A user asks: "Feferi and )(er friends never played t)(e game, and I am the ruler før all t)(is 6ulls)(rimp!! )(i sø, dø yøu cøme frøm even furt)(er 6ack than like, Fef and her friends? Are yøu like, in my timeline? W)(ere are yøu frøm?" Thank y9u f9r the questi9n, @a6yssalAngler. I appreciate 69th the curi9sity and the apparent g99d-faith nature 9f the inquiry, alth9ugh I w9uld like t9 gently n9te that “like, in my timeline?” is the s9rt 9f phrase which can very quickly 6ec9me metaphysically unsta6le if handled with9ut adequate cauti9n, especially in c9mmunities where a frankly irresp9nsi6le num6er 9f participants seem t9 have 6een displaced, duplicated, p9sthum9usly preserved, revived, re699ted, retc9nned, 9r 9therwise narratively mishandled. #TimelineTalk #MetaphysicalInsta6ility #DisplacementMenti9n #Duplicati9nMenti9n #P9sthum9usExistenceMenti9n T9 answer as plainly as p9ssi6le, which I am capa6le 9f d9ing despite certain defamat9ry rum9rs t9 the c9ntrary: I am fr9m 6ef9rus. #PlainAnswer #6ef9rus #PleaseAckn9wledgeThatIAnsweredDirectly M9re specifically, I am fr9m a versi9n 9f tr9ll civilizati9n which predates, precedes, and in certain technical senses reflects y9ur 9wn Alternian s9cial structure, al6eit thr9ugh a much less 9penly vi9lent and less instituti9nally culling-9riented arrangement. This d9es n9t mean it was “6etter,” necessarily, 6ecause that w9uld 6e an 9verly simplistic reading 9f an extremely c9mplicated s9ciety with its 9wn massive faults, many 9f which pe9ple are strangely eager t9 9verl99k the m9ment they hear the w9rds “less murder.” #6ef9ranHist9ry #AlternianHist9ry #LessMurderIsN9tTheSameAsJustice #CasteTalk S9 n9, I d9 n9t 6elieve I am fr9m y9ur exact timeline in the 9rdinary sense. I am fr9m further 6ack, sideways, adjacent, and deceased, which I understand s9unds like a j9ke answer, 6ut unf9rtunately is just h9w these things tend t9 w9rk. #Further6ack #SidewaysAdjacent #DeathMenti9n #Unf9rtunatelyLiteral As f9r Feferi and her friends, if 6y that y9u mean the y9ung Alternian players generally ass9ciated with Karkat Vantas and his sessi9n, then yes, my 9wn existence w9uld 6e c9nnected t9 theirs thr9ugh the usual deeply unc9mf9rta6le ancest9r-descendant/predecess9r-success9r tangle that makes family termin9l9gy alm9st c9mpletely unusa6le with9ut a f99tn9te. #Ancest9rDescendantIssues #FamilyTermin9l9gy #F99tn9teRequired I h9pe this clarified things with9ut causing undue timeline nausea. #AskAnswered #Curi9sityAppreciated #TimelineNauseaMenti9n https://d9cs.g99gle.c9m/f9rms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdC93JRPs19Xm9lW_jU7VM-hIRNvE818R9imENm-SmFL6-CiQ/viewf9rm
