Daystar and Alexander discuss some of the major problems with prophecies in stories, and ways to potentially avoid the major pitfalls.
Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
Links
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Game of Thrones series by George R. R. Martin
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Daystar’s rant about prophecies
Article on One Problem, One Solution
Timestamps:
1:22 Prophecy as a way of Spoiling Tension
5:56 Creating Conflict
10:35 Developing Characters
11:45 Prophecy Tension
16:45 Predictable Attempts to avoid Prophecy
19:00 Shallow Intrigue
22:10 How to make prophecy work
30:55 Tricking Prophecies
37:03 Conditional Prophecies
39:20 Prophecy in the Real World
47:23 Being Clever in Subversion
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