(no subject)

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

The future's not set in stone

Comments

s'up older self? :D

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's you again.

Re: s'up Pete? :D

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's me again. Something happened that shouldn't have, I need to rectify it.

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

You mean screwing with time once wasn't enough?

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Time has a way of rebuilding itself, no matter how many times I interfere with it. Things will be better this time.

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

So what's different "this time"?

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

I'm going to save him.

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

Nathan..?

[withshiningeyes.livejournal.com]

Not always, certainly.

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

If you had the ability to go back in time and change certain things, would you?

[withshiningeyes.livejournal.com]

I don't think there's a person in the world who could honestly tell you they don't wish there are mistakes in their past they wish they could erase. Off the top of my head, I can think of at least a dozen things I would have happily changed. On balance, however, I believe the dangers are too high and the consequences too unpredictable; even the smallest of interferences runs the risk of altering people's lives forever. To take a popular cliche, prevent a butterfly in Brazil from flapping its wings, and who knows what else might be influenced?

So, no; I wouldn't change the past. Better, I think, to learn from history's mistakes that we may prevent them from being repeated.

Have a girl!Peter, feel free to ignore.

[alteredestiny.livejournal.com]

I've always believed that too.

Re: Hi girl!Peter!

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Do you believe it enough to do something about it?

Hi!

[alteredestiny.livejournal.com]

Of course I do.

[wasonceniceguy.livejournal.com]

'Course it isn't. [don't mind Adam, he's just thrilled his future changed...]

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

So it won't mind if I shake it up a little.

[snarky-blonde.livejournal.com]

So there's hope for us yet, huh?

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Elle...

[He's sort of surprised to see her, it's been a long time.] Yes, there is hope.

[snarky-blonde.livejournal.com]

Peter...

Always the dreamer.

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but it's a nice dream if you're in it.

[Kisses her forehead.]

[snarky-blonde.livejournal.com]

[Smile graces her lips]

That was sweet.

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

I have my moments.

[snarky-blonde.livejournal.com]

I like those moments.

[gotasweettooth.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess that's good to hear.

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

No, it is not.

s'up older self? :D

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's you again.

Re: s'up Pete? :D

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's me again. Something happened that shouldn't have, I need to rectify it.

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

You mean screwing with time once wasn't enough?

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Time has a way of rebuilding itself, no matter how many times I interfere with it. Things will be better this time.

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

So what's different "this time"?

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

I'm going to save him.

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

Nathan..?

[withshiningeyes.livejournal.com]

Not always, certainly.

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

If you had the ability to go back in time and change certain things, would you?

[withshiningeyes.livejournal.com]

I don't think there's a person in the world who could honestly tell you they don't wish there are mistakes in their past they wish they could erase. Off the top of my head, I can think of at least a dozen things I would have happily changed. On balance, however, I believe the dangers are too high and the consequences too unpredictable; even the smallest of interferences runs the risk of altering people's lives forever. To take a popular cliche, prevent a butterfly in Brazil from flapping its wings, and who knows what else might be influenced?

So, no; I wouldn't change the past. Better, I think, to learn from history's mistakes that we may prevent them from being repeated.

Have a girl!Peter, feel free to ignore.

[alteredestiny.livejournal.com]

I've always believed that too.

Re: Hi girl!Peter!

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Do you believe it enough to do something about it?

Hi!

[alteredestiny.livejournal.com]

Of course I do.

[wasonceniceguy.livejournal.com]

'Course it isn't. [don't mind Adam, he's just thrilled his future changed...]

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

So it won't mind if I shake it up a little.

[snarky-blonde.livejournal.com]

So there's hope for us yet, huh?

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Elle...

[He's sort of surprised to see her, it's been a long time.] Yes, there is hope.

[snarky-blonde.livejournal.com]

Peter...

Always the dreamer.

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but it's a nice dream if you're in it.

[Kisses her forehead.]

[snarky-blonde.livejournal.com]

[Smile graces her lips]

That was sweet.

[tobethehero.livejournal.com]

I have my moments.

[snarky-blonde.livejournal.com]

I like those moments.

[gotasweettooth.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess that's good to hear.

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

No, it is not.