#for me ive never seen it as stone knowing one predetermined set of events
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i've always found it odd that stone knows everything and yet their plan failed so hard. like there's no way in hell that was the optimal sequence of events to rescue the contestants. maybe they aren't as omniscient as they claim.
the way i see, they actually ARE as omniscient as they say they are!! the thing is, is that it seems that their ability to know future events isnt set in stone (pun not intended), because it also accounts for EVERY variation of events, every way a person could act, how stone THEMSELF acts (given that stone DID predict most things, down to who would be the best people to have eliminated first, that the lightning on the smokestack would kill liam and bryce, etc, but also, stone is shown having to check what others are doing, likely to gauge what possibilities are currently possible based on the environment, to check how things are developing). because he can see everything and every possibility, he can STEER things a certain way, but i dont think that actually enables them to get things towards the Best outcome. i think stone was also operating on the best possible outcomes, but that said outcomes are EXTREMELY hard to put into place exactly, and had to cast a wider net that allowed for the best possible chance of things at least mostly turning out okay, rather than anything highly specific that would ACTUALLY be the best outcome
stone themself can alter events, but he cant fully account for how others will act, because there are infinite possibilities. they just had to pick the best ones, and hope for the best. hell, we dont actually know IF liam this was what stone wanted. the note with the five on it kinda indicates that the outcome was mostly the same, but who knows if everything was how 100% how stone intended. there are hundreds of ways liam couldve interpretted the notes, stone just had to set him on a path where it was more likely that things would turn out okay (and i think statistically there WOULDVE been at least ONE course of events that wouldve turned out good for everyone, but while it exists, i dont think stone had the power to put it into action all on their own. they cannot account for others, only nudge people as best they can)
#ask#for me ive never seen it as stone knowing one predetermined set of events#bc that is a weird form of precognition that appears often but i think it doesnt perfectly account for the fact that#the person WITH the ability could directly affect the possible outcomes#stone seems to have a form of precognition that isnt just one path#or a few possible paths#but infinitely many#because if you know everything you also have to know what everything COULD be#and he simply has to gauge the frequency better things happens#and hope for the best#simply put: i think stone is all-knowing but not all-powerful#i think they did the best they could but unfortunately they werent given much to work with#i think a lot of the events that yielded the best results were also based around people acting less predictably#inherently making the best course of events super unlikely#which i imagine hed only know what happened for sure once it HAD happened#so i think. they wouldve been back in their world when he would Find Out. but i think hed get little mental updates on how things wer going#but generally. i think they did the best they could. but i wouldnt be surprised if they felt a bit guilty that this was all they could do#this is long but i hope this was a clear response!!!#i could see the outcome not being perfect being an indicator that they arent actually omniscent but i actually see it as the opposite#given the rest of the information we have about them too
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