: Re: 'The Chosen One' paradox In many books novels or other forms of fictional writing, the reader is introduced to a so called 'chosen one'. This character or being is of higher power or in general,

It is a cultural artifact from the Abrahamic traditions, which are themselves derivative traditions of Greco-Roman (or just greek) mythology.

The Chosen phenomenon is just a special case of the destiny child story, which is itself a special case of the prophecy stories. EVERYONE expects NEO to save mankind from the Matrix. Everyone expects King Arthur to do great things. Everyone expects Harry Potter to defeat Voldermort. Everyone expects Night King and Cersie to lose. Everyone knows LUKE will win.

There is no paradox here. It is just a very basic plot device to 1) tell the audience what you are going to tell them, 2) tell them 3) remind them what you have told them. People just want to see the hero win. And this is a easy way to shine a giant spot light on who to pay attention to.

And after 5000+ years, people are finally starting to experiment with subverting expectations... which is just a fancy way of saying.. breaking the well worn script. (like luke milking some alien sea cow .. and throwing away his light saber, and then peacing out for no reason... expectations subverted. Don't laugh... it has taken 5000+ years to get to this point.)

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