History PlayingWith / ScrewDestiny

* '''Deconstructed''': The heroes [[DrivenToSuicide kill themselves]] to prove ''they'' control their actions instead of fate.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': The heroes [[DrivenToSuicide kill themselves]] to prove ''they'' control their actions instead of fate.
* '''Reconstructed''': The heroes decide even if the world's doomed anyway, they'd rather [[IDieFree fight to their last breath than accept it]].

* '''Conversed''': "In the ancient Greek and Norse myths, destiny was seen as sealed and inevitable. These days, however, characters who actively defy destiny are generally preferred and seen as more heroic."

* '''Parodied''': "Screw you [[ComicalOverreacting fortune cookie]], I am no one's puppet!"

* '''Parodied''': "Screw you fortune cookie, I am no one's puppet!"

* '''Conversed''': "In the ancient Greek and Norse myths, destiny was seen as sealed and inevitable. These days, however, characters who actively defy destiny are generally preferred and seen as more heroic."

* '''Invoked''': One of the characters made a fake prophecy about the world ending so the heroes would go on a quest to try and stop it.

* '''Invoked''': "You're saying that its our ''destiny'' to be destroyed? Well '''''screw''' that!''"

* '''Lampshaded''': "Does ''anyone'' even bother to follow destiny?"

* '''Inverted''': The heroes decide to fulfill the propecy, BecauseDestinySaysSo.

* '''Straight''': A prophecy says the world will be destroyed, but the heroes somehow manage to save it anyway.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Does ''anyone'' even bother to follow destiny these days?"

* '''Double Subverted''': The [[LifeWillKillYou inevitable won't be for millions of years]].

* '''Reconstructed''': [[SelfDefeatingProphecy Knowing your fate allows you to change it]].

* '''Defied''': Heroes decide to just stay at home, [[SelfDefeatingProphecy as just knowing the prophecy means fate has already changed]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Heroes attempt to [[ScrewDestiny save the world]], [[YouCantFightFate only to doom it in the process]], [[ProphecyTwist at which point a new, better world is born out of the ashes of the destroyed one]].

'''Basic Trope''': The heroes decide to go against fate to [[EarnYourHappyEnding Earn Their Happy Ending]]
* '''Straight''': The BigBad appears and tells the heroes that it is the world's fate to be destroyed, but the heroes somehow manage to save it anyway.
* '''Exaggerated''': The BigBad tells the heroes in precise detail how the world will end, what cities will fall first, and so on... so the heroes defy him point for point.
* '''Justified''': The BigBad is a [[TheFatalist fatalist]] working off of false prophecies.
* '''Inverted''': The heroes decided to fulfill the propecy, BecauseDestinySaysSo.
* '''Subverted''': The heroes save the world, but it turns [[YouCantFightFate out they were only delaying the inevitable]].
* '''Double Subverted''': It might be inevitable the world will end, but they just went from it ending in a week, to ending a few thousand years from now.
** The true prophecy was actually a SelfDefeatingProphecy with holes the prophet saw and exploited.
** The heroes screw destiny -- but it turns out that it was fate for them to do it! So the Villain, in a true act of Screw Destiny, screws destiny for real by defeating the heroes after they thought they'd won. Take that, ya destiny!
* '''Parodied''': A fortuneteller tells Bob he will die in ten minutes. Bob fights off some {{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}}s, then returns eleven minutes later demanding his money back.
* '''Deconstructed''': Destiny turns out to be an asshole and predicted that they would do this and planned ahead. They're still following destiny. [[MindScrew Erm...]]
** Destiny gets mad about being screwed and decides to screw the heroes back by coming after them or someone they care about.
** The heroes save the world from the threat described in the prophecy, only to be told that, in the process, they [[NiceJobBreakingItHero let in an even worse threat]], and now that [[OffTheRails we're playing without a rulebook]], there's also no guarantee that the heroes will defeat this new threat.
** The heroes take the future into their own hands, but the path that they choose ends up becoming a worse future than what would have happened, either due to many unforeseen consequences, not having the power or force of will to successfully make a happy ending for everyone involved, or just not having all of the relevant information beforehand.
* '''Reconstructed''': That being said, Destiny wouldn't have had to rewrite itself in the first place if the heroes hadn't sent the ordained path off the rails. So yes, they didn't defeat it, but they did force it to make concessions.
** They avert the doom on their loved ones, too. Destiny gets the hint and backs off.
** However, despite the temporary damage done by the ScrewDestiny, the fact that it granted mankind free will once and for all proves to be worth it in the end.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The character attempt to ScrewDestiny, and it looks like they'll succeed, until they found out YouCantFightFate. So they take advantage of a ProphecyTwist instead, but it turns out there was no ProphecyTwist. Except then they notice minor details in the prophecy have already failed to show up, so the prophecies might not be entirely accurate, so they go back to ScrewDestiny...
* '''Averted''':
** Characters accept their destiny without attempting to alter it.
** There is not fate to challenge in the first place.
* '''Enforced''': "We've got this ancient prophecy we've been building up to, but it would mean TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and we've just been guaranteed another season. I think we're gonna have to make the prophecy lose."

* '''Defied''': The prophecies don't just foretell TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, but have already predicted the attempts of mortals to ScrewDestiny, and [[YouCantFightFate their inevitable failure]].

* '''Justified''': The BigBad is a [[TheFatalist fatalist]] working off of false prophecies written by a conman.
* '''Inverted''': The heroes are actively working to fulfill a positive prophecy of a {{Utopia}}. Bonus points if it's BecauseDestinySaysSo.

** Alternately, the heroes save the world, only to be told by the prophet who originally told them that the world was doomed that he actually foresaw that they ''would'' save the world, but only if they were told a false prophecy saying that they couldn't.

* '''Reconstructed''': That being said, Destiny wouldn't have had to rewrite itself in the first place if the heroes hadn't sent the ordained path off the rails. So yes, they didn't defeat it, but they did force it make concessions.

* '''Averted''': Characters accept their destiny without attempting to alter it.

* '''Double Subverted''': It might be inevitable the world will end, but they just went from it ending in a week, to ending a few 1000 years from now.

** The heroes screw destiny -- but it turns out that it was fate for them to do it! So the Villain, in a true act of Screw Destiny, screws destiny for real by going [[BeyondTheImpossible beyond the impossible]] and defeating the heroes after they thought they'd won. Take that, ya destiny!

* '''Inverted''': The heroes are actively working to fulfill a positive prophecy of a {{Utopia}}.

** Alternately, the heroes save the world, only to be told by the prophet who originally told them that the world was doomed that he actually foresaw that they ''would'' save the world, but only if they were told a false prophesy saying that they couldn't.

* '''Reconstructed''': However, despite the temporary damage done by the ScrewDestiny, the fact that it granted mankind free will once and for all proves to be worth it in the end.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...And yet the heroes still manage to ScrewDestiny ''again.''

** Destiny gets mad about being screwed and decides to screw the heroes back by coming after them or someone they care about.

* '''Deconstructed''': The heroes manage to save the world, but because they went against destiny [[ItGotWorse things get even worse]]
** Destiny turns out to be an asshole and predicted that they would do this and planned ahead. They're still following destiny. [[MindScrew Erm...]]

*** Alternatively again, Destiny doesn't like being screwed and decides to screw the heroes back. (Usually by coming after them or someone close to them.)