<Blush> thank you.
You might also look at Furies, my take on "evil"
Setsuna. ^_O
I've got to admit the idea of Setsuna dedicated to
preventing Usagi's death-by-klutzing is VERY funny.
If I can ever get some other things out of the way
I think I'd like to try it. (Unless someone else
does.)
I'm afraid I _am_ a believer in the "butterfly"
theory. Doing a little work with mathematical models
of Eco. Systems has made me a believer. Running the
same model w/o changes can give different results the
second, third, etc. time around.
Try the "Water drop" experiment. Take a clean glass
and an eyedropper. Put a drop of water on the rim of
the glass and watch it trickle down the side. The drop
will travel a different path each time you do this,
even if you put the same size drop in exactly the same
place. (This is a simple version of much more
complicated tests)If you ran the universe back to the
big-bang and reset . . .you wouldn't get the same
results again.
(part of the idea behind Furies)
Of course until someone has an working time machine
there is room for doubt.
That's why "Time Travel" is so much fun to play with.
For instance . . .what if Setsuna was trying to help
Usagi but her interference only made things worse?
(A fairly basic idea)
A more sophisticated idea . . .Setsuna IS
Usagi/Serenity. Caught in an endless loop of time.
(I'm actually working on one like that. Only it's
Beryl==Usagi. ^_^)
A couple of good books(fiction) that illustrate the
theme::
Dinosaur Beach, Keith Laumer
Time is the Simplest Thing, Clifford D. Simak
Another interesting idea, that has been the subject
of both fact and fiction is that _everyone_ travels in
time. That the mind is set adrift in time during the
dreaming state and this explains prophetic dreams.
H. Beam Piper wrote several stories on this theme.
for a non-fiction look:
Experiment With Time, J.W. Dunne
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"A man is a small thing, and the night is large
and full of wonders." -Lord Dunsany
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