I firmly believe in the multiverse. Actually, I even saw it once — millions upon millions of similar moments, rippling and crashing into one another like waves.
But if given the chance, I’ll stay here. And I’ll tell you why in a minute.
For the past couple of years, I’ve been delighted that pop culture and entertainment has caught up to this way of thinking, creating storylines that prominently feature these “out of our universe” ideas. Interstellar did a very good job explaining time and higher levels of dimensional perception. Cloud Atlas showed us reincarnation (without explicitly calling it that), how everything is linked, and how events from the past and future unfold simultaneously. Everything Everywhere All at Once took us through endless possibilities and unlimited versions of ourselves. And of course, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has just been having a field day with the multiverse, as it’s been a core plot element for the Avengers, Spiderman, Deadpool, Loki, Ant-Man, Dr. Strange, and others.
One show we binged recently, Dark Matter, ended up being more of a cautionary tale. A scientist enters another universe, kidnaps the alternate version of himself, and tries to live a different life. It presents the multiverse in a way where it almost seems like a graspable, scientific possibility. Even if you’re not into SciFi shows, I’d highly recommend this one.
So here’s what happens when you enter the multiverse: chaos. There’s infinite possibilities, which means there’s infinite ways that things can go wrong.
And the other thing? I’m pretty happy with who I am. The other version of Aerik, in another universe… he didn’t have the same set of experiences that I did, so he became a different person. I don’t want to be him.
I want to be me.
Aerik Arkadian 
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