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Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I say no.

Time travel stories are about going to a different time.
Time loop stories are repeating the same time.
It’s really that simple.

Time loops are anti-time travel really, as there’s no movement in time at all.

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thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
predestination is a mix then? it’s a loop, but selected time periods.

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- Steve@communick.news ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Haven’t seen it, but sounds like it. Time travel can certainly be used to create loops.
  
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FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What about stories about time travel that ultimately form a closed loop? There’s one that has people moving forwards and backwards through time, yet forms a closed loop at the end: >!Dark!<

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- Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  A clue closed loop creates consistency.
  
  Groundhog loops are different each loop
  
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- Steve@communick.news ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  If they’re using time travel to create a causality loop, that’s different than a time loop.
  
  Time loops usually reset causality, accept for those actually experiencing the loop iterations.
  
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  - FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m not sure that it can be clearly delineated as a time loop or a causality loop, it’s honestly a mix of both - though you’d probably call it a causality loop, as each “instance of a person” only experiences the loop once.
    
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