History Main / ImmuneToFate

* Both ComicBook/{{Thanos}} of Titan and his good counterpart ComicBook/AdamWarlock have been remarked on as being outside the purview of Order and Chaos, and thus in some sense outside of fate. In Warlock's case this may be because he changed history [[spoiler: by killing himself, thus preventing himself from becoming an evil god. He got better, though.]]

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'', [[spoiler:Zanza and Meyneth, the two gods of the world, are stated to be outside the passage of fate by Alvis. They are able to receive visions of the future, which enable them to change it. In the end, Zanza is defeated because he inadvertently granted Shulk the same power.]]

* In ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', Professor Zoom boasts to Barry Allen as being able to do this as he's a living TemporalParadox. Batman ([[spoiler:Thomas Wayne]]) promptly shoves a sword through his chest.

** Jahah, the King of the Tower. Maybe it's because he himself is trying to bring fate under his control and is succeeding. He can certainly blindside Khel Hellam, a FUG Elder who thrives in manipulating fates.

* This is hinted at in ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'', although not all the details are necessarily clear. Some characters, such as Navigators, are able to see fate -- but then they just draw a blank with some other characters.

* This is hinted at in ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'', although not all the details are necessarily clear. Soem characters, such as Navigators, are able to see fate -- but then they just draw a blank with some other characters.

* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' Oasis is said to be one of small number of beings who aren't part of the Web of Fate and has the potential to severely screw up destiny, possibly leading to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
** Chaz, the Unholy Evil Death Bringer, AKA the Weeping God, also exists outside the Web of Fate, and can kill gods, demons, and souls.

* [[PlayerCharacter The Fateless One]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning''. Seeing as how s/he [[BackFromTheDead starts the game off dead]] and comes back to life, there's a lot of ways s/he can break the world around him/her. In more detail, Fate in Amalur is [[YouCantFightFate an immutable destiny]]; Fae society hinges on this predeterminism and while individuals of the younger races might scoff at the idea, they're still bound by it. The Fateless One having no detiny completely breaks the system, just being present can make Fate go OffTheRails. To Fateweavers and especially the Fae, it's like there's someone walking around whose very presence makes physics stop working.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', paracausal beings "make their own fate". While this generally amounts to the ability to [[RealityWarper violate physical laws and do magic]], it also means that neither they nor their powers can be accurately simulated by the [[MechanicalAbomination Vex]], whose predictive models of the universe are otherwise so perfect that they're [[RecursiveReality recursive]]: Vex units running a simulation naturally must simulate themselves, which naturally must be simulating themselves running the simulation, which naturally must be etcetera. The Vex are so virulent that their [[TheAssimilator consuming the universe]] ''should'' be a mathematical certainty, but the existence of paracausality means their victory is no longer assured -- though it's up in the air whether the final outcome ''now'' will be any better.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', paracausal beings "make their own fate". While this generally amounts to the ability to [[RealityWarper violate physical laws and do magic]], it also means that neither they nor their powers can be accurately simulated by the [[MechanicalAbomination Vex]], whose predictive models of the universe are otherwise so perfect that they're [[RecursiveReality recursive]]: Vex units running a simulation naturally must simulate themselves, which naturally must be simulating themselves running the simulation, which naturally must be etcetera. The existence of paracausality means that the Vex [[TheAssimilator consuming the universe]] is no longer a mathematical certainty, but it's up in the air whether the final outcome will be any better.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', paracausal beings "make their own fate". While this generally amounts to the ability to [[RealityWarper violate physical laws and do magic]], it also means that neither they nor their powers can be accurately simulated by the [[MechanicalAbomination Vex]], whose predictive models of the universe are otherwise so perfect that they're [[RecursiveReality recursive]]: Vex units running a simulation naturally must simulate themselves, which naturally must be simulating themselves running the simulation, which naturally must be etcetera.

* It's implied that Kratos from the ''Videogame/GodOfWar'' series is not bound by fate. Even when the Sisters of Fate try to prevent him from killing Zeus in the [[VideoGame/GodOfWarII second game]], he simply kills ''them'' before going to war with Olympus. And even though he was foretold to be the instrument of Olympus' downfall, said prophecy only comes true because he ''wanted'' it to come true -- he didn't even try to avoid it. In ''Videogame/GodOfWarPS4'' he starts mucking up the prophecy of Ragnarok [[spoiler:by killing Baldur centuries before his foretold death, which triggers Fimbulvetr the winter that precedes Ragnarok ahead of schedule.]] It is also worth noting that [[spoiler:he and Atreus end up killing Magni and Modi, the sons of Thor who in the original myths were destined to survive Ragnarok. Whether this is also the case in the games is not confirmed, though Modi's horrified disbelief at Magni's death implies it is.]]

* [[PlayerCharacter The Fateless One]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning''. Seeing as how s/he [[BackFromTheDead starts the game off dead]] and comes back to life, there's a lot of ways s/he can break the world around him/her.

[[WellThisIsNotThatTrope Except for that guy over there]]. No way for the PowersThatBe to tell what ''he's'' gonna do. Somehow, he always seems to be on the path where the inevitable roadblock of Fate ''isn't'', and will even run circles around destiny as the latter curses his name in frustration.

This is a character who has the power to ScrewDestiny as a special ability. Everyone else in their universe may be bound by fate, but all the prophecies you can conjure up don't mean squat if this person gets involved. "SpannerInTheWorks" is their job title, and from the perspective of {{Seers}}, they may as well be a ManOfKryptonite.

This is a character who has the power to ScrewDestiny as a special ability. Everyone else in their universe may be bound by fate, but all the prophecies you can conjure up don't mean squat if this person gets involved. "SpannerInTheWorks" is their job title, and from the perspective of a {{Seer}}, they may as well be a ManOfKryptonite.

** Rincewind, while in general being a CosmicPlaything who [[YouCantFightFate can't fight fate]], plays this specific role for [[TheGrimReaper Death]]. Due to Rincewind being favored by Lady Luck -- [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Fate's]] arch-enemy -- not even Death knows when he's going to die. (His [[DeathsHourglass lifetime]] has an... interesting shape.)

** Rincewind, while in general being a CosmicPlaything who [[YouCantFightFate can't fight fate]], plays this specific role for [[TheGrimReaper Death]]. Due to Rincewind being favored by Lady Luck -- [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Fate's]] arch-enemy -- not even Death knows when he's going to die. (His hourglass has an...interesting shape.)

* In ''VideoGame/Xenoblade Chronicles'', [[spoiler:Zanza and Meyneth, the two gods of the world, are stated to be outside the passage of fate by Alvis. They are able to receive visions of the future, which enable them to change it. In the end, Zanza is defeated because he inadvertently granted Shulk the same power.]]

** In the fifth season, Sam and Dean are constantly told by the angels that, [[spoiler: as the human vessels of Lucifer and Michael]], they are fated to give in and that no matter how hard they try to avoid it, it's inevitably going to happen anyway. [[spoiler: Sam eventually says yes to Lucifer, but Dean does not, forcing Michael to adopt their half-brother Adam Milligan as a makeshift vessel so they can follow through with their plan. Then Dean figures out a way to avert the end of the world anyway.]]

[[WellThisIsNotThatTrope Except for that guy over there]]. No way for the PowersThatBe to tell what ''he's'' gonna do. Somehow, he always seems to be on the path where the inevitable roadblock of Fate ''isn't''.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Inoue Orihime's powers are introduced as [[BarrierWarrior barrier abilities]] that cut, heal and shield. As an ActualPacifist she only heals and shields. Her powers are eventually revealed to ScrewDestiny by [[IRejectYourReality rejecting events]] - injuries are rejected as never having occurred rather than being healed.

YouCantFightFate. Everything that happens, has happened, or ever will happen has been pre-ordained from the moment the universe came into being. No one can escape the inexorable tide of destiny, for they will meet it on the path they take to avoid it.

Except for that guy over there. Yeah, no way for the PowersThatBe to tell what ''he's'' gonna do. SpannerInTheWorks is his job title. From the perspective of a {{Seer}}, he may as well be a ManOfKryptonite.

This is a character who has the power to ScrewDestiny as a special ability. Everyone else in their universe may be bound by fate, but all the prophecies you can conjure up don't mean squat if this person gets involved. Compare and contrast with WindsOfDestinyChange, which is about the ability to change fate rather than ignore it entirely.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Inoue Orihime's powers are introduced as [[BarrierWarrior barrier abilities]] that cut, heal and shield. As an ActualPacifist she only heals and shields. Her powers are eventually revealed to ScrewDestiny by rejecting events - injuries are rejected as never having occurred rather than being healed.

* Clark Kent in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is implied to be this in the episode "Hereafter". There was a kid who could see the future (specifically, the deaths of whoever he touches, and [[PowerIncontinence he can't turn it off]]) and became TheFatalist because nothing he did could alter his visions. His attitude changes when Clark rescues someone who he predicted would die, ''even though Clark had no knowledge of the vision'' and was just doing his regular superheroing since they hadn't even met yet.
** He also tells Clark that ''everyone'' is fated to die, but in Clark's future, all he saw was a cape fluttering in a sea of stars.