The Chosen One: A Dead Trope?

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Fate has chosen you! The favorite among the gods. The prophesied one. Your cosmic role is great, your destiny assured. Fabulous. You have no idea how much this is about to suck.

The Chosen One is one of the easiest tropes to hate, but I think it has more depth than we like to give it credit for. It's certainly more tragic than it lets on, that's for sure...


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