Should we move the example of Calchas from Mythology to Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
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Move, really. This trope is more concerned with the ambiguous prophecies and these aren't.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Sorcerer in training
"The Last Unicorn. Haggard's previous magician, Mabruk, tells Haggard "You have let your doom in by the front door, but it will not depart that way!""
Bonus points: He (Lyr) didn't leave the castle the final time before its destruction by any of the doors. The last time he left, it was through the secret tunnel and the Red Bull's lair. Mabruk did seem to recognize Amalthea as the catalyst.
"The "character not coming back but that's because he's staying where he is" came from an episode of Justice League Unlimited where Supergirl travels to the future of the 31st century Legion Of Super-Heroes. All their records indicate she won't come back, and sure enough she looks dead enough at one point, but returns in the very next scene... but then decides to stay in the future, as she had fallen for Legionnaire Brainiac 5. (Of course, this episode had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Cartoon Network was introducing a new Legion series the very next fall.)"
This is bluelinked to "Poorly Disguised Pilot". Word of God is Far From Home
was not a pilot of any sort for the new Legion series. The Legion series is another AU from the DCAU. (Now, whether it was a deliberate tie-in or shout out is not addressed.)
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I forget how exactly this goes, but to the extent of my memory: one of the major conquerers (Alexander the Great? Cyrus? Um...) was out conquering things when he found he had a desire to conquer a certain island nation. The island nation had been prophesied to be taken by land, not by sea, so the people thought they were safe.
The conquerer lashed a bunch of boats together and his entire army marched across them to victory.
If someone could find the details of this, it'd be an awesome addition to the page.
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That would be Tyrus. It used to be an island, and was foretold to never be taken by forces from the ocean. Alexander's men filled in the sea there to turn it into a peninsula. And the Tyrians weren't just lying down and taking it, either. Yet, the Greeks did it.
The boat thing was elsewhere, by the Persian king, used as a massive bridge to make it easier to cross the Hellespont/Dardanelles. Crappy materials even for the times and the general level of technology meant it didn't work. But there wasn't a prophecy about that.
Edited by Candi Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Could someone tell me how the aversion in Mega Man Zero is relevant? (I'm presuming Infaking's Original Intent.) I mean, how did the Reploids, esp. the Resistance, threaten the humans directly at that point? If anything, the Zero series would've Jossed the prophecy at the end of X-3 making it completely invalid.*
Edited by DonaldthePotholer Ketchum's corollary to Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced tactic is indistinguishable from blind luck.
Technically, "The duke yet lives who the king shall betray" isn't actually ambiguous. It can only be interpreted as the King betraying the Duke if one allows for the grammatical error of "who" for "whom". And yes, as far as grammatical errors go it's pretty tame, but if we're trying to exemplify Ambiguous Syntax, shouldn't we find a more clear-cut example?