I need someone familiar with MANY forms of time travel

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Hailey Knight

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doomdragon6 said:
Hmm, I really like the idea of the machine using unpredictable amounts of energy, and being an impressive force on its own, making its own decisions, somewhat.

Here's the thing- saving A would cause the story since her death to not occur, so how can they save her without affecting the present?

One friend suggested that B and C could be "ghosts" in the past. Once they pull A aside to explain what will happen, she is pulled from herself as another "ghost" while the original A continues her actions, like they're watching TV.

From there, the ghosts can make further ghost changes until they catch up with time, at which point they pop back into their reality, with original events having taken place, while ghost changes have been made.

For example, if B and C kill the guy who killed A while in the past, A will still be killed in original time, and present memories will reflect original time, but ghost changes will be made as part of reconfiguration, A popping into existence and the killer popping out.

I think I like this, and it matches up. What do you guys think?
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I don't think it worked well in Donnie Darko, and I'm not sure it'll get any better for you. Maybe you should stop worrying about the rules and just tell a good story.
 
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Soliloquy

Quotemander Prime said:
I don't think it worked well in Donnie Darko, and I'm not sure it'll get any better for you. Maybe you should stop worrying about the rules and just tell a good story.
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I'd say I don't think that's what happened in Donnie Darko, but I don' think anyone knows what actually happened in Donnie Darko.
 
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Being at the epicenter of a wormhole event in which time and space (for an as of yet inexplicable reason) folded in on itself, Donnie's fragile, but observant mind was able to decipher the turbulent inconsistencies caused by his absence to his own death. The closer he got in time to the opposite end of the wormhole, the more broken and erratic his viewed reality became.

In other words, it was foresight and he chose his own death rather than the death and pain of others. The aftershocks of this were felt by those who also had great change intended for them, but didn't receive it. His close family was too busy dealing with the sorrow of his death to notice it, but those who didn't know him, yet we're effected, we're more able to recognize the "difference".


And that's what happened in Donnie Darko. Not really time travel (except for the engine) perse but time knowledge.
 
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Soliloquy

SeraRelm said:
Being at the epicenter of a wormhole event in which time and space (for an as of yet inexplicable reason) folded in on itself, Donnie's fragile, but observant mind was able to decipher the turbulent inconsistencies caused by his absence to his own death. The closer he got in time to the opposite end of the wormhole, the more broken and erratic his viewed reality became.

In other words, it was foresight and he chose his own death rather than the death and pain of others. The aftershocks of this were felt by those who also had great change intended for them, but didn't receive it. His close family was too busy dealing with the sorrow of his death to notice it, but those who didn't know him, yet we're effected, we're more able to recognize the "difference".


And that's what happened in Donnie Darko. Not really time travel (except for the engine) perse but time knowledge.
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It probably didn't help that I watched it the night after I came back from England and was jet lagged. I don't think that was a movie that was meant to be seen while you didn't know what time it was yourself.
 
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Hah! Yeah, bit heavy for right then.

"but have you ever seen Donnie Darko... On WEEEEEED?"
 
strawman

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stienman said:
Search for the metamorphosis of prime intellect. I should warn readers that it involves graphic descriptions of violence and sex, which is primary to the plot and main character. Also it's free online..
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This is me, specifically tagging Shegokigo to note that she may enjoy the story more than others. Perhaps.
 
doomdragon6

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Quotemander Prime said:
I don't think it worked well in Donnie Darko, and I'm not sure it'll get any better for you. Maybe you should stop worrying about the rules and just tell a good story.
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Rules are important to me. I can't write a story without rules firmly intact.

Luckily, this method works under the prescribed mechanics, and allows for interesting storytelling, so I'm happy.
 
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