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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 7464748">Nope.&nbsp; Prophecy is too much of a mixed bag.&nbsp; There are some that do it wonderfully, especially if its subtle and the &quot;Chosen One&quot; doesn't find out they're such until later on and then has to go on a journey of self-discovery because they now feel like their entire life is a lie and nothing they accomplished was actually of their own making.The number one bad plot device is: BABIES!&nbsp; (and by extension, young children)It's more common in television than it is in writing.&nbsp; But it almost universally a way to: &quot;kiddie-fy&quot; a series that has taken a dark turn, as a way to take a prominent strong female lead and place her into a more traditional &quot;feminine&quot; role, and it almost always gets stupid because the baby is never in any real danger, usually being bounced between murderous kidnappers who often have histories of murdering children and selling others into slavery but NOPE not this baby!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 7464748"] Nope. Prophecy is too much of a mixed bag. There are some that do it [I]wonderfully[/I], especially if its subtle and the "Chosen One" doesn't find out they're such until later on and then has to go on a journey of self-discovery because they now feel like their entire life is a lie and nothing they accomplished was actually of their own making. The number one bad plot device is: BABIES! (and by extension, young children) It's more common in television than it is in writing. But it almost universally a way to: "kiddie-fy" a series that has taken a dark turn, as a way to take a prominent strong female lead and place her into a more traditional "feminine" role, and it almost always gets [I]stupid[/I] because the baby is never in any real danger, usually being bounced between murderous kidnappers who often have histories of murdering children and selling others into slavery but NOPE not this baby! [/QUOTE]

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