"Children of Time" and “Before and After” - Same Timeline?

[1001001]

The point was to draw a parallel between the 2 narratives

The point is stop registering duals.

 

[Campe]

Is Animorphs considered to be literary enough to be required reading for any English program? Somehow, I can’t imagine it on the same level of Tom Sawyer. Or even Harry Potter. Then again I was a little too old for Animorphs when it came out.

 

[CorporalClegg]

No. But the TV show should be required viewing. I mean, it has an Ashmore.

 

[Oddish]

Ok, not getting involved in the Animorphs matter.

I think that since they were erased from existence by two separate choices made by two seperate characters at two seperate times, and in two opposite corners of the galaxy (which is really really really big), I'm going with the prevailing theory that they are two seperate timelines. Though in Trek, there's really just three categories: what happened (within the parameters of the fiction), what may have happened (books that aren't contradicted by canon events), and what didn't happen (because it was prevented). The B&A timeline, despite in many ways sucking less than the actual VOY timeline, didn't happen. Ditto with CoT, Timeless, Year of Hell, the start of Endgame, The Visitor. Different timelines, thrown in the same rubbish bin of "what if".

 

[Maurice]

...^^^...^^^...^^^...^^^...
I'm well-aware that if you had already passed 5th grade,
when the book was released, then it would not have been required reading,
for your 5th grade class.

As if 50+ books of a scifi series was required reading anywhere.

And yes, I know Krsplat had gone ker-splat.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Where does the popcorn go after he eats it? This is reminding me of what really confuses me about the snake that eats his own tail, how does he shit?

The same place your blood goes when you drink it (if you're one of the very popular self-harming pseudo-vampires).

As for ouroboroses, they have already begun the process of destroying themselves in a non-regenerative way (no matter how slow the digestive system is). Without looking into the details of reptilian digestion, once the ouroboros destroys any of its lower digestion system (anus, intestines), it will not be able to excrete, and likely suffer septic shock (in addition to copious amounts of blood loss and kidney failure).

Method of digestion matters though. If it's chewing, then it will pass away quickly from self-destruction, never even reaching the stomach (probably). If it's doing what snakes usually do, however, and simply swallowing itself whole, then it will only be able to get itself about half way (depending on size) up itself before the end of the tail is dissolved by stomach acid or manages to get entangled in the entrails.

The ouroboros at that point would likely attempt to vomit out itself (actually, probably before), but if this proves impossible, it will just be frozen in place. Easy pickings for a predator or scavenger after it dies of starvation.

 

[The Wormhole]

The same place your blood goes when you drink it (if you're one of the very popular self-harming pseudo-vampires).

As for ouroboroses, they have already begun the process of destroying themselves in a non-regenerative way (no matter how slow the digestive system is). Without looking into the details of reptilian digestion, once the ouroboros destroys any of its lower digestion system (anus, intestines), it will not be able to excrete, and likely suffer septic shock (in addition to copious amounts of blood loss and kidney failure).

Method of digestion matters though. If it's chewing, then it will pass away quickly from self-destruction, never even reaching the stomach (probably). If it's doing what snakes usually do, however, and simply swallowing itself whole, then it will only be able to get itself about half way (depending on size) up itself before the end of the tail is dissolved by stomach acid or manages to get entangled in the entrails.

The ouroboros at that point would likely attempt to vomit out itself (actually, probably before), but if this proves impossible, it will just be frozen in place. Easy pickings for a predator or scavenger after it dies of starvation.

Well, at the very least that is an impressive amount of thought into the matter.