The world is a stressful, sometimes lonely place — and more so at a moment when 'It wasn't supposed to be this way' has become a not-uncommon mantra. But what if things could turn out another way? What if, somewhere, they had?
Those are the first words you hear at the beginning of this month's "," an otherworldly meditation on multiple realities and how our lives might unfold. The message is clear from the get-go: We have choices. Things could be malleable. You are you, sure. But wait — you might also be you and you and you.
The notion of exploring life's twists and turns through alternate timelines has been around for a while, albeit in varying guises. Fictional worlds are more malleable, though, and can yield more content. So it is that imaginary characters — particularly beloved ones with established stories — are toyed with in books, TV shows and movies that airlift them out of one life and into another. It's a concept that cuts across genres, from rom-com to near-musical .
"It's a way to explore a problem that's never actually happened in the main story," sums up Nic Lemire, 13, a California teenager who co-hosts an occasional podcast called "Marvel Mondays" with his mother, former Associated Press film critic Christy Lemire. You are looking at a piece of a bigger cultural picture that provides a constant barrage of cultural images that reinforce this idea that we can be better versions of ourselves.Exploring the question of "what if?" continues to be lucrative — to the point where there's an entire Marvel show exploring alternate realities called "What If...
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