Is it actually ever possible to change fate, I mean fate is fate, if you change your fate then your ultimate fate was to change your fate (it gets confusing), but can actions ever change the course of anything (historical perspective not sci-fi or that kind stuff), If the Greeks lost on the first day of Thermopylae what would have happened? If Boudica beat the Romans what then? Things happened that way because of the course of the war, The Persians tried to attack a phalanx head on with little armour on their body ofcourse they were going to get slaughtered of course the Greeks would then get more time to prepare, things happen because of the course of war, cause and effect. People talk of the defeat of Hitlers' 9th army at Stalingrad changing the course of the war, why? If you lose a battle like that there will be litte chance of you gainin the advantage again.
Maybe I am misinterpreting the meaning, does anyone agree or disagree with the above?