Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-39718735-20200605220409/@comment-44332663-20200718172147

​​DirePresent  wrote:

Lopsidedtest74 wrote: No King is right, if its fated to happen, it will happen even if Diavolo erases time. Diavolo doesn't have to perform the action inside erased time (and he can't anyways). So you mean Diavolo could just wait next to the elevator and Trish would lose his hand out of thin air, float and come to him even if he didn't erase time then? I really think Epitaph predictions have to be tied to the use of time-skip cause otherwise they make absolutely no sense. Lopsidedtest74 wrote: Also there is a reason to erase time even if fate makes Diavolo kill someone (like backstabbing Buccellati in your case) since nobody can retain any memories during erased time. What's the point of a dead man retaining a memory when he's alone? I know the time-skip is great to mantain his identity in secret. Yet I don't refer to the purpose of Diavolo to use it, but to how it'd work when the foreseen fate is absurdly impossible to reach. For the first part, Yes. I don't know how you want to cope but just cope.

For the second part, this is used in Narancia's death, where everyone forgets the memory of Narancia getting impaled and also in kidnapping Trish. (My hypothetical situation had Buccellati in a public place so my bad). For your question, Fate is basically a plot device by Araki you know. Araki isn't gonna freaking make epitpah's prediction show Narancia flying to space. In both cases, epitaph's prediction are still achieveable (Diavolo attacking Trish with Buccellati in the elevator is probably a stupid plan, but he can definitely achieve it).

Also, King is wrong about Epitaph predicting Diavolo killing Bruno. Bruno was actually killed just using epitaph to see the future (which was unfavorable) and then use erased time to reposition himself (which was behind Bruno twice). I think my post was made right after King made his...