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A Sudden Journey
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This chapter may feel a tiny bit rushed in terms of what happens, but i really want to write the next chapter. So... sorry if you're upset by this!
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Everything was so… Empty. All the work he had put in to stopping the future from happening… From stopping Discord… It was gone. What was left to do?
The Doctor sighed, looking up to the ceiling of his ship, from his spot where he lay on the floor.
He had put months of time into trying to stop Alex, but in the end, he simply let him go. Of course… If that alter ego of his hadn’t manifested to save him, who knows what would have happened.
“Who am I kidding…” The Doctor said to himself, “I never could have killed him.”
He had heard her voice the whole time. He’d never be able to face her again if he had done something like that to an innocent bystander. Derpy was the angel on his shoulder.
But… what was there to do now?
Maybe he should go apologize to Alex…
No, he couldn’t. Alex would probably kill him on sight.
All of his work over the past two years had been undone. The ponies he had saved, across time and space were now un-saved. Being pulled into a new universe had a nasty way of doing that. So, it looked like he had work to do.
Standing up, The Doctor looked at the control panel for his ship, and thought about where he should go first. He could destroy some Cyberponies, maybe rescue a stranded waste disposal ship, or even go stop a malevolent beast that claimed to be the devil himself.
However, as he considered these things, something quickly came to mind. He didn’t have his companion.
The first time, they had run into each other during one of his many adventures saving Equestria… An adventure that simply hadn’t happened in this time line.
Now, Derpy lived a quiet life delivering packages, and occasionally leading birds in the wrong direction, during the winter wrap up. She was adorable. He had always wanted to approach her again, and try to explain things to her, but he couldn’t imagine it going well.
“Hey, Derpy!” The Doctor practiced, “Would you like to travel with me in my box?”
Creepy.
He had awaited some kind of emergency to come up, so he could ‘accidentally’ rope her into it… After all, she always talked about how much better life was, after doing all they did.
‘Hero’ definitely sound better than ‘delivery-pony’.
That was all in the past now… Or future… He didn’t even know anymore.
Maybe it was time for him to find a somepony new. Go off, find a crisis, find the prettiest mare, and ‘reluctantly’ accepts her help with the situation, when they get separated and she gets put in danger, he comes to the rescue and saves her. Then, she insists she comes along, and he finally caves and lets her.
But… He didn’t want anypony else.
Nopony had been as good as she had been.
Looking to the door, The Doctor decided to take a walk. Maybe he could clear his mind some.
Walking to the door, he looked back at the center of the TARDIS. He had never liked the quiet that came along with being alone… he was going to have to change that, one way or another.
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The Doctor simply walked down the road just outside of town. His mind had wandered to many places, but it had stopped on Alex for a few minutes.
Alex had apparently gone to Manehattan after Rainbow Dash, and fought tooth and nail to get her back, as he had accidentally moved them a few months into the future… something he had a habit of doing.
He remembered hearing the story second-hoof, when a few ponies were discussing it loudly.
It made him happy to know that something positive had come out of Alex’s presence.
Rainbow Dash seemed much happier with him around, than she was in the old timeline. He wondered where they’d end up in a few years. Well, that WAS if they could stop the return of Discord.
Normally, The Doctor would have been confidant in the girls ability to stop Discord, but with Alex here, the future had completely changed.
And it was something that the Doctor worried about.
Celestia had just assumed that Alex’s element ‘selflessness’ had been created for him, by the Elements of Harmony. However, she was wrong.
The Elements of Harmony were still a bit of a mystery to her. Only the Doctor knew the whole truth of them.
Alex represented something else. A different kind of element. One of chaos.
How had he gotten the element of selflessness in the first place? The Doctor couldn’t figure that out. Alex was new to Equestria. He hadn’t had any kind of interaction with this world before a few months ago. So, how had an Element of Chaos chosen him?
Selflessness had never been considered an Element of Harmony in his version of Equestria. So, the most he could gather, was that something had happened in the past, to convince Celestia that Selflessness was an Element of Harmony.
He just had zero idea what that could have possibly been.
“I wonder if maybe—“ The Doctor said, before somepony fell out of the sky, and landed on his back.
“Whoops!” The voice said, in a nasally tone, “I’m sorry! I didn’t see you!”
The Doctor immediately knew that voice.
Turning his head, The Doctor saw the grey pony that was currently lying across his back hanging off of him on either side.
“Derpy!” The Doctor said happily, before realizing that she had no idea who he was.
“Oh… Uh…” Derpy said, trying to remember just who this pony was, “You fixed my wagon… Right?”
“No no!” The Doctor said quickly, “I just… You’re just so famous!”
“I am?!” Derpy asked happily, unaware of her fame until this moment.
“Well… To some ponies…” The Doctor added.
Derpy simply lay on his back, and hummed to herself absent mindedly.
“So… What are you up to, right now?” The Doctor asked, trying to make this conversation last as long as possible.
“Oh right!” Derpy said, “I’m delivering this!”
Reaching into her bag, while still balanced on his back, Derpy pulled out a letter.
“Who is it for?” The Doctor asked.
“Aaaalex.” Derpy read, “That’s all it says!”
“Like, the Alex in this town?” The Doctor asked, shocked at the coincidence.
“Yup!” Derpy chirped, “I’m on my way to him right now!”
“But… The Library is on the other side of town.” The Doctor said, “Why are you all the way out here?”
“The other side of town?” Derpy asked, “Wow!”
The Doctor laughed to himself. She was clueless sometimes, but he loved that. And it always seemed to work to their advantage in one way or another.
“Would you like me to take you over there?” The Doctor asked.
“Yeah!” Derpy smiled, “Thanks a whole lot! Do you mind if I just lie here? My wings are sore.”
Derpy had just fallen on him… While delivering a letter to Alex…
This was a sign… It looked like he was going to have his conversation with Alex, even if he was going to get killed over it.
“Sure.” The Doctor laughed, “I need to have a few words with Alex myself.”
Not wanted an awkward silence to fill the air, the Doctor immediately spoke up.
“Why did you fall, anyway?” The Doctor asked realizing that he didn’t even know what led to her landing on him.
“Something hit me, and I fell!” Derpy explained somewhat, poorly.
“Well,” The Doctor laughed deciding that silence might be better, “Just relax! I’ll take us to the library.”
“Thanks!” Derpy smiled, not even questioning her trust in him. Something just seemed right about his presence. So, she was going to enjoy it while she could. And maybe get a nap in on the way to the Library.
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Two weeks had passed since Alex and Spike had saved Rarity from the horrible dress incident, and they were still riding the wave of appreciation from their marefriends.
Rarity had been extra affectionate with Spike, often complementing him, and cuddling him in front of their friends.
Rainbow Dash had taken a slightly less obvious path, and simply tried her best to take care of Alex, since he seemed shaken up over something. It was almost like he had been hit on by a stallion or something. Of course, that’s just silly.
And since Twilight had gone out for a few hours today, Dash had taken the opportunity to head over to the library, and hang out with Alex.
They were currently sitting on the floor, resting their backs on a bookshelf.
“You know, we should head to my place one of these days,” Dash said, “I really want to show you around.”
“I know I said that I wanted to be carried up, last time we discussed this,” Alex began, scratching his chin, “But I was mostly joking.”
“Does it make you feel like less of a stallion, to have a mare lift you?” Dash teased.
“You’re WAY manlier than me to begin with,” Alex shot back, “I don’t really have masculinity left to lose.”
“Hey!” Dash said, angrily, her voice creaking, “Just what are you saying?”
Alex put his hoofs over his mouth; he sometimes lacked that filter that most people/ponies had.
“I meant it in a super POSITIVE way,” Alex said, trying to think of a way to make it positive.
“Oh yeah?” Dash asked, still frowning, “Explain that to me.”
“Well… You’re just so—“
*Knock knock*
The two looked at the door.
‘Saved by the bell!’ Alex thought, jumping to his feet and running to the door.
Dash simply watched from where she sat, wanting to resume this conversation as quickly as possible.
Opening the door, Alex did not like what he saw.
“You…” Alex said, recognizing the brown pony on the opposite side of the door.
“Ah!” The Doctor said quickly, “I see you remember me!”
Alex growled, “What do you want?”
At this point, Dash had gotten up, and gone to the door to check on things.
“Who’s there, Alex?” Dash asked, seeing the brown pony, with the grey pony on his back.
“Pardon me—“ The Doctor began, before being cut off by Dash.
“Derpy!” Dash shouted, “What are you doing on this stallions back?”
“He told me he’d carry me, thoooough!” Derpy whined, knowing that Dash was going to yell at her for being lazy again.
“Colors, get back.” Alex said seriously, taking a defensive stance in front of her, “This guy is bad news.”
“Look--“ The Doctor tried to begin again.
“What are you talking about?” Dash asked, “I’m completely lost.”
“He’s the one who took me away from Ponyville four months ago.” Alex explained, watching Dash’s expression harden.
“I’m sorr—“
“You did that?!” Dash shouted, pushing forward, past Alex, in an attempt to smack The Doctor upside the head.
“I’m sorry!” The Doctor shouted, stopping the commotion he had created, “I wanted to talk to you! And… Mmmmaybe set things straight.”
Alex remained silent.
“There’s a lot that you NEED to know.” The Doctor said. “Please.”
Alex was fighting with himself. A part of him wanted to talk to this pony, but another part of him, wanted to let out all of his pent up chaotic magic, and disintegrate him.
Realizing that this was probably Dax making him want to do that, Alex forced himself to calm down. He was nothing like this other pony inside him, and he needed to prove it.
“…Fine.” Alex finally said, breaking the massive tension, “Let’s talk.”
“Thank you.” The Doctor said, “I want to make things right.”
“Achoo!”
Suddenly, all attention was on Derpy.
Noticing this, she shifted uncomfortably, “I’d better go now!”
“Wait,” The Doctor said, “I think you need to hear some of this too.”
This was confusing to the group of them.
“She’s involved.” The Doctor said simply.
“Alright,” Alex sighed, hoping this was the right move, “Come in.”
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The four sat down around a circular table, each waiting for the other to speak first. Except for Derpy. She was completely confused, and was trying to find her place in all of this.
“Alex,” The Doctor finally said, “I Might… owe you an explanation.”
“You bet your rump you do.” Alex said.
“You need to understand, that when I tried to erase you from existence, it was for a good cause!” The Doctor said without really thinking.
Alex cocked an eyebrow.
“Not the best wording,” The Doctor said, “I was trying to save lives. And a lot of them at that”
“That’s a bit better,” Alex said, “Now, please explain this to me.”
“Where do I start?” The Doctor said to himself out loud, “I guess, about a year and a half from now…”
Dash gave Alex a ‘this guy is crazy’ look. One that Alex didn’t return.
“I’m from a point in time, where Discord was defeated by you and your friends.” The Doctor explained, “And everything was… great!”
Alex was silent.
“What are you talking about?” Dash asked, “Are you insane?”
“I know how it sounds,” The Doctor explained, “But I’m from a time and place, that you and your friends are happy, and living peacefully!”
“Okay,” Dash answered, “Then why are you here trying to ruin that by killing Alex?”
“Because Alex wasn’t there!” The Doctor blurted out, “Alex shouldn’t be here!”
“That makes no sense!” Dash shot back, “He’s here, isn’t he?”
“And his being here, destroyed the future!” The Doctor began, “I was there at a wedding, when suddenly everything around me disappeared, and it was replaced by a world ruled by Discord.”
Alex simply listened.
“Discord is going to win, and he is most likely going to conquer Equestria.” The Doctor said frankly.
“Let’s say that you’re NOT crazy,” Dash said, “Where were us?”
The Doctor sighed sadly, “You were there.”
“I… I don’t like your tone…” Dash said, seeing his mood change.
“Everypony was… Turned to stone.” The Doctor said reluctantly.
“Yeah right!” Dash laughed, “I knew you were full of it! Right, Alex?”
“I believe him.” Alex said.
“Wha—“
“He almost threw me into space,” Alex said, “Then he put me three months into the future… Anything could be possible.”
“Thank you!” The Doctor said.
“So… What are you here for then, besides telling us that we’re all doomed?” Alex asked.
“I’d like for us to try to stop him… Together.” The Doctor proposed.
“What good would that do?” Alex asked, “You saw the future. Doesn’t it mean that is HAS to be that way?”
“Well, I wasn’t affected by the change you caused,” The Doctor explained, “I should have been erased like everypony else. But, because I was in my ship, I was protected.”
“What does that mean?” Dash asked.
“It means that he’s a wild card,” Alex said, surprising The Doctor, “He could help change the future.”
“You understand!” The Doctor smiled, “Not many ponies do.”
“My Dad got me into Star Trek.” Alex laughed, showing happiness for the first time in their conversation.
“There are some other things I’d like to talk to you about.” The Doctor said, “Something I was hoping you could help me with.”
“What’s that?” Alex asked.
“Well, I wanted to know about your... Element of Harmony.” The Doctor asked.
“My Element?” Alex asked, “Selflessness?”
Suddenly, Derpy stood up.
“I remember why I’m here!” Derpy announced, silencing the table, “I have a letter for you!”
“A… Letter?” Alex asked, levitating the paper out of Derpy’s mouth, “…Thanks?”
“Can I go now?” Derpy asked, “That’s why I needed to be here, right?”
The Doctor laughed, “Not quite… I’ll try to get to you fast.”
“Okay.” Derpy said sleepily, leaning her head against the table, “I’ll wait like this.”
“Uh… Your Element!” The Doctor said, moving the conversation back on track, “Right! Now… How did you come to have it?”
“It just… appeared.” Alex said, scratching his head, “Twilight said that it was just one of the Elements of Harmony, and I fit the profile... Apparently.”
The Doctor thought to himself for a moment before speaking up again, “And Twilight learned about the Elements of Harmony from a book that Celestia herself had been the main source of information on.”
“Yes…” Alex said, not understanding his point.
“My world never had a Selfless element,” The Doctor explained, “Which means, that something happened years, and years ago… Back when that book was written, that made Celestia think that Selflessness was an Element of Harmony.”
“And that something has to do with me?” Alex asked.
“Correctamundo!” The Doctor said, immediately regretting his use of that word, “Because way back then, there were only six Elements that Celestia represented. And yours wasn’t one of them.”
“Then… What exactly IS my Element?” Alex asked, “If it’s not Harmony, then what is it?”
“Chaos.” The Doctor said simply.
“Of course it is…” Alex sighed, “I seem to be just swimming in chaos.”
“It’s a long story, Alex,” The Doctor said, “I wish there was an easier way to show…”
“What?” Dash asked, seeing his sudden silence.
“Maybe I COULD show you…” The Doctor said quietly, “I want answers too… and the only place to get them, is in the past.”
“So…?” Dash asked again.
“How would you all like to take a trip with me?” The Doctor asked, “There would be lots to see!”
“What would we be seeing, exactly?” Alex asked.
“Well, the last time the Elements of Harmony were used, besides a few months ago, were when Night Mare Moon was defeated by Princess Celestia,” The Doctor explained, “So… That’s where we’d go.”
“We’d go to the fall of Princess Luna?” Alex asked.
“I don’t know…” Dash said, “I’m all for an adventure, but would the princesses like us watching that?”
The Doctor understood where she was coming from, “I understand that it was a difficult time for them, but it’s the only way for us to know for sure.”
Dash looked at Alex, “What do you think?”
“I think… That we need to know.” Alex said, “Besides, maybe it’ll give us some insight into the Princesses a thousand years ago.”
“I still think this guy is crazy!” Dash said, clearly nervous, “We can’t really travel in time… Can we?”
“It’s already happened once…” Alex said.
“It’s a pretty easy trip to make too!” The Doctor said, “Well… Except for the thrashing, and those odd explosions… But it’s fine! I do these kind of trips all the time!”
“That makes me feel soooo much better.” Dash sighed, “This is all happening so fast!”
“Well… We could wait, if you wanted to,” The Doctor suggested.
“No,” Alex said flatly, “If this is going to help us fight Discord, then we need to do it as fast as possible.”
“But…” Dash said, shifting nervously.
Taking a step toward Dash, Alex whispered in her ear, “Do you want to stay here?”
“No way!” Dash shouted, cracking her voice, “If this is happening, then I’m in!”
“Good,” Alex smiled, “I’d like you to be there.”
“Somepony needs to keep an eye on you!” Dash said, sincerely wanting to keep him out of harm’s way.
“What about you, Derpy?” Alex asked, “Are you coming along?”
“Huuuh?” Derpy yawned, lifting her head from the table, “They gave me two letters to deliver today, and I’m already five hours into my shift!”
“I can have us back in 2 minutes flat.” The Doctor said to her confidently. “Besides, I think it’ll be easier for me to show you what I wanted to tell you.”
“Well… Okay.” Derpy said, after some thought, “But you have to help me deliver this letter!”
The Doctor nodded, just happy that Derpy was going to be traveling with him again.
“Well, it’s all so sudden, but I’m pumped for this!” Dash said standing up, “I’ve never traveled in TIME before, but I’ll bet that I’m already better than all of you at it!”
“I don’t think you can be GOOD at time travel.” Alex pointed out.
“Psh, Watch me!” Dash winked.
“Great!” The Doctor smiled, “Let’s go!”
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just wait for it
dash will somehow make time traveling 20% cooler
...Oh boy, maybe he should let her deliver that letter to Alex beforehand, because there might be a chance it is going to be very important. By the way, the chapter isn't bad at all. And, even if you still felt bother by it, you could always edited it with a revision at a later time. So, relax.
C&C:
Anything could possible.
> Correction: 'Anything could be possible.'
GOING ON AN ADVENTA
Adventure time!i.imgur.com/cm31v.jpg
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Fixed!
Thanks!
We have the doctor and derpy.
One insane and the other slightly kooky.
And we have alex and rainbow dash.
One complex and the other with zest.
They will all travel through time and space.
Hoping they don't make any mistakes.
>> The Sniper
That last part didn't rhyme..
I can see what's going to happen, and it's just sad.
The Doctor will take them into the past, during the battle with Nighmare Moon, Alex will act out, causing Celestia to add Selflessness to the lists of Elements of Harmony. By going into the past with Alex, The Doctor will cause what he was trying to prevent. *Insert Big Sigh Here*
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What's the doctor trying to prevent, exactly? Nothing. Nothing at all.
Sure, something along those lines of 'interference' would have to happen, i SAID that they were going back in time, where's the fun in just watching?
So, if you're so sure what's going to happen, please give me a complete plot description. I'm still working on the end, and would love to know how it ends.
Also, don't forget to add the Defeat of Discord, The Fall of the Crystal Kingdom, the first wonderbolt, the baby, and that one part that's a little bit cloppy.
So? Let's hear it!
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Wow. You sound frustrated.
I'm not hating on the story if that's what you think, I'm just sad that the Doctor wouldn't see something so obvious. None of it is your fault.
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Frustrated isn't the word, i simply don't enjoy people saying things in such a tone, with the use of to emphasize themselves. It's a bit insulting.
My reply wasn't one of frustration, it was one of sarcasm.
Whenever people send me negative messages in one way or another, i become a smart-ass in response. I'm sure if you read through the comments you'll see a few instances of that.
You need a very particular kind of comment to tick me off. This was a comment that simply put me in douche bag, smart-ass mode. I did convey the tone poorly, however.
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My apologies nonetheless, I did not mean to insult anyone.
Science!
Also, if the doctor didn't bring him back then there wouldn't even be selflessness. So in turn if there's no Alex etc. etc. Then different reality and more science. Anyways it's like 1:00 AM here, it doesn't help I'm actually trying to figure out time travel mechanics without proper knowledge beforehand. So yea, sleep!
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No problem, and yes. The plan had always been to have The Doctor make Alex become associated with the element by taking him back.
His presence in the past is what makes it happen. It kinda had to be that way, as you said.
Well it has been 2 weeks so I'm going to start on that 1000 word rage essay now.
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Haha, I'm finished the main writing portion, and i'm now working on editing, fixing some plot holes, and adding some stuff.
It shouldn't take more than a few days, 30,000 words is just a lot to go through!
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I put in a lot of that kind of stuff in the story, for the people who get a grasp of it. However, i also have the characters say "I have no idea what that means," whenever it's talked about.
So, it's there, but you don't really need to understand it to get the story.
2368808 30000 words! Shit, Im a dead man. let me change it to a essay about why you are going to give me sleep deprivation.
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Pshhhhhhh, sleep is overrated
2376957 I thought so to until i got a c on a math test and got my ass chewed out for a few weeks. (Yes I am Asian and typing on a IPad and to lazy to fix grammar.)
What sort of time do you have? Branch? Doomed? Primary? Primaries? A combination?
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When one timeline was created (Mine,) The other (canon) stopped existing.
Although the rules of time are set, so that something that never existed, could never exist. so Alex technically could never appear for 'no reason.'
However, 'something' forced him into Equestria, and completely changed the timeline. No branches were made, and the timeline isn't doomed by it either. One ceased to exist, the other took it's place.
Simply, the best term i can find to explain the chapter, is a 'Pogo Paradox.' Where one event, explicitly affects something in the past, making the event happen in the first place.
While i'm still working on 'how he got here,' this chapter itself is a prime example of a Pogo Paradox.
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Assumption/Basis of arguments/My interpretation of what you said
Everything after here is based on the assumption that there is one timeline, therefore one universe, therefore one reality. Are there like, separate "only timelines" for each universe? (Indicating total airgapping between different universes, contradicting the introduction of alex? or a lot of chaos magic) Or is there literally ONE universe? (One universe is the premise I took from what you said, Genocide and False Memories both stem from that interpretation)
Genocide Argument
But then, arguably, whatever forced Alex into the timeline/universe caused mass genocide that killed off every life form in the previous space/time/universe. If there is one timeline that is replaced the previous, everything in the replaced timeline is ceases to exist. Which means time travel... replacing the preview timeline, also causes the annihilation of the previous timeline?
False Memories Argument
So there's no inter-dimensional drifting, because there are no alternate universes, due to a lack of alternate timelines. Which means whatever caused Alex to be generated from literally nothing with false memories of his "previous world" (A lack of alternate time-streams eliminates the possibility of having another dimension/universe that Alex would originate from?) would be, most likely, a form of chaos magic? Cuz rules of time being set, a aberration would most likely be chaos magic?
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I wouldn't say that alternate universes exist, but alternate realities do. And those share the same timeline.
And as for genocide, or false memories, I can't really say that genocide was committed, as a simple change just made them live different lives. I guess in a matter of speaking, the future versions of them stopped existing when he entered, and were replaced by only slightly different versions of themselves. I like to think that the same pony, simply reached a different end, losing only the experiences that they would have had, had the character not been inserted.
You could also say that children that were meant to be born never were, simply because Alex's presence altered how things went in small ways, leading to conception at different times, making different children. Which could lead to a genocide of a generation that hasn't been born yet, because it never will be born.
And for false memories, it would be closer.
As soon as he appeared, he became a constant in that timeline, which altered all of their memories across it, to involve him, and at the same time, they all lived and experienced their memories of him. On the other hand, they never experienced what happened in the old timeline, as it simply never existed. So, since he had always been their by their perspective, so there was nothing to overwrite.
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In this story, what is the difference between alternate universes and alternate realities? I interpret this response as a sort of like, alternate universes are large differneces (Such as having a universe where, say, equestria was founded 16,000 years in the past and ponies are way farther in the future, and the star is also dying) and alternate realities would be like, say, having the man 6 as stallions or something.
So this would basically depend on your definition of a self, whether it be specific and down to the second of memory, or more vague.
From their perspective, which would be the post-alex timeline, there was no change. But for the pre-alex timeline, it would have been obliterated. So as far as post-alex is concerned, there was no change.
As far as i can tell, this would then be Timeline Corruption Theory? which is to say a change in time will change everything in the future of the time-travel event, similar to a butterfly effect. Possibly with a dash of doomed timeline, as the old timeline is simply annihilated. (regular TCT implies multiple timelines)
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Okay, so by realities, i mean that there is the Equestria reality, and the real earth reality, and many many more. They coexist, and share a timeline, along with bunches of other realities.They are all contained within the same universe
Which is the only universe that exists.
And yes, the first timeline stopped. And the second timeline replaced it. Corruption is the best i can place it, without having to go and look for a better theory to fit it better, haha.
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh okay. There are no alternate dimensions then, and earth is another planet, not an alternate dimension. Ahhh in that case that simplifies things. If everything's contained din one space/time then there are no time problems caused by alex's presence in equestria, because he's only moving through space and not causing dimensional ripples.
the time travel itself raises some other issues, yeah, but alex's original presence then doesn't screw around with it then... Oh so this is just a canon vs fic thing then.
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either you are a astrophysicist or you watch too much doctor who... i hope it's the latter
We must push forward!
I think you mean backwards.
No, we must push forwards to the past.
I'm pretty sure it's backwards to the past and forwards to the future...
...it doesn't matter, the point is, we have a time travel adventure on our hands...hooves...WHATEVER
~Sylpheed and Eli
Wait if the Doctor is the only wildcard then he caused this to happen by going to and changing the past before the timeline split/reconstruction. That said, the doctor must have came to the scene in the future with the statues directly from the distant past, without derpy. Something happened
I have one thing to say
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that is all
Ahhhh....the 90's were a better time.
Dr Whoovesy and Alex working together?
"YAY!!!"
And this is what happened to make Celestia think that Selflessness was an Element.
Alex didn't read his letter, and the second letter wasn't described, which indicates a reverse causality forward reference just occurred. On to the side fic!