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Amory Felix ([personal profile] fatespoken) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2014-04-30 07:05 pm

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The hors d'oeuvres and pirates are great and all, guys, but have you ever really considered the consequences of this multi-world space party?

If we're lucky, then we're not from different universes. We just share different addresses in the same infinite space. Maybe your neighbor is 10 to 20th to the 40th light years away from you, and whatever took us here was somehow able to cross that sheer distance of space-time to bring us all together.

And if we're unlucky?

Then each of our universes exist independently. Each universe is its own bubble, a false vacuum governed by its own laws. Laws like energy level, the particles that make up what we are, et cetera, et cetera. In other words, we shouldn't be able to interact.

One of the times where we might interact is if one of these universes were to subsume the other. In my world, we call it a false-vacuum decay. In an instant, the poor bastards of Universe A find themselves functioning under an entirely new set of laws, but wait--

They can't.

There are specific conditions that allow you and the physical world around you to exist. Change any of those conditions, and you're fucked. Either you're gone in an instant, or if you survive, it won't be long. Gravity is going to pull everything together until we've got one giant mass. And seriously, I don't like anyone that much to be that close to them.

I'm not saying that is what's going to happen to us. The fact that we can coexist within the same space implies that the laws of our universes aren't so far off. In fact, it explains the wonky powers issue. But think about it: if a bunch of people are being pulled from different universes, aren't we poking holes in each of these bubbles? Could we be compromising the integrity of each separate universe, until the borders weaken and ultimately everything collapses into each other?

Could it happen? I don't know. I'm not sure if anyone could really know for sure, and all of this? It's pretty damn humbling. Even the most powerful of us are just shitstains on the great toilet bowl of the multiverse. Cheers!

TL;DR: All our universes could collapse into each other. Discuss.
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[personal profile] 2leftfeet 2014-05-01 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
And?

[Conversation 101.]
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[personal profile] the_other_eight 2014-05-01 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Pepper's used to this sort of technobabble and theorizing, but the way he puts it still makes her grimace.]

How cheerful of you to point that out.
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[personal profile] 2leftfeet 2014-05-01 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
We're already here. Whether we poked holes in the universe on our way over doesn't really matter unless you've got an idea on how to patch it up if it turns out to be true.
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[personal profile] lostkings 2014-05-01 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Scientific and soul crushing. Good job.
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[personal profile] lostkings 2014-05-01 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I never said that you crushed my soul. A reality check every now and then is a good thing. Especially when it involves the crapper.
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[personal profile] lostkings 2014-05-01 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I could think of a few things but i'll still give you credit. The mental imagery finishes things off just that nicely.
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[personal profile] lostkings 2014-05-02 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Something cute and fuzzy always does the trick. [ sarcasm! ]
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[personal profile] 2leftfeet 2014-05-02 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
You do that.

[Is that a hint of sarcasm? Sure is, buddy.]
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[personal profile] 2leftfeet 2014-05-02 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Hierarchy of needs. If we're punching holes in universes, it's because of whatever is occurring on the ship to bring us here. Getting control of the ship and fixing what's causing the problems at the jump solves more issues than talking about prospective new ones that don't change the solution anyway.
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[personal profile] lostkings 2014-05-02 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay fine, i'll give you that one. Sounds like the plot of a bad kids movie.
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[personal profile] sleuthtastic 2014-05-03 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa there, space cowboy.
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[personal profile] the_other_eight 2014-05-04 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
[She's trying to keep the slight amusement out of her voice, because he totally sounds like Tony right now. On Amory, why are you pulling her slowly out of her depression?]

So I've heard. Is there anything else you'd like us to keep in perspective?
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[personal profile] nightblogs 2014-05-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
omg dude ur making my head hurt
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[personal profile] lostkings 2014-05-05 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Kind of spoils the entire plot, doesn't it?

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