of getting voted off, committing suicide? (Very morbid, I know. And the second one is probably too much like the Hunger Games...) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:55:41 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_748146 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_748146 Daryl Froggy What if at random periods during the day, and sometimes night, time stops for everyone but you. However you are not able to move or do anything during these periods but think? What if you woke up tomorrow and you were 500,000,000 years in the past. Also you turn out to be immortal and invulnerable(you literally, in this case, cannot die no matter what)? What if you could make four changes to the world every day but these changes are just taken as though they always were in the altered state by everyone but you? What if the world spontaneously changed every once in a while and you are the only one who realizes it (you were sure that the car was red but is now grey etc.)? What if you had an out of body experience whenever you went to sleep? What if every third what if question you verbally asked anyone came true? What if you could think seventy times faster than anyone else on the planet, and recall every memory you ever had, whenever you put on a specific hat? What if millions of people around the world, including you, suddenly and painfully transformed into some form of Fae? What if you could 'possess' any stuffed animal you owned when you went to sleep and could make them move, though not speak? What if every gibberish phase you used was a spell that you didn't know the effect of until you uttered it? What if someone invented a machine that looped time 4,738 times over a fifty year period and each time it looped back to the beginning a report was sent of all the scientific discoveries made over said fifty year period? What if you could send your consciousness and memories back in time to an earlier version of yourself and relive your life from there? What if the collective will of every single living human being in the universe had the same power as God, ie if every human being in the universe believed/wanted the moon to be made out of cheese it would be? What if you had a pocket watch with which you could control time? What if your parents brought you a walking stick from a cruise to the tropics and it allowed you to cast any spell you could conceive? What if you had phenomenal cosmic powers, ala Genie from Aladdin? What if a set of three seemingly ordinary stones stored the consciousness of all those who touched them and combined them over time into one entity, per stone? What if you could make a near perfect, the only difference is that there would be no animal life nor people copied in the process, copy of anywhere in the world in an alternate dimension that you could access at will? What if you could manipulate any electronic device you could physically see with your mind? What if you had a literally perfect memory? What if you could instantly solve any mathematical problem in your head and describe to others the equations you used? What if you suddenly found yourself in an battle android body in the far flung future fighting a war along with many others in the same situation as yourself? What if you were suddenly whisked away to a world that you had imagined? Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:38:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_751968 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_751968 Tree_Hugger I know! That's exactly what I thought of too!!!!! <|:) Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:25:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_825157 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_825157 Lilia Sparks Actually, WWIII is an idea I've been toying with for quite some time now. My hypothetical: What if WWIII happened and one high school from every county was drafted? And no. Sorry! It's not up for grabs. Just wanted to get someone's creative juices flowing. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:52:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_833619 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_833619 Echo Ransom What if the real world had a soundtrack? I can't imagine anyone possibly using it...but hey, this is something I wish were real :D Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:54:37 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_834591 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_834591 NerdlyLindsey The one about the imaginary friends is really cool! I think I might use that later! (Cos NaNo this year didn't turn out to well! :P) A lot of them are really interesting! Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:05:34 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_836925 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_836925 ReeCashel The cats wished me to warn you not to make this comment in the future. They don't like people spreading lies about them, and it would be unfortunate for you to die from scratching, a few of them even keep in tough with their larger distant cousins. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:58:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_906929 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_906929 ReeCashel What if... "The "what if" jar got stuck." "If you didn't meet your NaNoWriMo word goal for a day you would die, and on top of that, you still have to survive." "Three people from different times swapped lives." "the answer to life, the universe and everything isn't 42, but 41." "Butterflies were trying to kill all of humanity." "Animals are really humans in disguise, and vise versa." "A creationist thought that they found the missing link." "the last organism of a species never actually goes extinct, but goes into hiding, and lives forever." "Everyone had imourtality, yet seeked death." "the bad guy was right all along, and the protagonist had been fighting for the wrong side." "sarcastic comments started to become true." "everyone's perfect, except the MC, who has to fake it." "humans were really reptilian aliens in disguise, but no one remembered that, and we were the last of those aliens." "temporary tatoos gave you temporary powers, and real tatoos give you permanent powers, but are illegal because they suck you out of existance." "History repeats itself every time the world ends, but this time someone saved a history book." "america was a monarchy." Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:41:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_907639 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_907639 wingch What if Hitler, or some awful person, was the main character of "It's a Wonderful Life" (ex. He wished he had never been born, and then was taken to a world where he had never been born, and realized what a better place it was)? Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:29:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_992479 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_992479 anonymous user The first one's awesome(I'm obsessed with birds). I may have to use that one. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:11:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_995029 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_995029 anonymous user What if all the world's radio stations, ipods, videos, et cetera, suddenly started playing the same song over and over without stopping, and nobody knew why? What if all of the glass in the world broke at the same time? How about if it all exploded? What if everything we consider mythology actually existed, and had a grudge against human and animalkind? What if we were the mythological creatures sealed for one reason or another to prevent some disaster from happening? (I may use this one myself, but feel free to adopt) Also I might use these: "temporary tatoos gave you temporary powers, and real tatoos give you permanent powers, but are illegal because they suck you out of existance." "the last organism of a species never actually goes extinct, but goes into hiding, and lives forever." Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:52:42 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_995157 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_995157 mermaidpotato Alternatively, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synethesia Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:16:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1003319 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1003319 Amarantawriter23 I think I have to take the police force one. I haven't been able to stop thinking about that one for days. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:47:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1003717 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1003717 -Katlyn- What if after a writer dies, they become another person's muse? What if writers were a different breed of human? What if a person had to be intentionally murdered by a woman before they become prement? (2 B R O 2 B by Kurt Vonnegut may have spurred this...) What if the world were a cube? Flat? A 3D hexigon, with each plane of the world being significantly different from the others? What if someone made YouTwitFace? (Youtube+Twitter+Facebook) What if it was part of a larger, evil, scheme? What if everyone in a generation died at one set time, just as everyone in another generation is born at one set time? What if humans' *only* source of food was the flesh of another human? What if it was only a few people? What if it was the world? What if one language (existing, a collection from all languages, or a new one entirely) was declared the only language in the world, and everyone was required to learn it? What if animals were taught this language? What if love did make the world go round? What if unloved people died? What if humans found how to create animals? Would they bring back dinosaurs, create Dragons, or use animals as weapons? What if days were 32 hours, not 24 hours? What if the another giant star pulled earth into its orbit? What if stars were hollow? What's in them? What if magic was based on music? What I was thinking is whisling, singing, and playing instruments all cover differnt catagories of magic, and the skill of the musican and the complexity of the piece are the only limits to the magic. (I wish I could do this one, but I want to compose music to go with it, or maybe make a movie out of it. Neither are things I can acoplish. Treat it well! :)) Please tell me if you use any of these! I'd be very interested to hear their outcomes. ^^ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:07:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1027064 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1027064 Ash-Ash You know how sometimes, people say they feel like they were "born in the wrong body?" What if that literally happened, as in, there was actually some sort of celestial clerical error, or maybe an accident, that caused some poor soul(s) to end up in the wrong place? (and it doesn't necessarily have to be a male/female thing either, although that certainly counts) If someone does this, I'd really like to know how it turns out! I'm thinking of playing with it myself. :) Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:53:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1089494 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1089494 MissAngelAdorer Leaving: What if Columbus had actually made it to India? What if the American colonies had never started the revolution? What if everyone in the world only spoke the same language? What if the sun—and the other planets—really did revolve the Earth? What if humans lived on Mars, and Earth was the unpopulated one? Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:36:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090375 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090375 sherylgwin Huh. i might use that last one. good idea. got me thinking Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:32:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1090824 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1090824 sherylgwin interesting ideas Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:34:45 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1090827 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1090827 sherylgwin What if our dreams were the actual reality and reality was our dreams? Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:35:19 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090829 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090829 sherylgwin I could try toying with that idea in a short story. if i do it and finish it i could show you Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:36:32 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090832 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090832 sherylgwin i like the human food one Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:38:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090835 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090835 sherylgwin i love the second one! might make that one into a short story. i could make it a little bit like dark humor i guess. thanks Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:40:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090838 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090838 sherylgwin I also am intruiged by the immortality one. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:42:01 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090840 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1090840 Tree_Hugger what if the Mongol Empire was never defeated? <|:) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1093520 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1093520 PeverellSister Heh heh. That's exactly what I thought too! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:45:59 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1094050 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1094050 Fishwings What if our world is, in fact, the so-called Shadow world of a brighter, more beautiful world? What if someone could not see anyone else but could hear and feel them? What if a new race of powerful beings emerged, only to be taken away for study by humans? Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:10:03 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1133596 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1133596 Fishwings Taking the thoughts becoming reality one! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:25:08 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1133630 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1133630 Nicholette_Sanders I really like the one about talking to your soul mate in your dreams! I might use that one. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:23:52 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1142626 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=3#forum_thread_comment_1142626 Totally Bubbly What if you started writing horoscopes online (on your blog or something) and started getting reports that they were coming true for those that read them with startling attention to detail? Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:50:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1145672 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1145672 Fishwings Taking, thanks! Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:46:02 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1149401 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1149401 Element-weaver I like the idea of after a writer dies they become another persons muse and that writers are a different breed of human. I think I'll take them and play around with them a little bit to see what I come up with :) Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:34:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1188527 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1188527 Ickathu "History repeats itself every time the world ends, but this time someone saved a history book." ^^^^ That would be cool @Totally Bubbly Off topic, but do you speedsolve rubiks cubes? Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:56:33 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1238371 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1238371 Serendipitist Taking: What if after a writer dies, they become another person's muse? What if everyone in a generation died at one set time, just as everyone in another generation is born at one set time? Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:08:25 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1249170 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=4#forum_thread_comment_1249170 ChristieM Oooh, I'm stealing the free will one for my Script Frenzy!! Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:38:44 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1268582 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1268582 ChristieM Same!! This one will keep me thinking for a while :) Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:40:41 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1268587 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1268587 Brav0 Taking the police force one, for a character's narration in a journal Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:03:56 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1273164 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/adoption-society/threads/975?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1273164