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Sometimes the Time Enthusiast needs an example the animated way.

Don’t Want To Wait For Time Travel?

The future is out there — the genetically grown gold, the bio-brains (they’re like two brains in one!), and yes, the time machines. In the future, time travel is commonplace, a vacation, and for some a vocation. So where do all the future time travelers go? The far future is amusing, especially after the wars are over, but mostly, travelers go backward or “downstream” in time. Time travelers are literally everywhere, turning over the rocks and stones of history. They show up in the background of old newsreel footage; they get captured by supermarket surveillance cameras, and they stroll by you on the street. You’ve probably passed someone dressed clearly out-of-date; remember that guy with the parachute pants and the M.C. Hammer hair too deep into the 90’s? That’s right: time traveler. The point is, you don’t have to wait for time travel to be invented because time travelers are already here. All you need to do is find a way to cozy up to one and tell him to scoot over because you’re coming along for the ride.

Yo, Einstein!

Actually, he kind of likes this!

When it comes to Einstein, leave the old guy alone! Leave the young guy alone, too, for that matter. History is populated with lunatics and geniuses, and everyone knows who they are. The new traveler will feel “The Itch” to visit history’s geniuses — it’s hard to fight that urge! Ease up on Einstein, be careful with Copernicus, and hands off Hawking! Give the T.A. a break and stay away from the high-profile personages. Everyone wants to be the first to reveal to Einstein that people eventually travel through time. The problem is, travelers have to land earlier and earlier in Einstein’s life to be the first to break the news. Telling a five-year-old Einstein that time travel happens is creepy. (A movement of radical zealots, “The First Steppers” insist that only by direct interference with Einstein & Co. does time travel become possible. These interferers are considered fanatics and have suffered the full justice of the crime courts.)