Iron Fic 3-6: Forewarned is Forearmed
Knowledge is power. A trite adage, but there's something to that. If you know what will happen, you can act to change it. This challenge (and you have no choice but to accept it) is about the power of foreknowledge.
This doesn't have to be a time travel story unless you want it to be. Perhaps the character has realized what the old prophecies are about, or has been informed of someone else's plans. Or perhaps a character has picked up on a pattern and thus knows what will happen before it does. Or maybe your character knows all because he set everything into motion from the start. And perhaps the the villain is aware that the hero knows his plans and is making adjustments accordingly, or the hero knowing the plan is part of the plan, or vice versa, with the villain knowing the plan and the hero cottoning on to this.
A note: try make the use of the prompt obvious in your fic. An explanation scene works for this, as will scenes showing preparations being made or counter-plans being developed.
Some thoughts on series/plots that might work:
--Death Note
--Valkyria Chronicles
--Star Wars
--Foundation (Asimov)
--Seriously, this works for everything.
The challenge has been made!
Knowledge is power. A trite adage, but there's something to that. If you know what will happen, you can act to change it. This challenge (and you have no choice but to accept it) is about the power of foreknowledge.
This doesn't have to be a time travel story unless you want it to be. Perhaps the character has realized what the old prophecies are about, or has been informed of someone else's plans. Or perhaps a character has picked up on a pattern and thus knows what will happen before it does. Or maybe your character knows all because he set everything into motion from the start. And perhaps the the villain is aware that the hero knows his plans and is making adjustments accordingly, or the hero knowing the plan is part of the plan, or vice versa, with the villain knowing the plan and the hero cottoning on to this.
A note: try make the use of the prompt obvious in your fic. An explanation scene works for this, as will scenes showing preparations being made or counter-plans being developed.
Some thoughts on series/plots that might work:
--Death Note
--Valkyria Chronicles
--Star Wars
--Foundation (Asimov)
--Seriously, this works for everything.
The challenge has been made!
