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Twin Peaks Cosmology (fr this time)

And I'm telling you, ALL of those parallels, no matter how obvious, are unusable. You will take those statements and the context with them without adding anything outside of Twin Peaks into the mix. Only things within Twin Peaks will be usable, end of story. Close the book.

Yeah, I completely agree with this. Just use the information that the work itself gives to the public. What would even be the point of hiding apparently important and direct information about the worldview on a completely unrelated website that is not even connected to the story itself (nor quoted)?

Like, it is not as if you exclusively depend on that to scale the verse high anyway.
 
There's a lot ofconnections between them with things like Tauren Space Marines, Murloc marines, every crossover piece of art ever, etcetera. Not mentioning the multiple Starcraft pets in WoW.
Not a lot to work with. If these things aren't canon, which I assume is what you are implying, you are making my point for me. You have a non-canon interaction, and a philosophy of the author connected with the author's work at large. If not, they are pretty much allowed to be scaled together.
 
Yeah, I completely agree with this. Just use the information that the work itself gives to the public. What would even be the point of hiding apparently important and direct information about the worldview on a completely unrelated website that is not even connected to the story itself (nor quoted)?
Honestly I'd be much more approving of it if the website was just outright mentioned, but it really isn't to my knowledge
 
True, anyways, do you agree with everything else besides the UFT stuff?

Sadly, I am not an expert on Twin Peaks or on the heavy layers of mysticism the verse employs (yet), so my opinion on it is not really of much value in this case. I can only comment on obvious things, such as the UFT issue.

I am going to wait for Catto’s opinion, since he is an expert on that verse.
 
Honestly I'd be much more approving of it if the website was just outright mentioned, but it really isn't to my knowledge
It is as Doge said. The last you should expect of Lynch is to give you all the answers immediately(or even the questions), that is his whole gimmick. There is a reason the website is briefly mentioned even if it held important information. Besides, mystery is the theme of the show itself. We open with a mystery, we end with a mystery, the Mystery is the supreme principle. The whole show is about Dale Cooper uncovering mystery itself. It makes perfect sense that not all things will be given to you in the show itself.
 
Yet we get UFT to work consistently within the verse. Now that I think of it you can have draw one on Electricity within both TP and TM, where electricity is used in TP as the essence of creation, and in TM(Lynch's) as a metaphor for Dynamism. All these theories point to what Lynch wrote.
We don't have any reference of this by the way.
Of all these scans only the third is from a direct twin peaks source. Which by itself definitely is not related to Vedic Unified Field Theory.

And these--
--are not valid parallels. God being a "oneness" energy is not exclusive to Vedic UFT. Do I agree the Lodges are layered? Sure. Does this mean Unified Field Theory exists? No, it's a non-sequitur. You can apply literally any model to some abstract statement or set of them, stamp on the name and say "this works". The issue is that you have no direct reference to how this process is even described (nor is it namedropped as we'll see).


? That is what the Secret History claims? I don't see how them being energetic or singular requires them to be the Absolute.
Because the Archetypes would be equated (by you) with God as the "laws of nature", when they are explicitly derivative. This would also reduce God to "intellect" which, I disagree with.

MY blog. The sources for which are Mark Frost's interview on the topic of Twin Peaks, the Final Dossier and the secret history of Twin Peaks. On the dreamer, Laura is an aspect of her Dreamer self. I don't see how the Dreamer is being affected by JUDY though. We only see JUDY's involvement with Sarah and human Laura.
I know the sources, I'm the one that found Mark Frost's interview statements. Laura's "dreamer self" is the one corrupted by JUDY to experience the dream, this is implied in the undertones of FWWM, and Season 3. This should be considered spoilers for anyone who hasn't watched the show.
In the former, a very silly monkey says "Judy" and the screen cuts to Laura, in the latter Jeffries says "this is where you'll find Judy" and he sent cooper back in time directly to Laura

JUDY shouldn't only be taken as the embodiment of suffering, and otherness, it is the suffering that conceals the realization of a dream, JUDY is not only by proxy causing suffering, it's intrinsically Laura. As the Dreamer is experiencing Misery i.e the cycle of which the dream will end, and the electricity will stop. Insert Episode 18 of Season 3, where everything just stops, including electricity.
Also if you count Red Room/Lodge Laura, or coup her up with the "human" Laura, she also affects them at the end of EP 17 (and 2 at the time).

Pseudoscience isn't science. Again my point from earlier, if it were false it would have been edited or mentioned by Lynch or Frost. That managed thing serves for an inverse purpose. Inverse, the blog is maintained by the character. Again, no proof it was made or maintained by the author apart from text that holds a purpose inverse. And my source still claims it is from David's team, it is his own work that they are making, so he must have decisions to make on it. Worse so, it was made during the airing of Twin Peaks The Return, including with small ARG aspects. It was clearly deliberate.
"If it were false it would have been edited or mentioned" They can't edit things that they don't own or have the rights to, how could they change the grant chronicles website who is presumably owned and ran by a guy named Robert C. Grant. Just because it's deliberate doesn't mean every possible correspondence is true. Furthermore, you say that the unified field theory thing isn't with reference to einstein (avoiding the clarification at the end), and yet the very website states in its principles i.e its foundational rules, that it does.
He referenced them and uses them. If it were simply mentioned sure, but we get a link to it. Besides, he gave a sketch for us.
The sketch is completely separate from Twin Peaks, and thing you're referencing is wrongly applied. I have no further comment for this topic in any case. I'll go over the rest of the cosmology later.
 
We don't have any reference of this by the way.
Of what? For electricity it is obvious, for what Lynch meant, its in this video where he describes TM. Hell, he even uses Gold in other sources in reference to the Unified Field(the sketch I am talking about). If this isn't a direct application towards TP, I don't know what is.
Of all these scans only the third is from a direct twin peaks source. Which by itself definitely is not related to Vedic Unified Field Theory.
The parallels are from Lynch's own framework applied to his own creation.

--are not valid parallels. God being a "oneness" energy is not exclusive to Vedic UFT. Do I agree the Lodges are layered? Sure. Does this mean Unified Field Theory exists? No, it's a non-sequitur. You can apply literally any model to some abstract statement or set of them, stamp on the name and say "this works". The issue is that you have no direct reference to how this process is even described (nor is it namedropped as we'll see).
That is not how I am doing. It is the Lodges being energetic and singular, which connects to his own sketch he made. I am applying UFT because of both the mention of it and the numerous parallels as before. There is no reason to apply anything else when Lynch has his own material to apply to, which fit much better either way.

Because the Archetypes would be equated (by you) with God as the "laws of nature", when they are explicitly derivative. This would also reduce God to "intellect" which, I disagree with.
You can still be singular and be derived from something else fyi. I mean that is Taoism for you.

I know the sources, I'm the one that found Mark Frost's interview statements. Laura's "dreamer self" is the one corrupted by JUDY to experience the dream, this is implied in the undertones of FWWM, and Season 3. This should be considered spoilers for anyone who hasn't watched the show.
In the former, a very silly monkey says "Judy" and the screen cuts to Laura, in the latter Jeffries says "this is where you'll find Judy" and he sent cooper back in time directly to Laura
Why do you disagree than? Did you change your mind? I mean doesn't this just support my reading further? She is emanated by the Fireman, and gets made by JUDY to experience the dream, meaning that both entities are foundational to creation. Besides, she is corrupting the dream, not the dreamer. Also aspects again.

JUDY shouldn't only be taken as the embodiment of suffering, and otherness, it is the suffering that conceals the realization of a dream,
JUDY is not only by proxy causing suffering, it's intrinsically Laura. As the Dreamer is experiencing Misery i.e the cycle of which the dream will end, and the electricity will stop. Insert Episode 18 of Season 3, where everything just stops, including electricity.
Also if you count Red Room/Lodge Laura, or coup her up with the "human" Laura, she also affects them at the end of EP 17 (and 2 at the time).
Yeah I am not. Evil is encompassed by JUDY. And again, aspects of the Dreamer.

"If it were false it would have been edited or mentioned" They can't edit things that they don't own or have the rights to, how could they change the grant chronicles website who is presumably owned and ran by a guy named Robert C. Grant. Just because it's deliberate doesn't mean every possible correspondence is true. Furthermore, you say that the unified field theory thing isn't with reference to einstein (avoiding the clarification at the end), and yet the very website states in its principles i.e its foundational rules, that it does.
I am referring to the blog itself, not the links on it, they can control what links appear on there. The link you provided says they attempt to complete the uncompleted work of Einstein, it at the very least isn't Einstein if they are intended on completing it, even going into a completely different route. If it incorporates vibrational dimensions and density shifting, it has already departed from Einstein's mathematical of it.

The sketch is completely separate from Twin Peaks, and thing you're referencing is wrongly applied. I have no further comment for this topic in any case. I'll go over the rest of the cosmology later.
I said the sketch before, he directly applies gold to it, used by Twin Peaks as well.
 
I agree with Doge's points here, for the matter. In special the Unified Field thing (which was quite literally already rejected years ago, also. An old old shame of mine. That alone should be enough to shut the point down) is just scaling off theorized allusions to a philosophical concept that the verse itself doesn't establish in its text. We should preferably be better than that.
 
I agree with Doge's points here, for the matter. In special the Unified Field thing (which was quite literally already rejected years ago, also. An old old shame of mine. That alone should be enough to shut the point down) is just scaling off theorized allusions to a philosophical concept that the verse itself doesn't establish in its text. We should preferably be better than that.
Maybe also, we can remove the book of the dead statements from the clear light section and leave of what's canon
 
Maybe also, we can remove the book of the dead statements from the clear light section and leave of what's canon
That too (It's marginally better because the Book of the Dead is at least cited in-verse and there's an implied reality to it, but, too vague to really net a thing and anything else would be similar extrapolation).

But with that said, this discussion doesn't seem to be going anywhere, really, and I doubt either side will concede. Better to just call in staff at this point.
 
I'm fine with calling staff on that point. Distinguishing between general thematics for writing and the things themselves that are written is an extremely important part of media consumption, and I'm not going to go back and forth on Unified Field theory of all things.

That being said, the rest of the cosmology should be examined, there's of course small peculiarities but I think the one about the Lodges dissolving the distinction between God and JUDY is the biggest one.
Why do you disagree than? Did you change your mind? I mean doesn't this just support my reading further? She is emanated by the Fireman, and gets made by JUDY to experience the dream, meaning that both entities are foundational to creation. Besides, she is corrupting the dream, not the dreamer. Also aspects again.
The point of the Dream is to reveal that there is no difference between the experience and the experiencer, Darkness and Light, and Mother/God/Dreamer (in essence anyways). We agree on this, but we disagree on the relational status that takes place between these three, Mother is the divine concealment - or principle of Darkness/Otherness that obscures light, God the Light which persists beyond Fear to reveal (Day), and The Dreamer which exists to be the world, the principle of which all things dance in and experience Life.
When darkness comes, a traveler learns to be brave, for they know the light will return. Anyone who’s spent a night alone in the woods learns this. When a dark age comes, hold the light inside. That’s where it lives anyway. There are forces of darkness—and beings of darkness— and they are real and have always been around us. They’re part of the dance, just as you and I are; they’re just listening to different music. This may be the most troubling truth we will ever know.
So when I say JUDY is apart of the Dreamer and "corrupts" I mean that discomfort/fear persists while you are dreaming, but you should find comfort that it's apart of the world intrinsically (refer to Margarets quote) and cannot exist apart from the Dreamer. Only when you are "awake" (to the truth/Mystery) do all things subside into the silence. [Including God, JUDY, Life etc of course.]
That's really it.
 
It seems we largely agree on the cosmology than(I wonder why that is).

we disagree on the relational status that takes place between these three, Mother is the divine concealment - or principle of Darkness/Otherness that obscures light, God the Light which persists beyond Fear to reveal (Day), and The Dreamer which exists to be the world, the principle of which all things dance in and experience Life.
It is pretty consistent however that JUDY and the Fireman are above the Dreamer, as the Fireman emanated Laura. I think you can partially be right, as the duality only plays out in the physical world, as that is where humans live under delusion. The non-existent and Lodges serve thus as higher expressions of where that duality originates, especially since the Giant and BOB are present both in the Lodges without contradiction or conflict(same goes with MIKE). In this case, the Lodges should be the collective unconscious as highlighted via BOB being an archetype, while the Nonexistent serves as electricity flowing into the physical world(indicated by Dale being sucked into the physical world by outlet 15) and the lodges(electricity still exists, it spans all Being and Nonbeing). I mean if you think the Dreamer is equal to JUDY, wouldn't that upscale the Dreamer?

Only when you are "awake" (to the truth/Mystery) do all things subside into the silence. [Including God, JUDY, Life etc of course.]
Didn't you say tier 0 was fine for the Mystery? Not a problem for me.
 
It is pretty consistent however that JUDY and the Fireman are above the Dreamer, as the Fireman emanated Laura.
It's fine if the relational status of the Fireman is antecedent but the essence of the Fireman should still be considered non-different at the utmost degree. It's hard to describe the process but if Laura is The One that leads to the many, then technically she's still One.

I think you can partially be right, as the duality only plays out in the physical world, as that is where humans live under delusion. The non-existent and Lodges serve thus as higher expressions of where that duality originates, especially since the Giant and BOB are present both in the Lodges without contradiction or conflict(same goes with MIKE).
I'm confused, are you saying the duality doesn't exist in the Lodges? Or are you saying the duality doesn't matter because it's not pervasive?
In this case, the Lodges should be the collective unconscious as highlighted via BOB being an archetype, while the Nonexistent serves as electricity flowing into the physical world(indicated by Dale being sucked into the physical world by outlet 15) and the lodges(electricity still exists, it spans all Being and Nonbeing).
That's fine. This is probably okay, my memory of early s3 is fuzzy but that sounds like what happened. with the whole socket thing. And yeah the lodges seem closely related to the Fire, especially with the soul stuff.

I mean if you think the Dreamer is equal to JUDY, wouldn't that upscale the Dreamer?
Well I didn't really consider any differences in the first place in terms of essence. So I'll probably read the full Blog to get an understanding of that.
 
It's fine if the relational status of the Fireman is antecedent but the essence of the Fireman should still be considered non-different at the utmost degree. It's hard to describe the process but if Laura is The One that leads to the many, then technically she's still One.


I'm confused, are you saying the duality doesn't exist in the Lodges? Or are you saying the duality doesn't matter because it's not pervasive?

That's fine. This is probably okay, my memory of early s3 is fuzzy but that sounds like what happened. with the whole socket thing. And yeah the lodges seem closely related to the Fire, especially with the soul stuff.


Well I didn't really consider any differences in the first place in terms of essence. So I'll probably read the full Blog to get an understanding of that.

Just curiosity, do you agree with High 1-A+ JUDY/Fireman/Dido?

I'm a bit confused regarding the argument not gonna lie.
 
It's fine if the relational status of the Fireman is antecedent but the essence of the Fireman should still be considered non-different at the utmost degree. It's hard to describe the process but if Laura is The One that leads to the many, then technically she's still One.
It is still possible to achieve emanation at this stage though, and is according to the Fireman emanating Laura. I mean if that is true, it would upscale the Dreamer to the level of the Fireman, which is High 1-A+ (type 2).
I'm confused, are you saying the duality doesn't exist in the Lodges? Or are you saying the duality doesn't matter because it's not pervasive?
Doesn't exist. Its present more so as the place where this duality is split up into the physical world. As I said before, the distinctions don't exist here. Demonstrated by BOB and the Giant existing both in the Lodge.

Oh yeah, on the argument for the Dreamer being High 1-A+, the One spans all Being and Nonbeing, which grants dominion over all possible worlds regardless of logic.
 
Doesn't exist. Its present more so as the place where this duality is split up into the physical world. As I said before, the distinctions don't exist here. Demonstrated by BOB and the Giant existing both in the Lodge.
Yeah, I don't see how this follows. Even narratively we're told both constructive (positive) and destructive (negative) ideas exist. Just because two entities representing said ideas, exist at the same time in the lodge doesn't mean the distinction is rendered null. I also don't understand how that'd entail a contradiction.
You would have to establish that it's an impossibility for two things of different nature to have the same locus, but that's just not an issue really. We don't have any presuppositions to tell us this.

Oh yeah, on the argument for the Dreamer being High 1-A+, the One spans all Being and Nonbeing, which grants dominion over all possible worlds regardless of logic.
Uh, is this a wiki standard? Can you cite this. Otherwise, it also doesn't follow.


In any case, I decided to sit down and fully overhaul the cosmology propositions we have so far on the page. (First time using a table so don't judge me guys....)
BlogMy opinion
The Physical World is a fractal reality with the entire cosmology being based on Quantum mechanics, where the dimensions are yes physical, but is High 1-B, possibly 1-A+ because of the layers of frequencies being more real than the last. (?)The Physical world is indeed Fractal and possibly infinite because of this, however Qualitative Superiority, would still be necessary to prove between these layers as the scan used is for an entirely different structure and situated in the context of erroneous cognition regarding the "true nature of ideas". Meaning it is a category error. Likewise, the Quantum nature of the universe should not be assumed Infinite-Dimensional by default, and would still need justification anyway. (I would rate this from 2-A, to possibly High 1-B.)
The Lodges are High 1-A, for seeing the physical reality as an illusion. The Entities here are archetypes which belong to a collective unconscious structure of the world at Large. Supposedly, dissolving the distinction between Good and Evil, and thus God and JUDY, into a oneness. Whether the Lodge is High 1-A or as I think it is, 1-A, depends on the opinion of staff. I think the Lodges are both a oneness and dual, they belong the encompassing element of Fire, but house all entities. The description of such entities is that they "listen to different music" implying human concepts of good and evil don't apply, but there is still a larger order of cosmic dualism.
The Lodges are also a fractal reality making it infinitely layered. The tenability of this depends how far you can stretch "fractal of life" which I don't think really matters much for a backdrop reality of archetypes, but other people should decide on this too, I'm okay with the few layers that we've been presented.
Non-exist-ent is High 1-A based off the fact that it transcends all categories and entities of the lodges.This actually has a major issue I overlooked earlier. Both the Blog and the show make it clear Non-exist-ent has Electricity, which is apart of the elements all things return to. If it is governed by Electricity then it does not belong to a higher order that transcends the quality of which the Lodges are grounded in. Therefore, it would be limited in the same genera.
Spiritual Perfection exists beyond the lodgesThis claim isn't really grounded in anything specific, other than balancing your inner darkness and light allows you to achieve a clarity that somehow lets you manipulate the red room. But I don't think Dale has gone "beyond the lodges" in any qualitative sense.
The Dreamer is High 1-A+ because it spans and is the source of; all Being and Nonbeing. This will rely on the citation I asked for above. The FAQ for High 1-A+ is somewhat clear about this in so far as Logic has to be specified. Though, examples, citations and such are welcome. Otherwise it might be High 1-A.
JUDY, Fireman, Dido are High 1-A+ for being metaphors for the Truth beyond the Dream and emanating Laura. I think Laura/The dreamer are apart of this "Godhead" so i don't have any major issues aside from the Tier.
The Mystery is tier 0.Yeah probably I don't know.

Of course, really, I'd prefer an expert to re-evaluate all this evidence and connections so we can come to a better conclusion. Or really, even more technically we should wait for an analytically rigorous blog. But that's not up to me.

So I think the ratings would be as follows:
Physical World - 2-A, possibly High 1-B

Lodges and Non-exist-ent - 1-A
/1-A+

The Dreamer - (likely) High 1-A

Judy/Fireman/Dido - High 1-A

Mystery - 0


This feels very 2020.
 
Yeah, I don't see how this follows. Even narratively we're told both constructive (positive) and destructive (negative) ideas exist. Just because two entities representing said ideas, exist at the same time in the lodge doesn't mean the distinction is rendered null. I also don't understand how that'd entail a contradiction.
You would have to establish that it's an impossibility for two things of different nature to have the same locus, but that's just not an issue really. We don't have any presuppositions to tell us this.
The whole point is that BOB and the Giant are contradictory forces always working against one-another in the physical world (The Giant helping Dale with catching Leland for example). Either way, both Milford's letter and them being singular, it should follow to the conclusion.

Uh, is this a wiki standard? Can you cite this. Otherwise, it also doesn't follow.
Why wouldn't it be? The description of High 1-A+ describes affecting all possible worlds vs embodying the framework for em. Being encompasses all that exists across all possible logical frameworks. Nonbeing encompasses all that doesn't exist across all possible logical frameworks. Thus, The One spans across all possible logical frameworks. You don't need a specific citation to see it follows High 1-A+, best you could do is show that my inference is wrong.

(I would rate this from 2-A, to possibly High 1-B.)
Fair.

Now to the Lodges!
I think the Lodges are both a oneness and dual
This is a contradiction. Something that is an oneness can by definition not have an ontological duality, or be dual.

The description of such entities is that they "listen to different music" implying human concepts of good and evil don't apply, but there is still a larger order of cosmic dualism.
The key difference here is that these "human concepts" lack distinction within the Lodges, and that they aren't human perse, but more essential concepts across the universe(see Light & Dark duality segment). On that cosmic dualism, it is contradictory, either it experiences duality, or doesn't, and it doesn't, since the Lodges are singular.


The tenability of this depends how far you can stretch "fractal of life" which I don't think really matters much for a backdrop reality of archetypes, but other people should decide on this too, I'm okay with the few layers that we've been presented.
It is not more so the fractal of life thing, but more so the fractal of colors which are fundamental Lynch symbolism within TP. That said though, the whole Dante's Comedy reference solidifies there are at least higher circles.

Non-exist-ent is High 1-A based off the fact that it transcends all categories and entities of the lodges.
Not sure where I said this. It is High 1-A via being beyond the Lodges and being closer to God. It is devoid of all anyways, if you want to argue it is so categorically superior that it lacks everything, you do you.

If it is governed by Electricity then it does not belong to a higher order that transcends the quality of which the Lodges are grounded in. Therefore, it would be limited in the same genera.
Not neccesarilly, we see Naido affecting the electricity flowing in the Non-exist-ent(implying it doesn't hinge on electricity as much to still have layers), and as you agreed before, the non-exist-ent serves as the channel for electricity into the Lodges and physical reality.

I don't think Dale has gone "beyond the lodges" in any qualitative sense.
He did so the moment he entered the Fireman's fortress. Also, we know from its definition that you need to pass both the White and Black Lodge to achieve perfection.
 
The whole point is that BOB and the Giant are contradictory forces always working against one-another in the physical world (The Giant helping Dale with catching Leland for example). Either way, both Milford's letter and them being singular, it should follow to the conclusion.
No, it should not. Because if you watched the show and read the points I made you would understand that these negative and positive forces are not related to formal contradictions at all. And again, the letter makes it very clear that it’s referring to the limited human ideas of good and bad. Them being singular is because they’re reducible to the Fire, they still carry negativity or positivity irrespective of human bad or good. That’s what makes them so dangerous in the first place.
If you’re going to cite the show itself, please be ready to handle these marginal claims.
This is a contradiction. Something that is an oneness can by definition not have an ontological duality, or be dual.
No one said it was strictly ontological. I don’t have to establish a concrete entity called negativity or positivity to understand that something is influenced or originates from these forces. Even if you wanted to bite the bullet to say that “Fire cannot be distinguished from itself”, the intent of the fire still matters on a real scale. And if the intent of the fire is experiential I.e phenomenological then it’s still grounded in a force that conditions those aspects in the first place.
The key difference here is that these "human concepts" lack distinction within the Lodges, and that they aren't human perse, but more essential concepts across the universe(see Light & Dark duality segment). On that cosmic dualism, it is contradictory, either it experiences duality, or doesn't, and it doesn't, since the Lodges are singular.
Douglas quite literally, only mentions human ideas of it and how humans are no more than protozoa. He doesn’t modify the statement, he doesn’t add onto it to cover Judy or the Fireman, that’s it. You can’t read something on the text that isn’t there. The Light and Dark segment is good, yes, it covers how the forces interact in the physical world, this does not entail Humans have an ability to give something an absolute definition. That’s the context of the letter, because the lodge entities and their goals are beyond regular human understanding, fixed distinctions such as our “noble values” of good and bad where we often exclude the two from each other don’t apply. I’ve explained this two times already.
Not sure where I said this. It is High 1-A via being beyond the Lodges and being closer to God. It is devoid of all anyways, if you want to argue it is so categorically superior that it lacks everything, you do you.
You said:
due to existing beyond the lodges in a state of complete nonexistence, devoid of all the things made by the lodges.
Except it’s not devoid of the very quality that the lodges are derived from and hence does not qualify as a meta-qualitative jump.
Not neccesarilly, we see Naido affecting the electricity flowing in the Non-exist-ent(implying it doesn't hinge on electricity as much to still have layers), and as you agreed before, the non-exist-ent serves as the channel for electricity into the Lodges and physical reality.
This doesn’t mean anything, if the layers are governed by electricity or electricity itself as you argue then by admission it hinges on it.
He did so the moment he entered the Fireman's fortress. Also, we know from its definition that you need to pass both the White and Black Lodge to achieve perfection.
You need to defeat your Dweller yes, you achieve clarity yes, you even realize everything is a dream. However narratively I don’t think this puts you at a level beyond the scope of the reality. In a meta-narrative sense sure.

I’m going to let staff take over from here. If anyone could ping them that’d be appreciated.
 
Uh, is this a wiki standard? Can you cite this. Otherwise, it also doesn't follow.
Oh yeah wanted to add something extra to this.

Tier High 1-A+ is defined as a character being able to affect arbitrarily many logically possible worlds or embodying all of them.
It says here "arbitrarily many", Laura should be able to do this through what I mentioned before on Being/Nonbeing.

Next,

Should a fiction employ a different system of logic, then their set of all logically possible worlds only qualifies for High 1-A+ if the logic in question is "weaker" than the above named classical logic. "Weaker" in this sense typically means that breaking one of the rules of classical logic is possible or, more strictly speaking, that their set of all logically possible worlds contains any world which would also be contained in our default set of all logically possible worlds.
The Lodge and Dutchman's lodge clearly break them, making a futher case for High 1-A+. (The Dutchman's is neither-here-or-there, against the law of excluded middle, Laura producing all Being should produce this as well, and so be granted High 1-A+). Laura produces the condition for the Dutchman to do exactly that. Laura, as something that encompasses absolutely everything that is and is not beyond the "fire", leading to all stories(from the Log Lady Introduction), and as something where everything that is and is not flows from, should be able to affect at least one logically possible world.
 
I'm not knowledgeable on the Verse but i (for the most part) agree with Catto here, my only contention with him though is that i think that the Fireman, Judy, and Dido should still be High 1-A+
 
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