[Prompt] Once every year, you have the power to swap minds with someone. However, there's a catch: the target is completely random, and the swap lasts for only one minute.

Gil (he/they)@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

[Prompt] Once every year, you have the power to swap minds with someone. However, there's a catch: the target is completely random, and the swap lasts for only one minute.

aMalayali@beehaw.org · edit-2 2 years ago

What does swapping minds mean here?
Exchanging bodies? Memories? Or outlooks?

If it’s memories, it could be used to setup a investigative or thriller story, where the protag accidently switches minds with some evil person. The protag is unable to find a reflective surface to identify their new body(if the memory transfer happens together with body swap) within the one minute(their initial shock making them lose a lot of it).

Or it could be a case where another person finds out the powers of protag n forces/entices them to use it.

masked_nybbles@beehaw.org · edit-2 2 years ago

You likely can just interpret it however you like. I doubt the purpose of this exercise is to follow the prompt to the letter. But then, I am not the author of the prompt.

Zagaroth@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

I can’t say I have a story idea for it, but I can say that personally, I find the idea deeply terrifying. I am painfully aware that there is a lot in this world that I do not want to experience, and I do not find any counterbalancing thrill for any other bit of someone’s life I might experience.

But for many types of gambling, I feel a negative feedback loop instead of a positive one. I can see the risks really fast.

Gil (he/they)@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Funnily enough, that type of conclusion is something I thought about when coming up with this prompt - that this kind of ability could definitely lead to some horrible experiences. I’m sure that inhabiting another person’s body, for even just one mundane minute of their lives, would be disorienting by itself.