Consequences in a
story that doesn’t so much bend time, as ignore it completely. It seems to be
three stories told side by side. Luckily the opening tells the reader that time
is meaningless so when it bounces from time to time the shock is not so great.
The story seems to be written by Dr. Manhattan the way it has all time and
place going simultaneously. But at least with watchmen there was a visual indicator which time was which. And so
does this story. Something small like font of margin could help the reader to
distinguish between timelines. Also the characters are not fully explained and
it is hard to keep track of who is doing what. It needs to be easy for the
reader to read or they won’t bother to. But the play on time and space is
always fun to think about.
If you are going to have a plot/subplot about killing God and alternate universes I think the universe the story is in needs some background and explanation, so the reader can know if it's a metaphoric killing or a literal murder of a being.
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