I don’t mind it, as long as it’s framed as "well, you’re not the “chosen” one, your just the person who was in a place at a time, and you got to deal with it now. Like say ff14, there is some stuff that makes you special, but the world would still keep on keeping on with out you. Sure there is Shadowbringers but given some events, I think you were more just a rallying point for people then anything.
Like, space travel? People who go up into space, you could argue, are “chosen ones,” but most of them (minus fuckers like Bezos) are more the avatar of collective humanity than anything. For every person who got into space, there is thousands upon thousands of people who work together to make that happen.
The problem, IMO, is when a story treats a protagonist as the single most important being in creation. So you know, great man of history shit. A protagonist should be nothing without those around them. Hell, even LoTR did this. Frodo wasn’t chosen; theremovedhas got to be one of the most lucky/unlucky Hobbits of all time, depending on how you look at it. Hell, Gandalf wasn’t even chosen; he got to have another burden on his shoulders because “the wise” fucked up. And speaking from personal experience, this is much closer to how things work IRL lol.
I… Honestly don’t know? The only thing I can think of is a typo or Dyslexia striking again for me. Cause I can’t make heads or tails of that. The only thing I can think of that I put there was fucker?
(BTW whoever came up for the word dyslexia for the problem should be destroyed. Spent way to long on that before having to pull up a new tab)
I don’t mind it, as long as it’s framed as "well, you’re not the “chosen” one, your just the person who was in a place at a time, and you got to deal with it now. Like say ff14, there is some stuff that makes you special, but the world would still keep on keeping on with out you. Sure there is Shadowbringers but given some events, I think you were more just a rallying point for people then anything.
Like, space travel? People who go up into space, you could argue, are “chosen ones,” but most of them (minus fuckers like Bezos) are more the avatar of collective humanity than anything. For every person who got into space, there is thousands upon thousands of people who work together to make that happen.
The problem, IMO, is when a story treats a protagonist as the single most important being in creation. So you know, great man of history shit. A protagonist should be nothing without those around them. Hell, even LoTR did this. Frodo wasn’t chosen; theremovedhas got to be one of the most lucky/unlucky Hobbits of all time, depending on how you look at it. Hell, Gandalf wasn’t even chosen; he got to have another burden on his shoulders because “the wise” fucked up. And speaking from personal experience, this is much closer to how things work IRL lol.
What slur was removed from your comment?
I… Honestly don’t know? The only thing I can think of is a typo or Dyslexia striking again for me. Cause I can’t make heads or tails of that. The only thing I can think of that I put there was fucker?
(BTW whoever came up for the word dyslexia for the problem should be destroyed. Spent way to long on that before having to pull up a new tab)