Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Difference between revisions

** Another example: Belkar kills the Oracle because the Oracle earlier told Belkar that he would kill someone from a short list of subjects (including the Oracle himself), and Belkar didn't actually get to kill any of them yet. The Oracle then tries to weasel out of the prophecy with a bunch of pretty lame [[Prophecy Twist]] ideas, all of which were [[Take That|lifted]] from the [[Epileptic Trees]] in the comic's forum.

** Another Oracle-related one (well, what do you expect, with future-prediction?): the Test of the Heart, which one must undergo to reach the Oracle (a simple health check) was instituted after someone came in for a prediction, which was that they would have a heart attack right after being told they were going to have a heart attack.

* Jade of ''[[Homestuck]]'' has some semi-precognitive abilities, and ends up creating one of these. {{spoiler|She sees a vision of Dream!John crying in the future— then, presumably, being confronted by [[Big Bad|Jack Noir.]] So she prepares a birthday present — a collection of high level weapons — to protect him against Jack. Said gift falls into Jack's hands first, who uses it to launch his rise to power, [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|causing the scene which prompted her to send the present in the first place.]]}}

* Pops up in ''[[The Wotch]]'' during the War Stories arc where one of the good guys betrays them to the villains under the belief that the ancient prophecies around the [[Big Bad]] Xaos were inevitable and ended up helping him out in hopes of bargaining for their safety. Theodore calls him out on this, leading to a [[Redemption Equals Death]] moment.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', {{spoiler|Damien was created with the ''intent'' of fulfilling a prophecy}}.

 

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