There could almost be an entire genre of fiction dedicated to protagonists meeting their destiny while actively trying to avoid it.

Oedipus: "You don't say."

So one avoid the road by following their destiny, which they happen to meet on the metaphorical road?

How does one interpret this?

What stands in the way, becomes the way.

My time has come. Proceeds to fade away leaving serious, unsolved problems.

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It is never a good idea to run away from destiny, and yet, sometimes is necessary to try, for the sake of destiny.

Corollary: you often pass by destiny when you obsess on taking the roads leading to it.

cf 'The Appointment in Samarra'

This quote was made for me I suppose

Aragorn is your man. From recluse ranger to king. Many quotes from Jung and Nietzsche that suggest this. Where there's danger, that's where your treasure can be found. Something like that.

I don’t think it’s possible to “pass by destiny”. It’s kinda the definition.

I've always loved this line in the show. There is another tale that has been told in a few different ways, but this one works https://www.k-state.edu/english/baker/english320/Maugham-AS.htm

You get what you expect, not what you want

How something can be your destiny if you never gets to have it experienced , the thing which you ultimately gets to experience is your true destiny.

Watch Bullet Train. Super fun movie and talks a lot about fate.

Already have and I really liked it.

There was something that I told my DND players recently, I came with the conclusion that planning for sessions was not how I preferred to do things. Someone jokingly asked: “What even is a plan anyway?”

“A course of action that eventually gets derailed in favor of something infinitely more interesting.”

Regardless of what paths are taken in life, you will get to where you wish to be, and learn the lessons you need to learn.

DARK on Netflix has a lot of this and it’s an absolutely amazing show

This scenario is quite common for all successful movie plots. It goes:

1. Call to adventure
2. Threshold (sometimes also the resistance// path to avoid
3. Transformation through challenges and temptations
4. Revelation. Through literal of figurative death and rebirth afterward
5. Atonement
6. Return accompanied with various gifts

Bankroll. The end.

From my understanding Nietzsche builds his theory on the concept of will and power. Like go overcome yourself and you ll get power in some form to rule dominate others. That’s the motto driving characters in his theory. Crack me if I’m wrong