I sometimes think back to the events that led me winding up in Texas. To be honest, it boiled down to 3 spur-of-the-moment completely random decisions that either way could have drastically changed where I am today. The latest episode of Doctor Who reminded me of this.

Combine this with the fact that I watched this on the night where we were discussing time magic (specifically, drawing energy from another time) on the podcast (Episode 73 recording) and I began to wonder about how far could we manipulate the past?

Personally, I’ve always found a lack of ability to modify the past when I knew what happened and the outcome. However, if someone tells me to do it, then I do it after the fact to have a retrospective effect, then only after that hear what happened and the results, then everything seems to work. Maybe it’s my inability to mentally overcome a barrier to believing the past is as flexible as the future.

Though, I will admit, my theory on time is that there are certain critical points, and a lot of other stuff is just filler and backstory. The filler can change without affecting anything, but the critical points - if manipulated, can change substantial things. Which is why I loved how this was portrayed in science fiction. Change 1 thing and you change the basis for a series of events that occurred afterwards (for better or worse).

That’s just my random rant I felt like posting. Feel welcome to share your thoughts.