Friday DE: It’s written in the stars

[bjornwilde]

I’m thinking about fate/destiny this morning, at least as far as a narrative device goes. So, what’s your character’s destiny? 

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[bjornwilde]

Ahsoka: I'd say her destiny is to persist. (My snarky answer was to survive, given how many people were so sure she had to die.) I think she's also the fulcrum of galactic events. She's not the driving force, but she's there to tip the forces to where they need to go. She also seems to protect or have a hand in protecting those who are the heroes, so that they may go on and do the things what need doing.

[cottoncandypink]

Wilford's fate is to hurt everyone he cares about. I'm really looking forward to getting to that point in canon

[forceimbalance]

I mean...

[have_no_mercy]

OMG LEE I can't comment on anything for HOURS yet. *FLAIL*

[i_am_your_host]

Going strictly by canon--

Emcee: to represent the carefree, hedonistic side of Berlin and to die at the hands of Nazis at its downfall

Pam: to be loyal to Eric Northman, and to defend and protect him when his plans go wrong (what?? it happens)

Cassidy: to save Jesse Custer (from God) and be his redemption, while at the same time redeeming himself and regaining his mortality (and if this doesn't happen in the show I will write a strongly worded letter)

Floki: to be the ship builder who made it possible for the Vikings to reach England, to serve Ragnar Lothbrok, and to one day discover Iceland (which turns out to be a disaster)

[have_no_mercy]

Tess, sadly, is destined to die helping Clark become Superman. She fulfilled that destiny.

Kylo... we'll see.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Narratively, Yamato's destiny is to protect Taichi, and be his proverbial sword and shield. Alternately, his destiny is to eventually step into Taichi's shoes and go from being second-in-command to outright leader -- but canon tends more to the idea that their respective destinies are intrinsically tied up in each other, which means that in the wider scheme of things they're more likely to eventually end up leading as equals.

(And canonically, he actually is the subject of prophecy, but that's a little less interesting than narrative trends.)

[death_gone_mad]

Amascut is destined to swat the stars out of the sky for daring to dictate destiny.

At least that's what she hopes. Runescape isn't big on destiny, with its fallible gods and all. Destinies are for the deranged and despotic, and only exist to be destroyed. The Elder Goddesses, supposedly goddesses of various aspects of time, are too far above everything to be designing destinies. To them, sentient and sapient life is a mistake; why bother unless the food supply is threatened?

There are some time travel shenanigans that give the "hero" of the story a sort of destiny, but it is an ultimately doomed one.

[childofrebellion]

Cassian: To sacrifice himself to make it possible to defeat the Death Star.

Quentin: Spoilers but also to teach Toby that she can take care and teach a younger person.

Charles: To do something dramatic, dangerous and probably stupid for the sake of mutants.

Moist: To get reformed and become a useful member of society, he wouldn't believe this if you told him.

Sameth: To help construct a better future for the Old Kingdom.

Ivan: To help create a good future for Barrayar.

Will S.: To be loyal to Robin and help make a better Nottingham.

William: To give too much for his family.

Tumnus: To be a bridge between a frozen Narnia and a hopeful future.

Demeter-This question doesn't really work for her as destinies are more for people who connect with the gods.

[sticktothemission]

Hi.