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Great, this brick wall of words again. Can I just deliver my vague portents and leave?
Megahedron, 8-Bit Theater

"I don't know where he went, and I don't want to know. I didn't like the look in his eyes. 'It's coming,' he said and I said, 'what is?' He looks at me like I'm stupid and says, 'palach is coming.' Palach, you know - executioner, headsman, whatever. Well, now I'm terrified. 'Who or what the fuck is that supposed to be?' He shows me Monster X on his phone, like he means Monster X is the Executioner and that's what's coming."

This isn't the last you'll hear of me. Big things are coming. You can't stop me!
Bill Cipher, Gravity Falls

"He's not very definite on anything, is he? I mean, I could do with a few more details about this war we're about to have, couldn't you?"
Ron Weasley, regarding Firenze the centaur's vague prophecies, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Xemnas: Gentlemen! Thanks for coming. I am here to talk about...IT!
Xigbar: What!?
Xemnas: Yes, It has done It. And now, She will do the Thing, and then, what I told you about will happen to Him, and then will happen to Her, when It is done! Then, we need to do...THE THING!
Xigbar: The Who, The What, The When!?
Xemnas: Saix, has It done...THE THING!?
Saix: Yes, Sir!
Xemnas: And, Xigbar, is IT ready to do IT!?
Xigbar: What!?
Xemnas: Is IT ready to do IT!?
Xigbar: (Sigh) Yeah, Yeah. He is doing It, and It is Her doing Something, whatever you say...
Xemnas: WHAT!? She did the Something!? We must take action at once!

"Something is approaching," Mr. Benedict said. "Something dreadful. These messages are connected to it, but the are only the beginning. What's coming is worse, far worse —- a looming darkness, like storm clouds sweeping in to cover the sky." "Wh-what," Sticky stammered, "wh-what is it?" Mr. Benedict scratched his rumpled head. "I'm afraid I don't know." The children blinked. Was he joking? He didn't know?

Honey Mustard: Look at you... following all their rules... You have no idea what's coming...
Frank: What is that in reference to? What's coming? Be more specific, please!

Look, I have a huge problem with vagueness, okay? Just tell me, what wants Bibo?
Tam, Star Wars Resistance, "Bibo," after Kel and Elia make a vague prophecy of coming doom

The Major: Well mind me if it seems a little too American for you but: at some time, some place, something will attack you. Maybe. Probably. Could be happening right now~!
Alucard: Fingers' crossed!

"Self-appointed prophets who deliver elliptically-worded prophecies will be politely asked to phrase their utterances in plainer terms. If said prophet refuses the request, a five-year-old child will be asked to explain the meaning of the prophecy."

"Every so often, [Donald Rumsfeld] comes out and goes, 'I don't know where. I don't know when. But something awful's going to happen. Thank you, that's all for today, no further questions.' Excuse me, can you give me a clue? What is it, the Central Intuitive Agency now? Are you working with Miss Cleo? (in Jamaican accent) 'I don't know where, I don't know when, but sometin' awful's gonna happen! And definitely don't marry that fat man. He only wants you for your money, girl!"
Robin Williams, Live On Broadway

There's a war coming, Ned. I don't know when, I don't know who we'll be fighting, but it's coming.
Robert Baratheon, Game of Thrones

Hooded Figure: Heed my words, hero, for they are the truth. "It" is about to rise, and the "time" is upon us. You must keep your eyes clear.
Ardam: Could you possibly be a bit more vague!?
Hooded Figure: Alas, I have tried, but it is indeed difficult.

"You have woken Tar Goroth, cracked and creviced until now. Eye-opened the Dark Lord - he stokes its flames. Forges cage like kindling for shattering fire to come. Burn you! Burn we! A fire for all it will be!"

Grey: Who is this "he", "his", "him" guy everyone keeps talking about?
Model A: I bet he's the one calling the shots behind those other Mega Men. "Game of Destiny"... "King of the world"... This is all getting complicated...

The threat that will make all things worse? Could this song be any more ambiguous?

Elena: Uh, what's going on?
Quita Moz: Something is coming for you, princess: a darkness rising from out of the shadows! You'll be tested, and if you do not pass this test, you will never be crowned Queen of Avalor.
Elena: (gasps) What are you talking about?
Quita Moz: The flames spoke to me. About you. About your future.
Elena: But...what test? What darkness?
Quita Moz: That the flames did not say. But — you must prepare yourself, Elena. You must be ready for whatever is coming!

Yoda: Dark forces at work, are! Resurfacing, the Sith may be. It, the Council senses. This boy, the Chosen One he may be. To avoid bringing balance to the Force and fulfilling the prophecy, train him carefully you must.
Obi-Wan: I think I better take some levels in understanding garbled prophecies first...

Why would Redtail appear to me? And what did he mean? "Only when thunder overrides shadow, can the school find its true leader." Does he think I took poetry with him when he was alive?


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