Talk:Lilim/@comment-34904368-20200102022401/@comment-28144855-20200102180244

Not a Time Lord himself, but not too far of. I'll try to explain the best way I can, though, as it's more complex than it seems at first 'glance'. I'll try to explain it in the simplest way, no characters involved. (Timeline in this case is one universe with time in a linear, forward motion on the time axis. This time axis is equal in length to each and every single one in the multiverses. Meaning from the 'big bang to the big crunch' they have a 'copy/paste past up until a certian point, sometimes just picoseconds from it's very beginning.)

Now that we know what a time line is, and we also know any discrepancy in a timeline, a divergent point will branch into another timeline, we can go further in the headache giving layering. Now, this is a bit tricky so I hope I'll get it right;

You'd think each of these timelines is a different reality? Well, you thought wrong! They are but a mere fraction of a reality.

Why? Let's say a person A from a Timeline A managed to shift into a Timeline C, he made changes into both of these timelines, no? One is him leaving a timeline, the other entering another (and that's if we discount any shenanigan that his presence made somehow impact on timeline C by any mean).

I hope it was clear, because it's effin complicated. But it is how it is, now these three timelines have a common 'Reality altering' event, Person A shifting in Timeline C. They are now part of the same Reality. (Now to think there are endless of those...)

However, for each Person, object or unique factor in every Reality, there is but one original Timeline of origin, the one from where the 'Object of interest' spawned for the first time, before branching (and that include all there is, not necesarily our object induced branching.)

Remove the Original, and any metaverse not strong enough will crumble, remove enough originals that impacted Reality/ies more and more will crumble.

I really hope you managed to catch this, if not and you're interested, I can explain more with wall posts.