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wilderthanDestiny shows up a lot in two of the shows I'm watching at the moment: Supernatural and Merlin. And in both, it's pissing me off. It seems it's inescapable. So, here's a scenario. Someone tells you that your friend Jim is destined to destroy everything you've ever worked for. So, you decide to kill Jim, to prevent that coming about.
And apparently, you (and the canon) ignores that the very act of doing so could be what causes that destiny to come about. You kill Jim, he dies, and thus everything you've ever worked for is destroyed. Or, you try to kill Jim, and then Jim escapes, and understandably is a bit pissed off.
Okay, maybe Jim is going to go evil whether you do anything or not, but by trying to kill him, you've abandoned the moral high ground and you might have caused his betrayal.
I could also bitch about the way that nothing is developing from episode to episode in Merlin. In "To Kill The King", Morgana learned that Uther will listen to her. Uther promised to. S2, we get to "The Witch's Quickening", and Morgana and Uther are clashing in just the same way all over again. Arthur never really becomes less of a prat. Merlin's magic is never revealed. The whole show seems to be upholding the status quo, unable to rock the boat enough to provide any kind of satisfying character development.
Two episodes left of S2, and I hope they make me happier than the ones so far...
And apparently, you (and the canon) ignores that the very act of doing so could be what causes that destiny to come about. You kill Jim, he dies, and thus everything you've ever worked for is destroyed. Or, you try to kill Jim, and then Jim escapes, and understandably is a bit pissed off.
Okay, maybe Jim is going to go evil whether you do anything or not, but by trying to kill him, you've abandoned the moral high ground and you might have caused his betrayal.
I could also bitch about the way that nothing is developing from episode to episode in Merlin. In "To Kill The King", Morgana learned that Uther will listen to her. Uther promised to. S2, we get to "The Witch's Quickening", and Morgana and Uther are clashing in just the same way all over again. Arthur never really becomes less of a prat. Merlin's magic is never revealed. The whole show seems to be upholding the status quo, unable to rock the boat enough to provide any kind of satisfying character development.
Two episodes left of S2, and I hope they make me happier than the ones so far...
