I don understand how time travel works in the Gargoyles universe. Can Greg explain it to me?
Sure. In his own words: There’s been a little debate in the comment room, regarding the Archmage time travel loop, time travel in general, and the subject of free will in the Gargoyles universe. I posted my two cents, but thought I should include it here too, in case anyone missed it: Oh, I’m probably going to regret this, but… Gary, Gary, Gary> Yep. There is a loop. And you’re comparison to the classic “Kill your own grandfather” chestnut doesn’t parallel. I could show you this pretty easy on a diagram, but it’s a little more complicated in type. But let me give it a shot. The grandfather thing is a “non-working” paradox. The timestream short circuits. [No cheating, now. No “Well, it turns out the man I always thought of as my grandfather wasn’t really my biological grandfather” and no “He had sex with my grandmother just before I killed him.” None of that.] I go back in time to kill my grandfather. He dies. My father’s never born. I’m never born, therefore I don’t exist to go back
Sure. In his own words: There’s been a little debate in the comment room, regarding the Archmage time travel loop, time travel in general, and the subject of free will in the Gargoyles universe. I posted my two cents, but thought I should include it here too, in case anyone missed it: Oh, I’m probably going to regret this, but… Gary, Gary, Gary> Yep. There is a loop. And you’re comparison to the classic “Kill your own grandfather” chestnut doesn’t parallel. I could show you this pretty easy on a diagram, but it’s a little more complicated in type. But let me give it a shot. The grandfather thing is a “non-working” paradox. The timestream short circuits. [No cheating, now. No “Well, it turns out the man I always thought of as my grandfather wasn’t really my biological grandfather” and no “He had sex with my grandmother just before I killed him.” None of that.] I go back in time to kill my grandfather. He dies. My father’s never born. I’m never born, therefore I don’t exist to go back
