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[OpMegs]

But to put this in terms I can understand (no big words, please): the idea here is that ... what, the universe did in fact wobble but when it stopped being all topsy-turvy, it turns out it's still the same as before, except when it's not, and nobody notices the discrepancies because it's "always been that way"?

I mean, as explanations go, that's... not bad, really.  I could paper over the cracks easily enough with my characters, if/when it ever matters.  (Rhea's story [for any version] is unlikely to change, for example -- though for giggles I rolled up a truly Evil one this time around).
I could work with that.
--sofaspud
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That's basically exactly it, yeah.

It allows the greatest amount of keeping what we want, while allowing narrative freedom with stuff you want to change. And it's a nice meta nod to the fact that the universe ceased existing for about 6 years before coming back. :lol