There is one thing that is irking me that I believe would be worth bringing up.
The visual representations of the Space Beyond, the Timestream, and the Fabric of Existence are quite important to this thread and it's conclusion. Based on these visuals, the argument put forth by Firestorm808 (if I understand it correctly) is that:
- The Space Beyond is an infinitesimally small aspect of the Fabric of Existence.
- The Fabric of Existence makes up the walls of the Timestream.
- The Timestream is depicted as a cylinder within its realm.
Hence, the idea is put forth that the Space Beyond is a 1-D subset of the 2-D plane (that being, the Fabric of Existence) that makes up the walls of the Timestream, an entity depicted as 3-D within its realm. This overall sounds okay, but one thing is really bothering me here:
The images presented regarding the walls of the Timestream seem to go against the assertion that the Fabric of Reality is a 2-D plane in relation to the Timestream. Mainly because, well, the walls
do appear to have 3 dimensions. They aren't simply long and wide - they have thickness as well
giggity. Even within the realm of the Timestream, the Fabric of Reality appears to be depicted with 3 dimensions.
You could argue this is just an artistic decision - the Fabric of Reality does still appear to be "limited" in form in comparison to the realm of the Timestream, so maybe they just depicted it like this because it would be difficult to properly represent a 2-D plane within the constraints of the artstyle. Perhaps this is true, but when visuals are something this argument is so reliant on, I'd think a concern like this needs to be more thoroughly reconciled. Unless I've misunderstood something (which is always possible, of course), I don't think it would be clearly invalid for someone to point out that this isn't a 2-D plane in the first place and that we shouldn't be regarding the realm of the Timestream as qualitatively superior to it.