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No. 64593
here is something I've realized about time loops.
let's say that you know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that something awful is going to happen. but you don't yet know why, and you're in a position to be the one who causes it to happen.
I think that, in that situation, your best move is to figure out the least harmful explanation for those immutable facts, and then act to ensure that your explanation is the one that actually brought it about.
for instance: bec noir. at the time that vriska did all her work to make that shit take place, all they knew about "the demon" was that it was doggy and had wings and wore the green lightning, and that it showed up when they were about to open the door and sliced the door in half and roboaradia had to throw them all on a teleporter to escape.
now, that's a pretty awful set of information to be handed. but it's not as bad as you might think. at this point, you don't know that it's jack, for instance; that information isn't present until karkat wakes up, dies, and then wakes up again.
so at this point, it's not really even sure that this guy is an enemy. you could put the ring in the hands of a dersite who is going into exile, and give him a reason to destroy the door that has nothing to do with your actual life being threatened, and all the loops would close, and amicably.
and vriska's solution wasn't really so far off from this. she had the right idea - to take the immutable facts, and construe them in such a way as to make them good. but, unfortunately, she never considered that the demon might not be an enemy, and furthermore she chose to seek the good of "I am the most important person in my story" over the good of "we all survive". that she was this kind of person is regrettable, and to her sorrow as much as that of her friends.
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