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Author Topic: How would you write a Prophecy about a Prophecy, Properly?  (Read 1056 times)

Scoops Novel

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How would you write a Prophecy about a Prophecy, Properly?
« on: January 16, 2023, 07:23:47 pm »
Seriously.

No, seriously.
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Re: How would you write a Prophecy about a Prophecy, Properly?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2023, 07:31:41 pm »
Someone at some point will predict something. No matter the prophecy, some people will, inevitably, attempt to make it a self-fulfilling one.
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Re: How would you write a Prophecy about a Prophecy, Properly?
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2023, 09:27:20 pm »
Quote from: TurboDwarf on January 16, 2023, 07:31:41 pm
inevitably

So you'd prop it up with philosophy.
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Re: How would you write a Prophecy about a Prophecy, Properly?
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2023, 03:03:07 am »
Just make stuff up and eventually someone will probably believe it, this is how cults work so I assume it's how prophecy works as well.
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