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  2. Is there a difference between a parallel universe and an...

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    An alternative universe (also known as alternate universe or alternate reality), commonly abbreviated as AU, is a type or form of in which canonical facts of setting or characterization in the universe being explored or written about are deliberately changed. So looking at the definitions, we see some differences.

  3. In the last episode of season 3 of The Man in the High Castle we are told that individuals can only travel to an alternate reality if. their alternate self had already died in the alternate reality. This explanation is given for why. only one out of the four test subjects survived the Nazi experiment to travel to alternate realities -- the ...

  4. history of - Was there an original and definitive use of...

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    An alternate reality is any type of parallel universe that largely mirrors Earth (or the protagonist's homeworld if they're not from Earth) but has various shades of differences. Some of these are caused by branching timelines, such that normal Earth and alternate Earth were one and the same at some point in their shared past.

  5. 2 novel series about alternate reality for people in comas

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    First book starts with main character (female) suddenly conscious in a new reality where people on horses are riding toward her. She explores place where technology doesn’t work (I.e., there are light switches on the wall but they don’t control anything).

  6. In the alternate reality during CURSED CHILD, how could Harry...

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    In Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, we find out in an alternate reality, Harry died at the Battle of Hogwarts (at least I think it was the Battle of Hogwarts). But how? But how? Didn't Harry's blood run through Voldemort's veins along with his mother's protection, therefore tethering him to life as long as Voldemort lived?

  7. story identification - Movie where a woman wakes up in an...

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    The main non-match is that she doesn't wind up becoming Ben's wife (and nor are her children in the alternate reality the ones she saw with him originally). The film also didn't have a wide release outside of Australia so if you saw it in the USA it's less likely to be this.

  8. Sliders explored parallel universes, Flashpoint (DC), Avengers: Endgame, and the reboot of Star Trek explore alternate timelines. Spoilers for a current show, Loki (Marvel), Episode 1 : The titular character is an organic piece of his timeline, but his actions were caused by outside-influence (The Sacred Timeline's Avengers, who traveled about ...

  9. marvel - Is there now a universe without Thanos? - Science...

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    Per the MCU, you always travel to an alternate reality with time travel. It's the most paradox-safe method to time travel, since you literally cannot create paradoxes, just new realities. We have no indication that alternate realities created via time travel are ever collapsed - just that they get put on a better track. The Ancient One isn't ...

  10. story identification - Series about four high school students...

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    One week after the boys return home, they discover they have special elemental powers after returning from the alternate reality but when they thought they were at peace, they discover they weren't the only ones who crossed over from the alternate reality. You can see the boys being chased by a tornado at around the 0:39 mark in the video below.

  11. An alternate history with some characters purely invented, some...

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    It is an alternate history, and at 2650 pages it's certainly long and complicated. It's Bob Shaftoe - brother of Jack Shaftoe, "Half-Cocked Jack", a London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds - who meets the future Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill, and becomes familiar with him.