The Butterfly Effect Effect

The butterfly effect, originally, was about lack of perfect information leading to otherwise useful predictive algorithms having fatal errors. Like most scientific concepts, the general public has a totally different take, thanks to popular culture. The average person may well tell you it’s about how stepping on a butterfly in the past will mean a world war goes the other way.

But sometimes, the two overlap. For instance, I failed to take into account that my stepping on a butterfly in the past was in fact built into the timeline, and thus going back to stop myself was the problem.

Eyes On The Double Blind

The now practically supervillain stood outlined against the night sky, his two assistants, now henchwomen, beside him.

“And soon the world will fear… Dr. Wesley Branch!!!”

There was a moment of silence.

“Um, Doctor, don’t you think you should have a cooler name, like… Dr. X?” asked Mandy.

He sighed.

“The whole point is I’m sick of those bastards removing my name from the research papers, I did all the double blind testing, and-“

“They crossed you out, removed your name! Thus Dr. X! It’s perfect!” said Sandy, smiling.

“I don’t want that name…” said Dr. X to himself, softly.

Maintaining Humanity During Wartime

I’d walked in with ‘one death being a tragedy, a million a statistic’ on my mind. I knew I had to keep my head, the war needed level heads, but I didn’t want to become another jaded general who threw lives away as if they were nothing. These men and women were all people, and I made it my duty to, if they had to be lost, to make sure it was worth it.

And I have, I think. I’ve tried my hardest not to waste a single of my soldier’s lives…

Wait, the enemy? Who cares about those savages?