Paradoxes & Parables
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The raven paradox implies that every time you look at something that is not black and not a raven, such as a green apple, you gain a very tiny bit of evidence that all ravens are black.
Or: Marty and Doc find out what happens when you change the regularities the universe is based on.
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- Part 1 of Paradoxes & Parables
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"A causal loop, also known as a bootstrap paradox, occurs when any event, such as an action, information, an object, or a person, ultimately causes itself, as a consequence of either retrocausality or time travel."
Or: what if it was always the Lone Pine timeline? Marty navigates what this means for the rules of time travel.
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- Part 2 of Paradoxes & Parables
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There are rules and guidelines that Marty is given alongside the second ever DeLorean to have a time machine built out of it.
But, sometimes, people are more important than rules.
Or: Marty and Paul’s epic adventure through time!!!!
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- Part 3 of Paradoxes & Parables
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Martin Seamus McFly dies on April 12th, 1987.
He comes back, but he's not entirely sure that all of him did.
His descent is as fast as it is gruesome.Or: what happens when consequences become optional.
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- Part 4 of Paradoxes & Parables
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Time Tacos and Similarly Mundane Impossibilities by sprayedwithcrab
Fandoms: Back to the Future (Movies)
21 May 2026
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Jennifer views Marty’s use of the DeLorean the same way someone would view their accident-prone significant other riding a motorcycle: not a fan.
Or: face it, Jennifer, your boyfriend is impossible in every sense of the word. And he loves you.
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- Part 5 of Paradoxes & Parables
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Marty wakes up the day after his return from 1955. It is peaceful, and everything seems okay.
Or: what are you going to do today?
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- Part 6 of Paradoxes & Parables
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For all the changes Marty made, there should not have been a version of him to be seen fleeing Lone Pine Mall when he returned from the past.
The loop should not have been able to close.Or: Marty’s actions in 1955 attract an unwanted visitor. At least the paradoxes he caused stop being a problem.
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- Part 7 of Paradoxes & Parables