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[sandhate]

Who: Anakin Skywalker
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Paisley
When: Right meow

There are a lot of questions and interests about other worlds lately. I have one question that I'm interested in right now. [ Alright, Ankain you can do this. Forget about that scolding Obi-Wan voice in your head telling you that the future is always changing. ] Does your universe-- do you believe in fate?

[ Oh, great. It sounds like a load of bantha dung when he actually hears it out loud. Awkwardly: ]

Destiny.

[ That doesn't help, which is fine. It's fine. It goes against the Jedi teachings and feels wrong just saying it. Nevermind that things are different with each universe, so it can't be really applicable, right?

Whatever, roll with it.

He adds, without pause, a completely unnecessary definition. ]

That certain things needs to happen in the future.

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[precedented]

[ Leto is surprised, though he hides it well. ]

To some degree. Granted, I see time very different from others.

[sandhate]

[ Ah. Just when he had blissfully shoved his conversation with Leto into the back of his mind ]

I don't know if that's something you can only sometimes believe in. Do you see people fulfilling their [ Avoid that pesky word prophecy here ] destiny?

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[archaeotechnician]

[ this is an easy answer: no. nothing is determined; nothing is certain.

she could prove her nihilism — or she could be a brat. ]

Mind clarifying that definition for us a little more?

[sandhate]

[ He knows a troll when he hears one. ]

Want me to say it in Binary too?

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[bloodbiter]

Yes, I do. In my world there are creatures who make prophesies regarding future events, and their predictions are never wrong.

[sandhate]

There are... creatures--

[ He finds that ... hard to swallow. ]

Do you believe them? If they made-- had one for you, would you believe them or would you try to change it?

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[passingthrough]

[Hi, Anakin.]

Mmm...I'm from a world that wasn't supposed to exist, but someone went into the past and created a new timeline. I don't know if that helps prove of disprove destiny for you, but I know I'm not the same person that came out on the other side.

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[sandhate]

[ Private huh ]

It's related enough, I suppose. Do you know what point, what event cause the split between your timeline and the other timeline?

[forcesensitive]

[As much as he's heard about Anakin, Finn hasn't met the guy yet. So this is Ahsoka's master--her friend, really.]

There's people here from, like, fifty different timelines. If there was only one destiny, they wouldn't be.

[sandhate]

It's different for each person.

[ Does that even make sense, that doesn't make sense ]

Destiny of a single person doesn't mean it shouldn't affect someone else's timeline.

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[nedstarksbastard]

[He thinks of Melisandre, of a grey girl on a pale horse and daggers in the dark. If you can truly see the morrow in your flames--]

i knew someone who claimed she could see the future in her fires. it was true, to a certain extent, but the things she told me would come to pass did so very differently from how i thought they would.

[And now there's Jon himself, thanks to his older brother coming from much earlier in time than him.]

so no, i suppose i don't believe in destiny very much. even if you think you know the future, it can still surprise you.

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[sandhate]

Regardless of how it happened, whatever she had said had happened.

What does that mean anything to you if it's not fate? A good guess?

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[goldenglasses]

There are a few on my planet that think that way. Me, personally? I believe that the ticket to the future is always blank and what we choose to do with it is all up to us. Our actions is what is important.

[sandhate]

That is what I would like to believe as well.

[ But it gets hard when you know people from the future ]

I don't think destiny isn't always the opposite of choice.

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[collegedropout]

I don't.

[Quiet, subdued. Hesitant.]

If things in my world followed fate, I wouldn't be here like I am today.

[sandhate]

[ Oh, books guy. Hi books guy ]

Well, don't leave me hanging. What happened? How did you know your fate, or how did you change it?

[flickerflash]

Why would anyone smart believe in fate? It's the sort of thing people pretend exists so they get to boss you around.

[sandhate]

It's not always going to be about being smart enough. Things aren't always in your control.

And you're going to have to be clear on who the 'they' is.

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[sylphystia]

[What a strange question to post over the network, but he gets it.]

Everything that has happened will happen again. [The world needs its beacon of hope as much as its beacons of villainy. Why else would the cycle continue?] By themselves, people are insignificant. Together they can change the outcome.

[A pause.]

On a smaller level, your actions impact your future. If you live a pure and benevolent life then you'll be blessed. But if you drag yourself through the mud like a sinner, then you'll die like one.

[sandhate]

What you're saying is a generalization. Of course certain events would happen if you look at it from a galactic scale. Or with enough time.

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[bryces_pup]

[hi Anakin, have a not drunk Riona.]

Some from my world believe in such, but given the many different versions of my world that exist... I don't know. I don't like the idea much, to be honest. Our choices are ours, for better or worse.

[To think that her family's death was ordained, or that no other choices could have been made to change how things turned out - no, she'll never entertain the idea. It feels too much like shirking responsibility to her.]

[sandhate]

You're in good company. I don't either. There's always a choice.

[ But... ]

Do you ever think you wouldn't have become the person you are today if some things weren't [ he hates the word. he really does ] destined to happen?

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[spontaneouscombustion]

Hmmmmm nope, not really.

[Wow that's... quite a bit of certainty from the little pink pony.]

[sandhate]

Does it exist where you come from?

[ You know. There are stranger and pinker things out there, probably ]

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[tobeajedi]

Maybe.

[YEAH SHE'S THE WRONG PERSON TO ANSWER AND SHE KNOWS IT.]

[sandhate]

Maybe. [ He sounds like he's joking, he is joking but also kind of not ] I was looking for a yes or no, and an explanation or an example, if I'm lucky.

Everyone here is looking to exceed my expectations.

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[pneumo]

Ohhhh--you mean like true Love??

[ THAT'S TOTALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, RIGHT ]

[sandhate]

No.

[ Well ]

Unless that's what it means to you.

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[resnipstance]

[ Flatly, because she knows exactly what this is about: ]

No.

[sandhate]

Do you remember Mortis?

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[kill_switch]

[Furiosa's first instinct is to scoff, but she does give him the benefit of thinking about it, about the course her life took, and what she'd seen in the Wasteland, before responding.]

I think if you started thinking like that in my world, you'd be dead. There's too much chaos, too many things trying to kill you, that if you start assuming there's a specific path already set up? You're going to get cocky and you're going to lose.

If you want to live in the Wastelands, you make things happen. [One way or another, whether it's adapting to fit in or tearing loose and running like hell.]

[sandhate]

[ He shrugs and jokes, a cocky smile shows up for a second before it sours and drops. ] We're all destined to die. That's a path.

What's the Wastelands like?

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[diplomacme]

[ Anakin's broadcast is a little concerning. He already knows her opinion about the whole 'Chosen One' business, but maybe he could use someone to talk to who knows the meaning behind his cryptic message.

So she knocks lightly on his door. ]

Ani? It's me.

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[sandhate]

[ The door slides open for her. It's always open for her. Anakin rolls his shoulders and stands to see her. ]

Hey.

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[bythewaves]

I suppose that depends on how you define it. In my experience, we make our own fate - but some things once begun lead to inevitable ends.

[sandhate]

How would you define it?

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[firstrebel]

[ Hera thinks there's something here - some undercurrent - that she should perhaps be aware of. But she can't quite grasp it. Still, he asked for opinions, so she'll offer hers. ]

I've always sort of figured we make our own destiny. Do things happen outside of our control? Sure. But we all can choose to act - or not act - in the face of those things.

[sandhate]

But if it's already been decided for you. [ He pulls a wry expression and a short laugh ] What are you really acting on?