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Date Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 09:38:38am
Author: Lij
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Subject: FRINGE explained.

I'm getting some thumbs-up for this explanation of FRINGE on Fringe-Forum.com:

There are two Realities. I call what we watched in Seasons 1-3 the Irrational Reality (or irrational time) because everything there happened within the paradox wherein time was reset from 2026CE to 250 million years ago every time Peter made the wrong choice in the machine and destroyed whatever universe he wasn't in. Note: he could just as likely have been in the Redverse and made such a decision. And, in fact, because of the existence of September's mistake which brought Peter to the Bluverse perhaps Peter did generally make the decision to destroy from the Redverse. In such a scenario (in the irrational reality) some other act by Walter or Bell may have started the deterioration of the Redverse or their own Bluverse (certainly Bell was taking advantage of the Redverse tech).

I call the season 4 timeline the Rational Reality (or rational time) because it has normal lineal time with no aspects of paradoxical occurrances (or so I hope!). Perhaps simply anyone could start the machine, or no one was perhaps needed to start the machine. Possibly Bell built both machines (forced to build the Redverse version?), but he may have left out a part from the Redverse machine - a self-starter - and that is what Fauxlivia stole. Walternate starts his machine (in the Rational Reality, the S4 timeline), it becomes quantum entangled with the Bluverse machine and it spawns the paradox - ie. it spawns the Irrational Reality, which is what we saw in seasons 1-3. And further everyone is quantum entangled between S4 time and the paradox - S1-3 (sans Peter). Then Peter comes along in the paradox/irrational reality and saves the rational reality/time - the season 4 timeline. So the paradox, however many times it occurred, all happened in the time the machine was turned on in rational reality/time.


But Walternate had turned on his machine in rational time intent on destroying the Bluverse, however 'balance' had to be maintained so the paradox/irrational reality was created. It appears based upon what Astrid has said in S4 that the nexus/bridge-room simply popped into being (in the Rational Reality) and they don't know how it happened because destruction was the intent. But each decision in the paradox to destroy resulted in the re-creation of the timeline via a wormhole in time, more balance. Finally, Peter comes along and creates the nexus between universes (bridge-room) but in that act of creation a balance must be maintained and Peter destroys (or collapses) the paradox/irrational reality. Everyone in the paradox who is quantum entangled translates back to their season 4 being - even if they're dead! The paradoxical universes/irrational reality collapses until the contain a nearly one point or person, Peter, who is somewhat out of phase with rational reality and so is popping up in certain places or reflections.

So it would seem that everything we saw in the way of intervention in the first three season by September stems from his mistake at the door in Walternate's laboratory. Had September had not made that mistake it certainly appears that Peter would have made his choice while in the Redverse machine since he likely would have grown up there as Walter would not have crossed over to save his somewhat-ersatz son. The Observers would not care, nor could or would they attempt to influence a decision made in the machine. All that the Observers would care about is that a decision be made by Peter, because the decision to destroy would seemingly mean the reset via a wormhole (either from the Redverse or Bluverse) and the decision to create would lead to what is the solution to the Observers' problem in time/reality. That is why the Observers say Peter is important; not because he makes the right decision, but that he makes a decision. And so that is the importance of September's mistake - without Peter there is no decision and no resolution either way, thus no wormhole and the universes simply deteriorate out of existence.

So Peter was only important in the Irrational Reality/paradoxical time. In that he was a wild card which had no origin in Rational Reality. Peter now seemingly represents a threat to the Observers, possibly because he has knowledge of occurrances in the Irrational Reality which may lead to answers for the Fringe teams in Rational Reality. Peter also represents a possible new beginning to the animosity between the Walters which could threaten cooperation between each universe's Fringe team. Not to mention the emotional entanglements Peter represents for at least one of the Olivias. The story line gives Peter new impetus, he was once the guy who had to make the decision. Now he is at the heart of the action once again because his existence is anomolous.

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