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2[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
3->'''Nui:''' You can't fight the threads of destiny, sweetie!
4->'''Ryuko:''' Destiny my ass!!
5-->-- ''Anime/KillLaKill''
6
7->''"Destiny... destiny... destiny... destiny...SHUT THE HELL UP! How 'bout you save your high and mighty crap for after I've been haunted to death, skullface? Sacrifice? Offering? Destiny? Quit spoutin' out a bunch of cryptic explanations! The point is, this is war! It ain't different from any other war! The last one standing wins! Listen here! I'm beatin' all a' you back down to Hell! Tell those ugly pale-faced bastards for me! If I get hit, I will hit back! Tell 'em leavin' me half-eaten is gonna be the end of you! I'll hunt and kill all those wretched monsters... and all of you... DOWN TO THE LAST ONE! THIS IS... ''MY DECLARATION OF WAR!''"''
8-->-- '''Guts''' to the Skull Knight and later the God Hands and Apostles, ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''
9
10->''"[[ShutUpHannibal THAT DOES IT!! Who gave you the right to tell her what she can or can't be?!]] Go on, Hinata! Show this guy he's wrong!"''
11-->-- '''Manga/{{Naruto}}''''s response to Neji's attempt to [[BreakThemByTalking Break Him by Talking]]
12
13->''"May those that accept their fate be granted happiness; may those who defy it be granted glory."''
14-->-- ''Anime/PrincessTutu''
15
16->'''The Anti-Spiral:''' You continue to struggle even knowing what you know!?\
17'''Simon:''' Of course we do! The tomorrow we're trying to grab for ourselves... Is not the tomorrow that you've set out for us! It's the tomorrow that we choose for ourselves—a tomorrow that we choose out of all of the infinite universes! We'll fight our way through!
18-->-- ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
19
20->''"The future is not to be seen... the future is to be made!"''
21-->-- '''Aya''', ''Anime/WeissKreuz''
22
23->''He'll take that blank last page\
24And smash his fist through it!''
25-->-- "Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~", ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''
26
27->''Let me show you how to break out now.\
28Crush the stones of fate into atoms.\
29In a way you've never seen before.''
30-->-- "Fighting Gold", ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind''
31
32->''Fate is just another worthless sign.\
33I will give my life as godless soul\
34Gang-Star.''
35-->-- "Uragirimono no Requiem", ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind''
36
37->''"I won't let that happen...! Even if that's what fate has decided! I WILL BEND THE FUTURE!"''
38-->--'''Izuku Midoriya''', ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''
39
40->''"The future is not a straight line. It is filled with many crossroads. There must be a future that we can choose for ourselves."''
41-->--'''Kiyoko''', ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}''
42
43->'''Takuma:''' Both the past and the future can eat shit! Our future…the only future that matters...!\
44'''Takuma, Baku, and Kamui:''' Is the one we make for ourselves!
45-->-- ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo Arc]]''
46[[/folder]]
47
48[[folder:Comic Books]]
49->'''Knykos:''' That is my destiny.\
50'''Travis:''' ''(shoots Knykos several times in the back)'' Know that word. Seventh grade. Last day of school, ever. Teacher said I'd never amount to nothing, ever. Was my destiny. Always thought: destiny can go @#$% itself.
51-->-- ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers: ComicBook/{{Ares|Marvel}}''
52
53->''"Do you know why I stopped being Delight, my brother? I do. There are things not in your book. There are paths outside this garden. You would do well to remember that."''
54-->-- '''Delirum''' to '''Destiny''', ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', "Brief Lives"
55
56->''"Nothing's final! Not fate, not prophecies, not what's in history books. I've spent two hundred years chasing prophecy and accepting destiny. Believing nothing we do really matters. [[TheAntiNihilist But if nothing we do matters, all that matters is what we do]]. I'm going to find a way to save the world. Then ''and'' now."''
57-->--'''Angel''', ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Season Twelve''
58
59->'''ComicBook/{{Superman}}:''' What is '''wrong''' with you? [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} He's]] a child! His life shouldn't be about '''this'''! Little boys go to school, play with their friends and go to bed at night. Their biggest concerns should be homework and school-yard crushes--'''not''' if [[spoiler:their best friends are going to be murdered by assassins]]!!\
60'''The Wizard Shazam:''' It is his '''fate''' to bear the mantle.\
61'''Superman:''' Do '''not''' talk to me about fate. All of you people of magic--you sorcerers... All your talk about fate and destiny... This is '''wrong'''. No '''boy''' should have the responsibility of the world on his shoulders. It is a fate chosen by '''men'''... He's just a boy.
62-->--''Superman/Shazam: First Thunder #4''
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Fan Works]]
66->'''Rei:''' ''(growling)'' You will not harm them, Adam-spawn! This world is mine! I will protect my children! They will live!\
67'''Kaworu:''' You don't need to do that.\
68'''Rei:''' ''(snarling)'' Why not? You and I cannot coexist, Child of the White Moon! For all the other lies SEELE has told, they told the truth about that! I know what compels you! You cannot resist the Call to seek your origin! You will inevitably try to unite with Adam and fulfill the drive you cannot deny! And I will not allow you to overwrite all life on this world!\
69'''Kaworu:''' I am not your enemy, First Child.\
70'''Rei:''' You have no choice! I know how strong the Call is!\
71'''Kaworu:''' I am the Angel of Free Will. There is always a choice. And I choose my fate, not the old men of SEELE, whatever they may think. They cannot control me, not like that.
72-->-- ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust''
73
74->'''Cinder:''' It is my ''destiny'' to have that power. It is my fate!\
75'''Weiss:''' Then I will destroy fate itself! But first, I will kill you!
76-->-- ''Fanfic/NotThisTimeFate''
77
78->''"Fate, you say? You aren't the only one to use that word to put me down. All my life... I was told that things are the way they are because of fate. My apparent weakness. How I wouldn't amount to anything. How my clan would forever remain divided. And guess what? I proved them wrong. I proved all of them wrong! And I shall prove you wrong too!"''
79-->-- '''Hinata''', ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin''
80[[/folder]]
81
82[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
83->''"Guns kill, [[IAmNotAGun and you don't have to be a gun]]. You are what you choose to be. '''You''' choose. ''Choose.''"''
84-->-- '''Hogarth''', ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant''
85
86->''"Everyone keeps telling me how [[BecauseDestinySaysSo my story is supposed to go]]! '''Nah. I'mma do my own thing.'''"''
87-->-- '''[[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]]''', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse''
88
89->''Set your sights upon the heights\
90Don't be a mediocrity\
91Don't just wait and trust to fate\
92And say, "That's how it's meant to be"\
93It's up to you, how far you go\
94If you don't try, you'll never know\
95And so, my lad, as I've explained,\
96"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."''
97-->--"That's What Makes the World Go Round", ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''
98
99->''"Funny, I guess destiny is not the path given to us, but the path we choose for ourselves.''
100-->--'''Megamind''', ''{{WesternAnimation/Megamind}}''
101
102[[/folder]]
103
104[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
105->''"I want the future to be unknown. I want to become a whole person."''
106-->--'''James Cole''', ''Film/TwelveMonkeys''
107
108->'''Doc:''' Marty, I've made a decision. I'm not going with you tomorrow. [[IChooseToStay I'm staying here]].\
109'''Marty:''' What are you talkin' about, Doc?\
110'''Doc:''' There's no point in denying it. I'm in love with Clara.\
111'''Marty:''' Oh, man. Doc, we don't belong here! Neither one of us! You know, it could still be you that gets shot tomorrow! (''shows the photograph of Doc's tombstone'') This tombstone could still be in your future!\
112'''Doc:''' Marty, the future isn't written. It can be changed. You know that. Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be. I can't let this one little photograph determine my entire destiny. I have to live my life according to what I believe is right in my heart.
113-->-- ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''
114
115->''"'What makes a man a man?', a friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don't think so. It's the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them."''
116-->-- '''John Myers''', ''Film/Hellboy2004''
117
118->''"Nothing is written."''
119-->-- '''T.E. Lawrence''', ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''
120
121->''"Truly, for some men nothing is written unless ''they'' write it."''
122-->-- '''Sherif Ali''', ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''
123
124->'''Morpheus:''' Do you believe in fate, Neo?\
125'''Neo:''' No.\
126'''Morpheus:''' Why not?\
127'''Neo:''' Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.\
128'''Morpheus:''' I know exactly how you feel.
129-->-- ''Film/TheMatrix''
130
131->''"Life's like a movie, write your own ending."''
132-->-- ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''
133
134->'''Peter:''' But we can't just send them home to die.\
135'''Strange:''' It's their fate. You can't change that anymore than you can change who they are.\
136'''Peter:''' But what if we could? What if we can change their fate?
137-->-- ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''
138
139->''"The whole thing goes: The future's not set. There's no fate but what we make for ourselves."''
140-->--'''John Connor''', ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''
141
142->'''T-850:''' It is your destiny. \
143'''John Connor:''' (puts gun to his head) ''Fuck'' my destiny.
144-->--''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines''
145
146->'''Doctor Strange:''' Destiny has dire plans for you, my friend.\
147'''Thor:''' I have dire plans for destiny.
148-->-- ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' (trailer)
149[[/folder]]
150
151[[folder:Literature]]
152->'''Granny Weatherwax:''' Destiny ''is'' important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.\
153'''Nanny Ogg:''' Bugger destiny.
154-->-- ''Literature/WyrdSisters''
155
156->''"What else had the old monk said? [[YouCantFightFate History finds a way]]? Well, it was going to have to come up with something good, because it was up against [[{{Determinator}} Sam Vimes]] now."''
157-->-- ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld''
158
159->''"What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?"''
160-->-- '''"Gentleman" John Marcone''', ''Literature/DeadBeat''
161
162->''"Three things shall you kiss before I let you spook me for good. My boots, my balls and my ass."''
163-->-- '''Locke Lamora''' after listening to a prophecy about his death, ''Literature/GentlemanBastard''
164
165->''"It doesn’t matter how flawless the scheme was, how impregnable the fortress or powerful the magical weapon, [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin it always ends with a band of adolescents shouting utter platitudes as they tear it all down]]. The game is rigged so that we lose, every single time. Half the world, turned into a prop for the glory of the other half. Ah. How much worse it must be, coming from a culture that still teaches you you can win. We don't even have that, [[VillainProtagonist Catherine]]. The hope of the happy ending. We get to cackle on the way down the cliff, or maybe [[DyingCurse curse our killer with our last breath]]. You've read the stories, and stories are the lifeblood of Names. None of it is earned. It is handed to them, and this offends me. You asked me what I want. This once, just this once, [[TheBadGuyWins I want us to win]]. To spit in the eyes of the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Hashmallim]]. To trample the pride of all those glorious, righteous princes. To scatter their wizards and make their oracles liars. Just to prove that it can be done. So that five hundred years from now, a band of heroes shiver in the dark of night. Because they know that no matter how powerful their sword or righteous their cause, there was once a time it wasn't enough. That even victories ordained by the Heavens can broken by the will of men."''
166-->-- '''The BlackKnight,''' Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil
167
168->''"I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out."''
169-->-- '''[[AntiAntiChrist Adam Young]]''', ''Literature/GoodOmens''
170
171->''"I do believe in destiny -- but I don't think of it as some mysterious force from the stars that governs everybody from outside according to some prearranged scheme. I think of it as something that comes from inside, that's built into people. It's what happens when people act like the sort of people they are, when they do what comes most naturally. And it's not all-powerful, you can fight it, but it's tricky, because it means fighting your own nature... doing what you're least inclined to do."''
172-->-- '''Lucy Thames''', ''Literature/LocksmithsCloset''
173
174->''"Truly, for some men nothing is written unless ''they'' write it."''
175-->-- '''Sherif Ali''', ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''
176
177->'''Xavien:''' As you say, we do not possess the ability to change ourselves too utterly.\
178'''Zal:''' We have infinite choice, and that has to do.
179-->-- ''[[Literature/QuantumGravity Chasing the Dragon]]''
180
181->''"I don't know if I've ever told you this, but I don't believe in prophecy."''
182-->-- '''Simon''', ''Literature/TheTravelersGate''
183[[/folder]]
184
185[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
186->''"''Nothing'' is inevitable. The future is not set in stone!"''
187-->--'''Claire Bennet''', ''Series/{{Heroes}}''
188
189->'''Richie:''' ''(while they hang from a ferris wheel)'' Hey, Eddie, if we killed ourselves, we could ''cheat'' fate!\
190'''Eddie:''' I don't think we want to piss fate off at the moment.
191-->-- ''Series/{{Bottom}}''
192
193->''"There are laws. Laws of Time, and once upon a time there were people in charge of those laws, but they died. They all died. Do you know who that leaves? ''Me!'' It's taken me all these years to realize the Laws of Time are mine, and ''they will obey me''!"''
194-->-- '''The Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''
195
196->''"Sometimes knowing your own future enables you to change it, especially if you're bloody-minded, contradictory and completely unpredictable."''
197-->-- '''The Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''
198
199->'''The Doctor:''' History says there was an explosion here. Who am I to argue with history?\
200'''Rose:''' Usually the first in line.
201-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances The Doctor Dances]]"
202
203->'''Einstein:''' From the moment the Ancients implanted that knowledge, you exist to serve a larger...\
204'''John Crichton:''' NO! No. That's what ''you'' want. My name is John Crichton. I'm not your pawn.
205-->-- ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', "[[Recap/FarscapeS04E11UnrealizedReality Unrealized Reality]]"
206
207->''Dear Celia.\
208I don't know your last name and I don't know where you live, but I know you have two young boys -- twins, I believe. And I know you didn't have a FlashForward. I understand how terrifying that is and how powerless you must be feeling. But I want you to know that you are not alone and that your situation is not as hopeless as you think. Our paths were meant to cross. I didn't know how. I didn't know when.\
209But things have changed now. Things are no longer going to unfold as I had feared. My gift to you is release from that dread... From the feeling that you're no longer in control.\
210We will never meet. I will never know you. So live your life. Live every day. And know that the future is unwritten. Make the most of that.''
211-->-- '''[[spoiler:Al Gough]]''', ''Series/FlashForward2009''
212
213->'''Priestess of Fate:''' Exercise caution. For you are about to make a decision that will change your fate.\
214'''Kaito:''' I merely choose my own path. I couldn't care less about fate!
215-->-- ''Series/KamenRiderGaim''
216
217->''"So screw destiny, right in the face. I say we take the fight to them, and do it our way."''
218-->-- '''Dean Winchester''', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
219
220->'''[[spoiler:Ultraman Belial]]:''' You can deny me all you want, but you're still the son of [[spoiler:Belial]]! You'll never escape my name, as long as you live!\
221'''Riku/Ultraman Geed:''' I have no intention on running away from it! My body have been made from you, but my soul belongs to me!\
222'''[[spoiler:Ultraman Belial]]:''' You can't possibly defy fate!\
223'''Riku/Ultraman Geed:''' I will! I'm the one who decides my fate!
224-->-- '''Riku Asakura/Ultraman Geed''' to '''[[spoiler:Ultraman Belial]]''', ''Series/UltramanGeed'', "The King's Miracle! Time to Change Fate!!"
225
226->''"Can I say something about destiny? '''Screw destiny!''' If this evil thing comes we'll fight it, and we'll keep fighting it until we whoop it. 'Cause destiny is just another word for inevitable and nothing's inevitable as long as you stand up, look it in the eye, and say, 'You're evitable!'"''
227-->-- '''Fred''', ''Series/{{Angel}}''
228
229->'''Robin:''' ''(as she and Ted search in vain for her old locket, being drenched in rain, days before her wedding to Barney)'' Ted, this is a sign and you know it. I mean, the universe is screaming at me right now! How, how, ''how'' can [[SerialRomeo you]], of ''all'' people, tell me to ignore that?\
230'''Ted:''' Because maybe it's dumb to look for "signs from the universe"! I mean, maybe the universe has better things to do. Dear ''God'', I hope it does! Do you know how many "signs" I've gotten that I should or shouldn't be with someone? And where has it gotten me? Maybe there aren't any signs. Maybe maybe a locket's just a locket, a chair is just a chair. Maybe we don't have to give meaning to every little thing. Maybe we don't maybe we don't need the universe to tell us what we really want. Maybe we already know that, deep down.
231-->-- ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''
232
233->'''Albert:''' The poor little Matchgirl dying in the snow is all part of the spirit of Hogswatch, master! You see, people hear about 'em and they say, "Well, we might be as poor as a disabled banana, and only can afford to eat mud and boots, but see how much better off we are than the poor little Matchgirl!" So that makes them happy, and grateful for what they ''have'' got!\
234'''Death:''' '''I KNOW WHAT THE SPIRIT OF HOGSWATCH IS, ALBERT.''' ''(Pours more sand into the Little Matchgirl's hourglass)''\
235'''Albert:''' You're not allowed to do that..\
236'''Death:''' '''THE HOGFATHER CAN. THE HOGFATHER GIVES PRESENTS. THERE'S NO BETTER PRESENT THAN A FUTURE.'''
237-->-- ''Sky One's Adaptation of {{Literature/Hogfather}}'', 2006
238
239->''"Fate is what you call it when you don't know the name of the person screwing you over!"''
240-->-- '''Lois''', ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''
241[[/folder]]
242
243[[folder:Music]]
244->''There's no reason\
245There's no compromise\
246Change in seasons\
247Living the high life\
248I don't know you\
249So don't freak on me\
250I can't control you\
251You're not my destiny\
252Straight out of line\
253I can't find a reason\
254Why I should justify my ways\
255Straight out of line\
256I don't need a reason\
257You don't need to lie to me''
258-->-- '''Music/{{Godsmack}}''', "Straight Out of Line", also used for the ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' soundtrack
259
260->''In 13 the beast is rising\
261The Frenchman did surmise\
262Through earthquakes and starvation\
263The warlord will arise\
264Terror, death, destruction\
265Pour from the eastern sands\
266But the truth of all predictions\
267Is always in your hands\
268If you're gonna die, die with your boots on\
269If you're gonna try, just stick around\
270Gonna cry, just move along\
271If you're gonna die, you're gonna die''
272-->-- '''Music/IronMaiden''', "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Die With Your Boots On]]"
273
274->''A planet of playthings,\
275We dance on the strings\
276Of powers we cannot perceive\
277"The stars aren't aligned,\
278Or the gods are malign..."\
279Blame is better to give than receive.\
280You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.\
281If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.\
282You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;\
283I will choose a path that's clear\
284I will choose freewill.''
285-->-- '''Music/{{Rush|Band}}''', "Freewill"
286
287->''It's not destiny!\
288It would be a grave mistake to think so.\
289Every choice is ours and ours alone!\
290This hasn't all been mapped by fate\
291This is the future we create!\
292And we're powered by\
293Every tear that's dried...''
294-->-- '''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''', "The Triumph"
295
296->''No fate but that of which we make!''
297-->-- '''Music/TupperWareRemixParty''', "Starlight Brigade"
298
299->''It's not done until it's told,\
300It's not told until it's written,\
301If I'm brave and if I'm bold,\
302I can challenge what's forbidden,\
303For nobody gets to tell me\
304That I'll never be the one.\
305When they ask you what befell me,\
306Say my story is not done.''
307-->-- "My Story Is Not Done", '''Creator/SeananMcGuire'''
308[[/folder]]
309
310[[folder:Video Games]]
311->''"We can change it. Make it right!"''
312-->-- '''Aerith''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''
313
314->''"Cloud, lend me your strength. Let us defy destiny... together."''
315-->-- '''Sephiroth''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''
316
317->'''[[PlayerCharacter The Dragonborn]]:''' [[TheChosenOne The prophecy says]] that only the Dragonborn can stop [Alduin].\
318'''Paarthurnax:''' ''Qostiid sahlo aak.'' Just because you can do a thing, does not always mean that you should. Do you have no better reason for acting than destiny? Are you nothing but a plaything of ''dez''... of fate?\
319'''The Dragonborn:''' I don't believe in destiny. But I will stop Alduin.\
320'''Paarthurnax:''' And so, perhaps, your destiny will be fulfilled. But who can say? ''Dez motmahus.'' Even to the ''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent dov]]'', who ride the currents of time, destiny is elusive.
321-->-- ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
322
323->'''''"Guardians make their own fate."'''''
324-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', during the Vault of Glass raid. [[note]]This message is displayed during the raid when the players manage to escape from being scattered across time by Aetheon.[[/note]]
325
326->'''[[ThePaladin Crusader]]:''' The battle approaches. What says the Scroll of Fate?\
327'''Ithereal:''' Doom and darkness. These heavens ruined... The angelic Host broken. Diablo is victorious.\
328'''Crusader:''' Ah. [[BadassBoast So the Scroll is wrong.]]
329-->-- ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''
330
331->''"Fate may command I die before the answers are discovered, but an Assassin takes orders from no one."''
332-->-- '''Ezio''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''
333
334->''"But... even if I knew for certain, I still wouldn't blindly accept my fate. I will not simply succumb to what others claim is my destiny. I fight for control over my own life. And I will win."''
335-->-- '''Ragna the Bloodedge''', ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift''
336
337->'''Tidus:''' {{This is my story}}. It'll go the way I want... or I'll end it here.\
338'''Yuna:''' Wait. You say it's your story, but it's my story, too, you know? It would be so easy... to let my fate just carry me away... following this same path my whole life through. But I know... I can't. What I do, I do... with no regrets.
339-->-- ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''
340
341->'''Oerba Yun Fang:''' When prayers turn to promises, not even fate can stand in their way.\
342'''Oerba Dia Vanille:''' We held the light of hope in our hearts, and achieved the impossible. Now we live on, to greet a new dawn.
343-->-- ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''[[spoiler:'s last spoken words]]
344
345->''"Bring it on, Noel. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII I've been fighting destiny]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 a long time, now]]. And I'm getting good at it."''
346-->-- '''Claire "Lightning" Farron''', ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''
347
348->'''Urianger:''' What sayest thou, Master Matoya? We may accept this fate or defy it, but we cannot deny it.\
349'''Y'shtola:''' ...Deny? I'm not wont to run from my troubles. Until our friend returns, ''I'' will {{hold the line}}.
350-->-- ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV: Shadowbringers''
351
352->''"This tragedy, greater even than the Seventh Umbral Calamity, must be undone... If history must be unwritten, ''[[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong let it be unwritten]]''."''
353-->-- '''[[BigGood Crystal Exarch]]''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV: Shadowbringers''
354
355->''"I challenge my fate!"''
356-->-- '''"[[SweetPollyOliver Marth]]"[[spoiler:/Lucina]]''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''
357
358->''"Anything can change!"''
359-->-- '''Chrom''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''
360
361->''"Don't you put any stock in this destiny hogwash! Let the dead whine about their fate... As long as I draw breath, I choose to keep fighting! That's what life is all about!"''
362-->-- '''Basilio''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''
363
364->''"If the afterlife sends someone to collect you, you put that messenger in the ground."''
365-->-- '''Lon'qu''' to [[spoiler:Inigo if Inigo is his son]], ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' (''Future Past'' DLC)
366
367->''"I make my own fate!"''
368-->-- '''Corrin''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' (''Revelations'' route)
369
370->''"[[CallBack This is my story]], and you're not part of it."''
371-->-- '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Auron]]''', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''
372
373->'''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Garland]]:''' [[BladeLock We will never come to accept one another.]] [[YouCantFightFate We shall always be IN CONFLICT!]]\
374'''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Warrior of Light]]:''' Destiny... ends here!\
375'''Garland:''' End it, [[BringIt if you can!]]
376-->-- ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''
377
378->''"Thirty years hence, I am presented with a dilemma - let's call it a two-sided coin. If the coin falls one way, I sacrifice myself and thus restore the Pillars. But as the last surviving vampire in Nosgoth, this would mean the annihilation of our species. If the coin lands on the reverse, I refuse the sacrifice and thus doom the Pillars to an eternity of collapse. Either way, the game is rigged. But suppose you throw a coin enough times... [[TakeAThirdOption suppose one day, it lands on its]] ''[[HeadsTailsEdge edge]]''."''
379-->-- '''Kain''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain''
380
381->''"Destiny is a game, is it not? And now, you await my latest move."''
382-->-- '''Kain''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver''
383
384->'''Giro:''' Don't tell me you forgot your promise already. You did mean it, right?\
385'''Aile:''' Giro!? But, [[InTheBlood the blood that flows in me...]]\
386'''Giro:''' Is just blood. Are you going to let some man you don't even know decide your destiny for you? Destiny is not something that is given to us by others. Destiny comes from the concept of "destine," or directing something towards a given end. Be the one doing the directing. Only you can decide your destiny.\
387'''Aile:''' Only I can decide my destiny...\
388'''Giro:''' Yes. Forget the past. It means nothing. The power you contain within is the key to creating your future.
389-->-- ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''
390
391->'''Aile:''' I decided to become a Mega Man because I wanted to help people. You're fighting because you're trying to find out who you are, but don't forget. Only you can decide your own destiny. No matter what anyone says you are. The power you contain within is the key to creating your future. [[MasterApprenticeChain That's what a special person said to me.]]\
392'''Grey:''' My destiny... My future.
393-->-- ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent''
394
395->'''Grey:''' Yeah, you're right, I am Defective. I'm just a person named Grey. You couldn't even change the destiny of a regular boy like me. This is the destiny that I've chosen... To live together with the people of this world!\
396'''Albert:''' Is that what the "other me" would have said...? Goodbye, ultimate Defective! You can have your gentle peace... and leisurely rot in it! ''(explodes)''
397-->-- ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent''
398
399->'''Baofu:''' Ahh, shut up. You can take this fate of yours and [[AssShove stick it up your ass!]] Listen up, Tatsuya. Fate is...\
400'''Katsuya:''' No different than a prediction too late. If something happens, all you have to say is...\
401'''Ulala:''' "It's was all fate"!
402-->-- ''VideoGame/Persona2 Eternal Punishment'', one of the ways to [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu flip off Nyarlathotep]]
403
404->''"I see in you the power to defy fate itself."''
405-->-- '''The Fortuneteller''', ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny''
406
407->''"Keep yer stinkin' future!"''
408-->-- '''[[TheBigGuy Reyn]]''', ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''
409
410->''"The future doesn't belong to you!"''
411-->-- '''[[DidYouJustFlipoffCthulhu Shulk]]''', ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''
412
413->'''[[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]]:''' You believed in your prophecy, and ''we'' believed in mopping the floor with you!\
414'''Tippi:''' Nothing is decided entirely by fate, you know... All things determine their destinies. Good-bye now, Dimentio. We'll add a footnote to the prophecy about your failure.
415-->-- ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''
416
417->'''Gul'dan:''' This was not our destiny!\
418'''Garrosh Hellscream:''' [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight Times change.]]
419-->-- ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, Warlords of Draenor''
420
421->'''Xe'Ra:''' The Light ''is'' your Destiny.\
422'''Illidan Stormrage:''' MY DESTINY IS MY ''OWN!''
423-->-- ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, Legion''
424
425->''"Your faith has blinded you. There can be no ChosenOne. Only we... can save ourselves."''
426-->-- '''Illidan''' to Turalyon, ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, Legion''
427
428->'''[[spoiler:Damian Hawke]]:''' We've been expecting you. You've had a very long journey.\
429'''Quinn Hart:''' Yeah, I almost missed my date with you.\
430'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' Yes, well...\
431'''Quinn:''' How about we get straight to business? What's this about?\
432'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' It's about survival. I am merely a provider of what is required for existence...\
433'''Quinn:''' "Provider"?! You're nothing but scum in a business suit.\
434'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' Come now, there really is no need for such hostility. We are a legitimate service which...\
435'''Quinn:''' [[ShutUpHannibal .....lies, cheats, steals, and assassinates. Real legitimate!]]\
436'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' I had better hopes for you, Mr. Hart. Things did not go quite as we had planned.\
437'''Quinn:''' ''[[{{Beat}} (beat)]]''\
438'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' So, is this it, Mr. Hart? You disappoint me. I've waited so long for your return.\
439'''Quinn:''' How do you know my name? What do you mean "return"?\
440'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' What say we call it "fate"?\
441'''Quinn:''' You've got a lot of nerve, mister. Fate? I don't think so.\
442'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' How can you deny what you've already seen? Do you recall the capsule? Amazing resemblance, wouldn't you say? ''[reveals himself as Hart's clone]''\
443'''Quinn:''' ''(surprised)'' !!?\
444[[spoiler:'''Damian Hawke''']]: Is it beginning to make more sense now?\
445'''Quinn Hart''': Your face... like mine....and that thing....are all the same!\
446'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' Very good. You and I are merely dolls created to maintain this organization. To keep it prosperous... Forever... After me, you will take over. After you, the one in the capsule will inherit this organization! This is our "fate", our destiny!\
447'''Quinn:''' Yours maybe, but that doesn't mean I'm part of this package!!\
448'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' I see... You leave me with very little choice, in that case....\
449'''Quinn:''' Enough! You're acting above the law - I'm gonna take you down!\
450'''[[spoiler:Damian]]:''' Don't defy me, Hart! You are one of us! This disobedience will not be tolerated!\
451'''Quinn:''' Let's do it!
452-->-- ''Vice: Project Doom''
453
454->''"The reins of history, back in the hands of man."''
455-->-- Doctor Cid, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''
456
457->'''Tank:''' Dammit Richtofen! I thought we were done with this.\
458'''Richtofen:''' What can I say, Dempsey? Things changes.\
459'''Nikolai:''' Only a fool would dare to change history.\
460'''Richtofen:''' I am no fool, for what I do, I do only to secure a better tomorrow.
461-->-- ''VideoGame/NaziZombies'', '''The Giant'''
462
463->''"Fate is another lie told by the gods. Nothing is written that cannot be unwritten."''
464-->--'''Kratos''', ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4''
465
466->''"For most of us, this whole quest thing is just one big 'fuck you' in the face of fate. [[BenevolentAI You]]'d fit right in!"''
467-->--'''Adromelk''', ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheShiftedSpires''
468
469->''"Some believe the fate of our worlds is... inflexible. My employers disagree. They authorize me to... nudge... things, hm.... In a particular direction from time to time. What.. would ''you'' want nudged, [[spoiler:Ms. Vance]]?"''
470-->--'''[[spoiler:The G-Man]]''', ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx''
471
472->''"Don't you dare give up without a fight! If that God of Fate is getting in the way, [[KillTheGod just kill him]]!"''
473--> '''Zed''', ''VideoGame/Disgaea6DefianceOfDestiny''
474
475->''"Precept Six: 'Choose Your Own Fate'. Our elders teach that our fate is chosen for us before we are even born. I disagree."''
476-->'''Zote the Mighty''', ''VideoGame/HollowKnight''
477
478->''"Emotions...Emotions make people behave illogically. They lead humans to break even the rules they set for themselves. Even the laws of the world aren't without exception. [[EarnYourHappyEnding Some day, some other emotion may lead to another exception....]] Let us begin. Show me the power of those emotions!"''
479-->'''[[spoiler:Ao Hoshizaki]]''', to [[spoiler:herself]], ''VideoGame/BlueReflectionSecondLight'' ([[spoiler:only on NewGamePlus]])
480
481->''"Find the right way down through the maze, to the food, then find the exit. Push the exit button. If the food tastes awful, don't eat it, go back and try another way. They want the same thing that you do, really, they want a path, just like you. You are in a maze in a maze, but which one counts? Your maze, their maze, my maze. Or are the mazes all the same, defined by the limits of their paths? Existence is simple: find the food, push the button, hit the treadmill. But sometimes it gets much harder. Sometimes the food makes you sick, or you can hear nearby feet racing you, urging you on. Sometimes the button only gets you landed right back in the beginning of the maze again, and the food won't satisfy. There is only one path and that is the path that you take, but you can take more than one path. Cross over the cell bars, find a new maze, make the maze from it's path, find the cell bars, cross over the bars, find a maze, make the maze from its path, eat the food, eat the path."''
482-->'''Unknown [[spoiler:likely player character's subconscious]]''', ''[[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Marathon Infinity]]''
483
484->''"[The lab boys] tell me [[VideoGame/HalfLife you people are conducting some anomalous materials research that could result in a Resonance Cascade.]] So I'm shutting that down before you [[TooDumbToLive idiots]] end the world. [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough A Resonance Cascade, you're supposed to be scientists! Use some common sense!]]"''
485-->'''Cave Johnson, new owner and CEO of Black Mesa''', ''[[VideoGame/Portal2 Perpetual Testing Initiative]]''
486[[/folder]]
487
488[[folder:Visual Novels]]
489->''"The power of believing cuts open destiny and starts miracles! That's right, that's what [[TrueCompanions everyone]] taught me."''
490-->-- '''[[spoiler:Hanyuu]]''', ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry: Dear You - Bond''
491
492->''[[YouCantFightFate So, there is no way to avert tragedy.]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption There is no choice but to give up.]]\
493But don't give up.\
494Only you can stand up to [[CycleOfRevenge this]].''
495-->-- [[http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?goods_type=1&product_code=10 Blurb]] for ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''
496
497->''"Life might look like a straight line, but I just know there's gotta be another route somewhere. I wanna find it. Even if it just leads me straight off a cliff."''
498-->-- '''Shirou Yusa''', ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae''
499[[/folder]]
500
501[[folder:Webcomics]]
502->''"Okay, I have a theory. It's called: ''I never knew it was possible to care less about time travel.''"''
503-->-- '''Black Mage''', ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' Episode 1136
504
505->''"I am not playing by the rules anymore. I will fly around this candy-coated rock and comb the white sands until I find answers. No one can tell me our fate can't be repaired."''
506-->-- '''Rose Lalonde''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
507
508->''"W3 [=M4KE=] OUR OWN LUCK, 4ND YOU'R3 4BOUT TO [=PROV3=] [=TH4T=]."''
509-->-- '''Terezi Pyrope''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
510
511->'''Spatch II:''' You will not speak of Spatch like that. In his book, it is prophesied. It will happen now.\
512'''Rice Boy:''' Who are you to say which prophesies are true and which are false? They are just written words! They know nothing more than we do!
513-->-- ''Webcomic/RiceBoy'', [[http://riceboy.jho-tan.com/see/408.html Page 408]]
514
515->''"Fate is not a cage except for those who fear it. A true ruler is the '''Wielder of Names'''. By names she cuts the world as she pleases, and she cuts '''herself''' into greater forms still. She is not shaped by the world, but instead becomes the '''shaper'''."''
516-->-- '''Zoss, the Conquering King''', ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''
517[[/folder]]
518
519[[folder:Web Original]]
520->''"For the [=PMDs=], prophecy is merely soothsaying, augury, prediction of [[YouCantFightFate implacable destiny and inevitable doom.]] They do not believe prophecy is ever ''[[NoManOfWomanBorn conditional]]'', and thus fail to see that it is -- always and foremost -- a call to ''act''."''
521-->-- '''[[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2009/02/27/tf-sign-o-the-times/ Slacktivist]]''' on ''[[Literature/LeftBehind Tribulation Force]]''
522
523->''"I don't think there's such a thing as "Destiny", my opinion on those words? They're just there to try and restrict one's decisions, I say screw them."''
524-->-- '''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Proto Man]]''', ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars''
525
526->''"[[SoundEffectBleep F***]] destiny! I am Seto Kaiba! I make my own fate!"''
527-->-- ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
528
529->''"Fate is the coward’s way out, Catherine. It is the denial of personal responsibility. Every decision I have made was my own choice, and all consequences that come from it are on my head."''
530-->-- '''Black''', ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''
531
532->''"''(while stalling for time while riding nowhere)'' I go where destiny tells me to go, which is... this way, uh, I consulted and I know what it is. ''[[{{Beat}} (beat)]]'' Anyway, like I said before, ''[[SoundEffectBleep (BLEEP)]]'' destiny!"''
533-->-- '''WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}''' in his ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' LetsPlay
534
535->''"[[ThreadOfProphecySevered THERE IS NO PROPHECY.]] THERE IS ONLY ''[[PreMortemOneLiner ME]]''!"''
536-->-- '''The D-Day Knight''', ''WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos''
537
538->''They tell me that everything... has a purpose in time\
539To wait for your purpose to come, that's how the world's designed\
540I'm tired of waiting for my chance to arrive\
541[[TheUnchosenOne I'll write out my destiny, screaming that I'm still alive!]]\
542The lightning that flows through my veins… tells me to be brave\
543Even when death smiles in my face, this world I will save\
544And as long as you're by my side, I know that we'll change fate!\
545We'll pave our own road, and nothing will stand in our way!\
546I'll write my name in history!\
547I'll make the whole world see!\
548Anyone can make their own destiny!\
549Anyone can be all they can be!\
550I'll write my name in history!''
551-->-- '''Crono''', Music/ManOnTheInternet, ''WebVideo/ChronoTriggerTheMusical'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6WaCTMLzJU "Chrono Trigger"]]
552[[/folder]]
553
554[[folder:Western Animation]]
555->''"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of ''choice''!"''
556-->-- '''Shane Gooseman,''' ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers''
557
558->''"The question that has haunted my being has been answered: The future is not fixed. My choices are my own. And yet, how ironic, for I now find I have no choice at all. I am a warrior. Let the battle be joined."''
559-->-- '''Dinobot''', ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', "[[Recap/BeastWarsS2E9CodeOfHero Code of Hero]]"
560
561->'''[[FutureMeScaresMe Dark Danny]]''': That power, agh! [[ThisCannotBe It's not possible! I don't get that power until ten years from now!]]\
562'''Danny''': I guess... the future... isn't as set in stone as you think it is!
563-->-- ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', "WesternAnimation/TheUltimateEnemy''
564
565->'''Nightwing:''' I heard you're looking for help.\
566'''Starfire:''' [[BreakTheCutie There is nothing you can do.]] There is nothing ''anyone'' can do. The past cannot be repaired. The future cannot be altered. No matter how wrong it seems.\
567'''Nightwing:''' So, it's impossible? Good. If memory serves, we've done the impossible before.
568-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', "[[Recap/TeenTitansS2E1HowLongIsForever How Long Is Forever?]]"
569
570->''"[[StableTimeLoop History said it disappeared]] -- but history was ''wrong''!"''
571-->-- '''Starfire''', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', "[[Recap/TeenTitansS2E1HowLongIsForever How Long Is Forever?]]"
572
573->''"Why leave matters to fate, if one can forge one's own destiny?"''
574-->-- '''Megatron''', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''
575[[/folder]]
576
577[[folder:Real Life]]
578->''"History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads."''
579-->-- '''UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle'''
580[[/folder]]

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