Submitted by OvidPerl t3_121eza5 in todayilearned
This is like one of those ancient prophecies where a man is told he’ll die in a specific way and he tries to game it, but fate can’t be denied. (“You will be killed by lightning” — so he never leaves the house, and then lightning strikes a tree which falls on the house and crushes him.)
“You will die by drowning”
Oh yeah? I’ll go to outer space, no water there!
"Bob... you *are* water. You could just choke on your own saliva..."
That sounds like some dumbass way I would find to die
I think they call it aspiration pneumonia
I don't think anybody aspires to die from infection due to choking on their own saliva.
I've got pretty low goals ok?
As someone with bad sinuses, I fully expect it to happen.
/r/meirl
“choke on your own spit” was a reoccurring insult my mom used towards people lmao
There are many stories about prophecies being fulfilled by people trying to prevent it but are any stories where a prophecy got subverted because someone was actually trying to fulfill it?
In The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (the first book specifically) there's a princess whose family keeps trying to get her into a fairy tale situation but it never works. They invite a wicked fairy to her christening, but the fairy just eats a lot of cake and dances with her uncle all night. She helps an old lady in the woods who's a powerful witch in disguise, but the blessing she gets is to never have any cavities. Etc.
Given the cost of dental (since dental is typically not or conditionally covered as part of universal health care for some reason), that's a pretty good blessing.
Sounds like a job for r/writingprompts !
the percy jackson books are all about prophecies. i think the main overarching plot might fit into what youre looking for, but not exactly. plus each book (i think? havent reread in a while) gets its own funsies prophecy :)
In the rock’s version of hercules, the seer found out that he would die by a flaming arrow and throughout the movie, he tries to accept fate whenever he sees a flaming arrow. But, something or the other would always intervene and he’d stay alive
Ancient is right - “Oedipus Rex” is about a guy who tried to avoid a prophecy.
Tried to break the prophecy, broke his arms instead.
Nearly some final destination shenanigans.
"just like the old gypsy woman said!"
Wasn't this literally the plot of an adventure time episode? IIRC Finn goes to space because of a prophecy where he drowns and then ends up drowning in space or something.
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