So I'm just going to drop in a conclusion from me, since I doubt his will be accepted at this rate.
Why would the Black Rose be Forcing Two Universal Time-Space?
Simply put the stages of opening a connection between realms is;
- Universes orbit around a point physically moving around
- They very rarely bump or "collide" into each other
- This collision causes a connection between them
So in order for a connection to occur, the realms must collide/touch, and in order for them to do so they must physically move towards each other.
Since the prior times the Black Rose appeared, it was done by accident, the realms just touched each other when moving around. This time was heavily implied that it was done on purpose. The
key was used in order to create a link between two worlds, which differs from the phenomenon happing accidently, and turning it into a planned forceful opening of the black rose.
So since a connection was made, there are only 1 known way this can occur, by two universes physically moving towards each other in order to make a connection which is the Black Rose. In order for any of that to happen, there must be movement of two universes to touch, and since this time wasn't on accident, and the Cult has some control over it, like when to open it, it's safe to say this instance of the Black Rose opening was done forcefully. And in order for the Black Rose to open, there must be a connection to another universe, and there must be a collision between them, which means that it requires both of them to move towards each other, even by the smallest amount.
Why wouldn't It be just Hijacking the Timing or just Opening the Gate?
Because if that was just what needed to happen, then they wouldn't need to do anything. Because like they established, Movement -> Collision -> Connection. If the connection is the only thing that needs to occur, then it would've already happened since the connection is done when two universes collide. It's implied to be the result of the universes colliding so there's no need to force it open if it's going to happen anyway.
It's like forcing the doors of a elevator open, when they are going to open anyway when the elevator reaches a floor. If it was going to happen anyway as a natural occurrence, then the whole "ring is the key" thing, that's meant to "open the door" is just thrown out of the entire plot, because the black rose would've occurred no matter what. But it didn't occur naturally. The cult said they implied they had some control, but not enough to directly link to any universe obviously because these universes are not close enough to collide, and the ring was mean to open the Black Rose, imply the opening of the Black Rose was done via the "key" which was the ring emitting a signal to do so.
So if it was just simply trying to "open the door" and that's it, you cut out the entire first two steps,
Movement -> Collision -> Connection, that is required in order to connect them to begin with.
Opposition
The biggest refutations to why this can't be the case, is just denying what Mordred said. If we take what Mordred said as truth since he is the authority figure of knowledge on this topic without even questioning his knowledge but only questioning his explanation, that just doesn't sit well with me. That sounds like picking and choosing which points we should take seriously, and why is that the case?
If Mordred isn't being "literal" when talking about the universes colliding, then is he also not being "literal" when he says the universes orbit a singular point? Or that they exist as full realms, and not just planets? Why are we playing semantics trying to deny his explanation instead of arguing his knowledge about it?
So if we take Mordred's word as truth here, multiple universes do exist, and they orbit a point, and every once in a blue moon they collide causing a link between them.
Simply stating that there should be damage to the universes is assuming such a situation would occur in the verse, which if we take what Mordred said as truth, then it wouldn't because we see it not happen. And if you really want to bring assumptions to the situations for what should occur, I'll bring an assumption to defend it with a possibility, the Black Rose is a buffer between the realms making them unable to fully lean into each other. Treat it like a double sided tape that stops two things from truly "connecting".
This would still allow the Black Rose, if it is doing this by force, to scale to dragging two universes closer together, and creating a link to both as "significantly affecting two universal space time".
Conclusion:
- If the Black Rose usually appears by accident, and this time it's different since they are using a "key" to "open the door" it's safe to conclude that this instance was done by force, instead of letting the Black Rose open naturally.
- If the key is merely opening a connection and nothing else, then the Black Rose would've appeared with or without the use of the key, since if the key is only to "connect" it skip the first two steps of: Movement -> Collision -> Connection.
- If we decide to pick and choose what parts of Mordred's explanation we can take as literal, then why are we even taking anything he says literally? If the universes exist, move/orbit and even the fact that each realm is different and not about other planets or outer space, then why is them colliding literally such a big issue to take as literal?
- If the universes not damaging each other is the main reason you are denying that they can collide, then what is the issue with the Black Rose buffering the two universes so they don't engulf one another? Something like Brane Collision Theory exists without the destruction of two universes.
- Also, them colliding proves they are separate, besides the fact that they are all universes/realm, which isn't referring to outer space or other planets. So it's already pretty proven that they are separate space-times, and considering colliding isn't actually a debunk to a multiverse, since the collision always results in a gate/portal.
So if this doesn't convince anyone, then I guess we can just close the thread after this. (It was worth a shot)