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The way I see it, either that has to be true (i.e: the protagonist's motivations would make sense, even if they were not chosen by fate or whatever), or the plot has to seriously think about the implications of being Chosen. If the protagonist (Or character, there's no particular reason this has to be a protagonist) believes themselves to me destined to do something or be something, how to they react to that? What if they have doubts? This is a subtle difference between The Lord of the Ring's Aragorn in the film and the book. Book Aragorn is supremely, almost annoyingly confident, whereas the film version has him anxious about whether he'll really be up to the task of being the rightful king. I'd suggest this is one aspect the film adaptation absolutely improves on, because Aragorn becomes a more rounded character than the archetype he easily falls into in the book.