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Wouldn't old rusty remember it happening when he was little?


Like for those few days or however long wouldnt he remember meeting his older self when he was little if u get me lol

or what does big rusty think he was doing for those days when he was little he would just have a blank memory of it?

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Because it doesn't work that way.

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It was stated somewhere that Russ had pretty much no memories at all of his childhood. I guess the mom dying was so traumatic that it caused him to block everything even the knowledge that eventually things turn out all right.

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Think of it more as an alternate Rusty that came to Russ' time period.

He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?


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Russ does remember. He remembers it at the school yard when the teacher and principal come out to get him. He remembers everything then, and when he sees Rusty get chewed out by the dad, he cries because he remembers his mom dying.

I don't get why you think he didn't remember. His remembering is what allowed him to change, to see himself as older and allowed young Rusty to go back home!!

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I assumed that, in the original timeline, RUSTY didn't fight back, but he was still sent to the principal's office (along with the bullies) for fighting. Actually, maybe the teachers didn't see the fight and his mom didn't go to the school. It's not like this affects the future. His mom still dies.

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Rusty did say he didn't remember everything from childhood. So that's where there is some confusion.

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The best explanation would be Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey.

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"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff."

The Doctor agrees.

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