Only *THE CHOSEN ONE* can get their comment pinned.

@rayadawn3535

6 жыл бұрын

Stormy Weather Which is you

@Kri8aris

6 жыл бұрын

Dammit...Even in commenting I'm just a side character

@timothymclean

6 жыл бұрын

The Prophecy (guitar riff) has been fulfilled!

@derptank3308

6 жыл бұрын

Manolis Same here my dude And in real life!

@cameoshadowness7757

6 жыл бұрын

Manolis Be glad, you may get a bigger fandom then the main character!

"STRANGE WOMEN IN LAKES HANDING OUT SWORDS IS NO BASIS FOR A FORM OF GOVERNMENT"

@andyknightwarden9746

4 жыл бұрын

Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"

@Kartissa

4 жыл бұрын

Bloody Peasant!

@bladesofderp4649

3 жыл бұрын

Did you see him? Did you see him repressing me?

@strandedgeek

3 жыл бұрын

"YOU CAN'T JUST GO WAVING SUPREME EXECUTIVE POWER JUST BECAUSE SOME WATERY TART THREW A SWORD AT YOU!"

@cookiefaceyt2002

3 жыл бұрын

r/wooooosh Didn't understand the joke

I once read a book where the "chosen one" goes on an epic quest to defeat the villain, but then it fails spectacularly and the villain reveals that he made the prophecy up to distract the heroes. I've always thought that was a clever twist and I've never seen it done anywhere else.

@abdulaziz-alharbi5437

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao that's mad! What's the books name?

@Fishbiene

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdulaziz-alharbi5437 Beyonders by Brandon Mull

@Ismael-kc3ry

3 жыл бұрын

I actually was wondering a while ago how that could be integrated into a story. It’s cool to see someone else thought of that already

@Konh-Minh

3 жыл бұрын

*[MAJOR SPOILERS FOR WINGS OF FIRE BOOKS 1-5 FOR THIS]* *[READ AT YOUR OWN RISK]* Wings of Fire also did this, where the five man band were cobbled together for the sake of fulfilling the prophecy to end the war. EXCEPT one of the chosen ones died in book 1's PROLOGUE so they had to get a "new one." Now we have a team of four chosen ones and one improvised chosen one. Jump forwards to book 2 and there's a "replacement team" for the chosen ones hinted at. Jump to book 4 and as it turned out, the prophecy was actually completely fabricated by one of the tribes and the replacement team was because the original band was too heroic instead of doing what they wanted. This then leads to a subversion in book 5, where the Chosen ones, now just ordinary people, manage to stop the war, since the other tribes still believed in the prophecy.

@momochora

3 жыл бұрын

i just finished a series where the prophecy was altered by the villain to manipulate the heroes into accomplishing his evil plan

"Has 'Chosen One' stamped on their head" *everyone turns to look at Aang*

@ethanmcfarland8240

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how the fire nation kept on finding him.....hmmmmmm

@besquareorbethere2680

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanmcfarland8240 Yea it's like Aang has a specific set of clothing that nobody alive on the planet wears...

@RogueT-Rex8468

3 жыл бұрын

He literally has an arrow on his head.

@sifuvr2390

3 жыл бұрын

@@RogueT-Rex8468 Cue that one scene from "The Headband": maybe we all have arrows on our heads

@aurelia8028

3 жыл бұрын

The mascot for the "Chosen One" that everyone knows is Anakin Skywalker though. Avatar is overrated af

I like what the Owl House says about chosen ones: "Everyone wants to believe their 'chosen,' but if we all sat around waiting for a prophecy to tell us we're special, we'd die waiting."

@Queen_Of_Discord

2 жыл бұрын

Man, rewatching a lot of these trope talks makes me realize just how great the owl house is. It subverts so many tropes in the best way possible.

@macayleangelina9892

9 ай бұрын

Maybe include the next part where she says: “That’s why you need to choose yourself.”

@sourwitch2340

3 ай бұрын

​@@macayleangelina9892 tbf what they did say already implies that. But yeah. It's a powerful scene.

@Wesley-1776

2 ай бұрын

Then they went and made her an actual chosen one by setting up a time loop that creates Belos by Luz going back in time to help him. Meaning Belos as he existed at the start of the show and the way he treats her (not killing her) is a result of her predetermined actions in the past.

Sword: I choose you. Me: oh cool, why? Sword: I felt pity.

@salomekekelia1508

4 жыл бұрын

The dynamic Jack (Sword of Summer) and Magnus Chase

@roaringthunder115

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@mvalthegamer2450

3 жыл бұрын

@@salomekekelia1508 Singing 70s Rock Albums on dates with Riptide

@lilithcrow6675

3 жыл бұрын

Love it

@t.o.d4868

3 жыл бұрын

I want more shows like that

I had a friend who played a character in a D&D game who was told by the elders of his village he was the chosen one, but got so damn excited at the news that he ran away super hyped up before they could tell him WHAT he was chosen to do. The player would always joke that he was really only chosen to go get the elders' lunch that day.

@milkywaygal411

5 жыл бұрын

That just made my day XD

@genisay

5 жыл бұрын

Oooh-hooo... that is both horrible and fabulous at the same time. XD

@crocuslament9680

4 жыл бұрын

Best backstory ever.

@faatimaismail8856

4 жыл бұрын

I will use that backstory soon

@slaughterhome

4 жыл бұрын

I was the 999th like. Come on people!

"Has a penguin for a soul". This is so specific, I'm gonna assume we just got a snippet of Red's backstory.

@Rynosaur94

Ай бұрын

Red was Teh Penguin of D00M

Choosing Artifact: I choose you Chosen One: why? Choosing Artifact: I-I’m lonely

@saffi_taffi

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a wonderful WEBTOON about a sassy magic ring that chooses the protagonist cuz it’s bored and hungry for magic, and protagonist-kun is the nearest human available

@JaelinBezel

2 жыл бұрын

Because you have a type advantage against this gym leader!

@guywhochangeshisprofilealo7163

2 жыл бұрын

@@saffi_taffi What is it called?

@guywhochangeshisprofilealo7163

2 жыл бұрын

@@JaelinBezel Gym Leader Dark Lord challenges you to a battle!

@saffi_taffi

2 жыл бұрын

@@guywhochangeshisprofilealo7163 dungeons and artifacts

I love this "anti-Chosen One" bit of dialogue in Doctor Who's A Christmas Carol: The Doctor: Who's she? Kazran Sardick: Nobody important. The Doctor: Nobody important? Blimey, that's amazing. You know that in nine hundred years of time and space and I've never met anybody who wasn't important before.

@amirabudubai2279

4 жыл бұрын

That is actually a really thought provoking statement. We often think of our actions as having eroding significance with time, but we are also fine with the idea of the butterfly effect. Those two ideas cannot coexist.

@captainobvious.29yearsago70

4 жыл бұрын

@@amirabudubai2279 what have you done to me, I wasn't ready to have to examine my entire goddamn existence wtf

@connorschultz380

4 жыл бұрын

@@amirabudubai2279 wait no, wait,........... The butterfly effect only applies If you know the future and changed something, there for the more time passes the more the current state of reality will deviate

@thisisasupersayin376

4 жыл бұрын

@@connorschultz380 Doesn't mean what will be the future can't be changed now :)

@connorschultz380

4 жыл бұрын

@@thisisasupersayin376 you first must assume, the future exists before you get there

Main villain is holding a gun to the chosen one's head: CO: "The way I see it you have two choices. Either I am the chosen one, you don't kill me, and the prophecy is fulfilled today." MV: "And if I kill you?" CO: "Then I'm not the chosen one, you still have a loose end to tie up, and the prophecy is fulfilled next week by the true chosen one." MV: *Visibly furious* CO: "Destiny's a bitch, ain't it..."

@arcaniumdragon2444

4 жыл бұрын

Ouch

@chocomuffin7433

4 жыл бұрын

Dang

@SorowFame

4 жыл бұрын

Destiny's a bitch, so if you're a villain have your fun while it lasts.

@adamreddick1349

4 жыл бұрын

MV: And what if it was all made up?! CO: then I've proven that anyone can stand against you

@gemini_2372

4 жыл бұрын

Oof isn’t the avatar the last air bender or something

9:40 I love Aragorn because he follows all of the Chosen One clichés except for being the main character. He’s the only one with prophecies about him, he’s got Andùril the Blade that was Broken, he’s descended from the semi-divine Kings of Westernesse, he’s got magic healing powers, etc etc etc, and yet the protagonists are Frodo and Sam, fond of a meal, enjoy a stroll, like gardens and large parties, generally cheerful and obscure to the rest of the world, and their characters are oh so believable

@Lusiggy

Жыл бұрын

A similar thing happens in the game oblivion, actually.

@brynjames3779

Жыл бұрын

Tolkien actually said in letter 131 that he considers Sam to be 'The chief hero' of LOTR

@phastinemoon

Жыл бұрын

See also: Gwydion of the Prydain Chronicles. (Although, by the end, Taran KINDA qualifies, it’s complicated, but it also works really well)

Percy Jackson's interesting, 'cuz there are three people who could be the Chosen One and the Chosen One could either ruin or save Olympus. Percy actually actively takes up the mantle of Chosen One so that one of the other prophecy candidates doesn't end up destroying the world.

@DavidbarZeus1

2 жыл бұрын

Not quite true, he does it to protect one of the other candidates because he wants to protect him. I think you need to reread the end of Titan's Curse

@paperl9328

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidbarZeus1 I thought he had multiple motivations. It still makes him interesting, because he still chooses to be the "Chosen One"

@jonathanvandevelde4908

Жыл бұрын

Since the Kane family are chosen incarnations and Magnus Chase is a chosen wielder I feel like Rick likes his chosen characters

@vanguardbreaker8826

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanvandevelde4908 Now we need a Riordanverse 'one true king' arthurian legend series.

@manyachoudhary7323

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanvandevelde4908 honestly I think it makes quite a lot of sense coz most mythologies usually have a chosen one hero or basically some divinely ordained person....

"Government-funded soul-consuming wind socks" Best description of Dementors ever.

@moredetonation3755

5 жыл бұрын

The Dementors are to the wizarding world what the IRS is to the Joker

@matthewwong1552

5 жыл бұрын

I ship dementors with Umbridge

@atomykebonpyre

4 жыл бұрын

Harry! This spell is the only way to hold back the government-funded soul-consuming wind socks guarding Azkaban.

@turnerthekilledgamer6995

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewwong1552 Me too! I wish we had seen them kiss.

@matthewwong1552

4 жыл бұрын

@@turnerthekilledgamer6995 heh heh, good one

I need a show that's a five-man-band of the different forms of chosen ones

@chocolatecello1483

4 жыл бұрын

I think you want a d&d campaign for that. (All jokes aside, I might try writing something like that one day since it seems like an interesting challenge)

@MadSwedishGamer

4 жыл бұрын

Lord of the Rings comes kinda close. Frodo is a self-chosen one, Aragorn is the One True King, and you could argue that Gandalf is a variant of the Incarnation Chosen One.

@andyknightwarden9746

4 жыл бұрын

@@MadSwedishGamer And all Nine Walkers are Literally Chosen Ones, which kinda qualifies for the Chosen Many, too.

@dabbadoit

4 жыл бұрын

That reminds me of a kinda cringy comic a friend and I made when we were younger about a group of 5 ‘chosen ones’ that were to fulfil some prophecy and had superpowers. The main character wasn’t any of the chosen ones but the brother of one of them who despite not having any powers insisted he was also part of the prophecy

@noahdaglio9362

4 жыл бұрын

The leader: Prophecy chosen one. Lancer: Literally chosen one. The big guy: The one true king. The heart: The chosen incarnation The smart guy: The chosen wielder.

Choosey Artifacts cannot be argued with Magnus Chase: argues with his sword all the time

@gc-qh7rr

3 жыл бұрын

Lester/Apollo and the Arrow of Dodona

@avisisisis

Жыл бұрын

Jack and Magnus are hilarious. Jack literally chose his name because he heard Magnus say “jackass” but didn't hear the rest of the word

@lethargogpeterson4083

Жыл бұрын

In Mercedes Lackay's By the Sword, the sword can take over the protagonist Kerowyn's body to fight. To get it to stop, she promises to drop the sword down a well and let it rot if it doesn't knock it off. It's great.

@umangsheel7819

Жыл бұрын

Oh I love that book

@ironboi7359

Жыл бұрын

@@avisisisis Time for an 'um actually' ! Technically Magnus says "I don't know jack", and sumarbrandr latched onto the last word. (Please don't offend, this is just a good faith correction between fans, no malice intended!)

And then there’s Adora, who somehow managed to fit into every category

@skyhideaway

2 жыл бұрын

The thing I liked about it is that She-Ra was revealed to be a destructive weapon that was made to destroy a planet, rather than the hero everyone believed her to be. It was tragic.

@zachg.4251

2 жыл бұрын

Naruto can also arguably fit into every category

In 5th grade I had a friend who actually 100% convinced me that his soul was actually a cosmic cat from another dimension. He was one of twelve "Chosen Guardians", each of which come from a different realm. He ended up convincing myself and a few other friends of ours that we were also among these guardians. Throw in a little bit of overactive imagination, and oh, would you look at that, I actually have a magical cosmic badger inside my soul. I was 100% convinced. For the next two years this would become integral to my developing worldview. I was an extremely gullible child. But hey, it was fun and resulted in some very fun memories, and eventually became the basis for my first real attempt at writing. So... Yeah.

@ciarangrace1425

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many Fantasy/SF writers start like this...

@aflamingidiot4427

5 жыл бұрын

Oh my, I would love to watch that idea in anime form.

@skittlestheninjapanda4823

4 жыл бұрын

O_O Can I read that story?? I mean, it would be really cool and throw in astral projection that could be the cosmic guardian form!!!

@phenomenonnarutokun

4 жыл бұрын

Man I feel you. The shit people can make you believe when you're a kid. My cousin made me believe that at the age of twelve, men turned into women and men turned into women. As a boy, I spent like 5 years dreading it until my parents laughed and told me that it's impossible to magically switch sex. Although... Now...

@ethanarial4047

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t feel bad, I thought I was an elf adopted by human parents for like a year just because I read a book series about it

Skin of ivory Hair of snow Eyes of blood A young maiden destined to bring balance to the tropes has arisen

@gunjfur8633

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds Albino

@fantasyshadows3207

4 жыл бұрын

Do you mean Red?

@chocomuffin7433

4 жыл бұрын

Fantasy Shadows who else is depicted in cartoons with red eyes and everything else is white

@gavinlopez6258

4 жыл бұрын

@@chocomuffin7433 albino people

@clarinethro1695

4 жыл бұрын

I just realized that you're talking about Red

"The chosen one could've been chosen by a sentient being, or an inanimate object." Magnus Chase: *yes*

@saffi_taffi

2 жыл бұрын

Dang it’s been a while since I’ve read that series, what is that thing again?

@skystrike41508

2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s a talking sword, I haven’t read the book.

@insanitycrafter8553

2 жыл бұрын

A talking sword that, no joke, has eyes for Riptide

@rodrigatorx2266

2 жыл бұрын

@what's up start of the third book I think, Annabeth, Magnus, and Percy meet up to teach Magnus ship stuff, Percy brings out riptide for some reason I can't remember, and Magnus's sword tries to hit on it.

@kittycheshire5099

2 жыл бұрын

Why do I kind of ship his sword Jack with Riptide?

Avatar Kuruk is a good example of a Chosen One whose disregard for his Chosen One duties led to tragedy.

@tacomeat5689

2 жыл бұрын

Tbf, he was stuck dealing with a lot of Spirit World drama because his predecesor didn’t give it enough focus. It’s part of why he died young.

@potatocow3305

2 жыл бұрын

Read the Kyoshi novels. They give a closer look at Kuruk's life and are really good.

@theradionicrevival8068

Жыл бұрын

Previous avatar understandably neglected their spirit world stuff so It was just up to him to fix it Dudes whole spirit got poisoned over it. It was a mistake, but understandably speaking, telling the world and especially your friends: "Hey, Kuruk here! the previous avatar you all worshipped and helped ensure these decades of peace has accidentally doomed you all, and I (the one you all hate the most and have 0 faith in) am the only one who can fix it. I've already been doIng it and it's 100% poisoned my spirit and I'm soon to die and if anyone joins in the fight, it'll probably happen to you too with the reward of less able-bodies people around to protect the living world if we actually fail :D." Kind of a hard sell ya feel me

"No man or woman born of this world can kill me!" * is bludgeoned to death with a non-binary alien fetus *

@catherinemoul9160

4 жыл бұрын

"No man can kill me!" "I am GNOME ANN!" -xkcd

@drascin

4 жыл бұрын

I remember one comic where there was this dude that was said to be "unable to be harmed by any weapon on Earth". The alien team member crashed his spaceship into him.

@fantasyshadows3207

4 жыл бұрын

No weapon from far or near, here or away, neither man, women or another gender can harm me! *trips and plummets down the cliff*

@agentjp106

4 жыл бұрын

Dang, Mew got really violent...

@Grimmtoof

4 жыл бұрын

'No weapon forged of man can kill me!' Yea we don't forge weapons any more, have an anti-tank rocket!

I want protagonists with special features that don't matter. "Oh. Your purple eyes mean you've got demon blood running through your veins!" "What does this mean? Can I manifest fire?" "What? No, that's stupid."

@YataTheFifteenth

4 жыл бұрын

I actually have a character like this. Still fleshing her personality out though...

@sayerglasgow115

4 жыл бұрын

This could be especially interesting if these odd physical features are *supposed* to signify some special powers, such as being part of a family lineage, but the character doesn't have those powers for whatever reason. Could create all kinds of drama from the character being unable to live up to expectations placed on them, and either unlocking their powers somehow (power of friendship anyone?) or coming to terms with their lack of powers and realizing they're really good at something else.

@gavinlopez6258

4 жыл бұрын

@@sayerglasgow115 like Zelda in BotW?

@sayerglasgow115

4 жыл бұрын

@@gavinlopez6258 Similar to that, yea. Classic chosen one angst I guess.

@DeviousDryad

4 жыл бұрын

I have several OCs that are like: "So you're a demon, right?" "Yeah." "So you can do stuff like teleport and summon heck fire?" "No, I can turn into a tree." "Oh."

The thing I love about Harry Potter’s chosen one is that Voldemort chose. It could’ve been Neville based off the prophecy, but since Voldy killed the Potters, that’s what made Harry the chosen one.

@intergalactic92

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that’s what everyone seems to miss ( outlying because it was cut from the film). The running theme of the series is that it is our choices that define us e.g. Harry choosing Griffindor over slytherin in the very first book. Equally, Harry only becomes the chosen one because Voldemort chose to target him. It was the dark lord's choice that made the prophecy about Harry instead of Neville.

@cristlesappire21

10 ай бұрын

If I recall correctly there's actually an explicit moment where Harry and Dum8ledoor discuss how short sighted it was of Voldemort to try and kill them as children rather than w8ing to see which one grew up to 8e the 8igger threat 8efore marking either of them. Especially 8ecause marking Harry triggered everypony else to start panicking, training, and preparing him to face Voldemort. Had he left it alone, he could have offed two unprepared 8oys with no training or practice in isol8d or hushed up accidents then caught the world 8y storm when he returned after 15 + years gone dormant. 8ut classic I AM THE 8EST logic leads him to panic, he can't stand knowing that someone exists who even MIGHT 8e a8le to thwart him. The one time where procrastinating on the homework was the 8est option. XP

@thatfly5360

6 ай бұрын

@@cristlesappire21why are all the b’s eights?

@hypn05deep75

5 ай бұрын

​@@thatfly5360they are prolly a homestuck

I think "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" played with this trope very well. The fabled "chosen one" was mentioned early on, but no one ever even suggested it might be Princess Nausicaä (in fact, in the English dub, the chosen one is specifically referred to as a man). So she just spends the whole movie doing whatever her heart and her sense of duty tell her to do, and then at the end it turns out she was the chosen one the whole time.

@cass6020

10 ай бұрын

The prophecy: and this MAN who wears blue will - Nausicäa, exemplifying leadership and compassion constantly (and wearing blue): oh neat story Everyone else in the valley: yeah neat story

watery women distributing swords is not a basis for a system of government

@dr.badtimes3660

5 жыл бұрын

Help! I'm being oppressed!

@ariacox2048

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, if I went around saying that I was an emperor because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

@eddiespeight8103

5 жыл бұрын

Damn right.

@Quetzalcoatl-Dragon_97

5 жыл бұрын

Oh how I love Monty Python

@lewisirwin5363

5 жыл бұрын

He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!

That whole "penguin for a soul thing" seemed awfully specific, don't ya think.

@robpaul7544

4 жыл бұрын

Mine was a turtle. So yeah..

@joeyenochs9469

4 жыл бұрын

Totally not me.

@ssjx3705

4 жыл бұрын

I AM A ATTACK HELICOPTER

@robertdicke7249

4 жыл бұрын

I used to like to think I would become naturally amazing once I was done growing up. I had some reason to believe this as my father was gifted by being a very strong guy, my mother was gifted as being an exceptional long distance runner, and I was named after my great grand father who was gifted by being a Genius. Also I was raised in the knowledge that I had a massive trust fund that would pay me getting into anywhere I aimed be. I had it in my head that one day would no longer be the bottom of the food chain in popularity and success that I was. One day I would manifest into a high endurance, super strong, genius and good thing cause my ideals were the right ideals to have. So I would use my gifts to better the world however I could and rightfully enjoy life for it. I was sort of on the right track to end up somewhere around this dream but then I discovered online gaming which was a big distraction, lost my faith, started drinking, turned 18 started smoking, injured my shoulder but decided to ignore it, became fat, became regularly depressed, turned 21 started drinking way more then already was, decided to get that shoulder fixed when it got too painful to handle but it was too late to ever be a decent arm again, attempted to commit suicide while drinking(was amazing when I woke up). It was at that point I realized I would never be anything but lame at the very best. Even if I tried my very hardest from that point on I would never achieve the average persons level of happiness much less the pedestaled happiness I perceived myself achieving. Also my perception and world views I developed over this time period would prevent me from being able to appreciate the life once sought after even if I defied all odds and did achieve to create it as my value for anything in particular is almost nonexistent. While it makes me happy to be seen as useful on the occasions this actually happens, I become aware that I am just happy to be appreciated for even the most mundane things and that in its self is pathetic. I have always been told that I am rude, regardless if I realize I am rude. I have never been dear to anyone that isn't morally obligated to love me such as family. Thus when I was 16 in my fathers frustration at his 5 year grounding not being as effective as he hoped it would be he told me "IF you ever some how get married and have children's, they will not love you, they will hate you, and they will leave when they no longer need you." This has always stuck with me cause it has always felt true and consistent with my relative position in life when interacting with people. I would like to think that if I had instead known I was worthless from the start I wouldn't have had such high standards for happiness. I would have committed to working hard at being healthy, strong, and smart like I was trying to. I would've ended up more fulfilled in what ever I would have done, and all the happier for it. I quit drinking, haven't had a drop in 10 months, I haven't smoked in 8, and I am in school. I don't have the sense of looming despair I was having which makes me feel good. However I cant say I have had any lasting happiness, such the spurts of fleeting joy one gets from hearing a good joke. Moral of the story... I shoulda picked the penguin damn it!

@marzipancutter8144

4 жыл бұрын

​@@robertdicke7249 Holy shit man, that's rough. Your childhood sounds really fucked up. Only thing I can say is there's nothing pathetic about deriving your happiness from small things, though at this point, you might know that already. Nice to hear you're getting better regardless.

My favorite (albeit rare) version of the "chosen one" is when the chosen one, for whatever reason, is left completely in the dark as to what it means to be the chosen one. Like they know they're chosen for something but they have no idea what that something is and will have to guess what it is, more than likely getting it wrong even if in may seem obvious in the moment. The reason they were chosen could be just complicated, specifically malevolent, or anywhere in between, making the reason for being chosen a possible plot focus and maybe a twist if it does turn out to be malevolent.

Reminds me of a story idea i came up with at one point. protagonist successfully takes down the villain, only for a very confused prophecy chosen one to show up a moment later, leading to something along the lines of "who the hell are you and how the hell did you progress the plot without me"

@bananabanana484

10 ай бұрын

This would be fun to explore what happens then; would probably be a political style story, where a group of people with a vested interest in the Chosen One are very angry to have their plans upset

@monhunterz5430

8 ай бұрын

Fairly Odd Parents did it first

@veggiedragon1000

2 ай бұрын

So did Shrek 2.

"How did you become the chosen one?" *flashback* 'EAT THIS.'

@prashil3k594

3 жыл бұрын

My hero aca reference?

@HollowPurple-if2co

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@specialknees6798

3 жыл бұрын

Now that deku is unlocking all of the previous users’ quirks, he’s not just the next chosen one, but the chosen one among chosen ones, since the predecessors have just decided that he’s the guy.

@besquareorbethere2680

3 жыл бұрын

*EEEY KID, EAT THIS HAIR AND YOU'L GET SOUPAPOWERS BUT DON'T TELL NOBODY*

@andreazevedo4427

3 жыл бұрын

@@prashil3k594 funnily enough this can also refer to Attack on Titan

My favorite "chosen one" story is Dark Souls. In Dark Souls, there is a prophecy that a chosen undead will ring the bell of awakening, and kindle the first flame. This causes thousands of undead to all flock to fulfill the prophecy. But not everything is as it seems. When you get to Firelink shrine, the hub area of the game, you learn that the prophecy is outright wrong, and that there are 2 bells of awakening instead of only one. Also, it is learned through the game's multiplayer system that your character isn't the only "chosen" undead. There are many others doing the same thing as you. After you ring the two bells, a primordial serpant named Frampt appears in firelink shrine to further instruct you on what you need to do. He tells you that you must kindle the first flame and replace Gwyn, the one to kindle it before you. After going out, and doing more things that Frampt tells you to do, you eventually find your way into the abyss. In the abyss, you find another primordial serpant named Kaathe. Kaathe can do the same thing as Frampt, but he tells you that your mission is something different: let the first flame go out and let the world enter an era of darkness. It is here that you learn that the first flame cannot burn forever, and only some would benefit from it continuing to burn. After looking into some more lore, such as characters from a mere 100 years ago having come to this land before this supposed "ancient prophecy." There is also the fact that something isn't adding up. The details about the prophecy seem to be inconsistent, and it doesn't make sense for some of the things you have to do to feel like they were thrown together. All this leads to the conclusion that the prophecy was made up to fill the agenda of someone else. You are not special. You are the same as everyone else. You either kindle or don't kindle the flame like everyone else does. You are simply being manipulated for more powerful beings' agendas, as it has always been in this world.

Could we get some more “accidentally chosen” ones? Protagonists like Emmet from Lego Movie really intrigue me because despite not actually being chosen, and therefore not tied to any duty or heroic acts, they still do so, maybe even better then the true chosen one, or show that someone does not need to be chosen to have a effect on the actual “chosen one” plotline

@tortis6342

Жыл бұрын

Emmet is so great. That whole movie is great.

@matityaloran9157

7 ай бұрын

Timmy Turner in Wishology is like that

@lpfan4491

2 ай бұрын

Randos being put into the role of a chosen one is always interessting and it does not even need to be by accident, sometimes characters just lie about being the chosen one because the world needs a hero and the actual chosen one is missing. A prime example is the fanfiction-outline of a Zelda: The Windwaker prequel that the fanbase has been floating since forever ago. The backstory of TWW is that Link straight up does not exist in the timeline anymore, his soul was sent away in a timelinesplit, so the royal family of hyrule decided to request help from an unspecified group of deities to flood the land instead. So basically, the premise of this theoretical prequel game is that you play some guy who took on the identity of Link in an attempt to be a beacon of hope for the people who dread living in the era of the evil king's second invasion and rampage. Through the course of the game, the protagonist continuous crumbles under the guilt of said new hope of the people being most likely misguided in retrospect due to the hero's lack of divine aid that is said to be required to finish the job, which culminates in character development when he gets mentally and emotionally ready for the final fight. And well, disaster strikes, obviously. The canonconforming bad end is to just straight up fail the final boss fight, which turns it into a positively bittersweet ending of not having been able to make a diffrence individually, but at least having stalled Ganondorf enough and having made the events of TWW possible, which ends up with a positive result centuries later. And the noncanon good ending would be to win, only for all to be lost anyways because they already started to flood the country and the hero has no way of making it out of there in time, so he is also doomed to die regardless...which is a negatively bittersweet ending, because you fixing the problem ends up utterly demolished by the actual greater powers at play not realizing that someone actually fixed the problem.

One of my favourite subversions of this trope is Percy Jackson. The whole story goes along with everyone thinking that Percy is the chosen one, and Luke is the part of the evil that he defeats. THEN when the prophecy ends up coming to fruition it turns out LUKE is the hero, and Percy is just a really skilled hero. Percy was never a hero because of destiny, but just because he truly is a hero. It’s great

@Geostelar4920

3 жыл бұрын

Half right, Percy is explicitly mentioned in the Prophecy he is the child of the eldest gods that reached 16 against all odds, he did see the world in endless sleep he did make the choice that would preserve or raze olympus, it was really only two specific lines in the great prophecy that refered to Luke. The Hero's Soul being reaped and Luke dying from it.

@phoenixfire1074

3 жыл бұрын

Then in Heroes of Olympus, Percy becomes one of seven chosen ones

@muffinator7708

3 жыл бұрын

Percy was never the one to kill Kronos, he was just the one to SIGNAL the time when the choice would be made. “A half blood of the elder gods shall reach 16 against all odds” Percy was just an alarm clock that went off whenever the choice to save Olympus needed to be made

@tayanasummers

3 жыл бұрын

"Percy was just an alarm clock." That is a wonderful line that is oddly accurate.

@racoonofcancun9105

3 жыл бұрын

I actually really enjoyed Annabeth’s subplot throughout both of the series where she was kind of a side character and in the Mark of Athena you got to see how she was insecure in herself because she didn’t have any wacky superpowers in a group of people who were literally just a bunch of chosen ones, and how she figured out that just because she couldn’t turn into a dragon or control water, she wasn’t any less than any of her friends. Mostly because ‘holy shit they’re fucking idiots who won’t stop arguing and I need to keep them all alive, they’d be halfway to the underworld without me,’

"As long as you can finagle a claim to the throne (by genetics, by divine right, or whatever), you can be called the One True King." Medieval politics in a nutshell.

@theomnissiah-9120

6 жыл бұрын

Timothy McLean don't forget that my grandmothers fathers sisters cousins half sisters niece has a clam here there for I'm king

@user-qg9oq6dm2q

6 жыл бұрын

Timothy McLean CK2 in a nutshell

@vladprus4019

6 жыл бұрын

Not only medieval. Just politics. Check People's Republic of China

@kieranbrewer939

6 жыл бұрын

Another go one is I have more guys with pointy sticks who know how to use them.

@vladprus4019

6 жыл бұрын

@Kieran Brewer This is basicly explanation why we have wars.

just realized there's a whole genre of of "chosen wielder" fiction where the artifact that chooses you is a dragon

This reminds me of Percy Jackson. He goes from sorta-chosen one to leading a group of chosen ones.

"The circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant, and it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you really are." Nice.

@xX_wiLLiam_Xx

3 жыл бұрын

h

@besquareorbethere2680

3 жыл бұрын

Mewtwo: the bringer of good morals and slayer of middle school cringe.

@bishopofeternity48

3 жыл бұрын

Tell that to the blind, deaf, cripple.

@nacaicon1593

3 жыл бұрын

@@bishopofeternity48 if you mean 'tell that quote to the blind, dead, and/or crippled' then, yeah, sure. As the quote says, those traits are irrelevant, it's what you do with your life that matters. Blind people can still be good artists, or debaters, or any number of things. For Deafness- Beethoven. Guy is one of the worlds most celebrated musicians and never heard most of his own music (with his ears). For cripple, I remember hearing about a girl that was born without arms. By the time she was (16? late teens I think) she was just as skilled with her feet as most others were with their hands. We all have our challenges, some are more obvious, some are more subtle, but none of that really matters, what you make of it does.

@holybanana8182

3 жыл бұрын

@@bishopofeternity48 Stephen Hawking literally unable to move and being one of the greatest minds of this generation: "bruh"

"The major plot in The Prisoner of Azkaban is that most-definitely-evil escaped convict Sirius Black is gunning for Harry and so are a whole bunch of government-funded soul-consuming wind socks." Never have I heard a funnier or more accurate description of dementors

@itachi0089

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!! Best description ever!!!!! :D

@TheEtherny

6 жыл бұрын

The biggest plot hole in the whole series is that magic watch not being used ever again

@tiffanypersaud3518

5 жыл бұрын

ROFLOL!

@secondpsycho6577

5 жыл бұрын

I'd leave a like, but it's at exactly 500 right now and I don't wanna mess it up.

@DavidbarZeus1

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEtherny Not with the whole 'bad things happen when you mess with time' point being added.

I love how she just casually dropped a Mewtwo quote

@DeranRoute-vu5jy

3 ай бұрын

Where?

@GitSnuckUpon

3 ай бұрын

0:25

"have a penguin as a soul" I feel like that's Red's personal experience smuggled in

I wonder if having common sense in a fantasy realm would count as an special ability.

@chewxieyang4677

4 жыл бұрын

I'd do you better, still clinging to your deeply held beliefs despite all the fantastical stuff you saw in that world (for those trapped in another world moments).

@tornyiegrace1696

3 жыл бұрын

Etoxiuq Nod

@silverstar4505

3 жыл бұрын

what a roast xD thinking about this, I actually think yes

@sayerglasgow115

3 жыл бұрын

"I'm going to go fight a dragon!" "Dude don't, you'll die." "WHAT? What is this power of prophecy you have?" "Common sense."

@vice-virgo9635

3 жыл бұрын

It'd be redundant to have common sense be a special ability in fantasy; it's rare enough in reality to quality as a superpower. In fantasy, it'd make more sense if they had that, and just thought everything was utterly mundane that we would think fantastical. *Waves to the lovely orcish couple down the block as he walks to the Goblin Mart for groceries*

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! IT WAS SAID YOU WOULD DESTROY THE SITH NOT JOIN THEM! BRING BALANCE TO THE FORCE, NOT LEAVE IT IN DARKNESS!

@sporkperson7313

6 жыл бұрын

Lol fuck you obi wan

@sherlocksmuuug6692

6 жыл бұрын

Well he did...by murdering them all until both numbers equated.

@MorganMalfoy13

6 жыл бұрын

I never understood why the jedi, who numbered in the hundreds if not thousands when you consider the agricorps are technically semi-trained jedi, thought "balance" was a good idea, since The Sith had just shown up again. Balance between light and dark, when you're winning, probably isn't something you should be excited about. I do wonder if Mace Windu figured that out on some level and that's why he was so reticent and unenthusiastic about Anakin getting trained. Of course in true chosen one fashion that helped Anakin feel untrusted by the council and let Palpatine manipulate him more easily and he fell. Oops.

@Muzzle1300

6 жыл бұрын

High ground > chosen one

@onnopleaseno649

6 жыл бұрын

YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER OLD MAN

In the LEGO Movie, Emmett is the chosen one of prophecy, but then in the darkest hour it was revealed that the prophecy was completely made up, meaning that Emmett had to deal with suddenly not being the chosen one and it was not necessarily the good guys' destiny to win.

The lego movie does a great job at subverting the Chosen One trope by revealing that the prophecy was made up, instead saying "the only way at being special, is believe that you can be. I know that sounds like a cat poster, but it's true. Look what you did when you believed you were special, you just gotta believe it some more" making anybody like Emmet - an average, normal, everyday guy - to do amazing things

You are the chosen one... the chosen decoy. Have fun being the target of the super villain.

@azekia

3 жыл бұрын

Season 4 She-Ra

@michaelbryant3640

3 жыл бұрын

Power Rangers Samurai?

@StarwriterUlia

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like half of my triology's female protagonist's gimmick, actually

@duxhunt

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting premise: The protagonist is the chosen one but no one knows and is a faceless minion for the villain while the “hero” is the chosen decoy and the protag accidentally kill the chosen decoy and learns of the prophecy by looting the “hero” and has to just complete it

@JaelinBezel

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you picked a tank class

I want to see a old grandma who missed the prochecy 50 years ago.

@jordanbauman-putnam9524

6 жыл бұрын

Doodle dee Gaming that would be pretty cool

@Alias_Anybody

6 жыл бұрын

I'd watch that.

@jehovasabettor9080

6 жыл бұрын

Moana's grandma AND her dad. Both screwed up in their time and got unchosen.

@HannibalHanslaughter

6 жыл бұрын

Doodle dee Gaming that sounds awesome

@Stettafire

6 жыл бұрын

I'm a writer, so done.

"Choosey non sentient artifact..." Looks at Magnus Chase Welp sorry dude, I guess you're not the chosen one!

@user-zd6cn4zw8e

3 жыл бұрын

The songs Jack sang were the chosen ones all along.

@gc-qh7rr

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-zd6cn4zw8e cheese graters gonna grate, grate, grate, grate...

My least favorite part about the chosen one thing is that it makes it so normal people are unable to solve their own problems, but need some magic special people to solve it.

@thepinkestpigglet7529

2 жыл бұрын

Ideally chosen ones are only going up against magical evils while normal people are managing day to day evil as well as they do

I love how you discuss tropes beyond the "this trope is BAD" path everyone always takes, instead going into how they are commonly used in stories and how those stories are affected by their inclusion.

@XanderVJ

5 жыл бұрын

The reason for that is that most people seem to think that "trope" is a synonymous of "cliché" and/or "stereotype", which is not the case at all.

@timothymclean

5 жыл бұрын

Of course, it's not hard to take one step further and realize that most stories with Chosen Ones don't manage to do anything in particular with their Chosen Ones, beyond use them as an excuse to kick the protagonist through Campbell's outline.

@RelativelyBest

5 жыл бұрын

It's sorta depressing how often people who claim to understand writing just try to tell others what to do or what not to do - or worse, just repeating what they've been told - rather than actually thinking about what they're doing and encouraging others to do the same.

@ducky36F

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah hate those “this is bad” or “I hate this” videos

@wingedmirage4226

5 жыл бұрын

Some things are cliches for a reason. It’s all about writing it well, whether you play the trope straight or subvert it. I do enjoy negative reviews because it explains why something sucks and how not to do it, along with some entertainment. But more unbiased videos like this are also important. If you understand the core concept, it’s easier to use it as you see fit.

King Arthur: throws sword in lake Lady of the lake: thows Arthur in lake

@vice-virgo9635

3 жыл бұрын

King Arthur: slowly floats toward, and is somehow impaled upon sword in lake

@evaann-louise2408

2 жыл бұрын

@@vice-virgo9635 this actually happens and you cannot tell me otherwise

@christopherfleetwood5252

Жыл бұрын

Lady of the Lake: QUIT DUMPING YOUR TRASH IN MY HOME!

CHOSEN ONE: no man can murder me EZIO: then i leave you in the hands of fate *throws off roof and lets a up facing spike + gravity do the deed for him*

@vocalvortexstudios2058

2 жыл бұрын

Or you can just have a girl stab him, Witch King styls

@christopherfleetwood5252

Жыл бұрын

Ow

@thepeeps5943

Жыл бұрын

CO: somehow protagonist starts floating and gets power up

It's weird that you never mentioned the big, common subversion of the Chosen One trope - the Placebo Chosen One. Essentially, what if the Chosen One is only the Chosen One, because they or others believe they're the Chosen One? That is to say, anyone could have stepped into the role of the Chosen One. Our protagonist only ended up in the role by sheer blind chance. Most often, this occurs because some other character identified the protagonist as the Chosen One, and then convinced the protagonist that it was true. Which then leads the protagonist to behave as is expected of the Chosen One, and pursue their appointed destiny. Only for it to be revealed later that either the protagonist was not the Chosen One, or that there never was a Chosen One to begin with. Implying that the protagonist only saved the world, or came close to doing so, because they believed they were capable of doing so. This reveal may come at the end of the story, as a punchline. But more usually it comes in the protagonist's darkest hour. When the protagonist is at their lowest, and they feel like a failure, they may suddenly learn that all their earlier successes came down to the power of positive thinking. They could always do it. They just needed the lie to help them believe they could do it. And now that they can look back on their previous efforts with new context, they feel empowered to get back up and finish the fight.

@gavinattalahadiyan325

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that like, the entire plot of Dune?

@tamllinn

2 жыл бұрын

This subversion has a darker, more tragic variant - let's call it the False-Chosen One - when the protagonist believes they are the Chosen One and takes up the responsibility and maybe does something appropriately heroic, sacrificing their private life and other commitments in favour of fulfilling the role... Only to learn that they were wrong (maybe they were misled by some sort of authority figure, or misinterpreted a prophecy, or ascribed meaning to some completely random set of circumstances). The real Chosen One has always been some other guy, and all the efforts and sacrifices of the protagonist either did not matter at all or only served to pave the path for the real Chosen One.

@tbotalpha8133

2 жыл бұрын

@@gavinattalahadiyan325 Not really? The prophecy may be an invention of the Bene Gesserit, but Paul genuinely does possess special powers, that set him apart from others, and mean that he's the only one who can see the prophecy through. On top of that, there's a lot of weirdness about the topic of predestination, which implies that Paul really does have a Destiny that he can't escape.

@pn2294

2 жыл бұрын

So like Kangaroo Jack?

@DavidbarZeus1

2 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, The Lego Movie has this version of the Chosen One trope

Or you could just be like Kirby, and not give a damn.

@blinkachu05

4 жыл бұрын

Poyo. Poy po poyo. (Yeah. But It's fun.)

@raskr8137

4 жыл бұрын

Uhm... Actually, * Opens a 1000 page book titled "Kirby Lore" *

@arandompieceofinternettras6461

4 жыл бұрын

THIS IS ACTUALLY CANON IN KIRBY LORE. KIRBY IS A CHAOTIC GOOD GOD OF DESTRUCTION AND JUST DOESN'T CARE BECAUSE HE'S ESSENTIALLY A TODDLER.

@drascin

4 жыл бұрын

Kirby is a friend. That is sort of his thing. Sure, he's a massively powerful force that is implied in Star Allies *might* be a living fragment of the Void... but the Dreamlanders, instead of treating this nascent force like a god (such as Void Termina was) or a threat, treated him like a friend. And so a friend is what he is. He loves playing with people, he spends his days eating and napping, he loves to go racing with his friends.

@loafoffloof3420

4 жыл бұрын

Friend: I AM A MAFIA BOSS Me: yah uh huh, so what did you say about last week when you jumped in the trash can at school again?

"Fighting against chosen ones is tricky" [picture of Griffith] It's been decades and I'm still mad

@dansattah

6 жыл бұрын

Wanna check out Clash Royale then? I bet you'll love the "walking rage spell", called lumberjack.

@Ultrapyre

6 жыл бұрын

I like how that particular stint went. "Yeah, fuck that. I'll just put killing THAT chosen one on the backburner for now. I'm going sailing for months to make sure my girlfriend isn't a vegetable anymore. PEACE OUT!"

@jacobfreeman5444

6 жыл бұрын

Ultrapyre Despite his hatred how can he beat Griffith? So yeah taking on the side quest called healing his lady's broken soul is slightly more achievable. And maybe he will power up in a way that will allow him to actually beat a low key god in the process! Win/win!

I like how the majority of Buffy episodes could be summarized by Life + Chosen Duties = Conflict.

@nathanjereb9944

Жыл бұрын

Also the Percy Jackson series where the monsters, who are hidden from the normal population by The Mist, become bloodthirsty when they smell a demigod. Whitch means you get moments like in the first book where Percy's old teacher reveals to be a winged humiod beast called a Furie (i dont know what its spelled), or new kids at his school that turn out to be Cyclopses

Y'know what I'd read the hell out of? Ok, so all their life, the protagonist was raised believing they were the chosen one, prophesied to complete The Task. They train hard for this for years, supported by their loved ones and truly believing in themself. Then, one day, it's revealed that they are in fact not the one the prophecy foretells, but someone else is. The protag is crushed, but ultimately decides to seek out the true chosen one and help them complete The Task, refusing to let their hard work and training go to waste. When the protag (P) eventually meets the true chosen one (TCO), they discover that they are not at all prepared for The Task. TCO has no training to speak of, and is in no other way prepared, despite their confidence. P offers to train them the way they were trained, but TCO and all their loved ones wave them off, basically saying "they're the chosen one, they'll figure it out when the time is right, it's destiny!" P is hesitant, but decides to accompany TCO and their group anyway. So they go off on their quest, P training the whole group in the skills they learned, though TCO doesn't seem all that into it. They still believe they don't need training and that their chosen one status means they'll complete The Task anyway, no matter what happens, because destiny is obviously on their side. No one really lets P try to convince TCO otherwise, because they all believe it, too. Eventually, the time comes to complete The Task. The whole gang is cheering TCO on, fully believing in them. However, it doesn't take long to realize TCO has no idea what they're actually doing, wondering aloud why their "chosen one instinct" hasn't kicked in, and eventually failing. Then, P steps in, and, utilizing all their experience and training, completes The Task themselves. Everyone is confused. After all, TCO was supposed to complete The Task. What happened? (No, this is not an example of "Omg, P was the true chosen one all along!" TCO is definitely the one the prophecy was referring to.) Eventually, it's revealed that the prophecy was never the end-all-be-all of fate. It simply foretold one possible outcome, where TCO did complete The Task. It wasn't set in stone that This Is What Will Happen No Matter What. Things could change, and it just so happened that they did, leading someone else to do the job.

@cristlesappire21

10 ай бұрын

ooo varietys: TCO IS the one who fulfills the prophecy at technical or face value (Ie landing a lucky last hit or finding the 'key week point' or just so happens to say the right phrase at the right moment) 8ut was only a8le to actually get that far 8ecause of P giving out step 8y step instructions and help. TCO had the chosen magic yet P 8rought everything else. There's prolly also a juicy fun option where P was meant to 8e miss picked as chosen so that P could 8e trained to train TCO on the road avatar style. All TCO had to do to win was train with P and ey would have 8een a8le to handle the whole thing no pro8lem.

@Dusk_Shade

7 ай бұрын

@@cristlesappire21 Two months late but have you sorted out your "b" key?

Vsauce: But what *IS* story? And how much does story weigh? OverlySarcasticProductions: *NO, MY VIDEO* -kicks

@TheBitanian

6 жыл бұрын

A story is loosely defined in the Merriam Webster dictionary as the "space in a building between two adjacent floor levels or between a floor and the roof". Okay, so that may not give us an exact measurement, but what if we could get... an average? *Cue Music*

@a.c.n9076

6 жыл бұрын

That would be an awesome collaboration hahaha

@dracocrusher

6 жыл бұрын

I don't care who, someone needs to make this video impersonating all these people, lol! They just cycle through Vsauce and then it gets into Terrible Writing Advice, then we get some Trope Talk about Love Triangles, and then it goes to like Trey the Explainer to explain how early humans dealt with love. Then it suddenly jumps to Your Movie Sucks like shitting on something that relies on the 'Power of Love' trope before going on to some form of anime youtube reviewer from there who just starts ripping on Fairy Tail which leads into Mother's Basement talking about some OP that tells a story to end it off, lol.

@Alex-hb8cn

6 жыл бұрын

ExtraCredits: Who knows who could've started the love triang- it was Walpole.

@ourtube1128

6 жыл бұрын

dracocrusher, thanks for the video idea!! I’m totally gonna post that once my animation software is up and running!

I really like the Percy Jackson take on this where he could be the child of the prophecy, but no one is really sure. "A half blood of the eldest god shall reach 16 against all odds" Even though the eldest gods agreed to no longer have children, there are still three contestants. Thalia intentionally backs out by accepting immortality meaning she'll never reach 16, and Nico is younger than Percy. This sets up the fear Percy may be killed so Nico can be the chosen one. Not only that, it states "Olympus to preserve or raze", which leads to villains trying to corrupt our heros to carry out the prophecy their way. I like the fact that there's multiple out comes all which fulfill the prophecy, but some people wanted it filled out different ways.

@thirteenfury

6 жыл бұрын

A Cote Also, a bonus point to the Percy Jackson books and the follow-up series for including the stipulation that prophecies lead to quests, and all quests must be fulfilled by the person who first hears the prophecy and the group of heroes they decide to take with them. Therefore, the prophecy is guaranteed to apply to multiple people and there's no indication which hero must fulfill which part of the prophecy. And later on we find out prophecies can come from multiple sources, so that there's no single person in charge of making them.

@heyhellyco

6 жыл бұрын

Ah finally, I've been looking for the dreaded Percy Jackson fan. I also think that the PJO series has taken an unique twist to the "chosen one from a prophecy" as you have just stated. In the beginning of book series we are made to believe that Percy will be the one to bring about the prophecy, however throughout the series we see otherwise. (like Luke, Thalia, Nico etc.) This also applies to Rick Riordans other series. Nice commentary BTW

@no.xivxion4352

6 жыл бұрын

Riordan is beautiful in that regard. PJ remains my top favorite series.

@fantasyshadows3207

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine a Riordan series without any prophesies “Wait there’s no prophesy! How are we supposed to save the world?” “Step one, wing the heck out of it.”

@unirarhissa7697

Жыл бұрын

@@fantasyshadows3207 kinda the plot of Trials of Apollo, the villains have taken control of all the prophecy giving centres in the world and doing thing their way and since there are no prophecies, there are no quests. So Apollo and co have to free all the oracles one by one, each of the oracles giving them a prophecy after being freed which leads to the other one, ending with the Oracle Of Delphi

Does a whole episode on chosen ones without mentioning Percy Jackson Visible frusyration

@ScottRutter

3 жыл бұрын

No Buffy the Vampire Slayer either...

@shewolfblacklink1062

3 жыл бұрын

It's dam serious.

@JaelinBezel

2 жыл бұрын

I mean. I don't think he's really any more chosen than any one else in Camp Half-Blood.

@shewolfblacklink1062

2 жыл бұрын

@@JaelinBezel the prophecy

@catsinwonderland7473

2 жыл бұрын

@@JaelinBezel -son of Poseidon -prophecy

I just realized that the glass slippers from Cinderella are kind of a choosy object, so I guess Cinderella is a chosen weilder... hmm now I need an action based retelling of Cinderella with the glass slippers as her magical choosy power-up...

@cristlesappire21

10 ай бұрын

Now I'm imagining a magical squad anime with fairy tale characters getting their outfit + powers from the o8jects that 'changed their fates' so like snow white powers up 8y 8iting an apple, sleeping 8eauty sta8s herself with sewing pins, Rella has her shoes, Ariel could have the flask her voice was stored in. ect. 8onus points 8ecause all of their power-ups have difficult or painful triggers trying to get the whole squad ready for a fight would 8e interesting and malua8le in its own right. As would helping new squad arrivals like prince charming or pinochio figure out how their powers even work.

Way to make a good book: Introduce the characters Establish chosen one Make it seem like the plot can only be resolved by the chosen one Kill the chosen one Watch as both your characters and readers slowly spiral into madness.

@KanaidBlack

4 жыл бұрын

Another: - Introduce the characters. - Establish Chosen One. - Make it seem like the plot can only be resolved by the Chosen One. - The Villain 'resolves' the problem. - The last action reveals that there was not Chosen One to being it, it was a lie made for the Mentor figure because they wanted to destroy the Villain. - Watch your readers spiral into madness as they see how the "Chosen One" kills their Mentor and joins the Villain's ranks. Optional after the last one: - Write a new saga in the same universe, and shock your readers by revealing in the first book that the Chosen One of the past saga DID killed the Villan of the past saga to stop it from destroy the world, conquer it, or stuff like that. - Throw clues of what happen with the rest of the characters of your first saga in the second saga as stories from the past, but without trasforming the second saga in an excuse to throw cameos from your first saga. Optional after that last one: - Write one or more books that reveal what happened after the "ending" of your first saga.

@YataTheFifteenth

4 жыл бұрын

I LITERALLY HAVE A FULL STORY LIKE THIS

@TheEnigmaticKasai

4 жыл бұрын

Un-London is basically this, as I recall. Halfway through, the "chosen one" becomes incapable of doing the thing they're supposed to do, so the "side kick" takes up the mantle instead.

@Stynkrat

4 жыл бұрын

Spy Kids 3 vibes

@lemsavage9473

4 жыл бұрын

I don'rlt remeber the name but There is a graphic novel I read as a kid where a child falls into a fantasy land and gets dubbed the chosen one by his birthmark. when the other creatures discribe his responsibilities and possible deatg he books it out of there and the fantasy land goes to shit as the dark force takes over. he comes back as an adult so see the messed up world. It's a good read if you don't mind that dose of nilalism and grossness.

“Fighting a Chosen One is a Living Nightmare, because they usually have destiny on their side.” GRIFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITH!

@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853

5 жыл бұрын

This sort of reminded me of N in a weird way. He's modelled to be the Chosen One, and you fight him through the whole game as he has Team Plasma backing him up. Then, you stop him... as a second Chosen One. The irony is delicious.

@dar-nakkallig

4 жыл бұрын

ShinigamiSparda unless the prophecy is the Chosen One dies by the hands of the Villains to save others...

Calling Dementors "Soul consuming wind socks" Caught me really off guard and I had to pause the video to laugh akdhskshks

Another variant of the "chosen one" could be the time-traveler telling you your own future, such as John Connor in the Terminator movies.

I'm remember in AC Brotherhood: "Fool! No man can kill me!" "Then the ground will kill you lol bye" *throws villain off castle wall*

@butterscotch4208

4 жыл бұрын

Your name tho

Pro Tip: Being in prophecies sucks *Percy Jackson has entered the chat*

@shewolfblacklink1062

3 жыл бұрын

It's a dam problem is what it is.

I like the way Horizon Zero Dawn handles chosen one stuff by keeping it hidden for most of the game and just presenting Aloy as a really skilled hero instead of the clone of the woman who saved the world the last time she really is.

@GribbleGob

Жыл бұрын

Still implies gross "Genetics = Superiority" shit.

@ViralwingX

Жыл бұрын

@@GribbleGob She could have been anyone but she had to match Her "mother's" Genetics because of how the vast interconnected systems work and operate. She actually doesn't like to be considered above the others even when they try to praise her for that. The fact the reason she's a bit better than the others is because of her "father" who was basically a spec ops solider. Along with all the hard work and training for years to get to that point. She had to earn her skills and strength to be that way. She not superior because of Genetics she's superior because she worked for it. Even then she still got rocked several times during the story.

I'm currently working on a story called "The Crystal of Tears", where the main heroine, Marie, who initially is just a "mere mortal" with a trusty rapier, suddenly awakens the mystical power of magical songs (basically, her songs are kind of spells, that she can sing), that's in-universe is supposedly is long gone. Later, it's revealed that the people of the music troupe that adopted her as a baby are actually have the same ability as Marie, and Marie's powers are regarded as exceptionally strong for her age (she's 15, by the way). AND THEN it's revealed that the source of her exceptional strength is a magical artefact called The Eternal Crystal (to be precise, one of Crystal's shards), whose power has been sealed by her adoptive parents within her since she was a baby (similar to the the Nine-Tailed Fox in Naruto) to carry out the prophecy that says that the person who bears the power of the Crystal will change the world for the best and that she was groomed to become her world's "The Chosen One" all along. That would be an interesting plot twist, wouldn't you say?

@pome-granit992

2 жыл бұрын

MAKE A TREE DIE

@kristhedumbass6281

2 жыл бұрын

Ooooh, that sounds really interesting. Have you considered pitching it to publishers? It'd make a really cool story for teens who like fantasy stuff and the plot twist is really awesome and is sure to shock people. I'd love to read it. Of course, that's all up to you.

“Hello acquaintances, I’m the chosen one and would allow you to come with me on my journey to save the world!” “Really? They said _I_ was the chosen one.” “No, they said _I_ was the chosen one!” “ _I’m_ the chosen one, so clearly, _I’ll_ lead all of you instead!” “WHO THE HELL IS MAKING THESE DECISIONS!?” “Fine, we’re _all_ the chosen ones so we’ll save the world _together!_ “ “Now I feel less special.”

@Kartissa

4 жыл бұрын

Too many heroes....

@theotherkimmy6232

4 жыл бұрын

*A V E N G E R S I N I T I A T E*

@melvinfranco2142

2 ай бұрын

"The good news is, at least we won't fail yet".

only the Chosen one can enter a love triangle

@respectedsalmon9390

6 жыл бұрын

But only the best can be in a love dodecahedron.

@justanotherpoweraddict7918

6 жыл бұрын

Porter Rodney And the Ultimate Chosen One can enter a 4-D love tesseract

@jacobfreeman5444

6 жыл бұрын

And survive you mean?

@Snauss

6 жыл бұрын

Especially if they are a plucky go-getting teenager.

@shadowmystic6717

6 жыл бұрын

Except in Harry Potter

I like how Rand Al'Thor wanted to deny him being the dragon not because he isn't good enough to be somethinf like that, but because the role hes chosen for has an insane negative stigma across the land.

@ztpet8978

Жыл бұрын

Thx for some one to mention wot

In the Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion, you’re a literally chosen one helping a royal chosen one, both bound up in prophecy

What I want to see is a chosen one who was chosen by multiple prophecies, all leading in different directions. "You must slay/unite/rule/have sex with ALL the dragons, thanks to these handy little stone tablets that say you are the chosen one. And, yes, you have to do ALL of them."

@darekbaird

6 жыл бұрын

sex with a dragon....how would that work?...There's probably a vid like that somewhere on the internet.

@Skallva

6 жыл бұрын

Darek Baird ...Fire Emblem Manaketes? So in other words shape-shifting durgon ladies?

@darkflame728

6 жыл бұрын

Patrick Frost Simple. They just need to make a harem of dragon furries and then slay them in their sleep. XD

@eggsaladinthetub

6 жыл бұрын

IN THAT ORDER

@MajorRibcageIII

6 жыл бұрын

Score- I mean what.

One of my favorite dissections of the "chosen one" trope is The Lego Movie which basically just states that the prophecy that makes Emmet chosen is made up, and it's up to each individual, whether Emmet or Lord Business, to choose to be special.

@iiiiitsmagreta1240

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the spoilers

@j_6469

6 жыл бұрын

Mattias Westby Sorry, it's been over 3 years, thought it was ok.

@cometmoon4485

6 жыл бұрын

Kung Fu Panda did a variation on the whole "the prophecy is nothing" thing too. I like that kind of thing.

@erischama1922

6 жыл бұрын

+pecu alex I've read a manga that's exactly like that. The hero is an asshole to the princess, the kingdom, and even random villagers.

@thebeavpercabethftw9604

6 жыл бұрын

I love how Percy Jackson played with this. We all thought Percy was the Chosen Savior of Olympus, but it turns out that the former main antagonist was the true Chosen One.

My biggest gripe with "chosen ones" is that it always overshadows a character's achievements by just replacing it with "because you're the chosen one". Like, when a character achieves great success on their own, you call that person extraordinary. The moment some hidden asset or power is revealed in them, you no longer see them as extraordinary, just that power. One thing I'll give Dragonball Z was they made Goku ordinary. He was a Saiyan, sure, but revealed to be a low-class Saiyan unlikely to achieve anything. Vegeta, on the other hand, *was* special. The Prince of All Saiyans, destined to achieve greatness. Which is what made Goku extraordinary when he took the spot as most powerful warrior in the universe. He earned his way there.

@sayerglasgow115

3 жыл бұрын

This especially a problem if the character's chosen-ness is only revealed later in the story. Like, you go through the story thinking that the reason the character accomplished so much is because they worked really hard and were a really extraordinary person, but then it's revealed that they were part of a prophecy or something, making everything they did no longer seem special, it was just inevitable that they'd end up where they were. But on the other hand, it can also be cool to see a story go out of it's way to show a chosen one's qualities that have nothing to do with their chosen-ness, or, if they're a literally chosen one, give them a chance to really show WHY they were chosen. Or you could do something like: Protagonist: "I was always going to wield the sword, because I'm a descendant of [X], like the prophecy says. It's not because of anything special about me." Someone else: "[X] lived thousands of years ago. Who even knows how many descendants he has by now? There's probably thousands of people who could wield that sword if they got their hands on it, but you're the first one who made it this far."

@VivaLaDnDLogs

3 жыл бұрын

@@sayerglasgow115 yes! All of this!

When you realize that you don't hate the chosen one but you hate the way that makes it in Harry Potter but loves how is made it in Magi

If we throw all the chosen ones into a story together, what would happen? Will this make a *ULTIMATE* chosen one? One that rules over the others? I need to know.

@cameoshadowness7757

6 жыл бұрын

Isagail No we would fuse after learning about the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP and beat the bad guy all together as one person.

@sylve2474

6 жыл бұрын

Or just have them be a god who inherits an object of power, but is on earth, and has a prophecy to reclaim their status and is told by another god that they must do it, and that they're the only god that can. (I think that's all of them.)

@Shade2800

6 жыл бұрын

Like a Chosen One Hunger Games.

@F_lippy

6 жыл бұрын

*Chosen One Battle Royal

@Healermain15

6 жыл бұрын

That's how you get pantheons.

"It's what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are..." or at least that's what that mutant cat monster with mind powers said before he flew off into space.

@serglian8558

5 жыл бұрын

Mutant Cat Monster was smart

Im sad to see that after 4 years, no one (from what I could tell) has complimented the Mewtwo quote at the beginning, because I absolutely loved it

Something I love about She-Ra is how it inverts the Chosen One trope by having Adora be able to use the sword because she's a descendent of the First Ones, not because of some special quality.

@fanofaction2364

Жыл бұрын

“Being a descendant of a alien race giving her unique access to a weapon” counts as a special trait

@Jackson-ub1uv

Жыл бұрын

@@fanofaction2364 Not really. A *unique* trait, yes, but not a special one. The sword was never keyed to *Adora* specifically, just the species. That means that *any* First One could've used it, but *Adora* was the one that was pulled through to Etheria.

"Soul-consuming windsocks." Well, that's one way to make dementors much less scary.

"Have a penguin for a soul or something." That seems weirdly specific Red.

Types of Chosen Ones 1:52 Prophecy Chosen One 3:26 Literally Chosen One 5:05 Chosen Wielder 6:56 Chosen Incarnation 7:53 The One True King Fighting a Chosen One (9:41) - 9:49 Prophecy Chosen One - 10:08 Chosen Wielder Storylines (10:17) 10:24 Crippling Self-Doubt 11:22 Rejection 13:13 Chosen One + Life

I like how Morrowind handles prophecy. It isn't a prediction, it is a checklist you have to work through to become the chosen one. And you are sent on the mission by the Emperor because you were some random prisoner who just happened to tick the first 2 conditions (born on an unknown day from unknown parents IIRC).

I´m still waiting for my "You´re-the-chosen-one"- letter.

@JohnZ117

6 жыл бұрын

Just your luck that it'll be a jury summons.

@Carewolf

6 жыл бұрын

I get those emails every day, usually in the spam folder.

That slick as hell Mewtwo quote though. God, I love these.

@gufosufo337

6 жыл бұрын

Blizzic when

@kindredspirit9703

6 жыл бұрын

0:21

@fist-of-doom487

6 жыл бұрын

Best line ever made in Pokémon by the way “I see now that the circumstances of ones birth mean nothing. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.”

@lydiah12

6 жыл бұрын

One of the people at my job has that quote as part of his e-mail signature. It's great.

@Edax_Royeaux

6 жыл бұрын

I find it strange and interesting that the first Pokemon movie keep seeping into relevance now and again, despite being totally panned by critics.

I didn't need a phase in middle school I stood out without thinking I was/am tall

Theres a prequel book series to ATLA that I really liked how they handled the "chosen one" type (its About Kyoshi btw) We the readers KNOW who the actual avatar is, but the characters don't, they think it's this guy named Yun. He's a pretty chill guy and he's good friends (possibly something more there) with Kyoshi. Then it's revealed to the characters, and throughout the book, when she's not focused on revenge, Kyoshi struggles with accepting her role because she grew up thinking she's unworthy in every way (abandoned by parents and such) *Spoilers from this point on for the second book* Fake avatar Yun returns after being presumably dead and becomes the antagonist for book 2, he's resentful of not being the avatar and is conviced Kyoshi somehow stole it from him. (So he goes on a murder spree to kill all his former mentors and such) I really liked this story arc.

I liked how the LEGO movie dealt with this trope

@k.5425

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. 😂. I wish she'd mentioned it

A fun subversion of the Literally Chosen One archetype is the webcomic Cucumber Quest, whose titular character's description reads, "Cucumber is an aspiring wizard who SHOULD be enrolled in the magic school of his dreams but -the return of an ancient evil- his weird, pushy dad has forced him into the role of legendary hero instead."

@kipofthemany2213

6 жыл бұрын

Sean Murphy I love that comic! Wasn't it supposed to update this December? What's up with that?

@seanmurphy3430

6 жыл бұрын

It was supposed to start back up in December, which strictly speaking, it did, two weeks ago. There have been 2 Q&A comics uploaded.

"Complicated Troll duties" is the greatest description I've ever heard 😂😂 this whole video series is so great

One of the reasons I like Ben Tennyson is because, he was never “The Chosen One” or “His Destiny” to be the wearer of The Omnitrix and he got it completely by accident, but proved to The Creator and everyone else that he can be the savior of The Universe.

My favorite exampled of a Chosen one has to be from the book Red Sister. Everyone is obsessed with a Chosen One who's supposed to save the world, and then one of the church leaders basically says, "Yeah, we made that shit up like forty years ago to keep you idiots from flipping your shit."

@jacobfreeman5444

6 жыл бұрын

Jorg the Mercenary Spearman I don't know this story but I have a feeling irony either comes calling or the world ends. Which is it?

@atreides213

6 жыл бұрын

Jacob Freeman Well, she only tells it to one of the two supposed chosen ones, and the crisis they were in was not world ending. The prophecy was basically a Swiss Army knife for the church to give people false hope and keep them from panicking. Invading army? Time for the chosen one! We beat the army and she didn’t appear? Then the prophecy must refer to the the next conflict! And they milked that cow for like a dozen things and the people still ducking bought it.

@jacobfreeman5444

6 жыл бұрын

Jorg the Mercenary Spearman And they don't do that that irl? Tell lies about chosen ones and people buy it hook, line, sinker, and a fair bit of the rod?

@atreides213

6 жыл бұрын

Jacob Freeman Oh yeah, I agree. It just puts the whole scheme into perspective when you hear one of the hucksters admit that it’s bullshit.

@jaskiran3434

6 жыл бұрын

That reminds me of the Wings of Fire series, the whole " Prophecy? That shit is faker than your lips" thing is so ironic, especially if the "chosen one" actually fulfills the fake prophecy

I've got an idea for a variation: The chosen sherpa, where your main character is basically Morpheus, and has to find and train the chosen one.

@HouseCatTV

2 жыл бұрын

Sorta like your character in Elder Scrolls Oblivion. You're a hero in your own right of course but you have to help Martin Septim to accept his role as the ultimate destroyer of the game's villain Mehrunes Dagon

It would be interesting to see more stories with chosen ones as villains. Reeeeally curious to see how my boy Guts will win. Him against Griffith is like seeing a Greek hero try to take on the anti-Christ.

Frodo from LOTR is a pretty interesting example of a chosen one. He's the one who's supposed to take the Ring to Mordor, but it was a role he put upon himself instead of being picked out for it. And on top of that, it was a role he ultimately failed at, since he succumbed to the temptations of the Ring. In the end the role Frodo was given was accomplished only by way of unexpected intervention by one of his enemies, Gollum 🤔

One obtuse flavor that i really like is: Protagonist works hard to *_become_* chosen. Even our favorite green-clad hero isn't always chosen right away, by virtue of *_NOT_* always being a reincarnation. Turns out, being "The Hero of Whatever" is as much a divine thing, as it is an inner spirit one, and i love that!

@funnelrust6613

6 жыл бұрын

KaedeLanyo Yeah, I also really love how LoZ handles this, especially in Wind Waker. In the game, it's specifically stated that the kid from that story isn't a reincarnation of link and he doesn't have the spirit of the hero, in contrast to most of the other links. The king of red lions basically says, "Oh, him? He's just some random kid I picked up. He seems good enough...? Look, just trust me on this one." And then you have to go through a dungeon to get the spirit of the hero and become recognized as a hero by the gods. Fun!

@thebeavpercabethftw9604

6 жыл бұрын

Heck if you read the Skyward Sword manga, the OG Link helped Hylia in the past wasn't even a Chosen One. He was just a guy who wanted to help the Goddess. It was because of her love for him that she had herself and Link reincarnate into Link and Zelda in the game. It made me feel that Link wasn't a badass because he was the Chosen One. He was the Chosen One because he was a badass.

@ChaosRayZero

5 жыл бұрын

But Funnel Rust, doesn't that make Toon Link a "literally chosen one" (3:27) as _The King of Red Lions chose him?_

you mentioned Harry Potter, but did you know that Neville Longbottom also fits the descriptions given in the prophecy? Meaning he and harry could have had their roles in the story reversed if Voldemort had made a slightly different decision

@MyVanir

4 жыл бұрын

Harry is a literal Chosen One - Voldy chose him by trying to kill him.

@sumeristhefox1258

4 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure that it was confirmed that Neville WAS actually suposed to be the chosen one.

@phastinemoon

4 жыл бұрын

I think that’s WHY she mentions that the prophecy is vague and plot twisty.

@JenamDrag0n

4 жыл бұрын

@afootineachworld Voldemort preached that purebloods were superior and pretended to be one, but he knew he was a half-blood and was convinced in his superiority, so he went after Harry, the half-blood, because he saw Harry as potentially being more dangerous to him than Neville. As Dumbledore put it to Harry, "He saw himself in you before he ever set eyes on you".

@scarletleader5420

3 жыл бұрын

@@sumeristhefox1258 no, it isn't. The prophecy could've been referring to either Harry or Neville (so either of them COULD have been the prophecy chosen one). However, Voldemort saw a bit of himself in Harry (as he is also a half blood) and decided to go after him. By trying to kill him, he accidentally gave Harry the powers needed to fulfill the prophecy.

My personal favorite "chosen one" story is Good Omens, which is notibly NOT about the chosen one ( adam, an 11-year ond boy who is unknowingly the antichrist and harbenger-of-the-end-of-the-world) but an angel and a demon trying to stop him. On top of that, they also managed to subvert the chosen one trope by having the chosen one not want to do what he was chosen to do, not because he was stopped, but because he just doesn't want to. And on top-on top of that, it has [nice and] accurate prophecies that you can't avoid, they literally cant be subverted, but are still not in the way when something happens unexpectedly (mostly because they're writtten so vaugley). So really it barley constitutes as a "chosen one" story, but it does all of the elements of one really nicely as a backdrop.

“Jiraiya-Boy I have foretold that you would be the catalyst to a great change in the ninja world. Of good or bad I cannot remember.” Great Lord Elder( Naruto Shippuden) That was probably my favorite chosen one prophecy since it leaves it vague enough since any of Jiraiya’s students could’ve fit the build between Naruto, Yahigo, Nagato and Konnan. And it’s still ambiguous as to what kind of revolution they’d lead which is the Krucks of the Pain vs Naruto fight.

@christopherfleetwood5252

Жыл бұрын

Which is why EVERYTHING past the Naruto vs Pain fight had no stakes for me, Naruto won so everything else is just spectacle.