TIME TRAVEL DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. IF YOU CHANGE HOW EVENTS UNFOLD FOR YOU, THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY UNFOLD THAT WAY FOR EVERYONE ELSE. A DOOMED TIMELINE IS CREATED WHENEVER SOMEONE MAKES A DECISION THEY "SHOULDN'T HAVE" ACCORDING TO SOME INSCRUTABLE BULLSHIT PLAN SET FORTH BY PARADOX SPACE. TRYING TO CHANGE THE WAY THINGS ARE "MEANT" TO OCCUR IS A SUREFIRE WAY TO SPAWN ONE.
[... fucking hell. He makes a mental note to deposit some money in the swear jar YOUR SISTER SUCKS, RUBY okay back to exposition.]
AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR UNIVERSE OR WHATEVER THE F [GODDAMMIT] FUDGE YOU WANT TO CALL IT FOLLOWS THE SAME RULES, BUT IF IT DOES, YOUR INFLUENCING EVENTS WHEN YOU RETURN WOULD EITHER DOOM YOUR TIMELINE OR MEAN THAT EVERYONE YOU'D MET WHILE HERE WHO EXPERIENCED THINGS DIFFERENTLY WERE ACTUALLY FROM A DOOMED TIMELINE.
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A DOOMED TIMELINE IS CREATED WHENEVER SOMEONE MAKES A DECISION THEY "SHOULDN'T HAVE" ACCORDING TO SOME INSCRUTABLE BULLSHIT PLAN SET FORTH BY PARADOX SPACE. TRYING TO CHANGE THE WAY THINGS ARE "MEANT" TO OCCUR IS A SUREFIRE WAY TO SPAWN ONE.
[... fucking hell. He makes a mental note to deposit some money in the swear jar YOUR SISTER SUCKS, RUBY okay back to exposition.]
AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR UNIVERSE OR WHATEVER THE F [GODDAMMIT] FUDGE YOU WANT TO CALL IT FOLLOWS THE SAME RULES, BUT IF IT DOES, YOUR INFLUENCING EVENTS WHEN YOU RETURN WOULD EITHER DOOM YOUR TIMELINE OR MEAN THAT EVERYONE YOU'D MET WHILE HERE WHO EXPERIENCED THINGS DIFFERENTLY WERE ACTUALLY FROM A DOOMED TIMELINE.