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[bentflame]

This is something that I've been wondering for a while-- has anyone bothered to investigate how consistent time of day is across the different worlds? Is there some sort of pattern to it, or is it just completely random? I suppose this would be much easier to answer if you only consider alternates of the same world, but it's an interesting question nonetheless.

It's currently two and a half hours past midnight on my world. Is the time radically different for anyone else?

OOC: Deleted and reposted because my original wording was fail and confusing. \o/

Comments

[oceanicbutterfly]

That wouldn't make sense, though. It's not the same time everywhere in the world, so the time difference would vary.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

But is that variation from world to world random, or is there a pattern to it?

[oceanicbutterfly]

The variation between different parts of the same world. If I got on a plane and flew west, the difference would change.

At any rate, it's 6:30 PM here now.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

But I'm not asking about the variation between different parts of the same world. I'm not talking about normal time differences.

And if I had any hope at all that you would be able to answer my original question, I would ask if you have any theories as to why it's 6:30PM in Japan on your world, and 2:30AM in the Fire Nation on my world.

[oceanicbutterfly]

It's 2:30 AM in parts of the United States right now on my world. The only thing that makes Japan any more relevant to the discussion than those places is that I'm there. So unless I'm the center of my universe, there's no question worth answering.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

... You're missing my point.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Maybe the Fire Nation is your world's equivalent of the midwestern United States.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I'm not talking about anything world-specific. You don't seem to get that.

[oceanicbutterfly]

There's essentially no meaning to what you're talking about. Neither your world or mine is even worth mentioning in such a context, since yours doesn't have an appropriate frame of reference--what point on your world should we compare to what point on someone else's world?--and mine is already known to be off by an entire year anyway.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Which is why I'm talking about time of day specifically. It's already quite obvious that most-- if not all-- worlds follow the same seasonal pattern at approximately the same time, though the years aren't necessarily the same.

[oceanicbutterfly]

And again, none of that would relate to your world at all, unless we can determine what places in your world correspond to places in a world where it's March 19, 2009 now.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

You're still not getting it.

[oceanicbutterfly]

I just have trouble with the idea that you are, apparently, interested in something that can't possibly directly affect you.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

It's a minor curiosity, and I don't have anything better to do at the moment.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Most people would sleep at 2:30 in the morning.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be an option at the moment.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Why? Have you become allergic to your pillow again?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I'm not tired.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Then by all means, stay up late. Most people would be unpleasant in the morning, but in your case I doubt anyone will notice.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I can actually operate quite well on very little sleep.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Congratulations.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

It's a good skill to have.