• Steve@communick.newsEnglish
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    23 hours 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.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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      12 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!<

      • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
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        10 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.