In “Unsinkable” he calls it “quantum visions” (to Nera, who knows about the save points), refers to “limited second sight” in his own narration, and frequently complains he only gets flashes and not the full picture. If he’s passing save points off as pre-cog, he’s doing it to everyone, including himself.
Occam’s razor isn’t always a reliable tool in the Narboinverse, but I’m going with “it changed to pre-cog”.
Also, ‘pre-cognitive ability’ is really just a sort of catch-all phrase, saying what it is and is useful for rather than identifying a source or method.
The way that it’s usually played in comic makes makes me lean in the direction that the savepoints changed into future visions after he left the Anasigma facility. His visions are just too randomly contextual specific and vague for me to believe he’s lived through all this before (or at least key moments). But it’s definitely kind of ambiguous and not really fully explained. The closest this comic from “Choose” that could really be interpreted either way: http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-1019/
There was also the theory that he never had save point powers, he just thought he did because of the way his new precog powers worked. In an instant, he experienced all those different futures as if he had lived through them, but only in his mind. In reality, after seeing his deaths, he just chose the future where he didn’t die.
Honestly, to a point, they’re functionally the same thing. If you fully experience your own death in your precognition with all your senses, it’s functionally identical to having a save point power and always restarting back from square one. The real question is whether or not he could trigger his own savepoint powers by grabbing a pistol and aiming it at his chin. Which, while -incredibly- morbid, would definitely work for savepoints, and maybe not so much for precog.
I totally get her reluctance to accept psychic powers, but she was around in the situation where he got spacially whammied and it is sorta based on a science thing, so maybe she should give it more thought?
I was about to question that, but then I remembered that in the final run Virginia didn’t go with them to Sergio and beyond. They had only a brief interaction with her in the last run. Okay then, so she doesn’t know really about what he went through.
Re: Candace: Traditional sitcom character: deep down underneath a rotten guy, there’s a sensitive nice guy trying to get through. In my experiences with rotten guys, if there’s anything underneath, it’s an even rottener guy.
When you ask a psychic to tell your future and then they burst out laughing, then you know that you’re in for a wild ride. And not necessarily in a good way.
Possibly as creepy is when the first thing they say upon being called, “Hi! Your credit card application just go accepted. As long as you’re paying me anyway, would you like the number?”. ^^
Do something important with your pre-cog, Yu. Help her and Nick get together.
Maybe that was them getting together.
This makes most sense to me.
I can’t tell from here. Is the thing with the squeegee romantic or sexy?
Or so silly that they give up on their dignity?
What do you me OR?
Anything to do with romance and/or sex sacrifices dignity.
im unclear- when did yu go from save point powers to pre-cog? or does he still have save points but hes passing it off as precog?
He has save point power but we mostly see things from after he has already tried so he would seem to know the future.
In “Unsinkable” he calls it “quantum visions” (to Nera, who knows about the save points), refers to “limited second sight” in his own narration, and frequently complains he only gets flashes and not the full picture. If he’s passing save points off as pre-cog, he’s doing it to everyone, including himself.
Occam’s razor isn’t always a reliable tool in the Narboinverse, but I’m going with “it changed to pre-cog”.
Also, ‘pre-cognitive ability’ is really just a sort of catch-all phrase, saying what it is and is useful for rather than identifying a source or method.
Occam’s wrench….. ^_^
The way that it’s usually played in comic makes makes me lean in the direction that the savepoints changed into future visions after he left the Anasigma facility. His visions are just too randomly contextual specific and vague for me to believe he’s lived through all this before (or at least key moments). But it’s definitely kind of ambiguous and not really fully explained. The closest this comic from “Choose” that could really be interpreted either way: http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-1019/
There was also the theory that he never had save point powers, he just thought he did because of the way his new precog powers worked. In an instant, he experienced all those different futures as if he had lived through them, but only in his mind. In reality, after seeing his deaths, he just chose the future where he didn’t die.
Honestly, to a point, they’re functionally the same thing. If you fully experience your own death in your precognition with all your senses, it’s functionally identical to having a save point power and always restarting back from square one. The real question is whether or not he could trigger his own savepoint powers by grabbing a pistol and aiming it at his chin. Which, while -incredibly- morbid, would definitely work for savepoints, and maybe not so much for precog.
It works for precog providing you’re only doing it in a precognitive vision, just like any other death.
Maybe something along the lines of Coil’s powers in Worm?
The universe in which you live the longest is the one in which you do not throw grenades at Skitter.
I do believe we’ve just been exposed to Chekov’s Squeegee. ^_^
I don’t think anyone really wants to see the squeegee.
Speak for yourself – I can’t wait to see the squeegee thing!
There’s just something about the sound it makes…
I totally get her reluctance to accept psychic powers, but she was around in the situation where he got spacially whammied and it is sorta based on a science thing, so maybe she should give it more thought?
Ginny a touch of Agent Scully’s disease. Despite all evidence to the contrary.
*has
Ah indeed, unfortunate. I hope it’s not contagious though.
But, just like Nera, Virginia only remembers the one outcome where they made it out of A-Sig alive. So her skepticism is valid.
I was about to question that, but then I remembered that in the final run Virginia didn’t go with them to Sergio and beyond. They had only a brief interaction with her in the last run. Okay then, so she doesn’t know really about what he went through.
Arbitrary skepticism strikes one in eight. Consult your doctor, shaman, psychic healer or the magical unicorn in your wardrobe.
Is it related to reality blindness? o_O
I think they’ve all had enough of Baron Mistycorn’s opinions.
He’s scientific rather than magical, but with all the aggressively hopeless hitting on women he does, he might be in a closet.
Or he’s a Kinsey 1.
They tend to be the most insecure in and sensitive about their sexuality.
You could have something there. At the very least, the Baron’s usual coarse behavior may be a façade concealing a sensitive, possibly insecure soul.
Re: Candace: Traditional sitcom character: deep down underneath a rotten guy, there’s a sensitive nice guy trying to get through. In my experiences with rotten guys, if there’s anything underneath, it’s an even rottener guy.
When you ask a psychic to tell your future and then they burst out laughing, then you know that you’re in for a wild ride. And not necessarily in a good way.
When you go to a psychic and the first thing they say is “I’m sorry, I wasn’t expecting you,” don’t bother paying them.
Which is just as bad as their demanding payment in advance.
Possibly as creepy is when the first thing they say upon being called, “Hi! Your credit card application just go accepted. As long as you’re paying me anyway, would you like the number?”. ^^
That was *almost* what happened with Dr. Lee and Madame Delphi.