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** Her EvilCounterpart Zarm also can display this power.

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** Her EvilCounterpart Zarm also can display this power.power, usually requiring her intervention when the Planeteers face him.
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** DoctorDoom towards the end of ''The SecretWars'', which ended up being his undoing, as he was tricked into thinking about scenarios that would bring back his defeated opposers to fight him, thus making it happen.

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** DoctorDoom towards the end of ''The SecretWars'', ComicBook/SecretWars'', which ended up being his undoing, as he was tricked into thinking about scenarios that would bring back his defeated opposers to fight him, thus making it happen.
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** The ScarletWitch was the entire cause of the reboot attempt ''HouseOfM''. She recreated the world once so that mutants were in charge and then reset it back to almost right, except that there were no more mutants. (Well, other than 198, and all the rest who suddenly started getting their powers back.) And that was after killing off her husband and some of her friends, which destroyed the Avengers, when she initially lost it.

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** The ScarletWitch was the entire cause of the reboot attempt ''HouseOfM''.''ComicBook/HouseOfM''. She recreated the world once so that mutants were in charge and then reset it back to almost right, except that there were no more mutants. (Well, other than 198, and all the rest who suddenly started getting their powers back.) And that was after killing off her husband and some of her friends, which destroyed the Avengers, when she initially lost it.



*** He killed the Molecule Man in about two seconds and can resurrect himself even after being disintegrated on a molecular level. It's said that if he went completely batshit insane, the Scarlet Witch (HouseOfM and {{Decimation}}) would be nothing by comparison. Since when controlled by the Void he levelled Asgard in a matter of moments just through his flying brick powers, this is worrying. After going through a spectacular TraumaCongaLine, he has now chosen to be dead. However, for the Sentry in particular, DeathIsCheap.

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*** He killed the Molecule Man in about two seconds and can resurrect himself even after being disintegrated on a molecular level. It's said that if he went completely batshit insane, the Scarlet Witch (HouseOfM (ComicBook/HouseOfM and {{Decimation}}) would be nothing by comparison. Since when controlled by the Void he levelled Asgard in a matter of moments just through his flying brick powers, this is worrying. After going through a spectacular TraumaCongaLine, he has now chosen to be dead. However, for the Sentry in particular, DeathIsCheap.



** The obscure oneshot ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' character Mister Marvel put an interesting spin on this. He could alter reality, all right... but the changes to the universe he made were perceptible ''only to him''. In effect, he was living in a fantasy world of his own design. To himself (and only himself) he was the world's greatest superhero; the rest of the world saw him as a frail old man. Then ''HouseOfM'' happened, [[TearJerker and suddenly he was a frail old man for real]].

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** The obscure oneshot ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' ''Comicbook/XMen'' character Mister Marvel put an interesting spin on this. He could alter reality, all right... but the changes to the universe he made were perceptible ''only to him''. In effect, he was living in a fantasy world of his own design. To himself (and only himself) he was the world's greatest superhero; the rest of the world saw him as a frail old man. Then ''HouseOfM'' ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' happened, [[TearJerker and suddenly he was a frail old man for real]].
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* [[BigBad Belladonna]] from ''AllDogsGoToHeavenTheSeries'' is a low level one. She was able to teleport most of the cast into a board game (which became a world of it's own) with just a snap of her fingers and this is probably how her VillainSong even makes sense at all (it involved dancing meat). However, it seems she can't directly effect someone's freewill or won't.

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* [[BigBad Belladonna]] from ''AllDogsGoToHeavenTheSeries'' ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven: The Series'' is a low level one. She was able to teleport most of the cast into a board game (which became a world of it's own) with just a snap of her fingers and this is probably how her VillainSong even makes sense at all (it involved dancing meat). However, it seems she can't directly effect someone's freewill or won't.
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* Gaia, from ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', will bend reality through time manipulation to solve a problem or to teach characters a lesson. One example is during the episode "If its Doomsday, It Must be Belfast", she fast forwards time 10 years to show the affects of the nuclear fallout to people in thee different conflict zones if they set them off after Verminous Skumm gives them the triggers, saying that they will destroy the other side. She then rewinds back time and with their lessons learned, help the Planeteers foil Skumms plans.

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* Gaia, from ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', will bend reality through time manipulation to solve a problem or to teach characters a lesson. One example is during the episode "If its Doomsday, It Must be Belfast", she fast forwards time 10 years to show the affects of the nuclear fallout to people in thee three different conflict zones if they set them the nukes off after Verminous Skumm gives them the triggers, saying that they will destroy the other side. She then rewinds back time and with their lessons learned, help the Planeteers foil Skumms plans.
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* Gaia, from ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', will bend reality through time manipulation to solve a problem or to teach characters a lesson. One example is during the episode "If its Doomsday, It Must be Belfast", she fast forwards time 10 years to show the affects of the nuclear fallout to people in thee different conflict zones if they set them off after Verminous Skumm gives them the triggers, saying that they will destroy the other side. She then rewinds back time and with their lessons learned, help the Planeteers foil Skumms plans.
** Her EvilCounterpart Zarm also can display this power.
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* SteveJobs was widely reputed to have a lesser form of this, known as his "Reality Distortion Field." It didn't make the universe different, but made people around him tend to think it ''should be'', and try to change the universe to conform..

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* SteveJobs was widely reputed to have a lesser form of this, known as his "Reality Distortion Field." It didn't make the universe different, but made people around him tend to think it ''should be'', and try to change the universe to conform..conform.
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* SteveJobs was widely reputed to have a lesser form of this, known as his "Reality Distortion Field." It didn't make the universe different, but made people around him tend to think it ''should be'', and try to change the universe to conform.

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* SteveJobs was widely reputed to have a lesser form of this, known as his "Reality Distortion Field." It didn't make the universe different, but made people around him tend to think it ''should be'', and try to change the universe to conform.conform..
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** Mad Jim Jaspers (described by Merlyn as "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the reality butcher]]") was so powerful in his reality warping that two in comic universes had to be shut down because the writers had no idea with what to do with him and the universes.

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** Mad Jim Jaspers (described (referred to by Merlyn other characters variously as "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the reality butcher]]") was so butcher", "the Jaspers monster" or "the Jaspers thing]]") has been described in ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' as the most powerful reality-warper ever to exist in the Marvel universe because he is capable of affecting realities other than his own. Jaspers is also totally insane and takes to poisoning and twisting reality warping that two in comic universes had to be shut down around him because it seems like good sport. He was only defeated when the writers had no idea with what to do with Fury, a super-adaptable cyborg created by the Jaspers of another universe [[spoiler: transported him to an empty void outside reality where there is nothing for him to control, and the universes.incinerated his brain]].

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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has [[spoiler:Inoue Orihime]], who can [[spoiler:reject reality, depending on her current emotional state.]]
** [[spoiler: Fullbringers]] in general seem to all be minor-scale reality warpers, because [[spoiler: Fullbring]] manipulates the "souls" in "matter", which is everything in reality. Among their powers, we have a "time manipulation" ability, an ability that affects "probability", and [[spoiler:a sword that can alter the past of anything it cuts (both living and inanimate)]].
** They don't out right say it, but that is what [[spoiler: Orihime and Chad are, due to Ichigo's spirit energy jumpstarting their abilities, exposure to hollows when either young or unborn gave them the capability, Ichigo himself is half that, the fullbringers unlock his fullbringer abilites when he loses his shingami ones, and eventually take those away too. then he gets his shingami ones back, they haven't explored it further than i some odd occations where his powers violate some rules, ususally just in how much power he has.]]
** This is what [[spoiler: Aizen becomes with the MacGuffin he was looking for, until Ichigo starts beating him and he loses control, eventually becoming weaker than originally, but indestructible, so he is imprisoned rather than executed, or perhaps they just cannot replace the execution method Ichigo destroyed.]]
*** Ichigo eventually [[spoiler: unlocks an ultimate move which makes him merge with his spiritual selves, his sword and hollow(which merged themselves in the process of him learning this), possibly acting as the opposite of this trope, immune to Aizen's powers. Or else he was just that strong when he used it that Aizen was shocked into losing control of his power.]]

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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has [[spoiler:Inoue Orihime]], who can [[spoiler:reject ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
** Orihime powers are based around the concept of rejecting
reality, depending on but are limited by both her current emotional state.state and what she personally believes is possible or not. Hacchi advises her that where mastering her power is concerned, she needs to remember that she shouldn't think of how the world works but how she wants the world to work.
** The Hougyoku is a reality warper device. It resonates with the deepest desires of the hearts it comes into contact with and then manipulates reality to make those desires become reality. [[spoiler:When Aizen fuses with it, it sends his body into multiple transformations, increasing his power level each time until eventually his deepest desire is unmasked and the Hougyoku depowers him: apparently, his deepest desire was to be a normal shinigami rather than an exceptionally powerful one.
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** [[spoiler: Fullbringers]] in general seem to all be minor-scale reality warpers, because [[spoiler: Fullbring]] Fullbring manipulates the "souls" in "matter", which is everything in reality. Among their powers, we have a "time manipulation" ability, an ability that affects "probability", and [[spoiler:a sword that can alter the past souls of anything it cuts (both living and inanimate)]].
** They don't out right say it, but that is what [[spoiler: Orihime and Chad are, due to Ichigo's spirit energy jumpstarting their abilities, exposure to hollows when either young or unborn gave them the capability, Ichigo himself is half that, the fullbringers unlock his
matter, allowing a fullbringer abilites when he loses his shingami ones, and eventually take those away too. then he gets his shingami ones back, they haven't explored it further than i some odd occations where his powers violate some rules, ususally just in how much power he has.]]
** This is what [[spoiler: Aizen becomes with the MacGuffin he was looking for, until Ichigo starts beating him and he loses control, eventually becoming weaker than originally, but indestructible, so he is imprisoned rather than executed, or perhaps they just cannot replace the execution method Ichigo destroyed.]]
*** Ichigo eventually [[spoiler: unlocks an ultimate move
to do a variety of things from manipulating air molecules to be able to stand on air to transforming objects into entirely different objects. Each fullbringer has one item to which makes him merge with his spiritual selves, his sword they're uniquely bonded and hollow(which merged themselves in the process of him learning this), possibly acting as the opposite of this trope, immune informs the nature of their fullbring and how it can be weaponised. Ginjou transforms a cross into a sword, Jackie transforms her boots to Aizen's powers. Or else he was just make her a powerful kick-boxer, Yukio transforms his playstation to turn battles into lethal video games, etc. It's confirmed that strong when Sado is also a fullbringer; the object he used it that Aizen was shocked into losing control of transforms and weaponises is his power.]]skin.
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* In LightNovel/{{DateALive}} the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Realizer]] makes "human imagination into reality" and powers the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture setting]]. The result is a bit like a StandardSuperHeroSetting, where most tech is modern day, with a few organizations having access to much more advanced stuff. The Realizer is used to implement a variety of superpowers, but is implied to have a number of limits. The talent to be able to use it is very rare(used as a justification for ChildSoldiers), along with having fairly significant limits with regard to the range and complexity of powers that can be created; [[TransformationSequence clothing changes]], flight, super strength and defensive shields can all be created, but the AST needs to have pre-made weapons rather than creating them themselves. It's also mentioned as the way to quicky reconstruct damaged caused by various battles and supernatural events.

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* In LightNovel/{{DateALive}} ''LightNovel/DateALive'' the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Realizer]] makes "human imagination into reality" and powers the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture setting]]. The result is a bit like a StandardSuperHeroSetting, where most tech is modern day, with a few organizations having access to much more advanced stuff. The Realizer is used to implement a variety of superpowers, but is implied to have a number of limits. The talent to be able to use it is very rare(used as a justification for ChildSoldiers), along with having fairly significant limits with regard to the range and complexity of powers that can be created; [[TransformationSequence clothing changes]], flight, super strength and defensive shields can all be created, but the AST needs to have pre-made weapons rather than creating them themselves. It's also mentioned as the way to quicky reconstruct damaged caused by various battles and supernatural events.
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* Sasami Tsukuyomi from ''LightNovelSasamiSanGanbaranai'' is...sort of this, at least for the first few episodes. She possesses the power of Amaterasu (essentially, the power of God Almighty), and while she can't really use it, the "myriad gods" are perfectly willing to bend the laws of time and space to appease and befriend her. In Episode 1 she's hungry and craving chocolate, so what do the myriad gods do? ''Turn the entire world into chocolate''.

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* Sasami Tsukuyomi from ''LightNovelSasamiSanGanbaranai'' ''LightNovel/SasamiSanGanbaranai'' is...sort of this, at least for the first few episodes. She possesses the power of Amaterasu (essentially, the power of God Almighty), and while she can't really use it, the "myriad gods" are perfectly willing to bend the laws of time and space to appease and befriend her. In Episode 1 she's hungry and craving chocolate, so what do the myriad gods do? ''Turn the entire world into chocolate''.
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* Several characters are capable of this in ''FanFic/DiariesOfAMadman''. Anyone capable of learning "true magic" can do the same, but Celestia and Luna stamped out the practice due to it being abused.
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* Hemah in ''FallFromHeaven'' does this with dreams. Hemah himself is similar creation of a god's dreams.

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* Hemah in ''FallFromHeaven'' ''VideoGame/FallFromHeaven'' does this with dreams. Hemah himself is similar creation of a god's dreams.
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** During the ''Heroic Age'' storyline, the Hood had the ''potential'' to have incredible reality warping powers after the stole four of the Infinity Gems, including the Yellow Reality Gem, in his plan to murder the Avengers out of revenge. However, as Uatu the Watcher noted, while his ability to use the Gems was impressive, he was still limited because he simply thought about using the Gems to enhance his own power rather than really thinking about what he could do with them; he mostly just engaged his enemies in direct combat and never [[RevengeBeforeReason considered just using them to will them out of existence.]]
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* The epynomous ''Fiml/TheLawnmowerMan''. The tag line says it all:
-->''God made him simple. Science made him a god.''

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* Any animated character that fits the classic description of "{{Toon}}," like the Looney Tunes, ScrewySquirrel, other Warner Bros. characters, and many of the ClassicDisneyShorts characters.



** He can also defy gravity, lift entire houses, blow up a house with nothing but the static electricity, clone himself to get an I-beam brought up to the top of the aforementioned elevator, jump at least a thousand feet up in the air, is invulnerable to pain, and can exist in cartoons. When you consider all this, it's little wonder that he almost destroyed reality itself in 2+2=Ed.

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* Sasami Tsukuyomi from ''LightNovelSasamiSanGanbaranai'' is...sort of this, at least for the first few episodes. She possesses the power of Amaterasu (essentially, the power of God Almighty), and while she can't really use it, the "myriad gods" are perfectly willing to bend the laws of time and space to appease and befriend her. In Episode 1 she's hungry and craving chocolate, so what do the myriad gods do? ''Turn the entire world into chocolate''.
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* In ''Grimm'', any character with Imagination as their iconic core trait becomes one in the Grimm Lands, able to manipulate the imagination-stuff made real of the Grimm Lands through sheer force of will and creativity. Dreamers, however, are better than it than anyone, having a higher starting Imagination and getting it as a free iconic core trait in addition to their normal one. They can even put their normal iconic core trait into Imagination as well, making them even more potent -- when spending Imagination to alter the Grimm lands, each single point spent counts as two.

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* In ''Grimm'', any character with Imagination as their iconic core trait becomes one in the Grimm Lands, able to manipulate the imagination-stuff made real of the Grimm Lands through sheer force of will and creativity. Dreamers, however, are better than at it than anyone, having a higher starting Imagination and getting it as a free iconic core trait in addition to their normal one. They can even put their normal iconic core trait into Imagination as well, making them even more potent -- when spending Imagination to alter the Grimm lands, each single point spent counts as two.
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** Some of the more powerful angels have reality warping powers. Zachariah is the biggest user but other angels, including a promoted Castiel demonstrated mild reality warping powers.
** Jesse, the AntiChrist, made childish stories come true by merely believing them.
** Apparently, this can also happen to powerful psychics. Fred Jones was a powerful psychic who grew senile and lost control of his powers, making cartoon physics come true.
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* The Nannies of ''Literature/{{Idlewild}}'' have this power in the virtual world. Almost always for the benefit of the students. Almost.
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** Although it was originally only PlayedForLaughs, Pinkie Pie has become a borderline RealityWarper now that she's using CartoonPhysics to actually further the plot. So far she's [[TheCatCameBack relentlessly and impossibly chased]] more than a few characters, passed through solid walls via OffScreenTeleportation, pulled weapons out of HammerSpace during fights, slowed her descent into water in order to avoid making a splash, walked on air, ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall obliterated the fourth wall]]'', possesses a sixth sense that warns her of impending events, and done any number of acts [[BeyondTheImpossible that are supposed to be impossible for earth ponies]]. Her friends notice, and on more than a few occasions, are ''shocked out of their minds''.

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** Although it was originally only PlayedForLaughs, Pinkie Pie has become a borderline RealityWarper now that she's using CartoonPhysics to actually further the plot. So far she's [[TheCatCameBack relentlessly and impossibly chased]] more than a few characters, passed through solid walls via OffScreenTeleportation, pulled weapons out of HammerSpace during fights, slowed her descent into water in order to avoid making a splash, walked on air, ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall obliterated the fourth wall]]'', possesses a sixth sense that warns her of impending events, and done any number of acts [[BeyondTheImpossible that are supposed to be impossible for earth ponies]]. Her friends notice, and on more than a few occasions, are ''shocked out of their minds''. A common refrain her friends often say is "Pinkie Pie's just being ''Pinkie Pie''." They don't want to break their brains figuring out exactly how/why Pinkie Sense or her OffscreenTeleportation works (as Twilight tried, and failed to in "Feeling Pinkie Keen").
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* Ed from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. He can make an elevator made out of a bunch of random shit ''that goes to the moon''. [[MindScrew The exit is a microwave, and some of the stuff in the elevator includes a fishbowl, hockey sticks, and anything else you could get your hands on]]. He can also create a rewind button on Edd's hat.

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* Ed from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. He can make an elevator made out of a bunch of random shit ''that goes to the moon''. [[MindScrew The exit is a microwave, and some of the stuff in the elevator includes a fishbowl, hockey sticks, and anything else you could get your hands on]]. He can also create a rewind button on Edd's hat.hat, helpful when Ed can't quite understand Edd's Technobabble.
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** The Beyonder, who was [[GameBreaker waaay too powerful]] for his own good. Although he did not know how to defecate until {{Spider-Man}} patiently showed him how. Way to take one for the team, Spidey. Beyonder was later revealed to have formed from a not-quite-complete Cosmic Cube.

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** The Beyonder, who Beyonder is an unfathomably powerful reality warper, just short of Omnipotence. However he was [[GameBreaker waaay too powerful]] for his own good. Although he did not know how to defecate until {{Spider-Man}} patiently showed him how. Way to take one for the team, Spidey. Beyonder was later revealed to have formed from a not-quite-complete Cosmic Cube.

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* SteveJobs was widely reputed to have a lesser form of this, known as his "Reality Distortion Field." It didn't make the universe different, but made people around him tend to think it ''should be'', and try to change the universe to conform.



* BillGates was widely reputed to have a lesser form of this, known as his "Reality Distortion Field." It didn't make the universe different, but made people around him tend to think it ''should be'', and try to change the universe to conform.

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** Mad Jim Jaspers was so powerful in his reality warping that two in comic universes had to be shut down because the writers had no idea with what to do with him and the universes.

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** Mad Jim Jaspers (described by Merlyn as "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the reality butcher]]") was so powerful in his reality warping that two in comic universes had to be shut down because the writers had no idea with what to do with him and the universes.
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*** Corwin himself eventually comes to doubt the solipsism hypothesis, on the grounds that he'd long since played the game of traveling to the limits of his capacity to comprehend reality and has now found a path of external origin leading beyond those limits. In general there seems a granularity to Shadow; some changes aren't findable (such as a world exactly like the one you're in except with a certain person having a different personality or memories), Shadow-travelers with sufficiently similar destinations in mind will tend to end up in the same place, and many minor uses of the power behave more as if they're modifying the existing reality rather than moving the user into a subtly different one.
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** [[spoiler: Elizabeth is able, from the beginning, to open "Tears", portals, into other timelines and dimensions. By the end of the game, she becomes even more powerful and essentially [[TheOmnipotent]] of that universe.]]

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** [[spoiler: Elizabeth is able, from the beginning, to open "Tears", portals, into other timelines and dimensions. By the end of the game, she becomes even more powerful and essentially [[TheOmnipotent]] [[TheOmnipotent the omnipotent being]] of that universe.]]

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