dakkumauji
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Super pretty box please. I hope they toss in the wind fan as well!
Dunno, I enjoyed the last episode. I really don't see what's so terrible about it. *shrugs*
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Super pretty box please. I hope they toss in the wind fan as well!
Dunno, I enjoyed the last episode. I really don't see what's so terrible about it. *shrugs*
Ohhh I understand what you meant now. I was making an (tired) Akarin joke but you literally made your avatar disappear when using Dark theme. Very clever.
Wow, good find bro
Well,
according to Shinobu's (admittedly not very confident) explanations, the concept of fate exists in this world, and is ready to correct for any slight deviations from the norm. So if something is "supposed" to happen, it will generally happen one way or another even if you succeed in stopping it, for the sake of keeping the "path of fate" unchanged. If this is accurate, then the creation of paradoxes like the grandfather paradox is a legitimate issue, because it would introduce a deviation that the universe can't simply "correct for". This is similar to the reasoning that convinced Araragi that he could save Mayoi from becoming a ghost, because if he stopped her from being run over on Mother's Day and made sure she got to her mother's house, there would be no way for the universe to easily recreate those very specific circumstances again.
If all time travel to the past just creates a new branching timeline, though, then no paradoxes really exist, because there's no circular logic involved. You can kill your grandfather all you like, that'll just mean you're never born in this timeline; there's no paradox because you were still born in the timeline you came from. It's a very neat way of making time-travel work in a straightforward manner (and has the added bonus that if you screw everything up, you can always just go back to your original world, assuming the available technology allows that).
If all time travel to the past just creates a new branching timeline, though, then no paradoxes really exist, because there's no circular logic involved. You can kill your grandfather all you like, that'll just mean you're never born in this timeline; there's no paradox because you were still born in the timeline you came from. It's a very neat way of making time-travel work in a straightforward manner (and has the added bonus that if you screw everything up, you can always just go back to your original world, assuming the available technology allows that).
Personally, I suspect
it wouldn't be very easy for another vampire to destroy the world in the way that Shinobu did. For one thing, it relied on creating generation upon generation of vampires until the curse spread to the entire human population. I suspect most vampires wouldn't have the potency to create that many generations; a turned vampire is generally less powerful than its sire, and I get the impression that siring new vampires isn't very common in this world, so I wouldn't be surprised if most vampires would only be able to create a couple of new generations before the resulting "offspring" became too weak to be viable.
Perhaps more importantly, Shinobu's plan depended specifically on the fact that all her offspring, and their offspring, and their offspring and so forth, would share her desire to destroy the world and work single-mindedly towards accomplishing it. All vampires have the ability to exert some amount of mental influence over their offspring, but those offspring are still individuals with their own desires and values, which I suspect would not usually include destroying the world. Probably only a vampire of Shinobu's potency would be able to exert such total mental domination that all those generations would be united in pursuing such an extreme goal.
Of course, this is all just speculation. I haven't even reached that part in the novel yet, so for all I know there could be some kind of explanations in there that completely contradict everything I'm saying xp
Perhaps more importantly, Shinobu's plan depended specifically on the fact that all her offspring, and their offspring, and their offspring and so forth, would share her desire to destroy the world and work single-mindedly towards accomplishing it. All vampires have the ability to exert some amount of mental influence over their offspring, but those offspring are still individuals with their own desires and values, which I suspect would not usually include destroying the world. Probably only a vampire of Shinobu's potency would be able to exert such total mental domination that all those generations would be united in pursuing such an extreme goal.
Of course, this is all just speculation. I haven't even reached that part in the novel yet, so for all I know there could be some kind of explanations in there that completely contradict everything I'm saying xp
What do you mean, "good find"? It was tweeted by WTK, just like 99% of the US/JP home video anime news that's posted here.
https://twitter.com/WTK/status/390796211407814656
And if you really want to credit the first person who noticed, that would be this poster here on TFP.
https://twitter.com/WTK/status/390796211407814656
And if you really want to credit the first person who noticed, that would be this poster here on TFP.
Geez, does it really matter?
None of those are gaf links and no it doesn't matter. I just know DTL is usually quick with news so I just skim for his posts
No, no, I understand what the grandfather paradox is I just feel like the alternate dimension route is kind of a lazy way out of it that creates infinitely more problems than the paradox it's meant to prevent.
To put it bluntly, if one says time travel is unlikely because we'd have visitors from the future all the time then wouldn't it be even more likely that the alternate timeline thing is unlikely because then wouldn't we have even more people from alternate dimensions visiting us? After all you'd now not be dealing with just all the human beings, and apparitions in this case, with time traveling powers in all of one timeline's entire existence but now infinite beings with inter-dimensional travel powers across infinite timelines! In an alternate dimension theory where travel between them is possible I don't even know how a single timeline could remain pure to the point I'm not sure it even matters any more!
To put it bluntly, if one says time travel is unlikely because we'd have visitors from the future all the time then wouldn't it be even more likely that the alternate timeline thing is unlikely because then wouldn't we have even more people from alternate dimensions visiting us? After all you'd now not be dealing with just all the human beings, and apparitions in this case, with time traveling powers in all of one timeline's entire existence but now infinite beings with inter-dimensional travel powers across infinite timelines! In an alternate dimension theory where travel between them is possible I don't even know how a single timeline could remain pure to the point I'm not sure it even matters any more!
Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go: 01
So my Precure break lasted a grand total of... 1 week. But I'm refreshed and ready to go again.
So anyway, the Precure have there powers back, even if their attire is a little different. Time to see if there are any other changes,
So my Precure break lasted a grand total of... 1 week. But I'm refreshed and ready to go again.
So anyway, the Precure have there powers back, even if their attire is a little different. Time to see if there are any other changes,
like the one they're totally not hiding in the Opening and Ending...
Shit, I better find some time to watch more Precure or you're gonna overtake me super soon xp
Well, I guess that means I can leave this thread for good, knowing that every single piece of news will be reliably covered by DTL.
Ace of the Diamond 1
Not a big fan of baseball and this anime wasn't based on an Adachi manga so so I was very doubtful that I would even like it, but it turned out to be decent. The silly shounen sports writing is awful and generally ruins most of the good scenes, but I do like the fact that the MC is joining an elite school so it should be more interesting than regular sports anime. Haven't been sold completely by the first episode but might come back to it if I don't find that many shows to watch this season.
Not a big fan of baseball and this anime wasn't based on an Adachi manga so so I was very doubtful that I would even like it, but it turned out to be decent. The silly shounen sports writing is awful and generally ruins most of the good scenes, but I do like the fact that the MC is joining an elite school so it should be more interesting than regular sports anime. Haven't been sold completely by the first episode but might come back to it if I don't find that many shows to watch this season.
Having more people cover news is always better than one.
The only thing that I'm not hyped to see in this week KLK is Satsuki's horrible outfit
? What's wrong with her outfit?
I look forward to never hearing about shows with women in them again.
Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go: 02
This title is annoying to type. Good thing it's not a light novel-like title...
So... actually not much of note happened. Precure fight monster, blah blah. Think I'll aim for two a day. Shouldn't be too taxing, and should get the show done quicker.
This title is annoying to type. Good thing it's not a light novel-like title...
So... actually not much of note happened. Precure fight monster, blah blah. Think I'll aim for two a day. Shouldn't be too taxing, and should get the show done quicker.
I don't want to imagine that type of future...
Credits to Catsuka
Kill La Kill ED is a tribute to the drama Sukeban Deka.
Kill La Kill ED is a tribute to the drama Sukeban Deka.
https://twitter.com/catsuka/status/390831461177102336
It means "Thanks Obama"
It's a future where Obama's socialism has taken over the world.
R_thanatos
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Well you should be able to handle GoGo better than yes! because you've seen the worst already . Gogo is actually the best part of yes!
So Free! was only the beginning ?
GOTCHA!
Well, this piece of promo art for the previously-mentioned Kyoto Animation C・T・F・K 2013 Fan Event sure is fun:
http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/ctfk2013/
Doing their best to pretend Hyouka never existed.
I honestly never know when you are being sarcastic or when you are being sincere but overall you seem super hard on yourself and I can't figure out why. I think everyone appreciates the contributions you make to this thread & others. Lighten up a bit
It was always coming, when you think about it.
Not her current, but the thing he gonna wear in eps 3
Sad stuff..
Ah, entendi.
DTL future is still better than the CG future.
YEAH. ME EITHER. But I'll still go to class anyway . . .
Who is Obama?
astrogamer
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NouCome 2
I'm loving how stupidly hilarious this show is.
I'm loving how stupidly hilarious this show is.
Current president of the United States.
Maybe "Killed by Sanzigen"?
Is he the president of all the states, or just the ones which agreed?
[Monogatari Series Second Season... but mostly time travel stuff, really]
Whoa, that's an odd thing to say. ^_^;
I mean, a grandfather paradox wouldn't simply "cause some problems": it would absolutely break the timeline. The universe would be broken. Not just "bad shit would happen": it simply wouldn't be a working universe. Get another one!
That's why people came up with the idea of ending up in another world altogether: as grandiose a solution as it may seem, since we're avoiding grandfather paradoxes, that would work and therefore be infinitely better than the above.
The way I see it, there really aren't many options anyway:
1) Time travel isn't possible.
2) Time travel is possible, but changing the past isn't...
2a) ... as the time traveler becomes some kind of ghost absolutely unable to interact with his surroundings.
2b) ... as anything the time traveler does in the past actually is what had happened in the past anyway.
2c) ... as any jump to the past actually sends the time traveler to a parallel world (identical to the original up to the point where the time traveler appears, seemingly out of nowhere).
Etc. (any ideas?)
Basically, anything as long as you keep your time traveler from actually altering the past of his own timeline because, logically speaking, "we just can't have that".
(of course, a lot of writers ignore that anyway, but hey! pet peeve!)
I'd link to Wikipedia, but the last time I checked, the articles were in pretty bad shape... Tohoho...
I mean, a grandfather paradox wouldn't simply "cause some problems": it would absolutely break the timeline. The universe would be broken. Not just "bad shit would happen": it simply wouldn't be a working universe. Get another one!
That's why people came up with the idea of ending up in another world altogether: as grandiose a solution as it may seem, since we're avoiding grandfather paradoxes, that would work and therefore be infinitely better than the above.
The way I see it, there really aren't many options anyway:
1) Time travel isn't possible.
2) Time travel is possible, but changing the past isn't...
2a) ... as the time traveler becomes some kind of ghost absolutely unable to interact with his surroundings.
2b) ... as anything the time traveler does in the past actually is what had happened in the past anyway.
2c) ... as any jump to the past actually sends the time traveler to a parallel world (identical to the original up to the point where the time traveler appears, seemingly out of nowhere).
Etc. (any ideas?)
Basically, anything as long as you keep your time traveler from actually altering the past of his own timeline because, logically speaking, "we just can't have that".
(of course, a lot of writers ignore that anyway, but hey! pet peeve!)
I'd link to Wikipedia, but the last time I checked, the articles were in pretty bad shape... Tohoho...
Uh.... well... he's the president of the United States so all of the states that are part of the US. So... yeah... all the states in the US. Which also agreed to be part of the US.
R_thanatos
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you forgot 2d)
.... as anything done in the past that would affect the future will be corrected by some force or law of the universe to prevent any paradox ( even if you tried to kill your grandfather , you wouldn't be able to )
You also have the 2e, the "doctor who" solution
Time is timey, woobly stuff and isn't in a straight line and as a result can be rewritten as many times as necessary. Time can even be stopped( and the universe too ) time so "timey" that you can't explain it with human words... in short you can do whatever you want
Samurai Flamenco 02
This episode worked a lot better for me, although it's a little hard to define why. It's probably partly an expectations thing, but even so I found it generally more likable. Masayoshi's character felt a bit better, with the lecturing toned down a little, and I found some of the funny bits actually funny. The scene were Masayoshi was chasing after the umbrella thief was nice, too. I'm glad I liked this episode more, because I did want to like this series.
Also looks like we have a love interest for Masayoshi. Unless she turns out to be Goto's girlfriend. Love triangle?
This episode worked a lot better for me, although it's a little hard to define why. It's probably partly an expectations thing, but even so I found it generally more likable. Masayoshi's character felt a bit better, with the lecturing toned down a little, and I found some of the funny bits actually funny. The scene were Masayoshi was chasing after the umbrella thief was nice, too. I'm glad I liked this episode more, because I did want to like this series.
Also looks like we have a love interest for Masayoshi. Unless she turns out to be Goto's girlfriend. Love triangle?
Some of the states to the South are in the Union by force, and they like to remind us all every once in awhile.
He is Osama's brother. The clue is in the name. If you want to know more play Kojima's Meal Gear games (start with Solid 1, because nobody played anything before that). Those games are chronicles of his prophetic visions. Truths beyond the truth. Once you see the patterns. Holy shit....
They make a nice cushion between us and Mexico.
I didn't forget it, I ignored it because it makes no sense to me! Aggrh!
Basically, it's the good old "you can go back to the past, but you can't prevent Hitler's birth, man, 'cause that's history!", but why would the universe / the laws of physics / whatever care so much about Hitler's birth and still let me do other "trivial" stuff on the side? What are the criteria for what needs to happen and what "doesn't really matter so knock yourself out!"? Does human history mysteriously trump the fate of the ant I stepped on right after my jump to the past? That ant had a family!
And even if "correcting" things so the exact same outcome would result sometime down the line were possible, as long as it takes time for these things to get sorted out, you still end up with a paradoxical/nonsensical period in your timeline, so that's no good!
But roughly half of Mexico is Latinas, and why wouldn't I want more of those in my country?
Dedication Through Light
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DeadRockstar
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Yozakura S2 to feature 17 package shots in the first two episodes.
Those cartels man.
Yes? The pic DTL posted is pretty convincing.
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