The Temporal Mechanics of SCC Season 2.5
Remember this post, where I diagram the various timelines of T:tSCC? After "The Last Voyage of the Jimmy Carter" and "Born to Run," it seemed like it was time to update the diagram. Below the cut is the new and improved (and very spoilery) diagram, with notes. As before, history-changing time travel is represented in red, causality loops in blue,
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I don't quite understand all the fanresponses I've read that seem to assume that show canon can be one big, happy causality loop
I think it's because we place ourselves with one character--our gateway character into the show, the lead, the one we identify with, etc.--and when we (or at least I) speak we speak from that point of view. So when I'm saying that for John he goes into the future, knowing Cameron, seeing Allison, knowing Derek and that Kyle is his father, I'm thinking of how these things will play out for John. But what I'm not saying is that things are suddenly hugely different for Derek, Kyle, Allison, and the rest. Maybe others are too?
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