Board Thread:The Reference Desk/@comment-10429682-20140403031456/@comment-98.243.156.147-20140519151339

Ok, I have a theory on that situation. Actually its part of the plot of a fan fiction I am writing.(if you think its stupid feel free to tell me, if you have a helping hand to explain it better)

When a fixed point event in time is prevented. Space-time decay is the effect. Depending on the severity of the event; the decay can be minute (Reapers for roses father) or catastrophic (Reality dissolving for the Doctor) I propose that Space-time is a renewable resource; like karma, or an electric car with an alternator. That reality is fueled from the psychic resonance of a fixed point event. Everyone remembers how you felt when 9-11 happened. The way your heart skipped a beat, the muscles in your neck tightened, and so on. Those moments in everyone's life, throughout the universe are absorbed by the time vortex and redistributed in other areas. Thus sustaining reality. The more people who react that way to a point in time, the more energy is being given back to the time vortex. At some point the amount of psychic resonance received by one moment in time is so great, that if that moment does not happen; the vortex cannot compensate, and the barriers of time, and reality disintegrate. Turning Wibbly Wobely Timey Whimey into a melted banana split. However there is a loophole in this law. As long as there is a surge of Psychic Resonance of equal, or greater strength, at the same exact time as the intended fixed point; The fabric of Space-time will remain unscathed. If you would like me to go into deeper detail I'd be happy to.