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== Misunderstanding the Reapers ==

* Why do so many people misunderstand the presence of the [[Clock Roaches|Reapers]] in Father's Day? The reason they showed up is that Rose caused a temporal paradox - she had ~~travelled~~ to that day ''specifically'' because it was the day her father died. By saving his life, she removed any motivation for her to have ~~travelled~~ there - therefore, she would then not be there to save him, and he would die (similar to the remake of [[The Time Machine]]). The Reapers showed up to correct this paradox. But for some reason, a lot of people can't understand why they don't appear every time someone changes something in the past, even though it has no effect on their personal histories.

* Why do so many people misunderstand the presence of the [[Clock Roaches|Reapers]] in Father's Day? The reason they showed up is that Rose caused a temporal paradox - she had traveled to that day ''specifically'' because it was the day her father died. By saving his life, she removed any motivation for her to have traveled there - therefore, she would then not be there to save him, and he would die (similar to the remake of [[The Time Machine]]). The Reapers showed up to correct this paradox. But for some reason, a lot of people can't understand why they don't appear every time someone changes something in the past, even though it has no effect on their personal histories.

** Because of the [[Butterfly Effect]]. The further you go back in the past, the more likely that you change something about your own life. If you change ANYTHING on earth more than a 1000 years ago, chances are more than even that it'd affect your own personal history.

*** Changing your history is fine just as long as you don't lose your reason for time traveling to when and where you did.