Character discussion : This Week 'Shockwave'

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:29 pm

Denyer wrote:I'm somewhat skeptical about the mass substitute process; specifically—why does it latch onto individuals rather than simply mass? Anyone have a good theory?

Well, it could be that mass-substitution is just a token name for what actually happens, which is basically substituting enough of what is in the present with whatever is trying to travel there.

Mass being the most obvious attribute of the traveller. Other attributes would include charge and possibly lifeforce/spark, which would require a living substitute, rather than a lump of rock.

ShadowSonic · Post by **ShadowSonic** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:07 pm

You'd think that the process would be a two-way one though. If you have to trade your mass with another's to go to the past, shouldn't they go to the future to replace the mass that just left? Why owuld mass in the past matter if the mass was never replaced in the future?

It would've been cool to see the past TFs go to the future while the future ones were in the past...

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:30 pm

Maybe, but it would've been predictable.

Displacement happens otherwise the 'past' would be 'top heavy.'

They are displaced to Limbo. Not going to the future does not make a difference - the future is 'lighter', which basically, doesn't matter.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:53 am

unless your looking at the future from a future beyond... then its the past
*boom*