Excellent dream

Dreamed I was married to someone played by Christian Kane
but then the dream time skipped and he'd converted to a version of christianity that said sex was only for making babies and infertile couples shouldn't have it.

... that does not sound like an excellent dream, I am aware.

But the whole thing had plot and worldbuilding and interesting characters and science fiction stuff everywhere, which I've been dozing and daydreaming to tidy up since I woke up.

Also there were Daleks and running and hiding from Daleks. Which is less fun but more adventure.

And a method of space travel that was technically better than instant, but would drive you mad without beer.

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So yeah, after all that complex worldbuilding in the future tech and FTL and colonies and time travel, I end up with one of my favourite problems: If you're building a space colony, who and what do you bring with you.

Only, couple of problems
you will very probably arrive staring into eternity wondering how this whole linear time thing is meant to work
and have to figure it out fast before little things like starving or possibly forgetting to breathe happen

(which would be why biologist wife stayed behind really, if we ever get back to her she'll be in one piece to help us)

and

if we actually haven't cleared out the Daleks?

we become the Why of the thing. Ouroborous on their creation, bring one back to the dawn of spaceflight and trash humanity's chances.



Which could be considered pretty big problems!


But

Just by existing? Having our cells handy for future people's colonies to use? We would make a giant difference.

And if we managed to bring back a seed bank, let alone a sperm bank, the future of humanity would be radically altered, possibly even saved.




Or, we could stay in the past, know we'd left one third of our heart in a future we were erasing, and work on building a future that was massively more survivable for everyone.

But also know that when Old Spock tried it he watched his homeworld die instead.

So that one is high stakes risky.



Do you risk a few thousand years if you know they're the last few thousand years?


Are you actually sure enough the worlds are all ending, if maps are like memorising phone numbers and it's entirely possible there's a whole network which you've never heard of?


Why on earth would someone looking like Christian Kane marry me in the first place?




These and other questions are available for future plot bunny purposes, if I want to go building in this world.


So that's potentially fun.



... but the actual dream parts one can obviously imagine being more fun.

I mean I liked the parts where CK played someone who was clearly a partner through thick and thin, but, that is a very pretty guy to be dreaming about chastely.

Eh.

Plot.

Lots of interesting bits.