r/ThreadGames

what the title says

I’ll start:

“As soon as I’m done, you can go ahead and spit it out in the sink”

Let’s play a classic party game, but purely for book lovers.

Pick a famous book character. Write down three statements about them from their book—two must be completely true, and one must be a total lie. Do not reveal the character's name or the book title! Leave it to the comments to guess both the character and the lie.

I’ll start:

1. I crashed a flying car into a highly aggressive tree.

2. I have a scar shaped like a lightning bolt.

3. My favorite dessert is lemon drops.

How to play:

1. Guess the character and the lie to my prompt below!

2. Start your own thread in the comments with your favorite character!

Let's see who can stump the sub.

Let’s play a quick game guys. Tell me that one 'book title' that completely lied to you with its cover design.

For example, a book that looks like a cute, fluffy summer romance but actually leaves you emotionally traumatized and crying at 2 AM. Or a book that looks like a terrifying horror novel but is actually just a cozy mystery about a cat.

The rules are simple:

1. The Catalyst (Top Comment): Change one minor detail, character choice, or line in a famous book or poem.
2. The Ripple Effect (Replies): Reply to a catalyst and write how that changes the plot or meaning.

Example:

• Top Comment: Romeo gets Friar Lawrence's letter on time.
• Reply: He arrives, waits for Juliet to wake up, and they have an awkward talk about communication boundaries. No one dies, so the family feud continues over property lines instead.

Drop your catalyst below and let the chaos begin!

Let’s be honest, 90% of literature exists because the main characters desperately needed a licensed professional to talk to instead of making terrible life choices.

How it works:

• The Parent Comment: Name a well-known character from a book, play, or epic poem without saying the title of the book.

• The Reply Chain: Write the first sentence of the clinical notes their therapist would write after day one. Bonus points if the next replies guess the character or continue the therapy breakthrough.

Example:

• Parent Comment: Jay Gatsby.
• Reply: Patient exhibits extreme obsessive-compulsive attachment to a literal green light bulb across the bay and has spent millions hosting parties hoping his ex-girlfriend accidentally walks into his living room. Recommend immediate social media block.

Your turn. Drop your character below and let’s diagnose literature’s finest!

This directly contradicts everything I've been told about the internet. To test this theory, I'm giving Reddit complete control over a presentation I'll deliver live to a bunch of people I've never met before in a conspiracy theory presentation night. Comment absolutely anything you want on a slide.

I will not preview them. I will put them all into one powerpoint. Then I will present the entire thing as if I know exactly what's going on. If Reddit is truly the chaotic hellsite everyone claims, this should be a disaster.

If Reddit is actually full of kind, sensible people working together toward a common goal...

...it should still be a disaster, just for different reasons.

Please include:

One slide only

Any topic

Images welcome

No promises I'll survive presenting it

Help me prove or disprove the theory.

Let’s play a game. Take your favorite book (or the last one you read) and explain the plot as terribly, vaguely, or hilariously inaccurately as possible while still technically being right.

The Rules:

• Keep it to exactly one sentence.

• No character names, author names, or obvious location names.

• Browse the comments and try to guess what books other people are describing!

Here are a example to get us started:

A guy holds a massive, expensive house party just to get a married woman's attention, and it ends horribly. (Answer: The Great Gatsby)

Drop your terrible summary below and let's see who can guess it first!

Parent names an actor and a movie. Everyone else in that movie is replaced by the Muppets.
Child chooses an iconic line from that movie and delivers it in the style of one of the Muppets.

Example:
P: John Travolta in Pulp Fiction
C: Miss Piggy: "Moi doesn't remember asking you a goddamn thing!"