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Sci-fi time travel stories with the tired "if you change the past you might make it worse" trope
Sci-fi time travel stories where you change the past and everything is awesome, actually
No more stories about how a better world isn't possible, thanks
"First thing I did was go back in time and kill ... oh I forget his name, what was it"
"Who?"
"You know, the guy that everyone says they'll go back and kill if they get a time machine"
"Huh, I guess after it was invented, all those people got retroactively bumped off pretty quick, so it's not really a thing that we do anymore"
"ELON MUSK. That was it. Went back before the Martian slave trade and the Atrocity Sphere and—"
An excerpt from my forthcoming novel entitled, "Don't let Elon Musk start the Martian Slave Trade or build anything called the Atrocity Sphere Because Time Travel here is an Allegory For Our Collective Ability to Make Sweeping Social Changes For the Better"
(It's subtle)
chiasm@bgcarlisle One reason I did like the 12 Monkeys TV show was their figuring out that *maybe* going back in time and killing the people responsible for the problem was Not The Best Solution. 😁
Random Songbird@bgcarlisle that's probably part of why I love quantum leap so much. I mean, I'm a huge huge fan of time travel fiction in general, always have been, but I like the idea that not only are you changing the past for the better, but it's actually the objective of the thing.
eena meena me@bgcarlisle convince the romans and the normans to pick up gardening instead of... uh... travelling.
Chrisshy Keygen@bgcarlisle Sci-fi time travel stories where everything is different, better in some important ways; worse in others.
It's all muffled in the eyes of the traveler as they lament their lost remembered past; the sacrifice they paid to change the world.