CERESUltra

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hthrflwrs
@hthrflwrs

i'd be like. so good at being a side character in a time loop. you walk up to me, say "i'm in a time loop," tell me exactly one thing you'd have no possible way of knowing, and i'll do whatever you need to try and break the loop. need me to stand outside in precisely one spot for seventeen hours? hell yeah i'm on it


hthrflwrs
@hthrflwrs

you: hey i'm in a time loop and need help
me: what number am i thinking of
you: thirty six
me: hell yeah, how can i help


CERESUltra
@CERESUltra

My wife, my girlfriend and I all have a time loop contingency where if any of us say that we are stuck in a time loop, the others will take that on trust, and help however we can.

Also, for the same reason, we occasionally do a time-loop check. So far, none.

And in case there's any doubt, I swear with my hand on a hardcover copy of House of Leaves that this is not a fucking bit.


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in reply to @hthrflwrs's post:

I've thought about this a lot and come to the conclusion that I probably wouldn't even need a shibboleth. Maybe if it's a complete rando, but if anyone I actually know came up to me and said "I need you to do some wacky thing and if I explained why you wouldn't believe me" I'd just shrug and trust them by default

This happens in an ep of Legends of Tomorrow, in which a nice-boy character tells the time-loopee "just tell me you're in a Groundhog's Day next time and I'll be on board immediately", and he is!

i'm a bad timeloop friend

you: hey I'm in a time loop and need help
me: what number am i thinking of
you: well yesterday i lied and said thirty six because it was my first time talking to you in the loop and you said no, and when i asked what it really was, you told me you never actually think of numbers and told me to get bent
me: that does sounds like me, oh gosh why am i such an asshole?
you: so... are you helping?
me: can't you see i am having an identity crisis right now, get bent