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Saadiqfhs t1_j2nhpeh wrote

What is saving the world when the villain already changed it?

I am huge comic book fan and because of that I read a lot of reboot events. And in that I seen events that I wanted to use as examples of how it is handled:

Flashpoint: Flashpoint was a reality morphing event in which at the end 2 characters know the reality changed: Flash and Batman. In that is not a apocalypse hellscape they decide to not change it.

Invincible Reboot: This a event Mark the hero is put in a world by a cosmic god entity at the start of his heroes journey, and can in theory do everything a lot better, and save a lot of people, but he choices not too because to him this reality takes away someone he is not sure will exist again, his daughter.

House of M: This event the world is turn into a paradise like world. But the heroes rebel because they know it was caused by someone, be damned if they have a family created by this reality or not, or a loved one had return. Because it isn’t ‘real’

So with these examples in mind I want to ask, is it a hero’s duty to return the world to ground zero? Can one be content in a altered reality? What makes a new world’s life more or less valid then the old ones?

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Mikarro1337 t1_j2pd6xs wrote

“is it a hero’s duty to return the world to ground zero?” If this is what people expect from you, Yes. But if you are the only one who doesn’t want this, then this might be selfish.

“Can one be content in an altered reality?” As long as it is not seen as something bad, I don’t see any reason why not.

“What makes a new world’s life more or less valid then the old ones?” Your achievements. If you are poor, a rebooted world where nobody is poor would be a new chance. But if you once were poor and worked yourself up, then all would be for nothing.

This is a nice topic tough. I am currently playing a video game about deciding your own destiny. A villain changes reality to make everyone happy and live without pain. The heroes stop him because they believe humans can’t evolve without experiencing pain. However you can also decide to live in this new reality. Both will lead to a good ending.

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Saadiqfhs t1_j2pe9iz wrote

It’s one I been toying with as a concept. Like what do you do with the lives created in the new reality, do just expect they mean less then the people in the old reality or do expect the new people matter more

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[deleted] t1_j2sikge wrote

I Will most likely get banned now, but religion also have a language for this, as reincarnation. But they also have a philosophical approach to wholeness, and seeing reality in a meta physical way. Gnostic tekst for example evolve around quantum fysiks. I’ve been flagged for this language before but: in a religious way, Plato’s cave are a principal conscious analogy. Outside are a wholeness goal. Like the story of Jesus, the fish analogy and so on!

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