Quote Originally Posted by Max_Killjoy View Post
I'm pretty much dead-set against notions of fate and destiny, so things like oracles and prophesies really need to walk a tightrope to avoid my ire. Prophesies need to be cryptic, double-edged, and "fulfillable" in multiple ways -- or to express something that will happen because of cause and effect from past events, rather than fate. Example, say there's a prophesy that when certain astronomical signs come to pass, all of creation will be in jeopardy -- I'm OK with that if what's actually going on is that the deity who created the seals that protect creation from the forces of unmaking, was betrayed by her follow deities and imprisoned or banished, in the long ago, and has been whispering across the void to those that can hear to warn that the seals will only last a set amount of time if she's not around to maintain them.
Prophecy is basically time travel as seen from the other side.

If one is careful, it can be done. But all of the same tricks and problems and solutions exist.