{"id":18211,"date":"2022-04-13T18:33:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krabat.menneske.dk\/kkblog\/?p=18211"},"modified":"2022-06-21T22:46:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:46:31","slug":"time-travel-definition-in-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krabat.menneske.dk\/kkblog\/2022\/04\/13\/time-travel-definition-in-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Travel definition in fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is my guide for my Time Travel Movie list &#8211; things to consider, when digging up titles.<\/p>\n<p>NB: Be aware of plot-spoilers in method and tags &#8211; let people mess up their own viewing pleasure via imdb and RT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>PERSPECTIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the POV of the story?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Evaluation of the Time Travel theme lies with this view.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time Travel is a matter of perspective<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<strong>Who<\/strong> or <strong>what<\/strong> leaves the orderly progression of events, and <strong>who<\/strong> is visited by persons, data or objects of a later or earlier data?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Life lived out of sync<\/strong><br \/>\nwith everything else from the perspective of the observing eye &#8211; either ageing faster or slower in relative measurement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>HOW: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Entropic decay of bio-matter<\/strong> will co-exist with matter either younger or older life in relative terms calculated from the assumed beginning of the present cosmological expansion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matter instantaneously moved to a different position<\/strong> in space &#8211; usually on\u00a0 an earlier or later position of Earth in space or in its vicinity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matter taking up space<\/strong> out of sync with universal expansion of matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>CLASSIFICATION TERMS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>a matter of POV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>ENTROPIC DELAY<br \/>\n<\/strong>Decay of matter is slowed down for some, while entropy progresses remains the same for others; decay of matter is a relative term<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rip van winkle<\/strong> is the classic of the man, who slept for 20 years without ageing<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Cryogenics: <\/strong>technology freezing and thawing &#8211; from the general idea that matter decays slower when colder<\/li>\n<li><strong>Suspended Animation<\/strong>: another term for the same, without the tech-lingo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slow\/Fast Motion<\/strong>: faster\/slower ageing relative to observer point of view<\/li>\n<li><strong>FTL, Faster Than Light travel<\/strong>: comparatively those on the ship are younger than those at home, when they return<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skirting the black hole<\/strong>: Same result as FTL. of the ship escapes the pull of the black hole&#8217;s mass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>NEGATIVE or REVERSE ENTROPY<br \/>\n<\/strong>Time regarded as a recording on a cassette tape or backup storage of an earlier date (eg. Apple&#8217;s software technology &#8220;Time Machine backup&#8230;&#8221;)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Rewind time<\/strong>: Undo events by returning to a point, where the future &#8220;hasn&#8217;t happened yet&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Time in reverse<\/strong>: Observable from a point in time &#8211; The rose is seen to return from dust to sprouting bud, the world around goes backwards in time<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Outside of Time<\/strong>: Entropy continues as normal locally (eg. in the body), while entropy in the world around is at any stage ofdecay<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Alltime<\/strong>: Same as Outside of Time &#8211; imagining &#8220;all events&#8221; contained inside something, eg. the universe, while residing in the greater Cosmos without time and entropy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>RECURRING EVENTS<br \/>\n<\/strong>Points of View cause events through observation, all events are subjective except for larger themes (names, data and places, normally &#8211; but even these can differ between observers)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Loop<\/strong>: From observer POV events repeating from a certain moment in time, usually without volition, &#8220;it just happens&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Undoing time, undoing fate<\/strong>: Instantly return to a moment in time and change events from then on<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Events in reverse, reset time<\/strong>: observe or be part of undoing events back to certain moment in time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>METHOD<\/strong><br \/>\nThe how of access to a different era<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Time Travel<\/strong> or just <strong>TT<\/strong> &#8211; the obvious ability of device, object or person to change position in space faster or slower in relation to matter expanding at a rate set by the beginning of all matter<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>TT science<\/strong> &#8211; moving matter to &#8220;an earlier or later point in space&#8221; by the aid of physics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time Machine<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; a controllable device moving matter to &#8220;an earlier or later point in space&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>teleportation<\/strong> &#8211; decomposition of matter to reassemble at a different point in space and (assuming the proces is not instantaneous) <em>time<\/em>\u00a0by magic or technology<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>portal &#8211;<\/strong> an opening &#8220;between ages&#8221;, time rift, hole, doorway<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>cosmological &#8211; <\/strong>black hole, white hole, warp speed, FTL, subspace travel (&#8220;outside of time&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>magic<\/strong> &#8211; object, formula, or other non-explainable mode of moving objects or living beings to another era<\/li>\n<li><strong>data over ages<\/strong> &#8211; live communication between ages &#8211; between &#8220;other nows&#8221;, &#8220;clair-voyence&#8221;, &#8220;clair-audience&#8221;, &#8220;visions&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>mind<\/strong> <strong>travel<\/strong> &#8211; to live <em>as<\/em> or <em>in<\/em> the mind of another in another era, body swopping over time, virtual reality &#8211; digitisation from flesh to bits and back to body, bio-&gt;computer interface is fast-time,<\/li>\n<li><strong>dreaming<\/strong> &#8211; confirmable information received or influential actions undertaken in dream<\/li>\n<li><strong>reincarnation<\/strong> &#8211; being death and experiencing it (from entropy to zero entropy, maybe) and coming back to life, experiencing several lives in or out of chronological sequence,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>TIME PHILOSOPHY<\/strong><br \/>\nthese are not necessarily mutually exclusive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>time as a river<\/strong> &#8211; philosophically a constant flow in a fixed river &#8220;bed&#8221;, but any &#8220;points&#8221; outside of fixed observation are unordered and in total disorganisation, events are subjectively reported, and as such exist solely from observation, and no event can be repeated<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>block universe<\/strong>, fate, fixed causality, &#8220;time as a loaf of toast bread&#8221;, going &#8220;back&#8221; in time leads to the &#8220;same&#8221; events; what happens HAS happened, what happens WILL happen, NOW and SIMULTANEITY is a matter of directional perspective in the physical universe, people are alive and a given age at any point in past or future<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Multiverse<\/strong>, &#8220;all actions cause possible realities of actions not done&#8221;, &#8220;other dimensions of reality&#8221;, every action is a branching universe, time travel creates another universe to accommodate change in &#8220;flow of time&#8221;in the block universe, NOW may share universal creation, birth and age would be similar in parallel realities, but the effect of branching reduces the likelihood of similar parallel realities<\/p>\n<p><strong>Infinite Multiverses<\/strong>, the theory that the limited number of ways the particles in the Universe can be arranged causing\u00a0<em>replicated Universes<\/em>, where things are potentially the same in some and very different in others<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daughter Universes<\/strong> is the theory that a universe exists for every possible outcome, meaning from one thing changed in a parallel reality to &#8220;non-existence&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[Here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almostanauthor.com\/the-eight-types-of-time-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list<\/a> of 8 types of TT, each requiring a &#8220;special universe]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>DIRECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>mono-directional<\/strong> &#8211; going back or forth, but not returning to point of departure, earlier or later date<\/li>\n<li><strong>bi-directional<\/strong> &#8211; back and forth between points in time<\/li>\n<li><strong>frozen time<\/strong> &#8211; only one or a few can move and breathe&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>PURPOSE<br \/>\n<\/strong>can function as a <em>non-spoiler<\/em> of the film or make method or theme overly obvious<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>visiting the Past<\/strong> &#8211; main characters visit the past<\/li>\n<li><strong>visiting the Future<\/strong> &#8211; main characters visit the future<\/li>\n<li><strong>visitors from the Past<\/strong> &#8211; main characters are visited by characters from the past<\/li>\n<li><strong>visitors from the Future<\/strong> &#8211; main characters are visited by characters from the future<\/li>\n<li><strong>Basic Time Travelling<\/strong> &#8211; main characters travel freely in time<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gaining advantage<\/strong> over the present by going to the past &#8211; eg to change events<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gaining advantage<\/strong> over the present by going to the future &#8211; eg. to get historical information<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personal reasons<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Stopping or freezing time,<\/li>\n<li>escaping a Time Loop,<\/li>\n<li>stopping ageing,<\/li>\n<li>visiting dead people,<\/li>\n<li>killing people in the past<\/li>\n<li>getting rich in the past with future knowledge,<\/li>\n<li>escaping their present,<\/li>\n<li>righting a wrong\/wronging a right<\/li>\n<li>etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>THEMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tagging eg.: dinosaurs, 1872, 1980s, [occupations], Fantasy, Comedy, Lesbian interest, Arthurian legend, the apparent paradox, Korea, Hitler, Love, Monsters, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>REALER TT SCIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersoninstitute.com\/time-travel-terms-and-definitions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.andersoninstitute.com\/time-travel-terms-and-definitions.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; 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