Ok, I got me some time. Let me give it a shot.
Before I begin, I preemptively aplogize for being unclear and generally
stupid and unfounded. My excuses: 1) English is my second language. 2)I am a pseudoscientist at most, not a scientist. 3) Explanation, teaching and stuff are not my best abilities, and 4) Spring break just began.
Though, I will try my best at making sense out of this
stupid and unfounded pseudotheory on time I've come up with a long time ago.
Also, please recognize that this theory is not originally an attempt to explain the Chronoverse's temporal mechanics, but my view on temporal mechanics twinked to explane the Chronoverse's temporal mechanics. Thus, this will probably ignore current theories and explanations somewhat (not that they are
stupid and unfounded, but it's gonna take a while to make this pseudotheory become compatible with those.)
I will write this under the assumptions that: the Big Bang is the correct explanation about how the universe came to being, the end of the universe will be the reversal of the Big Bang (not necessarily the Big Crunch, though,) the universe is the nearest thing to infiinty, and the dimension of the time is not the fourth dimension, but an independent 1D parameter that resembles the spatial dimensions as we know it (it will be explained later.)
If we are not mistaken, time only flows forward (and I am talking about real life temporal mechanics. Don't make it another Chrono Compendium slogan please
) It is
impossible to go forwar and/or back in time with our known or predicted technology, as Einstein argued. And chances are that he's right. We have never never witness where time has flowed backward, stopped or jumped. How? My pseudoexplanation: Matter, energy, space, and everything else that exist also move in a 1D temporal dimension, and are all pulled toward the end of time (or the End of Time) by a force I call "temporal gravity."
What the heck am I talking about? Well, one day, I was thinking about the beginning of time, the concept and tangibility of inifinity and infinitesimal, and other geeky stuffs. According to the Big Bang theory,
everything that exist originate from an infinitesimally small point. So when the Big Bang occured, everything in the universe spread outward at infinitely high speed, thus changing the very center of the universe into an inifintely empty point. Say, now what about the end of the universe? If the universal phenomena of everything trying to balance out (like what happens with charges, fluid on an angular container, two atmospheres of differing temperature, etc) applies to the universe itself, wouldn't the end of the universe a reversal of the Big Bang? As in, you know,
everything that exist goes back to an infinitesimally small point, thus changing the very center of the universe into an infinitely "full" point. Well, that would exert some gravity, wouldn't it? In a way, it might resemble an universal black hole that transcends the universe itself. So... in summary, The beginning of time is infinitely empty, and the end of time is infinitely full. And we, and everything else that exist, are in between those two infinite points.
Then, perhaps, maybe we are "falling" into this weird, infintely strong "gravity" created by the end of time?
If so, it might explain how time never flowed backward, stopped, or jumped forward. And how everything follows a singular flow of time. There is only one thing that exerts "temporal gravity," and that is the end of time. Nothing else, and
NOTHING ELSE, is capable of creating a such esoteric and poweful force, in past, present or future. Also, nothing, and
NOTHING is powerful enough to deny the infinitely powerful pull of the end of time (Well, maybe perhaps except the beginning of time, as it's infinitely empty and has nothing to be pulled. Though the concept of the beginning of time crashing into the end of time is just too confusing for my puny mind to comprehend.)
OK. Let's stop talking about the temporal gravity for a second. I feel the need to talk about causality and "temporal momentum," using a string to help me. Remember how physics teachers tried to explain Einstein's universe with a black sheet? Like that.
Let's pretend the Big Bang created only time, and nothing else. The timeline of the universe would look like this, I believe.
As nothing happens, or rather, no event occurs, all time does is end, as quickly as possible. It takes a straight route. (Oh, oh, figures are not drawn to scale, or even close to it. I drew them the way I find easy to work with. That line would had to be 1 pixel long, but that's hard to show what I'm talking about... I think. Not that it's helping me much anyway
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Now let's say an event occurs: sssssz eats a cat.
For that event to happen, sssssz must have a cat to eat. For that to happen, a cat must be born. For that to happen, two grownup cats need to love each other very much... and so on. For an event in present to happen, events need to happen in the past.
And what happens after the current event occurs? There are consequences. As sssssz eats a cat, he becomes full. As he is full, he chooses not to eat a bunny. As the bunny is not eaten, the bunny becomes capable of contacting the bunnyking. As the bunnyking recognizes the terror that humanity inflicts on bunnies and bunnypeople, the bunnyking declares war on humanity... and so on. A current event require past history (not the term I'm looking for, but I can't find it) and future consequences. They are inevitable and unchangable.Is that it? Nope. There is one thing that is mutable and changable: the current event. Say, sssssz choose not to eat a cat just because it's so cute. Instead, sssssz chooses to eat the bunny. As the bunny dies, the bunnyking becomes unaware of the humanity's cruelty. As the humanity gets away from the lapine wrath. And so on. Because of the gargantuan pull of temporal gravity, you cannot change the past events however changing a present event, future consequences are changed.
(Before you tackle me on this, remember: The consequences changed, not the events itself. A change in a present event created new future events, not modified consequences from another change in a present event.)
Still... there is one thing you cannot change in the future, no matter what you do: the end of time. Even if the humanity is smoten with the heavenly lapine wrath, it won't change the fact that the universe will end. Even if sssssz eats a bunny and becomes a rabid werebunny, it won't change the fact that the universe will end. The end of time is the anchor that all time holds onto--
...uh, I think I went a little off topic there. I apologize. Back to "temporal momentum." Given that there is nothing in the universe, time only needs end. However, now there are events, in past, present and future. These events cannot happen simultaneously. There must be a length of time between these events. Now time has a function... It cannot dive right into the end of time a single ksana after the beginning of time. It is stretched to fit the events, intervals, durations and stuff. A graphic representation of what I'm talking about:
-sssssz eats the cat
-sssssz eats the bunny
...they turned out to be worse than I expected them to be, but meh, I don't know how to explain "changed future, unchanging fate" bit. These are terrifyingly exaggerate, by the way.
Like how metal bearings dropped on a two-dimensional black sheet stretches it downward to represent Einstein's view on gravity, events are dropped on a one-dimensional string to represent how these events "stretch" time. In a timeline where nothing happens, time dives
straight into the end of time because it doesn't need to wait for anything. So, the universe would last for an infinitesimal amount of time. However, but with them events, time is stretched.
(Jesus, this is a long winded explanation.) Anyway, no matter what happens, the time ends. This is an inevitabilty, as there is nothing that can overcome the temporal gravity produced by the end of time. Events will innately be sucked into series of events that ends the universe. Especially very, very close to the end of time, the universe will force itself to achieve the status of the end. I call this "temporal momentum," as events nearer and nearer to the end of time will have bigger tendency to fall into the series of events that lead to the end of time... like how free falling matter gains more and more energy as it approaches a gravity source due to increasing acceleration.
(And if you ask me, I don't think I made sense there... But I tried.
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And
finally. The Chronoverse comes into play. Screw real life temporal mechanics. We want more of them teenage swordsmen with radical hairdo, magical princesses and talking amphibians.
In the Chronoverse, there is a temporal gravity source except the end of time (or the End of Time): Lavos. Lavos can control time. That's just powerful. Its presence itself is powerful enough to bend time to an undeniable degree. Also, something makes me think that the Entity is also capable of messing with time (explanation to come up later in the post.)
Anyway, assumptions: For the most part, the Chronoverse resembles the real life universe.
And here are parts of my
stupid and unfounded pseudotheory: Lavos only and actually exists in 1999. What makes me say such
stupid and unfounded statement? Because 1999 is a unique point in time. For every other Gates, Time Error works. Say you are in 1000. You go to Year 600, wait about 2 minutes there, and go back to Year 1000. Two minutes have passed. However, with 1999 Gate, this doesn't work. You visit 1999 and see Lavos ascending through the Earth. You run away to 12000 BC, wait about three days there, and go back to 1999. And once again, you see Lavos ascending through the Earth. Why? My
stupid and unfounded explanation: Around the moment when Lavos ascends, time flows toward that moment, not the End of Time. For a short while, Lavos exerts a greater temporal gravity than the End of TIme. Thus, Time Error, which is a special measure of time in respect of the standard flow of time (toward the End of Time) fails to work and Lavos' presence overrides standard temporal mechanics.
Second part. If Lavos' presence is powerful enough to tell the universe to screw itself, its presence would certainly affect the time in other era. But no, that's not true. Before Year 1999, there is no moment of being sucked into an exact temporal point. Why? Because he doesn't exist outside Year 1999. Even if Lavos has transcended time, it seems to be bound by time most of the time. Maybe he only exerts so much temporal gravity only when he is attacking a planet. Proof? The Ocean Palace Incident and Magus' summoning of Lavos in Year 600. Lavos showed up, but time flowed fine. What the hell? I believe this is because Lavos was
summoned, not ascended. (And about Lavos' head remaining busted... I think it's just written that way so players won't have to fight like 10 bosses every time they go to Lavos. Meh.)
So... From the Begining of Time till Year 1999, time passed normally as Lavos was dormant, and in Year 1999, Lavos ate time... wait, then how does future after the Day of Lavos exist? My answer: Future doesn't exist. Future has not happened yet, because time can't get there. The future the Heroes of Time and playes see are consequences prepared by time. Remember, with my
stupid and unfounded pseudotheory, time is stuck at 1999. And Year 2300 is after Year 1999. This is a reason why the Heroes of Time could change the future. All they had to do is change the present event - Lavos.
Alright. Now, about Gates. My view on time warping: Temporal
Gravity Slingshot effect. Apparently, Lavos is an integral part ot time warping. It could mean that Lavos is a necessary part. If the second part of my
stupid and unfounded pseudotheory is correct, it works for every Gates except two. Here's what I'm talking about (though the software made it look a bit weird. The curves, the Corridors of Time, are supposed to wrap around Lavos before getting back to the timeline):
Like I've cleared out before, you have no chance of going against time. Though, Lavos can. To act against time, you only need to borrow its help. Though how can the Heroes of Time borrow help from something from future? That in inself is an action against time... This is where the
deux ex machina Entity comes into play. The planet somehow gained power over time, and assisted the Heroes of Time in their quest by creating the temporal trajectories (the Corridors of Time) leading to critical temporal points and stuff. By swinging around Lavos' gargantuan temporal gravity, the Heroes of Time can go to different places in timeline. (Before you go all "Hold it right there, you unintelligent buttocks. If you are using Lavos' gravity well to make temporal leaps, you'd crash into Lavos," remember that Lavos is not the only temporal gravity source.)
And now what about the Conservation of Time Theorem and... all the stuff about how when more than four people make a same temporal leap, they are sent to the point of the least resistence--the End of Time? Well, my only explanation is that the Corridors of Time and Gates are designed to process only matters equal to three people, and more matter leads to anomaly in the slingshot effect and travellers are shot outside of the corridor, then sucked into the greatest temporal gravity source, the End of Time. Honestly I'm not sure about this, the whole Conservation of Time Theorem thing...
And sigh. This is it for now. I've got more stuff that I could expand on, though I just realized what I am doing in front of a computer, on Friday night, on the first day of my spring break. Bahahah. You know what kind of life I lead.
This is the first time I show this pseudoscience to others, so please be gentle. It's never been criticized or reviewed before, so I bet you can find a truckload of errors, contradictions and paradoxes here and there. Well, this was more of an attempt to explain why I said such
stupid[/t] and unfounded thing, rather than an attempt to suggest an alternate theory on the Chronoverse temporal mechanics. (Speaking of which, is there a word for sciend of time?)
EDIT: Oh, darn you Enligsh. Darn you straight to heck. Also, thanks to someone I know, I recognized that there are obvious faults to some of things I said, like Epoch, but I'd rather address them and try to convince you all that I was right all along in a seperate post.
