There is no plan but it is possible to make prophecies and identify destinies by extrapolating from now. Predicting the future is like predicting the weather.If the people involved are not warned then at some point the father will act in such a way as to kill his son but as soon as someone involved knows that then it may not end up happening. While there is fate it is simply the expression of what will happen if nothing else changes and is predictable, but knowledge of fate allows you to overcome it without extraordinary effort.Unless a lot of effort is expended or a hero gets involved at some point the father will act in such a way as to kill his son. Either only some people can defy fate or defying fate takes a lot of effort or resources, almost as if Fate is reality's path of least resistance. Fate exists but is not the be all and end all.Even trying to change fate through time travel is pointless. At some point the father will act in such a way as to kill his son and nothing can be done to avert that. All things are predestined and we all just play our parts.

In theory you can predict people's actions, but you would run up against the same problems as predicting the weather, and such predictions are in no way mystical. This one denies free will, stating that our choices are just brain-made 'echoes' while also denying any 'higher power' that decides fate.

The relationship between fate and free will can be classified this way: It can vary between stories and even inside those stories, although how much this is actual change and how much it is simply the revelation of the true nature of Fate also differs. The relationship between free will and fate is not necessarily constant. How much free will do characters really have? Jojo, while speaking to Parson of defying fate, Erfworld.

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