Destiny is jealous of us

On Mondays, I would like to pick one trope and give a basic rundown on what it is about. This Monday, I wanted to talk about the “Chosen One” trope.

The Chosen one is a character, often the protagonist of the book, who is chosen by a higher force such as a prophecy, to save the world the character lives in or fulfill a task etc. The task can vary but it is mostly something bigger than the character knew before.

For example, Harry Potter did not know about the Wizard World until he turned 11 and then in his first year there, he fights against Voldemort as the Chosen One who survived one of his initial attacks.

The Chosen One does not have to be super competent, like he/she/they know everything and excel at everything but often they have special abilities that make them stick out to the rest.

A way to make the Chosen One not too cliché in its execution would be to make the character unwilling to fulfill the task or have anything to do with the world he/she/they were thrown in. The character might be resisting and could have an internal conflict with themselves.

take your time, they said.

I was tagged by @writeontheedge thank you!:)

Last time I actually wrote something is pretty much one year ago so yeah but here are the ending lines of my last story:

Excerpt from Miracles in December

I read it. All over again.

Eventually, I closed my eyes.

Silence fell upon me.

You can read the whole story here @in-the-mood-for-bts

Me at the end of the year:

“Intelligence, determination, and empathy can all change the world.”

“So can, like, a big meteor!”