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@turtleshavetoes What aspects of the Chosen One trope irritate or bore you? A lot of the subversions any of us could think up have already been done, so I’d encourage you to think about execution over innovation (like, don’t just do something because it’s unique!).

This isn’t a terribly original one, but one which impacted me a lot: In Dark Souls, the undead player character is rescued from an asylum for the undead by the actual Chosen One, who then is mortally wounded and passes the torch to the player. As you progress, you meet other characters who could also be the Chosen One, and in the end the only thing that makes you Chosen is you kept getting back up when everyone else gave up.

Also, I’m reading Dune, in which an organization plants elaborate and specific messiah prophesies on different planets so they can gain control of them by planting a messiah on that planet later who perfectly fits all the prophesies. That’s an interesting subversion for sure =P

And I agree. Let the mentor live!