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Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
12th Dec, 2018 02:04:09 PM

Continuity Reboot - Cosmic Retcon

On the second question, if you're asking what the in-universe equivalent of Alternate Continuity would be, Alternate Timeline is more accurate than Alternate Universe.

4tell0life4 Since: Mar, 2018
12th Dec, 2018 02:24:30 PM

Alternate Universe is for cases where "multiple universes" explicitly exist (and that crossing between them is possible), right? For Alternate Timeline it's only implied/implicit, right?

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Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
12th Dec, 2018 08:14:20 PM

There's a lot of overlap, but the basic distinction is that Alternate Universe can be radically different in a number of different ways (Say, in one universe the heroes' adventures might have been the same but all the human character's counterparts are anthropomorphic weasels), in an Alternate Timeline everything is identical until a single point of divergence. From there you can have For Want Of A Nail, In Spite of a Nail, and Stations of the Canon in various combinations, but differences can be traced back to that one "reboot" point.

4tell0life4 Since: Mar, 2018
12th Dec, 2018 10:55:14 PM

^ How do For Want Of A Nail and Stations of the Canon differ?

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Merseyuser1 Since: Sep, 2011
13th Dec, 2018 03:48:55 AM

Thank you. I'll add these to the In-Universe page

MetaFour MOD (Old Master)
13th Dec, 2018 12:12:18 PM

^^ For Want Of A Nail is when a minor change in a timeline snowballs into major changes later. In Spite of a Nail is the opposite, when certain details about the timeline remain unchanged, in spite of major changes before.

Stations of the Canon is more of a Tropes in Aggregate version of either of the above, where you can only identify it when it pops up in a bunch of alternate timelines / adaptations / fanfics. But the Stations would be specific events from the original timeline/canon that keep getting revisited in alternate versions, so you can see how much they've changed (or haven't changed) in the new timeline.

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4tell0life4 Since: Mar, 2018
13th Dec, 2018 01:15:03 PM

^ I get it, thanks

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Merseyuser1 Since: Sep, 2011
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