Cereal bowl theory

Another request from Tara to post on the blog. So let me explain the cereal bowl theory that I've been pondering for the last...ten years or so. Dude, I feel really old. Anyway it's called the cereal bowl theory for no particular reason, but the idea is that every universe/dimension in existence is all interconnected.

Pretty basic stuff right? But it gets better.

So all of these different dimensions are connected via stories. So someone who writes or dreams or thinks of an idea is actually a witness of that event actually happening. So whatever they've seen is something that has actually happened in one of the alternate universes.

Inversely, it could be that when someone thinks of an idea, say J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter, once she has had the idea, that particular world comes into existence and gains a life of its own, and can be altered by the creator at their will.

Now it stands to reason that if there are these alternate universes that include every idea anyone's ever had or will have, that based on the above that those universes will either A) already exist or B) will exist. So there's an infinite amount of universes out there.

To add to the ridiculous amount of alternate dimensions, I also propose that within those worlds are another set of infinite dimensions of things that happened differently. For example, say a hero has ten near death experiences in which he has managed to survive. But then there has to be another dimension where he doesnt survive and subsequently even more where his downfall is inevitable. A little sad to think about but that also means that there exists both an imperfect world and a perfect one.

I'm not going to go on about recursive methods and the Taylor series crud cause I can hardly remember the series equations. But yeah to sum it up there's different dimensions, a lot of them.

Then I got to thinking that someone has to be regulating some of the different dimensions, to make sure that everything in that particular timeline goes as planned. Like say the hero that is caught in a terrible explosion has a 90% chance of dying. But in this particular dimension he absolutely needs to survive so that the dimension's timeline is uninterrupted or whatever.

That's where this organization group agency thing comes in. They travel between the different dimensions and make sure that what's supposed to happen or not happen, does or doesnt happen.

So I was telling Tara about my cereal bowl theory because I realized that one of her alter egos, Fern, basically works and functions like one of the organization that monitors and assists in the balance and maintenance of the infinite dimensions. Then we started talking about how we should incorporate Fern into our collaborative story. And I told Tara that she should put Fern into her other stories as well. Not as a main character or a secondary character mind you, but a background character who doesnt even have a name but helps the story along.

It's kind of hard to go back to stories and add a person in there that helps the main characters along after you've written the entire story and you're happy with it. But it makes for an interesting idea, especially if you have a whole bunch of stories and then make on on the character that goes around helping everyone. And when you realize that the random person who shouts "Over there" or "Look out" or something is there with a reason it's pretty cool.

Yeah, I'm not doing the idea much justice, and it sounds way better if I explain it to you in person, but Tara really liked the idea of Fern being a part of the organization that goes around altering timelines of dimensions and helping the story progress. I just need to find a way to incorporate the organization into a story and actually having stories in which to send the agency to. :D

So that's my really long rant and theory of cereal bowls, yeah.