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Temporal Theft Rule (lemmy.world)
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[-] hstde@feddit.de 36 points 1 year ago

That second hat is in a closed time loop.

I wonder, will it ever cease existing.

[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

He takes the original hat and keeps the one he found, therefore each hat only travels back in time once.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's the same hat and it travels once.

[-] WillFord27@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Assuming natural wear and tear it will, right?

[-] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

That depends on whether he puts the stolen hat on the front or the back

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago
[-] Rin@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago
[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah because theres an extra hat. This is why studios like marvel mainly do multiverse shit because time travel is really hard to write.

[-] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

The best way to do time travel is to put characters and entertainment first. You could give the illusion of consistency like in Back to the Future, where most people won't notice the problems. So long as most of the audience buys it, you don't need bulletproof logic, just good enough logic.

At the same time, you can have Dr. Who logic where they admit things don't make total sense, but have general rules that make obstacles for the characters when convenient. The rules work best when they challenge the characters and aren't relied on to help them. Try to maintain reasonable consistency over a short stretch of time, even if it contradicts lore from years ago.

The most extreme types are cartoon logic and total consistency. Cartoon logic allows the writer to do whatever is funniest or the most entertaining. In many cartoons, other laws of physics are broken for laughs, so time being broken isn't a huge leap. In totally consistent stories, time travel usually harms the characters the most, and every action has consequences. No time stabilizing watches or other stuff. This is a headache to write or watch, so few stories are actually like this.

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah back to future does it extremely well.

[-] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

That's Gooby.

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I have a mental stronk trying to figure out if I read this horizontally or vertically

[-] Nelots@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Left to right, top to bottom, but the top and middle rows should be read as if they were a single row.

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