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[themightyspazz]

I am getting XCOM: Enemy Unknown from Amazon in 10 days.

My last midterm is in 10.

Is that perfect timing or what?

If someone told your character today that they were destined to fulfill a great prophecy, how would they react?

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[jjprobert]

Jack scoffs at the idea.

Max generally doubts the idea of prophecies as well. But, he wouldn't disregard it out of hand.

Alfred would be surprised that someone has made a prophecy about him.

Erik would mock your belief in foresight and prophecy.

Bean would join in mocking with Erik.

Oh hey, would you look at that, I have a lot of sceptics.

[gavin62truck]

The first thing out of Tommy's mouth would be, "Bullshit."

Then the second thing would be, "...Really?"

Then he would listen to what the person has to say before declaring complete and utter skepticism.

Finally he would spend the rest of his life, or at least a good long while, being secretly obsessed with fulfilling said prophecy.

[themightyspazz]

He wouldn't check to see if it was one of his crew just fucking with him?

[gavin62truck]

Ah! Well, that'd be a different story. I envisioned the person telling him about a prophecy to be someone of a crazy old homeless wizard type. Tommy has spoken to Jesus before, so his belief in things like this might have the same effect.

But if it were someone on his crew, he'd tell him to stop bugging him about it before he punches him in the face.

[leeshajoy]

For most of my pups, the response would be "no shit, Sherlock."

[camwyn]

Gordon: "I AM NOT THE GODDAMN KWISATZ HADERACH. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS ALREADY."

Adrian: "Jesus fuckin' Christ what the hell fuckin' pokkelijder ass balls shit is it with me and the goddamn weird-ass mythic fuckery? Whose shitfuckin' prophecy is it anyways? Fuckin' tabernak."

Ray: Can't hear you, he's in the research library grabbing his concordances because he likes to verify and cross-reference these things six ways from Sunday.

Mordin: For the most part, skeptical, but if there is anything whatsoever in the prophecy that sounds like horrifying unstoppable death machines from outer space might be involved, he's going to be treating said prophecy as a poorly-interpreted warning about the Reapers from a prior civilization and doing his best to tease the factual elements out of it.

Varric: "I didn't know they bothered making prophecies about dwarves. Does it say I'm incredibly handsome and wealthy at the end of it, or is this the kind of prophecy that ends in flames and plagues?"

Medic: *scoffs* *scoffs some more* *probably puts several syringes in someone's head while he is busy scoffing*

Hektor: Oh, he takes prophecies extremely seriously. He finds out he's on the target end of one, it's find-the-priestess-and-pay-her-to-interpret-it time.

Ellen: "Um. Whose prophecy? Is it a good prophecy? Is this the kind of prophecy that gets into, say, the Bible or something, or is this the kind of prophecy written by people who worship an unhappy man turning into a tree? Are you absolutely sure it applies to me? I didn't think I was that significant...."

Santo: Is going to listen thoughtfully, and then go and talk to one of his scientist friends for a bit to see if there's anything they have to say about it, and then go talk to his parish priest, because if it's a prophecy from God then you have to take it seriously but if it's a prophecy from, say, the Aztecs or something, you want to be very careful that it's not really some kind of ancient revenge plan or something that just looks like a prophecy.

[a1enzo]

By this point in his life, probably: "Yeah, okay, why not, I'm free this afternoon."

[herr_bookman]

"Naturally I would he the one chosen."

Yes yes yes yes YES.

[tlvop]

bahahahaa. Oh, Autor. /giggling irl.

(HI I am Rue-mun. SOME DAY I will finish my senior thesis and ... :D?)

[herr_bookman]

Can I take a page from Autor's book and say, "Yes yes yes yes YES"? :D. Good luck on your thesis!

[rymenhild]

Fakir: *side-eyes Autor* "Why would you even want to be chosen? I don't recommend it."

[herr_bookman]

Autor: If your predecessor hadn't sliced a wound into my shoulder just now, I would tackle you to the floor and strangle the 'chosen' right out of you, you apathetic bastard!

"Are you saying you can't handle the gift, Fakir? Well, well, my calculations were correct, indeed." *adjusts glasses* "Naturally."

[fairytaleknight]

Suppressing a comment about how much destiny costs, Fakir walks away to talk with an oak tree.

[herr_bookman]

Autor folds his arms and seethes smirks at the boy's retreating back.

[1nv1nc1ble]

"Um... okay... what do I need to do?"

[12goingon113]

Run away and then spend 100 years trapped in an iceburg?
:D?

Bumi would just laugh.

As would Raph.

Mike would say, "I knew it!" and then go about doing what ever it was he was doing before the conversation started.

Splinter would merely raise an eyebrow.

Ida's laugh wouldn't be anywhere near as kindly as Bumi or Raph's.

The Loompas would probably break into a rousing chorus of We Are the Champions.

[knightoftheswan]

Lohengrin would just give a blank look before going, "This is like that time my wife dreamt of me going to her kingdom, isn't it? ..... All right."

Mia would ask, "Are you sure I'm not too old for something like this? I've got children to take care of. Are you sure it's not about them?"

Lucas would go, "Is this about the Needles? I'm already taking care of the Needles, thanks."

[ceitfianna]

Will would ask them if they meant Robin.

Charles has kind of had this happen as he's been told how important he will be to the mutant movement. His answer is well, I was planning on that anyway, thank you for confirming it. Now I'll just try and do a good job.

William would probably laugh at them and then ask if they meant Albus or Percy, the ones who clearly have destinies.

Sameth would sigh and go talk to the Clayrs to confirm that its actually him and not Lirael or Nick.

Demeter would go talk to Apollo and then do whatever she has to.

Moist would run away, destinies are dangerous.

Jane also has sort of had this happen with how people react with her books, its made her even more determined to write her best. A prophecy would get her asking many questions.

Tumnus would ask if they meant Lucy or any of the Pevensies, he tends to be near prophecies but not part of them.

The Pirate King would smirk and say of course and ask you to point him towards his glorious destiny.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

..... and now I'm picturing the Pirate King being played by Raul Julia in Gomez Addams/M. Bison hamtacular mode. For the "of COURSE!" moment.

oh brain.

[ceitfianna]

Raul Julia would make an amazing Pirate King because he has to be over the top. I mean he's the character that steals the show by just being that much bigger than everyone else. That's why Kevin Kline is so perfect for him.

[itrunsinthefamily]

Cata: "Well, you have fun with that."

Sam: Only went along with it because no one told him Fate had a hand in it until after the fact. (And because otherwise he was out of a job.)

Claudia: Would follow Ray's cue in researching the fuck out of it.

Apollo: "I make the prophecies, guys, they rarely apply to me." (So if it does, it's Serious Business and he treats it accordingly.)

Imp: Would probably see if Susan could get him out of it.

Regulus: Would point out that any good prophecy can mean one of several things, and if you really think everything hinges on him you had bloody well help him FIX THINGS. (Both Professor Device-style Divination class, even though he thinks it's great fun, and the way the wizarding world handles prophecies in general have rather soured him to the idea of being the subject of one.)
(Or, if it's my Neverwhere crossover, what Regulus does is go and round up the lost Roman legion and kick some Death Eater ass.)

Red: Would do a lot of side-eyeing and try to get information on it from someone who isn't named Rumpelstiltskin.
(Ruby: Would probably scoff, during-curse; post-curse she'd be back to the side-eye.)

[alexiscartwheel]

Mary would have none of that. Getting drunk and saying that to a Lady to whom you have not been introduced is just not done.

Carol probably wouldn't much stock in it, but would have lots of fun making jokes about her special destiny and coming up with the most outrageous ways in which the prophecy could be accidentally fulfilled.

[queenofmay]

You mean like how someone is going to tell Marian she's going to die on the short end of their long sword, defending the King England and that the world will go on without her and that the person she loves more than breathing will replace her twice in less than six months after her death and she's still going to go ahead and run, not walk, toward the fixed point in time, and that defense, and that sword?



Nope. I have no idea whatsoever Marian would do.

[the_seafarer]

>:(

[death_gone_mad]

Runescape has gone very light on the whole prophecy-as-a-plot-device trope. The only instance that comes to mind is The Chosen Commander. But that prophecy got broken pretty soundly.

I think Amascut would be outwardly patronizing (matronizing?) but inwardly she would be checking if it was a prophecy she had planted long ago. If it wasn't, she would secretly rage against it and make plans to break it. Even if it would benefit her in some way, she would still find some small way to break it. It's what she does.