Stratocracy

Myriad Reality

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It's all downhill from there. Once you start to fight destiny, you're buried by it.

@Fractured

Not even. You fight one destiny off while still putting in effort to improve yourself and you’ll end up with a better one.

Myriad Reality

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It might not be a very good one though.

@Fractured

Then you can circumvent that one too.

Myriad Reality

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I don't know, I feel like missing your destiny can leave you in a dead end somewhere. Knowing the direction you're supposed to go can save you from a wrong turn.

@Fractured

Or just a different destiny.

Myriad Reality

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If that was your destiny, there could easily be something greater for you to find if you live it out.

@Fractured

Sure. But is it worth rushing? Is it worth obsessing over? Do you miss anything along the way by making choices to accelerate or guarantee the event happens? Does anything change based on when it comes to pass, or how it happens? Living it out is one thing. Letting the knowledge influence your life prior is another.

Myriad Reality

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Pewhat Falls? I've never heard of that.

@Fractured

Random natural wonder I used as an example. Not an important thing.

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Well, I’ll make you something, anything in particular?

@Zeal

Give me anything meat and potatoes and I’ll be loyal to you for life.

Myriad Reality

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Really? I like to think that it's something I'm always after.

@Fractured

It can be. But you could just as easily have a mundane destiny. Imagine if I told you that you were destined to stock pens in an office supply store forever?… Well, okay, maybe that one is a bit more negatively boring than completely mundane. What if instead, I told you that you were just destined to go visit Penumbra Falls, or something like that. Cool, maybe, but is it something you actively really gotta work toward or against? Nah, at least not in my book.

Myriad Reality

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Destiny. But knowing your fate could help you too.

@Fractured

Since we’re distinguishing the two, for fate your choices wouldn’t matter. But it’s easy to not care about a destiny all the same.

Myriad Reality

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Wouldn't you want to make choices around it, though?

@Fractured

Depends on if you like it or not. And are we talking about destiny or fate now?

Myriad Reality

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It can also help you make better choices, knowing what's ahead.

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Sounds pretty risky..

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Really? What does it feel like?

@Fractured

Either you accept what’s ahead and only make choices around it, or you ignore what you’re being told is ahead and just do what you think is best regardless. That’s how I see it.

Myriad Reality

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That's a spooky way to live.

@Fractured

Stuff’ll happen regardless. Thinking things need to be a certain way just makes you potentially make worse choices.