Eternal Recurrence: Difference between revisions

* In the mainstream [[Marvel Universe]], [http://tinyurl.com/62ow6l Galactus is the sole survivor of the universe that existed before the Big Bang] and also the seed for the universe that will come into being when the current one is destroyed.

** Ragnarok used to do this to Asgard in the [[Marvel Universe]], until Thor broke the cycle.

** It might not have even been Yahweh's creation, considering that the comic gives us two new fully fledged Creators. Some interpret this as the Creation where Yahweh originally came from.

* In [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[Seven Soldiers]]'' meta-project, the Sheeda ({{spoiler|the species that inherit the Earth in the far-fetched future when the sun has become a red giant}}) travel through time in their Castle Revolving to plunder humanity's technology whenever we reach a sufficiently advanced point of development - first they raided a [[Jack Kirby|Kirby-esque]] society of Neanderthal super-scientists, then a utopian, world-wide Kingdom of Camelot as ruled by the original progenitor of the Arthur myth, and then finally our world shortly after the turn of the millennium - that's where the eponymous heroes come in.

* ''[[Anachronox]]'' builds on the "Big Crunch" theory (see below) with a notable exception: a ''previous'' universe, i.e. one from ''before'' the most recent Big Bang, is trying to prevent ''their'' Big Crunch by teleporting a lot of matter through some kind of time hole into ''our'' universe, in order to prevent the ''next'' universe (which they are at war with) from ever existing. So our Big Crunch gets accelerated, while their is prolonged indefintely. Of course, they didn't count on the teleported matter granting magic powers, ''and'' the ending leaves the whole thing on a Cliffhanger, due to [[Executive Meddling]].

* In ''[[Nexus War]]'', the current iteration of the universe is ending. The eponymous war is to see which of the Elder Powers will shape the next one.

** ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]: [[Strange Journey]]'', states outright that the [[Negative Space Wedgie|Schwarzwelt]] has [[The End of the World as We Know It|consumed sinful civilizations]] innumerable times, and humanity is simply experiencing its latest iteration. This is demonstrated when the crew of the Red Sprite finds evidence of those previous civilizations, different from our own but with the same failings. However, it subverts its predecessor's example by having the [[Order Versus Chaos|Chaos faction]] instigate and perpetuate the Schwarzwelt and the "punishment" of failed civilizations, while Lawful and Neutral paths seek to break the cycle (with vastly different motivations and results.)

* This is EXACTLY what happens in the popular online RPG series, ''[[Dragon Fable]]'' and ''[[Mechquest]]'', where an event called 'the Reset' causes the Lorian people to revert back to magic in order to compensate for their ''[[Lost Technology]]'' and reincarnate... TWICE. Ironically only the NPCs just don't [[Fridge Logic|realize this situation]], so it'll happen again in the future.