audio; un: alucard

[reposing]

Well, considering the unusual flow of time, I thought it was relevant to speak of this now.

I was wondering how many of you are familiar with the concept of alternative timelines and realities. Merely for a pure discussion standpoint, or if you had a curiosity without really any understanding of it.

I suppose in my way, it's to clear my mind. Sort it out and such.

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audio; un: alucard

[reposing]

Fortunately, I've no interest in changing the past, even if it would potentially benefit many -- but it is impossible to determine how it would impact others. My past, as difficult as it is, is not one I would change.

Mm, the way it was taught to me is that it is more like a web in many directions. Infinite in possibilities and timelines, branching. The only certain thing is that it is uncertain, as I was told.

Re: audio; un: alucard

[necroyalty]

Probably the model that shows the most promise, if you want my opinion.

Back to religious matters for a bit - It's been posited that the gods themselves view time in a much more abstract notion than mortals do. More like pages in a book than anything set into motion.

Yes, you're supposed to read the whole damned thing from start to finish, but you can skip ahead, or look at the pages in any order, or go back and look over something twice if there was a sentence you weren't sure about.

So even if I were to move from the living room I'm in now and talk to you somewhere else, there would still, on one page in the great cosmic tome, be one version of myself sitting in that chair.

Not sure if that really counts as an alternate timeline or not, once you view all of the points of someone's life in isolation to one another.

[reposing]

Much in the way that there's one version of myself that tripped over a raccoon this morning as opposed to the one that did not. Minor differences, but still alternative to count toward the idea nonetheless.

As far as religious matters, there is not one I really follow, admittedly. There are no gods that take kindly to a vampire.

[necroyalty]

Fair enough. I'm not a particularly strong follower of any myself, but coming from a world where there was concrete proof of their existence rather than pure theory, you do have to take these sorts of things into account.

Then again, my mother was a scholar herself with a particular bent towards theology and metaphysics, so I suppose this was inevitable.

[ Ambro's religious beliefs can basically be summed up with a Terry Pratchett quote about tables. ]

[reposing]

Oh, I'm well aware. God is not a theory. His truth can be quite painful. Not half as much as his followers, though.