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Story Starter #8

There is one major difference between dinosaurs and dragons; one isn’t real, while the other isn’t supposed to be real, but is.

#47

People always have seen you as the 'dumb blonde', just because of the way you look. Blond hair, blue eyes, small figure, the damsel in distress in every horror movie.

The zombie apocalypse has started, and you decided to shove those stupid stereotypes down their undead throats.

Now, after six months have passed, you are thriving in your base with plenty of supplies and weapons.

So, what happens when you find the 'knight in shining armor' guy (or girl, whatever you prefer) at your door, injured and starving?

Hey I just had a thought about time travel: what if you somehow ended up traveling back in time, with no way of ever returning to the present, but you didn’t know if your actions would impact/change the time you came from. I feel like time travel narratives are always about getting used to how different the world is, but what about the fear of destroying the world you left behind? Even if you can never return to them, would you risk the people you love never being born? Could you accept being inconsequential, to the point you have no impact on those around you, even it that impact is loving them, or making them happy? The worst part is that even if you tried to change nothing, you would never know if you succeeded. There would always be a chance that one misstep destroys everything, and you would never know if that misstep had already happened, or inevitably would.

I just think it’s a unique kind of horror, in world where we often fear we’re unimportant, to fear the consequences of your own existence