Theoden was a doomer too. The difference is he chose to fight despite believing that he would lose and die.
He did this because refused to be cowed and because it was the right thing to do. Because of this he turned out to be of pivotal importance for goods triumph over evil.
Like all other stories it can be seen as suffering from survivors bias.
The future is unknowable, meaning even if it seems unwinnable when you stand up and resist, then you can never know if events will happen that turn the tide in your favor.
Theoden was a doomer too. The difference is he chose to fight despite believing that he would lose and die.
He did this because refused to be cowed and because it was the right thing to do. Because of this he turned out to be of pivotal importance for goods triumph over evil.
The difference is how the writer of this fiction decided to weave the story. Fiction is fiction, it is not reality.
Like all other stories it can be seen as suffering from survivors bias.
The future is unknowable, meaning even if it seems unwinnable when you stand up and resist, then you can never know if events will happen that turn the tide in your favor.