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<blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 8122842" data-attributes="member: 892"><p>Although with MWI doesn't that mean that, if "timeline hopping" is possible at all, then there are an infinite series of worlds where (a) Particle_Man went to each of them (and an infinite number of worlds in which (an) Umbran (but not Particle_Man) went to each of them, and infinite number of worlds in which (an) Umbran and (a) Particle_Man went to each of them, etc.) thus multiplying the infinities by more infinities? Could a paradox be created in which (a) Particle_Man both "hits" and "misses" each time-line? Or does the "Everything is possible" not apply to the act of travelling between time lines itself, so "anything is possible" does not mean "every timeline hop is possible" does not lead to "every timeline hop happens"?</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I just thought of how Time Travel gives a great "non-origin" to the Joker (assuming you use the "who is this guy? he came out of nowhere!" idea of the Joker). He appeared in Gotham with no past. Either he erased it himself (perhaps driving him mad) or he comes from another time line (so there is no history of him in Batman's time line).</p><p></p><p>From a gamer point of view, imagine that some NPC encounters the party, seems to know a lot about them, and claims that he was part of the party all along, but his past got erased after a battle with a time elemental that cast him sideways in time. How would the party deal with this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Particle_Man, post: 8122842, member: 892"] Although with MWI doesn't that mean that, if "timeline hopping" is possible at all, then there are an infinite series of worlds where (a) Particle_Man went to each of them (and an infinite number of worlds in which (an) Umbran (but not Particle_Man) went to each of them, and infinite number of worlds in which (an) Umbran and (a) Particle_Man went to each of them, etc.) thus multiplying the infinities by more infinities? Could a paradox be created in which (a) Particle_Man both "hits" and "misses" each time-line? Or does the "Everything is possible" not apply to the act of travelling between time lines itself, so "anything is possible" does not mean "every timeline hop is possible" does not lead to "every timeline hop happens"? As an aside, I just thought of how Time Travel gives a great "non-origin" to the Joker (assuming you use the "who is this guy? he came out of nowhere!" idea of the Joker). He appeared in Gotham with no past. Either he erased it himself (perhaps driving him mad) or he comes from another time line (so there is no history of him in Batman's time line). From a gamer point of view, imagine that some NPC encounters the party, seems to know a lot about them, and claims that he was part of the party all along, but his past got erased after a battle with a time elemental that cast him sideways in time. How would the party deal with this? [/QUOTE]
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