#and she was like 'i predict captain lars will press the wrong button!' and they all looked at her like oh. | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

goldensunset · 6 months

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broke: magical power to see the future. the future's gonna come anyway. you're gonna find out soon enough. and depending on the take on this trope you quite often will not be able to change it anyway. you may try to subvert it and accidentally end up fulfilling it perfectly anyway or you may, at best, be slightly more prepared

woke: magical power to see the past. do you know how many gaps in documented history there are??? how many questions will probably never be answered? wouldn't it be nice to finally decipher that ancient language or solve that murder case or whatever? the possibilities are endless

#yeah yeah i know the first one as a trope in fiction makes for intrigue #whereas the second one makes the opposite of intrigue #but like in real life when you think about it. the latter would be infinitely pragmatic #peach rambles #remember padparadscha from steven universe #and her thing is like 'oh she's a dud of a sapphire haha she only receives visions of things after they happen!'#they totally underutilized her in the show that could have actually been so good #but i remember one specific example was when the gang was trying to figure out why something wasn't working #and she was like 'i predict captain lars will press the wrong button!' and they all looked at her like oh.#for her specifically it seems it only worked for the recent past but like even that could help a ton

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