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Ends at: The First Sighting
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The Missing Moment
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Edited on 2007-01-11 12:02:39 by BaxilDragon [link, typo, and eras fix]
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~ 6 Winter Of Discontent (8-12/97)
One popular theory, vigorously denied by the man himself, is that TheChanges are all the product of Redwing's appearance and that he's the key to it all. Redwing, for his part, argued in WeWalkAmongYou that the Earth itself was waking up, and that that process began long before December 1996 (though he refuses to offer further detail of when it might have started). Others blame aliens or an advanced intelligence or a cabal of secret world masters, all of whom are functionally making the same argument as the many Christians who describe it as the will of God. Some see no rhyme or reason to it, just a random hiccup of the universe.
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One popular theory, vigorously denied by the man himself, is that TheChanges are all the product of Redwing's appearance and that he's the key to it all. Redwing himself argued in a book that the Earth itself was waking up, and that that process began long before December 1996 (though he refuses to offer further detail of when it might have started). Others blame aliens or an advanced intelligence or a cabal of secret world masters, all of whom are functionally making the same argument as the many Christians who describe it as the will of God. Some see no rhyme or reason to it, just a random hiccup of the universe.
Edited on 2006-12-28 18:28:12 by BaxilDragon [fixing event links]
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Ends with: The First Sighting
Almost indistinguishable, because there are hints that something was going on behind the scenes even before The First Sighting brought TheChanges to the attention of the planet.
How far back those hints extend depends on who you talk to. Some TTU residents, with the wisdom of hindsight, claim that all of Earth history was leading to this moment, or produce complex numerological calculations supposedly resolving to whatever moment they claim things began. Any number of mages, up to and including Dennis Redwing, are of the opinion that magic was suppressed for some period of Earth history and TheChanges marked its return. One amateur physicist claimed it was a time echo caused by the explosion of the first nuclear bomb, complete with sine-wave diagrams peaking at presidential assassination attempts. The less conspiracy-minded generally discount all of this, although The Missing Moment gives many pause.
Whatever the historical theory might be, the evidence cited usually includes the "statistically significant increase in paranormal sightings" one study found in looking through early December 1996 newspapers. (Statisticians widely argue over that study's counting methodology and sample size, and follow-up studies haven't clarified the situation any.) Also widely cited are any of a number of theris who claim to have transformed before The First Sighting, although their stories are conveniently free of verifiable facts and most dismiss them as publicity seekers.
The Missing Moment
Writing stories wholly set in this era is a difficult proposition; there isn't really anything unique about TTU until The First Sighting kicks off the transformations and magic. It might be useful for flashbacks, exposition, or history.
All TTU characters are entitled to their own explanations for when and how things started, but actual experience with TTU-type forces pre-Changes is both rare and tenuous. If anything odd happened to a character before The First Sighting, it should be either explicable by coincidence; unverifiable and not particularly believable; or else within the boundaries of what magic can currently do in the "real world."
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Ends with: TheFirstSighting
Almost indistinguishable, because there are hints that something was going on behind the scenes even before TheFirstSighting brought TheChanges to the attention of the planet.
How far back those hints extend depends on who you talk to. Some TTU residents, with the wisdom of hindsight, claim that all of Earth history was leading to this moment, or produce complex numerological calculations supposedly resolving to whatever moment they claim things began. Any number of mages, up to and including Dennis Redwing, are of the opinion that magic was suppressed for some period of Earth history and TheChanges marked its return. One amateur physicist claimed it was a time echo caused by the explosion of the first nuclear bomb, complete with sine-wave diagrams peaking at presidential assassination attempts. The less conspiracy-minded generally discount all of this, although TheMissingMoment gives many pause.
Whatever the historical theory might be, the evidence cited usually includes the "statistically significant increase in paranormal sightings" one study found in looking through early December 1996 newspapers. (Statisticians widely argue over that study's counting methodology and sample size, and follow-up studies haven't clarified the situation any.) Also widely cited are any of a number of theris who claim to have transformed before TheFirstSighting, although their stories are conveniently free of verifiable facts and most dismiss them as publicity seekers.
TheMissingMoment
Writing stories wholly set in this era is a difficult proposition; there isn't really anything unique about TTU until TheFirstSighting kicks off the transformations and magic. It might be useful for flashbacks, exposition, or history.
All TTU characters are entitled to their own explanations for when and how things started, but actual experience with TTU-type forces pre-Changes is both rare and tenuous. If anything odd happened to a character before TheFirstSighting, it should be either explicable by coincidence; unverifiable and not particularly believable; or else within the boundaries of what magic can currently do in the "real world."
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Edited on 2006-12-21 02:25:31 by BaxilDragon [let's get some actual content here]
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Era: Pre-Changes
Before Wednesday, December 18, 1996
Starts with: N/A
Ends with: TheFirstSighting
Era Summary
Until the final days of 1996, the history of the Tomorrowlands universe was almost indistinguishable from our own.
Almost indistinguishable, because there are hints that something was going on behind the scenes even before TheFirstSighting brought TheChanges to the attention of the planet.
How far back those hints extend depends on who you talk to. Some TTU residents, with the wisdom of hindsight, claim that all of Earth history was leading to this moment, or produce complex numerological calculations supposedly resolving to whatever moment they claim things began. Any number of mages, up to and including Dennis Redwing, are of the opinion that magic was suppressed for some period of Earth history and TheChanges marked its return. One amateur physicist claimed it was a time echo caused by the explosion of the first nuclear bomb, complete with sine-wave diagrams peaking at presidential assassination attempts. The less conspiracy-minded generally discount all of this, although TheMissingMoment gives many pause.
Whatever the historical theory might be, the evidence cited usually includes the "statistically significant increase in paranormal sightings" one study found in looking through early December 1996 newspapers. (Statisticians widely argue over that study's counting methodology and sample size, and follow-up studies haven't clarified the situation any.) Also widely cited are any of a number of theris who claim to have transformed before TheFirstSighting, although their stories are conveniently free of verifiable facts and most dismiss them as publicity seekers.
One popular theory, vigorously denied by the man himself, is that TheChanges are all the product of Redwing's appearance and that he's the key to it all. Redwing himself argued in a book that the Earth itself was waking up, and that that process began long before December 1996 (though he refuses to offer further detail of when it might have started). Others blame aliens or an advanced intelligence or a cabal of secret world masters, all of whom are functionally making the same argument as the many Christians who describe it as the will of God. Some see no rhyme or reason to it, just a random hiccup of the universe.
But no matter how many college students stay up until sunrise arguing the question, what might have actually caused this shift (or return) is a matter of pure speculation. All that can be said for certain is that life went on doing its usual thing until a dragon was caught on camera one cold winter afternoon.
Other Major Events
TheMissingMoment
Writing Tips
Writing stories wholly set in this era is a difficult proposition; there isn't really anything unique about TTU until TheFirstSighting kicks off the transformations and magic. It might be useful for flashbacks, exposition, or history.
It might be interesting to inject an unverifiable and mysterious note of the occult into historical fiction as sort of a TTU "prequel," but canon issues would be an obstacle.
All TTU characters are entitled to their own explanations for when and how things started, but actual experience with TTU-type forces pre-Changes is both rare and tenuous. If anything odd happened to a character before TheFirstSighting, it should be either explicable by coincidence; unverifiable and not particularly believable; or else within the boundaries of what magic can currently do in the "real world."
Notes
Associated Stories
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Until the late days of 1996, the history of the Tomorrowlands was almost indistinguishable from our own. After that, though, the world took quite a different course from Earth's.
Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2006-12-18 13:08:12 by BaxilDragon [very very temporary placeholder]
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VERY placeholdery ... copy over era template. -bax
Until the late days of 1996, the history of the Tomorrowlands was almost indistinguishable from our own. After that, though, the world took quite a different course from Earth's.