#time loops
btw you should make sure to spend the infinite cycle of life, death, and rebirth with a bestie. it’s called ouroboros not myoboros
Happy Halloween ghouls!! Such a magical time of year when all the freaks come out to play - it’s me, I am freaks. For my last horror movie recommendation for this month, I rewatched one of my absolute favorites - 2009’s ‘The Triangle’.
This is more in the thriller genre but the storyline is interesting and also, shall I say, scary. Im doing my own plot synopsis today because I just adore this film. It opens with a group of friends (including a very sexy, young Liam Hemsworth) preparing to go sailing in the Atlantic on a yacht. Our main character, Jess seems a little dazed and confused from the very beginning even having trouble remembering where her son is, who, we gather, she was supposed to bring on the sailing trip. She’s disoriented and we’re not sure why, but even her new friends think she’s acting more than a little bit weird.
All of sudden, in open water, they lose all wind in their sail and essentially get stuck in the middle of the ocean with an eerie storm brewing not too far off. It’s a strange scene watching the sail go completely limp and their boat become enveloped in the violent storm. They get some strange interference on the radio when calling for help - also, according to the coast guard, there is no storm on the radar. Something is definitely amiss.
The yacht their sailing does not withstand the storm and capsizes forcing the group to board a mysterious ship that seemingly appears out of nowhere. However, after boarding they soon realize that the ship is abandoned, but that’s the least of their worries.
Fun fact: the ship is called the Aeolus, who was the god of wind. There’s a Sysiphus reference here - in Greek mythology, Sysiphus was condemned by the gods to push a rock up a mountain only to see it roll down again for all eternity. This is an important reference for the plot, so keep that in mind.
We soon start to feel that perhaps they aren’t alone. Perhaps their being stalked. They discover weird cryptic messages and always seem to be one step behind whoever is watching them.
The first time I saw this it really messed with my head and I was so blown away by the creative story. I really didn’t want to give too much away with my recap because there’s a pretty good twist here that I would hate to ruin. But this movie is exciting and keeps a fast pace from the very beginning. It’s kind of a mental mind fuck and I absolutely love it. And rewatching after all these years, I think it still holds up and is really the type of film that’s going to keep you on your toes, start to finish.
Fair warning it can get pretty violent, so if you don’t like that, just move right along. This is a thrilling adventure and it does not slow down. Enjoy! Happy trick or treating. And Happy Halloween!!!
Ok. First I want to begin saying that I’ve only finished the Season 1, although I know a lot of things about the fandom because of my favorite activity: read fanfics and watch a lot of post everywhere; but I wanted to share this theory/random thought that popped up in my mind while I was reading.
What if Henry Fogg was right when he said that Quentin wasn’t depressed?
Think about it.
In theory Henry Fogg knowsabout the 40 timelines, but maybe he doesn’t know all about what happened in the other 39 Quentins during his race to save his live, his friends’ lives and Fillory from The Beast.
What if the Quentin Coldwater from the first timeline wasn’t sick? Neither the second nor the third.
Thinking about it, maybe subconsciously and unconsciously he has the terror of dying and see his friends dying, to have to sacrifice himself, to be in a problem that wasn’t his matter, nor his fault, since the beginning burning in his soul.
What if everything he had to live every time the timeline restart the next Quentin Coldwater feels more and more empty, more and more anxious? Empty for the loses, anxious because, in some way, he knows what will come even though he is not conscious about it.
Henry Fogg was right, the previous Quentin Coldwaters maybedid not suffer from depression, but the time loops left their marks, no?
Someone ever has thought about it?
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Ok. Primero quiero empezar diciendo que sólo he terminado la temporada 1, aunque estoy empapada del fandom a través de mi actividad favorita: leer fics y ver post en todas partes; pero quería compartir esta teoría/pensamiento random que se me ocurrió mientras leía.
¿Qué tal si Henry Fogg tenía razón al decir que Quentin no estaba deprimido?
Piénsenlo.
En teoría Henry Fogg sabede las 40 líneas temporales, pero tal vez no está tan empapado con lo que habrán pasado los otro 39 Quentin durante su carrera por salvar su vida, la de sus amigos y a Fillory de la bestia.
¿Qué tal que el Quentin Coldwater de la línea temporal 1 no estaba enfermo? Ni el de la 2, ni el de la 3.
Pensando en eso, tal vez de forma subconsciente e inconsciente tiene gravado el terror de morir y ver morir a sus amigos, de tener que sacrificarse, de haberse vuelto envuelto en un embrollo que no le concierne ni mucho menos es su culpa.
¿Qué tal si todo lo vivido ha hecho que cada vez que se repita la línea temporal el siguiente Quentin Coldwater se sienta más y más vacío, más y más ansioso? Vacío por las pérdidas, ansioso porque en cierta forma sabe lo que viene, aunque no sea consciente de eso.
Henry Fogg tenía razón, los Quentin Coldwaters anteriores tal vez nosufrían de depresión, pero los ‘‘time loops’’ dejaron huellas, ¿no?
¿Alguien lo ha pensado alguna vez?
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one thing about me is that if a friend of mine came to me frantically explaining that they were trapped in a time loop i would believe it no questions asked i’ve been waiting to be the quirky supporting character in a time loop plot my whole life i will do whatever to break that curse up to and including falling in love
everyone in the comments like “i wouldn’t fall in love with my friend!” who said i was falling in love with the friend, huh? maybe the only way to break the loop is smooch the time wizard. maybe time wizards deserve love, too.
❀ I ᗩᗰ TᕼE TIᗰE ᗯIᘔᗩᖇᗪ ᗩᑎᗪ ᔕOᗰETIᗰEᔕ I ᔕᑕᖇEᗯ ᑌᑭ. ❀
Oh crap, now I’m really intrigued by the idea of a CATS timeloop fic.
Like something goes wrong at the end of a day, and the characters trapped inside think it’s Macavity at first, but it turns out it’s Misto, except he isn’t one of the ones in the loop, he just started it accidentally to try to protect the rest of the tribe.
clearly somebody needs to smooch him.
gets put in the timeloop but i just keep finding new and worse ways to fuck it up and annoy everyone until they eventually get sick of my shit and let me go
