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Spartan:unknown wrote: it could be by the Fates. they decide what happens and stuff right? for example, percy jackson slices off medusa's head and at the end of the quest turns the guy who abuses his mom to stone. remind you of anyone? (*cough* perseus*cough*)

The Fates are able to see things that could happen, but prevent the gods from changing things that must happen. If anyone watches Doctor Who, it is like the difference between a fixed point in time and a point in time that is in flux.