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\\\"Note that it\\\'s only a true ScrewDestiny if the characters actually succeed in evading fate. If they fail or succeed but fulfill the prophecy anyway, it becomes [=~You Can\\\'t Fight Fate~=] and a strike against faith in individuality.\\\"
I very much don\\\'t agree with this way of defining the trope. The way I see it, one common subtrope is the character who says ScrewDestiny and is \\\'\\\'\\\'rewarded\\\'\\\'\\\' by a ProphecyTwist. In these cases, there\\\'s no strike against faith in individuality, but rather, fate rewards such faith when defied. Two examples that come to mind:
* [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]\\\'s deaths at the hands of the Master, the regular universe and the Wishverse versions. In the Wishverse, Buffy confronts the Master without knowing the prophecy, and he simply kills her. In the regular universe, she knows and confronts the Master despite the prophecy, and she is rewarded by the twist where Xander revives her.
* In LordOfTheRings, the One Ring is too powerful and corrupting, and nobody is actually capable of throwing it willingly into the Chasm of Doom. Frodo undertakes the mission and proves to be no exception; but fate rewards him by having Gollum accidentally destroy the Ring.
I very much don\\\'t agree with this way of defining the trope. The way I see it, one common subtrope is the character who says ScrewDestiny and is \\\'\\\'\\\'rewarded\\\'\\\'\\\' by a ProphecyTwist. In these cases, there\\\'s no strike against faith in individuality, but rather, fate rewards such faith when defied. Two examples that come to mind:
* [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]\\\'s deaths at the hands of the Master, the regular universe and the Wishverse versions. In the Wishverse, Buffy confronts the Master without knowing the prophecy, and he simply kills her. In the regular universe, she knows and confronts the Master despite the prophecy, and she is rewarded by the twist where Xander revives her.
* In LordOfTheRings, the One Ring is too powerful and corrupting, and nobody is actually capable of throwing it willingly into the Chasm of Doom. Frodo undertakes the mission and proves to be no exception; but fate rewards him by having Gollum accidentally destroy the Ring.
