Chosen One Problem

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[@Coolgamer..]

It's pretty boring, the chosen one story.

[@mbrady5652]

My BREACH OF PEACE order just arrived, looking really forward to it!

[@vilevagrant4632]

Basically dishonored.

[@imperialhistati2348]

It’s ok if its soldiers… *Until you remember soldiers are people…*

[@codevhorriblesolutionsgami7102]

I just realized you play isekai dnd

[@ninnusridhar]

This reminds me of the time when I ran a DND campaign where every member of the party was a chosen one, and so were a bunch of NPCs and a bunch of the Villains including the BBEG. Trust me, nothing is more hilarious than watching 4 characters hiding the fact that they have a prophecy about them and shit

[@LukasJampen]

Sounds pretty hilarious. They probably were all just waiting for you to set up their moment to shine. Turns out most "Prophecies" even in Fantasy are probably bs. And considering how flawed most gods are represented (don't know if the same in d&d) I wouldn't trust them to choose an item on a restaurant menu for me nevermind a chosen hero.

[@LordJazzly]

That is evil and hilarious.

[@TheMightyDM]

It's like the fantasy epic equivalent of Cave Johnson's "We're just gonna throw a bunch of science at the wall and see what sticks!" 9/10 of those Chose Ones are probably going to die a horrible, horrible death...but hey! Number 10 might make it!

[@maxthehazelnut]

this is so freaking evil lmaoo

[@ninnusridhar]

@@TheMightyDM I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@corruptcurly34]

To be fair, he’s not the only “chosen one” who has killed children. Edit: late, but considering how many different books/movies/games are listed in just replies to my post goes to show how overused the chosen one trope truly is. And for some reason they tend to kill children lmao

[@avanishdutta2658]

Are you talking about hellboy? He is destined to do so.

[@anotheraggieburneraccount]

master skywalker, there are too many of them, what are we going to do?

[@beinghuman9385]

Master skywalker …

[@vydave]

YounglingSlayer9000

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

“When I learned humanity still existed beyond the walls, I was so disappointed.”

[@Anthony-cj2ju]

I love the His Dark Materials books because the main character Lyra has no idea she is a “chosen one” until so much later and receives no specifics as to what she is supposed to do. She just does what she thinks is right at any given moment.

[@Arenuphis]

And the people that know the prophesy are very careful not to reveal it to her, lest her awareness jeopardize the prophesy

[@groofay]

And the adults are so passive about it by necessity, like "I taught this kid how to read this thingamabob, and now she's gotten a clan of witches on our side, overthrown a warrior bear kingdom, and traveled to another world. Neat." Almost the complete opposite of the typical adult role in these things.

[@tyrannicfool2503]

shouldnt have read the comment

[@kazemizu]

Is this the one with the demon pets??

[@Anthony-cj2ju]

@@kazemizu Lol yes and no. The “daemons” are a persons soul in animal form.

[@heywhat6676]

Honestly thats such a cool concept. Imagine the mentor raising the student their whole life and putting everything into them to defeat the prophesied dark lord and it turns out that they *are* the dark lord, and the mentor has to defeat them. Imagine the emotional stakes-

[@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks]

Star Wars.

[@heywhat6676]

@@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks YES

[@ameliawatching]

Ha I was about to say Obi-Wan and Anakin!

[@ClashBluelight]

Kung fu panda. Also garou from one punch man.

[@1sdani]

Honestly one of my favourite twists on the chosen one trope, up there with "being the Chosen One brings only suffering to the MC" and "the Chosen One is not known until after the big bad is defeated, and it turns out to have been the least conventionally worthy party member" (shoutouts to Raimundo Pedrosa)

[@amyar123]

You're like the ONLY other person I know of who remembers Shaolin Showdown, let alone finished it. Kudos :)

[@1sdani]

@@amyar123 In my experience it seems to be like Code: Lyoko or Kingdom for Keflings in that it's one of those things where you either don't remember it, you don't remember it until someone mentions it and then a ton of memories suddenly become unlocked, or you can't stop thinking about and mentioning it at every opportunity.

[@Ikajo]

You would probably like "The Legend of Sun Knight"

[@ArcCaravan]

You could argue anyone but Omi wasn't conventionally worthy.

[@1sdani]

@@ArcCaravan I mean, Omi is ignorant, impulsive, and vain to an annoying degree. Clay is humble, patient, and strong, Kimiko is ambitious, intelligent, and agile, and Raimundo is crafty, charismatic, and selfish. In other words, they are of the archetypes of the fool, the monk, the alchemist, and the thief, respectively. Despite being the main character, Omi was second only to Raimundo in terms of how unworthy he is, and the only reason he is second is because Raimundo literally chose to bring about the end of the world for his own personal gain at the end of season 1.

[@curlyhead360]

Oh and lemme guess, despite slaying all of the guards the chosen one actually spared the dark lord himself because killing is wrong and mercy and stuff.

[@ArcCaravan]

From the way the video went, no.

[@enicole1203]

I blame the master. He could have conveyed a lot of this information about the guards *before* but he just let the poor kid go into hostile territory uninformed and having to figure it out on his own? What a jerk!😤

[@TooLateForIeago]

"Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of nice."

[@avva4090]

'Bathing is kind of a loaded word...' Lmao that one got me, great sketch I'm not even done with it yet 🤣

[@Rexxy-v5g]

I cracked when the wizard screamed "Farmers!"

[@DavidDecero]

I'm genuinely surprised that more protagonists don't develop a god complex. lol

[@ArcCaravan]

Most of the ones I've seen in these chosen one stories lacked confidence so much that what could cause a god complex evens them out.

[@sundalosketch4769]

Most are too trusting and kind to develop one. Imagine Ash Ketchum going rouge because of all the stuff he survived through?

[@SpectrumDT]

I really like the idea that some of the Dark Lord's foot soldiers turn rogue and let the hero pass, only to lay a trap and backstab him because they are actually loyal to the Dark Lord. I do not recall having seen that in a story.

[@dizzyentrepreneur6350]

4:28 oh my hubris. Also, Special Sword Effects 100 And I love these skits perhaps a little too much, never stop you Disheveled Goblin :)

[@rohanmanro3765]

This is exactly the conversation that Sazed would have been having with Kelsier after defeating Lord Ruler😂😂... But life happens😅😅

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

My man needed those extra experience points.

[@merakfirgun1071]

this happens in a few stories, after killing the "evil one" the chosen one just turns into the truly evil one.

[@danielallen4450]

"I have bought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new realm!"

[@carlosandino5524]

Haha. Every conversation that doesn't happen between our protagonist and mentor figure.

[@luminyam6145]

Such a great point. Love you Daniel.

[@lenadoerrer9256]

I’m halfway through “lord of chaos” and now understand why you named your cat pips😉

[@lenadoerrer9256]

Mat is definitely my favorite character!

[@cozi8097]

@@lenadoerrer9256 For now :)

[@lenadoerrer9256]

@COZI too true….

[@wren8253]

This is literally Anakin lmaoooo

[@icefyre8331]

I mean he did technically bring balance to the force...

[@wren8253]

@@icefyre8331 yeah technically 😂

[@NZStarlight]

I enjoyed the Simon Snow series, cos it actually takes seriously this post-victory chosen one idea and realizes that the chosen one would be seriously messed up and have PTSD. Well it's also basically Harry Potter slash fan fiction, so that might be why I liked it too.

[@EricMcLuen]

Farmers between the ages of 13 and 17, preferably orphans of unknown parentage but might bear a striking resemblance to the former king, an elf or a peculiar birthmark?

[@goink3368]

Love this kind of content.

[@thelemmiebee]

This video gave me “if Michael Scott was the chosen one” vibes.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

A reverse Hellboy, the dark lord who became the chosen one out of sheer will

[@Tibruk64]

The facial expressions are perfect!

[@rsrt6910]

Me with my cognitive dissonance: "With great power, must come great responsibility." Also me with my cognitive dissonance: "What's the point of having power if I can't abuse it?"

[@gavinsmith9871]

Time to go revive the dark lord daughter so she can be the new chosen one. Undead chosen one...that's new I think.

[@aneonfoxtribute]

Live footage from when the Lord Ruler became the Lord Ruler

[@michaelwhite1552]

It turns out Lancelot from Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the chosen one.

[@jondw]

3:15 chosen one did you- did you commit a war crime by attacking surrendering individuals forced to serve the enemy

[@dodgy_doodl3r145]

lol this feels like that one OnePiece episode with all the budget and direction!

[@a3-radio]

I liked this so much that i watched the entire sponsor section because it deserves it xD

[@connorcoffing537]

the skit videos are growing on me lol good shit

[@DderwenWyllt]

Wait, he trained 7 chosen ones, and they all became evil? At what point do we decide the teacher was the real dark lord all along?

[@shelliingle571]

It reminds me of Black Clover. I like that how manga used a trope as a joke in the series.

[@smileytlj23]

The master has some fetching robes, but nowhere close to the appeal of his staff. I feel the rationale oozing from his wisdom. Chosen one gonna do us proud with a mentor like that

[@razgrizmagi3225]

Here we have an actual ruler. The chosen one who gets almighty power and frees the land and then goes into obscurity and humility, that's a fantasy. If you get power, you gotta use it.

[@nolangimpel39]

Daniel when you do these, do you read your lines to someone else in the room? I have always wondered how creators do stuff like this.

[@michaelpothier]

The problem with Chosen One stories is nobody ever asks the obvious question. "Chosen for what exactly?"

[@SirMegaManNeoX]

3:05 I would've thought, "this is probably a trap...🤔" too.🤣

[@happyhippoeaters4261]

I thought he was going to say he f-

[@tpkquinncy6354]

This has the same energy as the dm and that one player talking and before anyone asks what player, you know who I'm talking about and if you really don't know who I'm talking about then its probably you.

[@wesleyfernandes7665]

man i can feel The One ring all over this video

[@edenmckinley3472]

This is why I'm in favor of the kind of chosen one who, if he does something utterly terrible like that, gets his powers taken away immediately. I am currently writing a fantasy series where there are five chosen ones, and they have to follow a rigid set of laws so they won't become tyrants. They're not allowed to get drunk, because they could potentially harm people in their drunkenness. They aren't allowed to use their magic weapons on mortals, because that would be cruel, and they're not allowed to get involved in politics. There's also a rule that says if they start to turn, their destiny gets handed off to someone else by default. Chosen ones are chosen based on their willingness to serve and be trained instead of their qualifications, harkening back to Frodo, who could only carry the one ring because he was humble. So in this universe, literally anyone can be picked for the position of Chosen One. Anyone. Because, come on, if a farm boy can do it, anyone can.

[@RavenCloak13]

Thing is if they are chosen by the Gods who are, you know, omniscient, they should already know how the Chosen One would act because they chose them. So them letting the Chosen One do that is part of the plan or okay in their books. But you are right, the concept of being chosen literally means they are just picked and given the ability to do stuff. Basically the Gods choosing someone unfit means they fucked up. Which they wouldn't admit. They could also just make the Chosen One be exactly what they want. This seems like your basing this more on like a group of people that choose candidates to become heroes and not omniscient Gods as the fact they can make mistakes is more logical for a group of people deciding things instead of some insane power that controls the world from behind the scenes.

[@pratyakshmundra1394]

I have missed these comedic skits

[@HarleyAMV]

Book: "...the hero made it to the castle" Movie: *Kills 1 guard and runs past 10 guys just standing in the background then kills another* Game: "I think I missed a few guards... That's free exp points! Imma head back."

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

I swear that’s old temple ruins from South Asia - possibly Cambodia, Bhutan, Indonesia, or Thailand

[@midnights2631]

SEVEN IN A ROW!?! I don't think the mentor is learning anything.

[@BelgarionV]

Calling him Belgarath giving me massive David Eddings flashbacks!

[@beinghuman9385]

Daniel’s sketches are The BEST!! 🤣

[@codysingh2572]

In all reality I see this in a lot of anime,Tv shows and Videogames. Where characters who are the "chosen one" come off as complete psychopaths but are portrayed as "pure of heart" cool dudes. I can't tell you how many JRPG I've seen where the chosen one" will make cringe joke "WHILE THEY ARE KILLING SOMEONE. I genuinely want to see a show or video game where the "chosen one" turns out to be a monster.

[@enoola3038]

That video is GOLD!!! 🤣

[@TheSingingBUn]

...Griffith in a nutshell... oh berserk, you never leave my head

[@babuprakash166]

The goblin getting real good at introspection of the human condition. 😀😀😀

[@brianshea2515]

Good video. I did find the microphone cords rather distracting.

[@fatetato2852]

It be like this, lmao.

[@robertfloyd4287]

― Frank Herbert, Children of Dune " When I am weaker than you, I ask for freedom, because the his according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom, because that is according to my principles"

[@jackskellingtonsora]

I have to assume this is what happens in the background of Mistborn.

[@Elliandr]

Well, he is pure of heart. Heart of Darkness without a trace of light is pure Darkness so therefore pure of heart.

[@simonholmqvist8017]

That sponsor news intro made me nostalgic.

[@thatonecatwiththetophat]

Alternate title: *Murder Hobo Gains Too Much Power and Goes Mad with It*

[@CollegeDroputPowerpoints]

Look up how many people Luke Skywalker killed, he has the kill count of... really a war criminal.

[@travisfrost5136]

This is the best skit yet!

[@insilencea4599]

I heard Balgarath and instantly thought of David Eddings, even though I'm sure this wasn't aimed at any particular series.😂

[@m.a.d.g.o.d]

Can you review 16 ways to defend a walled city?

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

Yes, kids are innocent surely, totally won't become vengful.

[@maximusdecimusmeridius127]

We all make mistakes in the heat of passion Jimbo.

[@FreinareUnimentra]

I'll be honest, I broke when he said "7 IN A ROW"

[@johnjogerst5919]

Belgarath? Like Belgarath from the Belgariad? Nice!

[@Modulates]

felt like a poke at Rand against Rahvin but then..well... the end LOL

[@nooctip]

"You are the chosen on. You shall slay the evil lord and lead the people to a brighter age." ""So everything I do is right?" "I didn't say that." "Well yeah but your not the chosen one are you?" "No." "So you wouldn't know whats right would you?"

[@hinnakoto]

if i wrote out this story, would it be daniel greene fanfiction? or disheveled goblin fanfiction

[@wingracer1614]

It would be Daniel Green fanfic, which is Brandon Sanderson fanfic, which is Robert Jordan fanfic which was a response to J RR Tolkien who had two Rs for a middle name just like George RR Martin who is just as blocked as Patrick Rothfuss and thus your story never gets written.

[@desrochessimon3044]

And that's why we should stop relying on chosen ones.

[@lazaruscain3424]

It sounds like the mentor doesn't do much mentoring, just kindof grants phenomenal cosmic power with no ethics training to go with it. There's a reason why all the best chosen one's training montages are brutal, lol.

[@mitchelschafer1347]

Whenever I play D&D

[@Epifairos]

Yeah. That is why I actually prefer Chosen one trope reserved for the Chosen one of evil.

[@jamesbitter9186]

Poor Belgrath :( But I guess this answers the question, what if Sanderson had written the Belgariad and the Malorian iserries’ instead of David Eddings. I don’t hate it :)

[@CenterRow]

Me: Wow, this isn't a bad idea for a movie The Comments: Oh hey, it's Anakin Skywalker!

[@Viatoreptil]

Hahah - Shifu and Tai Lung from Kung fu Panda, if Oogway wasn't present to intervene.

[@yakirchernin6015]

I need this book

[@chrisstanton70]

i dunno why but i feel like i got flipped off twice in watching this video

[@sugoistalin7809]

"Are we the baddies?"

[@juliusc810]

The great cleanser XD

[@deejnutz2068]

I mean, how many evil dark lords daughters come back for revenge when you let them live... Not that many... Right?....

[@theshadowsagas3617]

Is that Angkor Wat in the background?

[@grantonator3884]

Eren Jeager moment

[@naveensd101]

The end wow 🤣

[@ukotoa1639]

I like the idea of the main character being the chosen one but for evil instead of good

[@patrickwehbe8020]

Do you know any fantasy books like that?

[@joshuasims5421]

Dark One by Brandon Sanderson!

[@mattrovine9644]

Great idea for a story. Book one would be a chosen one troupe then the chosen one takes over and their former companions have to try and take down their friend who turns out worse then the original bad guy.

[@juanete06gamer51]

@@patrickwehbe8020 *D U N E*

[@MrImportantGuy]

Uhhhh. Starwars?

[@jetkirby]

The good guys massacring henchmen without mercy or discussion then stopping to monologue at the villain and bring them to justice in jail and letting them get away is the worst trope in media

[@pmester228]

Good thing half my characters are former or still henchmen. It's actually pretty good basis for building characters.

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

If the henchmen attack me first I'm killing them plain and simple. Not really a fan of the batman arrest them so they can break out again trope.

[@zubbworks]

I'm just here to slaughter the bad guy, not because he's the bad guy. But because he's mildy inconvenianced me. It's just self defense really.

[@ranksblex336]

I agree if you're going to kill the henchmen kill the boss who forced them to do what they did

[@pancake4061]

"You can't kill me! You're a paragon of justice! You have to bring me to jail!" "Dude, I just killed like 20 people 5 minutes ago. I do not give a shit about justice. I just really hate you."

[@jemquilley1903]

"He's here! We're saved!" "Saved? Oh, I wouldn't say that. More like under new management."

[@molybdaen11]

There is a spark of evil in all of us. Nice megamind reference.

[@rsrt6910]

Luckily, I have my copper sphere to save me!

[@lowbudgetadvice95]

That reminds me of Steel heart so much. That and Megamind.

[@LithmusEarth]

That feels very Reigen from Mob Psycho 101 in the final arc of season 1. It's one of the greatest moments in the show thus far.

[@sarahhowell6781]

And this was when he realized that the real dark lord was the student we trained along the way

[@MrZion115]

Eren Attack on titans

[@hawk66100]

Broken Empire trilogy.

[@chestersnap]

@@hawk66100 I just finished book 1, thanks

[@goodisgood153]

Any more books like this ?

[@jrt7357]

Anakin Skywalker

[@EnvoyOfTheBlackAbyss]

As I recall, the whole "You're the chosen one" thing was also an issue in Kung Fu Panda. Tai Lung's mind became pretty warped after he became overcome with ambition to be the next Dragon Warrior.

[@alphanoodle1877]

the weight of expectations is a fickle thing

[@glyph__]

@@alphanoodle1877 fame is a fickly thing, harry

[@RavenCloak13]

Problem is that Master Shifu was setting Tai Lung up for failure when he wasn't the one meant to CHOOSE a Chosen One. He should have just trained Tai Long like normal without filling his head with false promises. Like, literally Tai Long was beaten by Po in part because Po was literally chosen BECAUSE he is a panda. His body was what allowed him to not be stopped by Tai Longs most deadly technique and through training from Shifu that started WITH PO WANTING TO DO GOOD and not stopping just because Shifu didn't believe in him at the start. He kept at it even if he wasn't sure he was actually supposed to be the Dragon Warrior. Po literally had the personality of a Chosen One, Tai Long does not. The difference was simply Po was the ACTUAL Chosen One while Tai Long was thinking he could BECOME the Chosen One when in fact he was what the Dragon Warrior would have to defeat. Hell, Po was able to learn and defeat Tai Long, someone who trained his whole fucking life to be strong with only minimal training and innate ability do to his body being a counter to Tai Long AND his innate ability to do Kung-Fu. That's some Chosen One God Given Power bullshit right there. Oh, just remembered. Tai Long ACTUALLY COULD have done the pressure point thing to Po if his fingers were thinner like the needles Viper and Mantis were sticking into him that DID lock up his body when they hit the wrong points. But because Tai Long didn't do that, he lost.

[@DavidGlennWilliamson]

See he let the power go to his head, and thought of using it to rule, instead of trying to use it to beat up bullies :/

[@jdogzerosilverblade299]

@@RavenCloak13 last bit was more that he had too much fat so all his pressure points were in different places. Which tbh is a whole plot hole as outside of tigress he shouldnt know any of the others pressure points unless he studied other spices points in which case he should know a pandas pressure point. But guess the fat acted as a cushion or shield against pressure points.

[@qlipothian]

"They said pure...they never said pure good" - Harm.

[@Naija_Ninja]

"The its can not stand in the way of Harms Destiny"

[@generalrendar7290]

Some people try to overcome their demons.... Harm embraces them!

[@mermidion7552]

DBZ. "They said only someone with a Pure heart could become a Super Sayajin!" Vegeta: "My heart is pure....Pure Evil"

[@Naija_Ninja]

@@mermidion7552 "*Pure unadulterated badass"

[@mermidion7552]

@@Naija_Ninja heck yeah!

[@doesntmatter2467]

Honestly you grab some random teenager, take them on a journey that is kicked off with there parental figures dying horribly, make them into a child solder for your cause, encourage them to kill on mass, tell them there the most important and special person in the world, and give them phenomenal cosmic power. Do you really have any right to be surprised when they turn evil?

[@SH-qs7ee]

Mentor: "You were the chosen one, you were meant to bring peace!" Chosen One: *Looking at the hundreds of bodies around him* "These guys look pretty f**king peaceful."

[@gregoryo4417]

Holy shit, that is easily one of the coldest, most badass lines I have ever heard! Great job on that one.

[@SH-qs7ee]

@@gregoryo4417 Wish I could take credit, I got it from somewhere else; can't remember where.

[@gregoryo4417]

@@SH-qs7ee Thanks for posting it anyways, it is still a great reference nonetheless.

[@MariOmor1]

"YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING BALANCE TO THE FORCE!"

[@jordanlovell7433]

the throwaway line of "your tall, that's actually really important" fucking slayed me.

[@commandercaptain4664]

@Day *weeps in Willow, laughs in Tall Girl*

[@blackouthorus1519]

Well humans tend to follow taller people

[@bodbyss]

Yup, immediately went to Rand

[@QueenOfDarknes5]

@@blackouthorus1519 Yeah, because they are good to make a path thru a crowded area.

[@randomthings8732]

@@QueenOfDarknes5 Also good when crossing rivers

[@iamdivan7368]

The moment you realize that the Wise Old Man became wise because he has made a lot of mistakes to learn from

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

BEST comment!. ^-^

[@confusedwhale]

Did he learn though? -Thor face

[@marocat4749]

True

[@matthewbreytenbach4483]

@@confusedwhale Well he doesn't have a long beard yet so there's time

[@wjzav1971]

This could be the groundwork for a Hades' kind of game. Where you play as a wise old master who has to train a hero to defeat the Dark Lord and the Hero might either die, give up or join the Dark Lord. Or slay the Dark Lord to become one himself. And with each failure, the Wise Old Master has to find a new student and figure out how to train the next one to succeed but also be good.