realtalk make a pact w/ me if i ever am like “yo im caught in a time loop” please believe me i promise i wont ever use it as a prank either like ive been watching a lot of tv shows and movies w/ fucking time loop plotpoints where one character knows it and if i ever become that person i want to not have to constantly prove it to them. just take it on honest that a magic or something happened.
aight so here’s my policy on this for anyone in this situation: i’ve come up with a passphrase ahead of time that you can tell me to indicate that you’re in a time loop. on the first time around, you’re going to have to actually prove you’re timelooping to me, but as soon as you do so, i give you the passphrase, and you can use that to cut to the chase on subsequent loops.
your passphrase can also be used to easily identify versions of yourself from the future!
#everyone should have a passphrase #a simple step to prepare for a wide variety of SFnal plotlines
*nod* I have a passphrase, good back to about age fourteen. Also an (unrelated) Standard Thought for use on people claiming they can read my mind, to make sure I can think of something other than the obvious, easily guessable stuff like “I hope they can’t read my mind; that would be pretty privacy-invading if they could do that”. (I suppose I could use the first passphrase as the second (not the other way ‘round), but that’s not how it’s worked out.)
I also have a “your memory’s been erased” signal that past selves can leave for me to find. Several, in fact, to cover a range of time and materials needed.
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#maybe it’s the Girl Guide in me #(or the Girl Scout) #(I’ve been both)
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