It's the Journey That Counts: Difference between revisions

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* In ''[[The Alchemist]]'', {{spoiler|Santiago goes through the whole book just to find out that the treasure spent the whole book looking for was buried right under his location from page 1}}.

* In ''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]'', {{spoiler|The Fountain of Fair Fortune}} turns out to be exactly this. The trials that the heroes had to suffer through only forced them to recognize their own gifts and talents, or move on past their own heartache, or rely on each other. It works.

** In fact, [[Harry Potter (novel)|as long as we're on the subject,]] the {{spoiler|way of hiding the Resurrection Stone within the Snitch}} may have been a [[Mirror of Llunet]] ''and'' a veritable [[MacGuffin]] in ''[[Harry Potter ~~(Franchise)~~/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter]].'' It was literally with the hero at all times - however, it wasn't until he'd achieved the maturity to [[Heroic Sacrifice|accept his mission]] that he was able to fully implement it.

** In fact, [[Harry Potter (novel)|as long as we're on the subject,]] the {{spoiler|way of hiding the Resurrection Stone within the Snitch}} may have been a [[Mirror of Llunet]] ''and'' a veritable [[MacGuffin]] in ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter]].'' It was literally with the hero at all times - however, it wasn't until he'd achieved the maturity to [[Heroic Sacrifice|accept his mission]] that he was able to fully implement it.

* The former [[Trope Namer]] is the Mirror of Llunet from ''The [[Prydain Chronicles]]'', which (similar to the Time Magazine cover), was basically a mirror. After Taran's journey, it showed him exactly as he was: his faults, his strengths, and how much he's grown. It was a revelation that made him [[Take a Level In Badass]].

* ''Marauders of [[Gor]]'' had the tomb of a great hero, which turned out to contain nothing but an arrow. The protagonists realize that the arrow means they need to step up and become heroes themselves.