1 | '''Basic Trope''': Character decides to go against their written fate. |
2 | * '''Straight''': A prophecy says the world will be destroyed, the heroes decide to stop it. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': The heroes go out of their way to prevent ''every single detail'' of the prophecy, regardless of how unrelated to the world ending they are. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': |
5 | ** Heroes attempt to fulfill [[EitherOrProphecy one prophecy over another]]. |
6 | ** The heroes [[LoopholeAbuse take advantage of a loophole]] to intentionally set up a favorable [[TwistingTheProphecy prophecy twist]]. |
7 | * '''Justified''': The heroes are ImmuneToFate. Or the prophecy was actually a [[SelfDefeatingProphecy warning]]. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': The heroes decide to fulfill the prophecy, BecauseDestinySaysSo. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': The heroes save the world, but it turns out [[YouCantFightFate they were only delaying the inevitable]], or that it becomes a SelfFulfillingProphecy. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': The inevitable [[LifeWillKillYou won't be for millions of years]]. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': "[[ComicalOverreacting Screw you fortune cookie, I am no one's puppet!]]" |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Heros 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]]. Then, said world is doomed, and no world is born out of the ashes again. |
13 | * '''Averted''': |
14 | ** YouCantFightFate |
15 | ** Heroes fulfill a prophecy that they will save the world. |
16 | ** There's no prophecy at all. |
17 | * '''Enforced''': "We've been picked up for another season, so the prophecy we've been building to about the world ending can't come true now." |
18 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Since when has ''anyone'' wanted to follow destiny?" |
19 | * '''Invoked''': One of the characters made a fake prophecy about the world ending so the heroes would go on a quest to stop it. |
20 | * '''Exploited''': Character uses heroes attempt to stop a prophecy to further their own ends. |
21 | * '''Defied''': Heroes decide to just stay at home, as prophecies always turn out to be [[SelfDefeatingProphecy fake]] or [[ProphecyTwist misleading]]. |
22 | * '''Discussed''': "Only idiots believe in destiny. A real man ignores {{mad oracle}}s and false prophets, and forges his own destiny." |
23 | * '''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." |
24 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
25 | ** The heroes [[DrivenToSuicide kill themselves]] to prove ''they'' control their actions instead of fate. |
26 | ** Someone brings up the question: If destiny is a sham, doesn't that mean that none of us have a purpose? |
27 | ** People start to distrust prophecies due to them being defied on a regular basis. |
28 | ** The heroes screw destiny, only for the state of the world to end up ''far'' worse than it would have if they had just done as they were told. |
29 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
30 | ** The heroes decide even if the world's doomed anyway, they'd rather [[IDieFree fight to their last breath than accept it]]. |
31 | ** Someone else answers the question: It does mean we have no purpose, but having no purpose means we get to make our own purposes in life. |
32 | ** This merely makes the populace more skeptical, instead interpreting prophecies as guidelines that can be followed or unfollowed as one sees fit. While they can follow a prophecy, they can choose which parts will lead to the most favorable outcome and ignore the rest. |
33 | * '''Played For Laughs''': The prophecy trails off when it mentions the world ending, as the prophets were sure the heroes would have already abandoned it by the time they got to that bit. |
34 | ---- |
35 | Back to YouCantFightFate, where you have no choi- No! ScrewDestiny! |
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37 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
38 | %% |
39 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
40 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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