#ALSO! this is coming from (former) huge ranboo stan who's biggest ranboo stan days were from the late 2020 to early 2021 era

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okay i love and respect the ranboo time traveler theory but if you think about it meta-wise it doesn't really make sense. this is fully meta, i think the theory is reasonable if we only look at canon. so ranboo joined the server in late november of 2020. ranboo, who's hugely excited about the dream smp lore and his potential place in it, a few weeks later says that he has a character doc written out with basically everything important for his character. which, if we're believing the time travel theory, would include information about ranboo being a time traveler and his past regarding that.

however, the first tales from the smp episode, gogtopia, happened in late december, about a month after ranboo joined the server and presumably after ranboo had written his lore. in addition to this, karl didn't become a time traveler until the second or third tftsmp episodes, both of which took place in january. while you could argue that he already had this planned out with ranboo, karl became a time travel DUE TO FAN THEORIES AFTER HIS FIRST TFTSMP STREAMS!

so unless cc!karl time traveled to convince cc!ranboo to become a time traveler with him, or unless cc!ranboo rewrote his entire lore so he could join karl's lore, i don't think timetraveler!ranboo theories are likely.

(below the cut is more reasons that aren't as reliable but something to think about)

plus, cc!karl has said in the past that tftsmp streams will not connect or majorly affect the "present day" plot. however this WAS early s1 of tftsmp so that could've changed, so it's not a major argument but it's something to consider. the other time traveler might be another original character or even the overseer

THIS clip said in the height of ranboo inbetween theories, at the end he says that he IS involved in a lot of storylines so again not a major argument

also, a time travel plot such as the one karl has set up requires a lot of people, to both play the parts of the people in the past and whoever runs the inbetween/otherside. this might come off as a bit rude and i mean this in the nicest and most endearing way possible but: early dsmp cc!ranboo was kind of awkward and couldn't really talk to the other ccs who he didn't know well and who were much bigger than him at the time. again, at this time he didn't really know that many ccs on the dsmp. this is a bit of a reach so that's why its not in the main part but i personally find it unlikely that he would build himself into a plot where he would have to do a lot of networking and spend a lot of time talking and working with other ccs AT THE TIME! (obviously, now he's grown so much and i'm so happy for him but this is just another thing to consider!)