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Projections: Time Travel Moving Forward
Rasins:
I want Harry to go back in time, trip up Sue, which causes her to die.
nedserD C B yrraH:
One book that changes they way we see many events throughout the series. I want to see how early cases were going from outside Harry's POV. I want to see how bad things would have been if any of his cases went the other way. Like what would have happened if he hadn't stopped Victor Sells and the 3 Eye went nation wide, if the FBI went furry vigilante, or if Bianca's plan had worked out better for her. The most obvious would be to go back to PG and fix the intentional plot holes. But I would love to see more of Bianca's plan or the powers that started Victor or Denton down their path of twisting intentions.
Actual prediction: one book that follow the TL of most of the series, elucidating the motivations of many players without giving away too much. Late in the series, probably after the wrestling one, which will give us a look back at the series as a whole, in a way that Mirror Mirror gives us Dresden but for a small difference a la It's a Wonderful Life.
Lost Merlin:
So its looking like people are thinking that the time travel book will have some major implications to the whole series. Do you guys think that we are dealing with a stable time loop or that once harry goes back he will come back to a different 'present' based on his actions in the past.
Kindler:
--- Quote from: Lost Merlin on April 05, 2018, 12:43:04 PM ---So its looking like people are thinking that the time travel book will have some major implications to the whole series. Do you guys think that we are dealing with a stable time loop or that once harry goes back he will come back to a different 'present' based on his actions in the past.
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I predict a stable time loop. A case of this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAlreadyChangedThePast
It would keep the current canon stable, but would have an impact on how Harry perceives himself, and likely remove some lingering doubts and self-flagellative tendencies ("If only I had done X, I could have Y," etc.) If Harry changes events too much, then it could have drastic effects on the present, like Harry no longer being the Winter Knight, never becoming the Warden, the Red Court still hanging around, et cetera. I don't think the series needs a reset button; the only thing I can think of that did it well was the SyFy show Eureka, and that was sort of necessary because it was drowning in too many unsolvable plot issues.
Lost Merlin:
--- Quote from: Kindler on April 05, 2018, 01:07:43 PM ---I predict a stable time loop. A case of this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAlreadyChangedThePast
It would keep the current canon stable, but would have an impact on how Harry perceives himself, and likely remove some lingering doubts and self-flagellative tendencies ("If only I had done X, I could have Y," etc.) If Harry changes events too much, then it could have drastic effects on the present, like Harry no longer being the Winter Knight, never becoming the Warden, the Red Court still hanging around, et cetera. I don't think the series needs a reset button; the only thing I can think of that did it well was the SyFy show Eureka, and that was sort of necessary because it was drowning in too many unsolvable plot issues.
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Loved that show. Sad that Netflix and SyFy didn't renew.
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