alternate universe
Different timeline's world
An alternate universe is an imagined reality different from our own, where events unfolded differently or different rules apply.
In fiction, characters might visit alternate universes where history diverged: In that alternate universe, the South won the Civil War.
Informally, someone living in an alternate universe is out of touch with reality: He must be living in an alternate universe if he thinks that will work.
Coexisting separate reality
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
- time-travelMoving between historical moments
- what-ifHypothetical scenario query
sliding doors · crossover · fanfiction · speculative fiction · retcon · Earth-2 · counterpart · bizarro world
Separate coexisting realities
- quantum mechanicsPhysics at nanoscopic scales
- string theoryFilament-based particle framework
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- dimensionsMeasurable spatial extents
space-time · wormhole · cosmic inflation · theoretical physics · quantum superposition · probability · wave function · parallel dimensions
parallel world
Coexisting separate reality
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
- time-travelMoving between historical moments
what-if · sliding doors · crossover · fanfiction · speculative fiction · retcon · Earth-2 · counterpart · bizarro world · sliders
parallel worlds
Separate coexisting realities
- quantum mechanicsPhysics at nanoscopic scales
- string theoryFilament-based particle framework
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
dimensions · space-time · wormhole · cosmic inflation · theoretical physics · quantum superposition · probability · wave function · parallel dimensions
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
- character reimaginingsrace swap, villain origin, origin story, evil twin, good twin
- parallel worldsparallel worlds, parallel dimension, other dimension, other world, pocket dimension
- fanspeakOTP, ship, fic, fanfic, fanfiction
- fanworksfanfic, fan fiction, fanfiction, fan art, fanart
- web fictionwebnovels, web serial, web fiction, web novel, fan fiction
alternate universereality
What actually exists
objective reality · physical reality · the here and now · waking life · this world
universe, alternative, alternate, universal, alternating, universally, alternates, universality, alternatively