Forum:Parallel Counterparts

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In the latest episode, Betty returns to life by jumping into the future, and remains there afterward. However, this raises a big question- namely, how she is connected to Princess Bubblegum. They are both pink, they look fairly alike, they both love science, and their names are even fairly similar (Betty and Bonnibel). While these may just be coincidental, especially in light of "Betty", it seems a bit much for there to be no connection whatsoever between them. Here's my idea as to how.

There are multiple interpretations of just how traveling backward in time would work, and likewise various interpretations of "changing the past". One such interpretation says that the past can't be changed, per se- any "changes" a time traveler makes will alter the future of which they are a part. This would cause a paradox, something which nature doesn't like (anthropomorphically speaking). Instead, the change(s) cause a "split", and the creation of a new timeline that progresses toward a different future. This prevents a paradox, but in the process creates a second universe.

With this in mind, if we examine the "original" timeline, Petrikov scared off Betty and later became the Ice King. Given the many parallels between Betty and Princess Bubblegum, we can assume that the former eventually became the latter, prolonging her life via various experiments, losing her memories in the process, and taking a new name. Later, in "Betty", Petrikov opened a portal to the past, which Betty used to jump into the future. As a result, this split the timeline, creating an alternate universe where Betty never became Bonnibel, and thus the Candy Kingdom and its inhabitants never came into being. Meanwhile, in the original timeline, there are now two parallel versions of Betty existing side by side.

So, in short: Princess Bubblegum is still Betty, and thus two Bettys now exist in the same universe. Thoughts?