tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post158921307482813185..comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Comments on Mouse's Musings: What the Hell's the Point of this Story?! Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-46506787779359962792015-10-01T08:42:56.478-07:002015-10-01T08:42:56.478-07:00That'd be interesting to write something about...That'd be interesting to write something about that.spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-14947818036280768322015-09-30T15:44:08.793-07:002015-09-30T15:44:08.793-07:00In the question of what happens if you try to stop...In the question of what happens if you try to stop a prophesized event, I would guess either Zod takes direct control and prevent it from happening, IIRC that's what happened in Assassins when St Rayford tried to shoot Nicky Mountain. Or your plan will inevitably be foiled by some final destination style occurrencesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-27812079961042380442015-09-28T05:35:25.539-07:002015-09-28T05:35:25.539-07:00> "We’re not going to try to stop prophesi...> "We’re not going to try to stop prophesied events, of course"<br /><br /><br />Taylor (who is awesome) wants to try to kill Carpathia again after he got killed the one time that he was supposed to. IIRC there's an angel coming down to stop him.<br /><br />In Tripocalypse, if you stop a prophesied event, the version of reality in which you succeed stops existing as soon as no unbelievers are observing it, and gets superimposed with the version of reality in which you failed. Basically God will jut retcon your efforts.spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-6300973975233251082015-09-28T03:49:41.628-07:002015-09-28T03:49:41.628-07:00Anonymous: no, if you try to stop a prophesied eve... Anonymous: no, if you try to stop a prophesied event <i>you</i> explode.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-30790574230797337652015-09-28T03:48:58.909-07:002015-09-28T03:48:58.909-07:00What's the point? I'm reminded of the apoc...What's the point? I'm reminded of the apocryphal interview with Don Henley. "But Don, what does <i>American Pie</i> really <i>mean</i>?" "It means… that I don't have to work, if I don't want to."<br /><br />Yeah, yeah, we solved racism, so anyone still making a fuss is just being uppity.<br /><br />"Exactly what's happening"? You can get that from a "plain" reading of the Bible, here in RTCland. <i>And</i> there are all those PMD books telling you in detail what's going to happen. You don't need to observe it in person! It's not as though you're, I dunno, the Antichrist's personal pilot or chief of propaganda or something.<br /><br />Yeah, so they can't even preach to Krystall at this point, because everyone's got the Mark. (Well, they can, but it won't do any good. Just like when you preach in the real world, kids!)<br /><br />Ignoring summer time, central is UTC-6, so 10 Central is 18 UTC. Iraq currently uses Arabia Standard Time, UTC+3, so 18 UTC is 21 AST, late in the evening. (If this is happening in the American summer, central is UTC-5, so it'll be 20 AST - they don't observe summer time there.)<br /><br />But actually L&J missed a trick there. What with One World Government, One World Currency and One World Religion, why not One World Time Zone? (Based on the new headquarters location of course.) "Daddy, I don't like getting up to go to school when the sun's setting!" "Too bad, son, the Potentate has decreed it."Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-67242126313755885382015-09-28T03:45:59.206-07:002015-09-28T03:45:59.206-07:00Back from a week's holiday with no Internet ac...Back from a week's holiday with no Internet access can only mean one thing: a double helping of Mouse! Yay!<br /><br />Referring to last week's post: are there any parts of the story which *don't* piss Mouse off?<br /><br />And from this one:<br /><br />"We’re not going to try to stop prophesied events, of course"<br /><br />How does this work in RTC-land? What happens if a "prophesied event" is about to happen and you take steps to stop it? Does the world explode or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-18025352833133015082015-09-27T22:49:53.446-07:002015-09-27T22:49:53.446-07:00http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Tripocalypse....http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Tripocalypse.ConferenceCall<br /><br />Here's my attempt to do a Jenkins-style exposition by phone call. Sadly I can't figure out a way for Hasina and Taylor to both survive....spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.com