Prophecies Are Always Right: Difference between revisions

== Literature ==

* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' this trope normally holds true but is subverted by {{spoiler|Dany's son being satanically miscarried instead of leading the Dothraki to conquering the whole world as was prophecized}}. But it leads to {{spoiler|Dany trying to take over the world}}.

* ''[[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]'': The prophecy is an interesting case—right from the start, it's clear in the prophecy that it could [[Either/Or Prophecy|go in two different directions]]—he could "save or destroy" the Land, and he definitely will do one or the other. Knowing Thomas, it initially seems like a bit of a free kick that the Land is stuffed.

* ''Gregor the Overlander'': Subverted hard. The series revolved around the prophecies of Sandwich (no, really), who wrote numbers of them in his tenure in the Underland some time before. At first, these prophecies seem to be always turning true (the first two books for example), but the third and fourth books become increasingly stretched to fit the prophecy. It all comes to a head when it is revealed that in the last prophecy, {{spoiler|Gregor is supposed to die}}. After going into the final battle, Gregor {{spoiler|does not die}}, and not all of the prophecy comes true, as is noted by several characters throughout the book such as {{spoiler|Ares, Gregor, Ripred, and Luxa}}. However, they still manage to con the people and creatures of the Underland that the prophecy is true {{spoiler|with a little help from Luxa's "prophetic" sister, who believes the prophecies are true in order to bring peace amongst the humans and rats.}}

* In ''[[Angel]]'', the prophecy that {{spoiler|Angel will kill his son}} turns out to be a demonic fake. The demon in question spent the last few hundred years perverting it so that the real prophecy wouldn't come true. ''Both versions'' end up happening.

** Slightly subverted on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' though; the prophecy about Buffy says she's going to die to free The Master - she does, she recovers, and is more or less prophecy-free from there on out.

* Near the beginning of ''[[Farscape]]'', Aeryn mutters, of Rygel, "One day, your greatest fear will be realized: you will be killed by a Peacekeeper." Aeryn is one of a very few characters in the show to ''never'' show any signs of precognitive ability, but the prophecy still gets fulfilled {{spoiler|by Aeryn's mother.}}

* Similarly, ''[[Babylon 5]]'' is full of prophecies, and Narns are the only species with no telepaths. When Narn Ambassador G'Kar yells in the first season that one night, the Centauri will awaken to find the Narn's teeth at their throat, it's clearly just ambassadorial bluster...that also happens to come true, {{spoiler|near the very end of the show}}.

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