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{{stub}}A '''splinter timeline''' is a [[universal stream]] that has split off from a pre-existing universal stream. In these cases, the originating [[continuity]] can look like a tree, with tiny branches signifying distinct and unreconcilable storyline directions. | {{stub}} | ||
[[File:Transformers Deviations Multiverse Theory.jpg|thumb|250px]] | |||
A '''splinter timeline''' is a [[universal stream]] that has split off from a pre-existing universal stream. In these cases, the originating [[continuity]] can look like a tree, with tiny branches signifying distinct and unreconcilable storyline directions. | |||
An example is the Marvel UK text story "[[Another Time & Place]]", which is one possible ending to the [[Marvel Comics continuity]]. There are three others, namely the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics, the [[Transformers: Classics|''Classics'']] stories, and ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One| Regeneration One]]''. In the case of "Another Time & Place", it was believed at one point that it had been replaced by the ''Classics'' splinter timeline due to a [[Cataclysm (GoBots)|cataclysmic event]], but [[Invasion Prologue|this was later disproven]]. | Sometimes, such divergent timelines are referred to as '''quantum realities'''.<ref>[[Transformers: Deviations]]</ref> | ||
An example of a splinter timeline is the Marvel UK text story "[[Another Time & Place]]", which is one possible ending to the [[Marvel Comics continuity]]. There are three others, namely the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics, the [[Transformers: Classics|''Classics'']] stories, and ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One| Regeneration One]]''. In the case of "Another Time & Place", it was believed at one point that it had been replaced by the ''Classics'' splinter timeline due to a [[Cataclysm (GoBots)|cataclysmic event]], but [[Invasion Prologue|this was later disproven]]. | |||
Whether all splinter timelines are unstable or volatile is a subject open to debate. | Whether all splinter timelines are unstable or volatile is a subject open to debate. | ||
Due to the laws of quantum uncertainty, whole new universes are spawned every moment. However, most of these universes are dead ends that exist only for seconds to minutes at most and then subsequently collapse.<ref>See [[Hasbro Q&A/July 2009: Answers|Hasbro Q&A/July 2009: Answer #3]] for more information.</ref> | |||
The theory of quantum possibilities states that anything that ''can'' happen, ''does'' happen somewhere in the [[multiverse]].<ref>[[Transformers: Deviations]]</ref> | |||
==Fiction== | |||
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity==== | |||
=====''Deviations''===== | |||
In one quantum reality, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] survived the [[The Transformers: The Movie|events]] of [[2005]]. | |||
{{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}} | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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*[[micro-continuity]] | *[[micro-continuity]] | ||
*[[Withered Hope]] | *[[Withered Hope]] | ||
[[Category:Universes]] | [[Category:Universes]] | ||
[[Category:Timelines]] | [[Category:Timelines]] | ||
Revision as of 20:42, 17 March 2024
A splinter timeline is a universal stream that has split off from a pre-existing universal stream. In these cases, the originating continuity can look like a tree, with tiny branches signifying distinct and unreconcilable storyline directions.
Sometimes, such divergent timelines are referred to as quantum realities.[1]
An example of a splinter timeline is the Marvel UK text story "Another Time & Place", which is one possible ending to the Marvel Comics continuity. There are three others, namely the Generation 2 comics, the Classics stories, and Regeneration One. In the case of "Another Time & Place", it was believed at one point that it had been replaced by the Classics splinter timeline due to a cataclysmic event, but this was later disproven.
Whether all splinter timelines are unstable or volatile is a subject open to debate.
Due to the laws of quantum uncertainty, whole new universes are spawned every moment. However, most of these universes are dead ends that exist only for seconds to minutes at most and then subsequently collapse.[2]
The theory of quantum possibilities states that anything that can happen, does happen somewhere in the multiverse.[3]
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Deviations
In one quantum reality, Optimus Prime survived the events of 2005. Deviations
References
- ↑ Transformers: Deviations
- ↑ See Hasbro Q&A/July 2009: Answer #3 for more information.
- ↑ Transformers: Deviations
