Every Work of Fiction is True in Another Universe

Wouldn't that mean we're living in a cosmic horror universe?

Or possibly the alpha universe like a control of sorts.

The My Immortal discussion made me think, would it be possible for a universe to just crash? That would certainly make sense given how abruptly MI ends, maybe all the plot holes and time travel were just too much?

Speaking of which, how does time travel work? Does it transport you into an alternate universe in which time moves a little slower or does it actually reset time and create a new universe based on the changes in that moment? Or something that we can't even comprehend?

This makes my head hurt.

edited 9th Dec '17 4:41:52 AM by ChipsaDipsa

Some alternate universes seem to have different laws of physics, so maybe time travel falls under that sort of thing. Depending on the universe, travel backwards through time might lead to stable loops, branching paths, or other phenomena.

what about works of fiction that don’t require a completely separate universe to be possible? plenty of realistic fiction can plausibly exist within the same realm.

or is that irrelevant, and all realistic fiction gets a universe of its very own, despite the fact that that’s probably a waste of universe.

••• what about works of fiction that don’t require a completely separate universe to be possible? plenty of realistic fiction can plausibly exist within the same realm.

or is that irrelevant, and all realistic fiction gets a universe of its very own, despite the fact that that’s probably a waste of universe.

Marvel would probably feel pretty comfortable on the same planet with Harry Potter. And the Magicians.

So..... there's a universe where "Birth of a Nation" is historically, ethnically, and ethically accurate?

What about worlds like Arrowverse, which already deal with multiple universes?

then it becomes Turtles All The Way Down.

If there are infinite universes, there could be millions of universes where fictional characters are real. Like there could be a universe where Spongebob is the president or something weird like that.

Well, I've been watching a lot of Rick and Morty so that might be where I'm getting all these crazy ideas from

Wouldn't that mean everyone in this reality has a "fictional" or canon counterpart living in a fictional reality.

Edited by KingOfStickers on Jul 25th 2019 at 12:08:53 PM

Marvel already has the idea of the omniverse. Quote from the databook:

“The Omniverse is EVERY reality, including those published by all other companies. Even fan-fictions, cancelled works, mere fantasies, wishes of thoughts created by people, future comic book publishing companies and fictional universes yet to be published are considered part of the Omniverse; simply put, the Omniverse is every version of reality and existence imaginable.”

Basically, if you can think of it, it’s in the omniverse somewhere.

Someone also brought up near the start of this thread that there could be different “levels” of reality, but fictional works from our world also reference each other as fictional all the time. Maybe works of fiction are like “windows” into other realities. Maybe our real lives are being published as a book somewhere.

I literally don't see why that couldn't be the case. It's very fun to think about- just imagine your favorite superhero being a fan of your life!

That do leads me to wonder though, how stable are dream universes normally? Most of mine look like hallucinations, so maybe there's a factor here and there and a dream universe actually looks much more stable when one enters such a world.

Edited by KingOfStickers on Dec 27th 2019 at 3:06:03 PM