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prismatica2020-02-09 10:09 am
graftage) wrote in prismatica2020-02-09 10:09 am
audio | un: steinbeck
[There's the sound of someone clearing their throat.]
I don't know, I guess I just wanted to get this off my chest. See if this has happened to anyone else. It still feels weird to me to even think about it, but...
[A long sigh.]
Anyways. My name's John Steinbeck. And where I come from, that was just a regular name with no other meanings attached to it. Coming here, though, I happen to get lots of people askin' about some kind of author. Seems like he has the same name as me. Which is like, sure, guess the name could be common.
[There's a pause.]
And then, a really good friend of mine gave me one of his novels, and...its bizarre. The names of the characters have the same names as my family. The situation in the book is stuff that I'm familiar with, too. It's just....weird. And I guess I just wanted to ask if, like, this is something people have even experienced, knowing that there's some other YOU out there in a different world who you weren't even aware of. I know people come from different worlds. But has anyone found out about another version of themselves or whatever through talking to people around here? Or is there anyone else who has actually met their own selves here? I guess that could be a thing.
[World dimensional shenanigans, oh my!]
...Thanks for listening. [A beat.] And before anyone asks, no, I've never written a single thing in my life.
I don't know, I guess I just wanted to get this off my chest. See if this has happened to anyone else. It still feels weird to me to even think about it, but...
[A long sigh.]
Anyways. My name's John Steinbeck. And where I come from, that was just a regular name with no other meanings attached to it. Coming here, though, I happen to get lots of people askin' about some kind of author. Seems like he has the same name as me. Which is like, sure, guess the name could be common.
[There's a pause.]
And then, a really good friend of mine gave me one of his novels, and...its bizarre. The names of the characters have the same names as my family. The situation in the book is stuff that I'm familiar with, too. It's just....weird. And I guess I just wanted to ask if, like, this is something people have even experienced, knowing that there's some other YOU out there in a different world who you weren't even aware of. I know people come from different worlds. But has anyone found out about another version of themselves or whatever through talking to people around here? Or is there anyone else who has actually met their own selves here? I guess that could be a thing.
[World dimensional shenanigans, oh my!]
...Thanks for listening. [A beat.] And before anyone asks, no, I've never written a single thing in my life.
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But when I first met him, I recognized the book he always carries with him as the same book.
[Aka 'that book he turns into a sword' or 'the book that has his soul in it'. He's not mentioning that in public though.]
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That's really bizarre. I wonder why his book and no one else's. You think somebody would've mentioned the other Steinbeck by now.
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[It might have also inspired his suggestion for the ADA + Mafia team up--
Sorry???]
But you know, I think that must mean there's other books in our world like that, too. Maybe the other Steinbeck's writing is somewhere, we just haven't found it? Though the question of 'why' is another thing entirely.
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Seems like other people know Steinbeck and everyone else just fine. Why is it rare where we come from?