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| - It is not entirely clear how significant the change from the alpha timeline must be to create a doomed timeline and if paradox space only cares about outcomes or also the specific actions leading up to them. It is possible to access memories from doomed timelines. The Rose Lalonde from Davesprite's timeline accomplished this by going to sleep before the doomed timeline is erased. According to Dave, dream selves operate somewhat outside the normal time continuum, allowing memories from alternate timelines to be passed on. It should be noted, however, that the only player to ever do this (Rose) is a Seer. She has said, that her alternate timeline memories come to her like visions. So it is unclear how much of this phenomenon might relate to her class. Terezi Pyrope was able to accessthe memories of her Game Over counterpart, along with the memories of other ghosts, using her powers as a Seer of Mind. Squared Sprites are naturally able to access the memories of many of the alternate selves of their prototyped components. Players that die in doomed timelines can appear in dream bubbles within the Furthest Ring. Doomed players who enter the alpha timeline also appear in dream bubbles after they die. Players that are still alive when a doomed timeline is erased do not seem to enter dream bubbles, as they cease to exist. Aranea Serket is convinced that a doomed timeline is able to eventually take over as the new alpha timeline if it is "healed" by someone with extreme healing powers and luck. This is little more than her own speculation though. It was once believed that the mortal consequences of travelling back from a doomed timeline could be evaded through one prototyping themselves, as shown by Davesprite, who managed to live three years after returning to the alpha timeline, journeying across the Yellow Yard. With the assistance of somebody who has become unstuck from reality and can thus alter the alpha timeline without causing offshoots, it is possible to leave a doomed timeline without being marked for imminent death. The instances of John, Roxy Lalonde, the surviving B1 sprites, and the residents of LOWAS native to the timeline shown in GAME OVER have managed to procure such a fate.
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