Fate and Prophecy Tropes

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description.</em> </p><p>See also <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Seekers' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Seekers' data-format='e3tTZWVrZXJzfX0='>Seekers</a> and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Seers' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Seers' data-format='e3tTZWVyc319'>Seers</a>. <hr data-format='——' /> <!—index—> </p><p><h2>Character Tropes</h2> <ul ><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ApocalypseMaiden' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ApocalypseMaiden' data-format='QXBvY2FseXBzZU1haWRlbg=='>Apocalypse Maiden</a>: An innocent character is destined to bring about <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt' data-format='VGhlRW5kT2ZUaGVXb3JsZEFzV2VLbm93SXQ='>The End of the World as We Know It</a> just by existing. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlindSeer' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlindSeer' data-format='QmxpbmRTZWVy'>Blind Seer</a>: A character who is physically blind, and yet they can see more than we can, e.g. into the future. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a>: The ancient prophecy says that only a certain person can save the world. <ul ><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChooserOfTheOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChooserOfTheOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvb3Nlck9mVGhlT25l'>The Chooser of the One</a>: The one that decides who <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a> is. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenPeople' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenPeople' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuUGVvcGxl'>The Chosen People</a>: A specific civilization or nationality is chosen by a higher power as its favorite, often for a higher purpose. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenWannabe' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenWannabe' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuV2FubmFiZQ=='>The Chosen Wannabe</a>: The character is envious of the actual <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='W1tUaGVDaG9zZW5PbmUgQ2hvc2VuIE9uZV1d'>Chosen One</a> and wants to replace them. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenMany' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenMany' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuTWFueQ=='>The Chosen Many</a>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a>, but there's several of them. Alternately, a superpowered individual discovers an organization of similarly-powered individuals. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenZero' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenZero' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuWmVybw=='>The Chosen Zero</a>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a> is a loser. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePoorlyChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePoorlyChosenOne' data-format='VGhlUG9vcmx5Q2hvc2VuT25l'>The Poorly Chosen One</a>: Where <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a> fails at being the Chosen One. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne' data-format='SXRTdWNrc1RvQmVUaGVDaG9zZW5PbmU='>It Sucks to Be the Chosen One</a>: Being <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a> comes with more problems than perks. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheUnchosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheUnchosenOne' data-format='VGhlVW5jaG9zZW5PbmU='>The Unchosen One</a>: A character decides to save the world despite not being marked as <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a>. </li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExternallyValidatedProphecy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExternallyValidatedProphecy' data-format='RXh0ZXJuYWxseVZhbGlkYXRlZFByb3BoZWN5'>Externally Validated Prophecy</a>: When a character makes a prediction about the future which is not fulfilled in the work, yet an audience aware of history knows will be fulfilled. In other words, a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallForward' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallForward' data-format='Q2FsbEZvcndhcmQ='>Call-Forward</a> to real life. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FaintingSeer' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FaintingSeer' data-format='RmFpbnRpbmdTZWVy'>Fainting Seer</a>: An oracle/seer has a dramatic negative reaction to the future they see. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFatalist' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFatalist' data-format='VGhlRmF0YWxpc3Q='>The Fatalist</a>: A character who believes everything that happens is destined to happen and there is no way to escape it </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImmuneToFate' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImmuneToFate' data-format='SW1tdW5lVG9GYXRl'>Immune to Fate</a>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewDestiny' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewDestiny' data-format='W1tTY3Jld0Rlc3RpbnkgU2NyZXdpbmcgRGVzdGlueV1d'>Screwing Destiny</a> as a superpower. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InstantOracleJustAddWater' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InstantOracleJustAddWater' data-format='SW5zdGFudE9yYWNsZUp1c3RBZGRXYXRlcg=='>Instant Oracle: Just Add Water!</a>: The Dehydrated Oracle immerses themself nearly or completely in water, and through contact with the liquid is gifted with visions of the future. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JunkieProphet' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JunkieProphet' data-format='SnVua2llUHJvcGhldA=='>Junkie Prophet</a>: A character relies on drug-tripping hallucinations or other trance-induced behaviours to see the future. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadOracle' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadOracle' data-format='TWFkT3JhY2xl'>Mad Oracle</a>: A character who can see the future, but seems to have terrible mental health. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalSeventhSon' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalSeventhSon' data-format='TWFnaWNhbFNldmVudGhTb24='>Magical Seventh Son</a>: Being the seventh son of a seventh son is an omen of supernatural powers or greatness. Often this power is being a seer. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MultipleChoiceFuture' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MultipleChoiceFuture' data-format='TXVsdGlwbGVDaG9pY2VGdXR1cmU='>Multiple-Choice Future</a>: There are multiple, equally-probable futures. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MysticalWaif' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MysticalWaif' data-format='TXlzdGljYWxXYWlm'>Mystical Waif</a>: A fragile young woman infused with plot-relevant magical powers. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NonLinearCharacter' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NonLinearCharacter' data-format='Tm9uTGluZWFyQ2hhcmFjdGVy'>Non-Linear Character</a>: A character that is both in and out of time. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NotSoOmniscientAfterAll' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NotSoOmniscientAfterAll' data-format='Tm90U29PbW5pc2NpZW50QWZ0ZXJBbGw='>Not So Omniscient After All</a>: A character doesn't know everything, to the great surprise of themselves or people around them. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheOmniscient' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheOmniscient' data-format='VGhlT21uaXNjaWVudA=='>The Omniscient</a>: A character who knows everything. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OmniscientHero' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OmniscientHero' data-format='T21uaXNjaWVudEhlcm8='>Omniscient Hero</a>: The main character knows everything. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OracularUrchin' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OracularUrchin' data-format='T3JhY3VsYXJVcmNoaW4='>Oracular Urchin</a>: A young person who makes mysterious comments that imply or indicate they know the future, or at least more than they should. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrecrimeArrest' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrecrimeArrest' data-format='UHJlY3JpbWVBcnJlc3Q='>Precrime Arrest</a>: Someone gets arrested for a crime that they would commit in the future. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrescienceByAnalysis' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrescienceByAnalysis' data-format='UHJlc2NpZW5jZUJ5QW5hbHlzaXM='>Prescience by Analysis</a>: Predicting the future with probability, statistics, and mathematics and science in general. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Seers' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Seers' data-format='e3tTZWVyc319'>Seers</a>: People who can see into the future, past and to faraway places. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WaifProphet' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WaifProphet' data-format='V2FpZlByb3BoZXQ='>Waif Prophet</a>: A weak and/or sickly (either physically or mentally) character who can see into the future. Usually but not exclusively female. </li></ul></p><p><h2>Other Tropes</h2> <ul ><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BecauseDestinySaysSo' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BecauseDestinySaysSo' data-format='QmVjYXVzZURlc3RpbnlTYXlzU28='>Because Destiny Says So</a>: Fate is accepted as objective fact. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BirthmarkOfDestiny' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BirthmarkOfDestiny' data-format='QmlydGhtYXJrT2ZEZXN0aW55'>Birthmark of Destiny</a>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a> has a mark that means they're the Chosen One. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CantRefuseTheCallAnymore' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CantRefuseTheCallAnymore' data-format='Q2FudFJlZnVzZVRoZUNhbGxBbnltb3Jl'>Can't Refuse the Call Anymore</a>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a> accepts their fate after repeatedly refusing <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCall' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheCall' data-format='VGhlQ2FsbA=='>The Call</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CheatedDeathDiedAnyway' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CheatedDeathDiedAnyway' data-format='Q2hlYXRlZERlYXRoRGllZEFueXdheQ=='>Cheated Death, Died Anyway</a>: Narrowly avoiding death in one incident, then getting killed in a totally separate incident shortly thereafter. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Chronoscope' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Chronoscope' data-format='e3tDaHJvbm9zY29wZX19'>Chronoscope</a>: A device that allows its user to view past and future events. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CometOfDoom' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CometOfDoom' data-format='Q29tZXRPZkRvb20='>Comet of Doom</a>: A comet in the sky signals鈥攐r perhaps causes鈥攁 truly momentous event. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrystalBall' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrystalBall' data-format='Q3J5c3RhbEJhbGw='>Crystal Ball</a>: Crystal balls are used for magical purposes, typically for seeing things, and especially the future. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadMansHand' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadMansHand' data-format='RGVhZE1hbnNIYW5k'>Dead Man's Hand</a>: A poker hand with two aces, two eights, and any other unmatched card. Usually a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortentOfDoom' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortentOfDoom' data-format='UG9ydGVudE9mRG9vbQ=='>Portent of Doom</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DreamingOfThingsToCome' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DreamingOfThingsToCome' data-format='RHJlYW1pbmdPZlRoaW5nc1RvQ29tZQ=='>Dreaming of Things to Come</a>: A character has prophetic dreams of a future event. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EitherOrProphecy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EitherOrProphecy' data-format='RWl0aGVyT3JQcm9waGVjeQ=='>Either/Or Prophecy</a>: A prophecy specifies two possible outcomes to an event. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FailedFutureForecast' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FailedFutureForecast' data-format='RmFpbGVkRnV0dXJlRm9yZWNhc3Q='>Failed Future Forecast</a>: A work makes a prediction about the future that doesn't come to pass. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FateDrivesUsTogether' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FateDrivesUsTogether' data-format='RmF0ZURyaXZlc1VzVG9nZXRoZXI='>Fate Drives Us Together</a>: The main couple meets by repeatedly bumping into each other. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlashSideways' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlashSideways' data-format='Rmxhc2hTaWRld2F5cw=='>Flash Sideways</a>: A <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Flashback' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Flashback' data-format='W1t7e0ZsYXNoYmFja319IHN1ZGRlbmx5IHJlc3VyZmFjaW5nIG1lbW9yeV1d'>suddenly resurfacing memory</a> which comes from the character's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlternateSelf' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlternateSelf' data-format='QWx0ZXJuYXRlU2VsZg=='>Alternate Self</a> in an <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlternateUniverse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlternateUniverse' data-format='QWx0ZXJuYXRlVW5pdmVyc2U='>Alternate Universe</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForeseeingMyDeath' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForeseeingMyDeath' data-format='Rm9yZXNlZWluZ015RGVhdGg='>Foreseeing My Death</a>: A character has foreseen the circumstances under which they are going to die. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FortuneCookieGag' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FortuneCookieGag' data-format='Rm9ydHVuZUNvb2tpZUdhZw=='>Fortune Cookie Gag</a>: Fortune cookies serve as a source of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RunningGags' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RunningGags' data-format='UnVubmluZ0dhZ3M='>Running Gags</a> or humorously prescient advice/knowledge. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HijackedDestiny' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HijackedDestiny' data-format='SGlqYWNrZWREZXN0aW55'>Hijacked Destiny</a>: A character manages to steal <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChosenOne' data-format='VGhlQ2hvc2VuT25l'>The Chosen One</a>'s status away from the proper chosen one. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Horrorscope' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Horrorscope' data-format='e3tIb3Jyb3JzY29wZX19'>Horrorscope</a>: A character reads something in their horoscope in the news so unbelievably horrifying that they will resort to doing anything or everything to prevent it from coming true. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoveWillLeadYouBack' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoveWillLeadYouBack' data-format='TG92ZVdpbGxMZWFkWW91QmFjaw=='>Love Will Lead You Back</a>: Believing your lover will return to you because it's destiny. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LovesMeNot' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LovesMeNot' data-format='TG92ZXNNZU5vdA=='>Loves Me Not</a>: A character does something (usually plucking flower petals) to determine whether someone loves them, alternating between saying the love interest "loves [them]" and "loves [them] not" with each turn. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Magic8Ball' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Magic8Ball' data-format='TWFnaWM4QmFsbA=='>Magic 8-Ball</a>: A popular toy used for fortune telling. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicMirror' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicMirror' data-format='TWFnaWNNaXJyb3I='>Magic Mirror</a>: A mirror with magical powers that can do more than reflect one's image. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagpiesAsPortents' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagpiesAsPortents' data-format='TWFncGllc0FzUG9ydGVudHM='>Magpies as Portents</a>: The association of certain numbers of magpies with good or bad luck, and the rituals for warding the bad luck off. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MisfortuneCookie' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MisfortuneCookie' data-format='TWlzZm9ydHVuZUNvb2tpZQ=='>Misfortune Cookie</a>: The slip of paper in a fortune cookie tells the character something demotivational or otherwise grim. Could serve as <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Foreshadowing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Foreshadowing' data-format='e3tGb3Jlc2hhZG93aW5nfX0='>Foreshadowing</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NiceJobBreakingItHerod' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NiceJobBreakingItHerod' data-format='TmljZUpvYkJyZWFraW5nSXRIZXJvZA=='>Nice Job Breaking It, Herod</a>: A villain tries to kill a child who is destined to defeat them. This often <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfFulfillingProphecy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfFulfillingProphecy' data-format='W1tTZWxmRnVsZmlsbGluZ1Byb3BoZWN5IGJhY2tmaXJlc11d'>backfires</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoManOfWomanBorn' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoManOfWomanBorn' data-format='Tm9NYW5PZldvbWFuQm9ybg=='>No Man of Woman Born</a>: A seemingly-impossible prophesized condition is ultimately met through <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExactWords' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExactWords' data-format='RXhhY3RXb3Jkcw=='>Exact Words</a> or <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoopholeAbuse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoopholeAbuse' data-format='TG9vcGhvbGVBYnVzZQ=='>Loophole Abuse</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OuijaBoard' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OuijaBoard' data-format='T3VpamFCb2FyZA=='>Ouija Board</a>: A board game that is seen as a mystical device which can be used to communicate with spirits. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PokeInTheThirdEye' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PokeInTheThirdEye' data-format='UG9rZUluVGhlVGhpcmRFeWU='>Poke in the Third Eye</a>: A character messes with people who are trying to scry against them. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortentOfDoom' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortentOfDoom' data-format='UG9ydGVudE9mRG9vbQ=='>Portent of Doom</a>: An omen of ill-fate. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreemptiveDeclaration' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreemptiveDeclaration' data-format='UHJlZW1wdGl2ZURlY2xhcmF0aW9u'>Pre-emptive Declaration</a>: Character declares a future action as if done in past tense, before <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfFulfillingProphecy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfFulfillingProphecy' data-format='W1tTZWxmRnVsZmlsbGluZ1Byb3BoZWN5IGFjdHVhbGx5IGRvaW5nIGl0XV0='>actually doing it</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrescienceIsPredictable' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrescienceIsPredictable' data-format='UHJlc2NpZW5jZUlzUHJlZGljdGFibGU='>Prescience Is Predictable</a>: Perfect knowledge of the future makes life boring or depressing. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PropheciesAreAlwaysRight' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PropheciesAreAlwaysRight' data-format='UHJvcGhlY2llc0FyZUFsd2F5c1JpZ2h0'>Prophecies Are Always Right</a>: Prophecies are always correct, and are neither lies nor jokes. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PropheciesRhymeAllTheTime' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PropheciesRhymeAllTheTime' data-format='UHJvcGhlY2llc1JoeW1lQWxsVGhlVGltZQ=='>Prophecies Rhyme All the Time</a>: Prophecies all come in verse. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProphecyArmor' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProphecyArmor' data-format='UHJvcGhlY3lBcm1vcg=='>Prophecy Armor</a>: A character destined to die from a specific circumstance <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotArmor' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotArmor' data-format='W1tQbG90QXJtb3IgY2Fubm90IGRpZSBmcm9tIGFueXRoaW5nIGVsc2VdXQ=='>cannot die from anything else</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheProphecy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheProphecy' data-format='VGhlUHJvcGhlY3k='>The Prophecy</a>: A prophecy that drives the plot. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProphecyPileup' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProphecyPileup' data-format='UHJvcGhlY3lQaWxldXA='>Prophecy Pileup</a>: When two or more prophecies overlap. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProphecyTwist' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProphecyTwist' data-format='UHJvcGhlY3lUd2lzdA=='>Prophecy Twist</a>: A prophecy technically comes true, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExactWords' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExactWords' data-format='W1tFeGFjdFdvcmRzIGJ1dCBub3QgaW4gdGhlIHdheSBpdCBzZWVtZWQgbGlrZSBpdCB3b3VsZF1d'>but not in the way it seemed like it would</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PropheticFallacy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PropheticFallacy' data-format='UHJvcGhldGljRmFsbGFjeQ=='>Prophetic Fallacy</a>: A prophecy that is incomplete or otherwise doesn't give those who see it all the information. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychicDreamsForEveryone' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychicDreamsForEveryone' data-format='UHN5Y2hpY0RyZWFtc0ZvckV2ZXJ5b25l'>Psychic Dreams for Everyone</a>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DreamingOfThingsToCome' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DreamingOfThingsToCome' data-format='RHJlYW1pbmdPZlRoaW5nc1RvQ29tZQ=='>Dreaming of Things to Come</a>? Oh, that's normal, everyone gets those. Even those that don't have <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychicPowers' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychicPowers' data-format='UHN5Y2hpY1Bvd2Vycw=='>Psychic Powers</a>. Especially those that don't have <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychicPowers' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychicPowers' data-format='UHN5Y2hpY1Bvd2Vycw=='>Psychic Powers</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedStringOfFate' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedStringOfFate' data-format='UmVkU3RyaW5nT2ZGYXRl'>Red String of Fate</a>: Character knows another character is their soulmate because a plot device (invisible red string, birthmarks, timers, etc.) connects to them. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewDestiny' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewDestiny' data-format='U2NyZXdEZXN0aW55'>Screw Destiny</a>: Character decides to go against their written fate. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScryVsScry' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScryVsScry' data-format='U2NyeVZzU2NyeQ=='>Scry vs. Scry</a>: When dueling <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Seers' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Seers' data-format='e3tTZWVyc319'>Seers</a> start <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OutGambitted' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OutGambitted' data-format='W1tPdXRHYW1iaXR0ZWQgdHJ5aW5nIHRvIGNvdW50ZXJdXQ=='>trying to counter</a> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XanatosSpeedChess' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XanatosSpeedChess' data-format='W1tYYW5hdG9zU3BlZWRDaGVzcyBlYWNoIG90aGVyJiMwMzk7cyBwbGFuc11d'>each other's plans</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfDefeatingProphecy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfDefeatingProphecy' data-format='U2VsZkRlZmVhdGluZ1Byb3BoZWN5'>Self-Defeating Prophecy</a>: The very existence of prophetic foreknowledge initiates <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewDestiny' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewDestiny' data-format='W1tTY3Jld0Rlc3RpbnkgdGhlIGFsdGVyYXRpb24gb2YgdGhlIGZ1dHVyZV1d'>the alteration of the future</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfFulfillingProphecy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfFulfillingProphecy' data-format='U2VsZkZ1bGZpbGxpbmdQcm9waGVjeQ=='>Self-Fulfilling Prophecy</a>: A prophecy fulfilled by attempts to prevent it from happening. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate' data-format='U2xpZGluZ1NjYWxlT2ZGcmVlV2lsbFZzRmF0ZQ=='>Sliding Scale of Free Will vs. Fate</a>: Sliding scale determining how much free will characters really have in a work. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StrangelySpecificHoroscope' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StrangelySpecificHoroscope' data-format='U3RyYW5nZWx5U3BlY2lmaWNIb3Jvc2NvcGU='>Strangely Specific Horoscope</a>: A character's horoscope for the day literally predicts what's going to happen to them. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TarotTroubles' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TarotTroubles' data-format='VGFyb3RUcm91Ymxlcw=='>Tarot Troubles</a>: Tarot card readings hint at <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortentOfDoom' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortentOfDoom' data-format='W1tQb3J0ZW50T2ZEb29tIHRlcnJpYmxlIGRhbmdlcnNdXQ=='>terrible dangers</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThereAreNoCoincidences' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThereAreNoCoincidences' data-format='VGhlcmVBcmVOb0NvaW5jaWRlbmNlcw=='>There Are No Coincidences</a>: A character <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenreSavvy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GenreSavvy' data-format='W1tHZW5yZVNhdnZ5IGRvZXMgbm90IGJlbGlldmVdXQ=='>does not believe</a> that <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContrivedCoincidence' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContrivedCoincidence' data-format='W1tDb250cml2ZWRDb2luY2lkZW5jZSBzdHJhbmdlIHRoaW5ncyBqdXN0IGhhcHBlbl1d'>strange things just happen</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreadsOfFate' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreadsOfFate' data-format='VGhyZWFkc09mRmF0ZQ=='>Threads of Fate</a>: Powerful and supernatural threads that can represent or even wield cosmic forces like destiny and fate, often to the point where cutting one can end a person's life. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreadOfProphecySevered' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreadOfProphecySevered' data-format='VGhyZWFkT2ZQcm9waGVjeVNldmVyZWQ='>Thread of Prophecy, Severed</a>: A prophecy fails to come to pass due to something involved in it going wrong. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TomesOfProphecyAndFate' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TomesOfProphecyAndFate' data-format='VG9tZXNPZlByb3BoZWN5QW5kRmF0ZQ=='>Tomes of Prophecy and Fate</a>: A book of prophecies that can be used to predict the future. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwistingTheProphecy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwistingTheProphecy' data-format='VHdpc3RpbmdUaGVQcm9waGVjeQ=='>Twisting the Prophecy</a>: Knowingly fulfilling a prophecy in a way that creates a favourable outcome. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VaguenessIsComing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VaguenessIsComing' data-format='VmFndWVuZXNzSXNDb21pbmc='>Vagueness Is Coming</a>: Something bad is coming, but... what, exactly? </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoGamesAndFate' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoGamesAndFate' data-format='VmlkZW9HYW1lc0FuZEZhdGU='>Video Games and Fate</a>: Video games where the strictly linear gameplay is justified in-story, by way of reference to fate, destiny or mind control. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhenThePlanetsAlign' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhenThePlanetsAlign' data-format='V2hlblRoZVBsYW5ldHNBbGlnbg=='>When the Planets Align</a>: As the orbits of planets and/or other celestial objects cross paths, wacky stuff begins to happen. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WindsOfDestinyChange' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WindsOfDestinyChange' data-format='V2luZHNPZkRlc3RpbnlDaGFuZ2U='>Winds of Destiny, Change!</a>: The ability to alter probability or luck. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAlreadyChangedThePast' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAlreadyChangedThePast' data-format='WW91QWxyZWFkeUNoYW5nZWRUaGVQYXN0'>You Already Changed the Past</a><span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>/</span><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouCannotChangeTheFuture' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouCannotChangeTheFuture' data-format='WW91Q2Fubm90Q2hhbmdlVGhlRnV0dXJl'>You Cannot Change The Future</a>: A character goes <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeTravel' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeTravel' data-format='W1tUaW1lVHJhdmVsIGJhY2sgaW4gdGltZV1d'>back in time</a> to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong' data-format='U2V0UmlnaHRXaGF0T25jZVdlbnRXcm9uZw=='>Set Right What Once Went Wrong</a>, only to discover that the "changes" they're making to the past were what "already" happened anyway. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouCantFightFate' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouCantFightFate' data-format='WW91Q2FudEZpZ2h0RmF0ZQ=='>You Can't Fight Fate</a>: Characters are unable to prevent what's been foretold. </li></ul></p><p><!—/index—> <hr data-format='——' /> </p></div> <div class="section-links" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement"> <div class="titles"> <div><h3 class="text-center text-uppercase">Previous</h3></div> <div><h3 class="text-center text-uppercase">Index</h3></div> <div><h3 class="text-center text-uppercase">Next</h3></div> </div> <div class="links"> <ul> <li> <a 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