Ok so, for ink it is rather simple, the answer is, there is no explanation, people joke about ink being the creators lap doggy for a reason, even if it doesn't make sense, he still protects each and every timeline from having their stories altered.
As for dreamtale… things get more complicated, so just stay with me
you two aren’t taking one thing into account, the multiverse doesn’t have a written set of rules everyone follows, more so all creators do whatever they want with their stories following whatever headcanon they like best.
In the ask error multiverse, aus and timelines are created via probability, diversions in the timeline that grow so big they become their own separate aus, aus are made from numbers and odds, the number of aus and timelines is infinite and their creators aren’t taken into account, there isn’t only one of each outcode, there’s a bunch of error sanses, past and future colliding into the infinity of the multiverse, if error isn’t careful he might just accidently kill his past self and stop existing, if error destroys a timeline, it creates another where he didn’t do it, for incodes, a successful reset can only occur if the monsters dust is inside the timeline, if their dust isn’t present in the time of the reset, the world will reset without them, if a part of their dust is present in the timeline in the time of the reset, they will be partially recreated, missing a part of their soul and it can still be rebuild from dust from another timeline if its the same character.
In inktale aus and timelines are created via creativity and the artists will to create, aus can have infinite timelines if their creators say so, the amount of aus is finite because the amount of creators is finite, but the multiverse has infinite capacity, the creators are the ones that make the aus exist and directly interact with the world, there isn’t only one of each outcode, but lots of them, and i wasn’t able to find anything proving or disproving comyet utilizes the same concept that there would be many ink sanses within the same multiverse or if each is from a different timeline and can only interact in specific circumstances, if a timeline is destroyed, another one is created. For incodes, a reset can happen even if said character is not currently in their au, with a new version of them being made to replace them.
(all the sources come from here)
In dreamtale its not specified how aus are created, aus CANNOT have infinite timelines, because the multiverse has a finite capacity and once it fills up too much it could collapse which mean people like error sans are really important because he destroys aus and keeps the total number lower, its never specified if there is more than one of each outcode except for dream and nightmare which are said to be completely unique and don’t have alternates of themselves, there isn’t multiple dreams and… ok there is multiple nightmares but those just stem from nightmare’s ability to clone himself and mitosis doesn’t count, and if a au is destroyed- do you see how this shit doesn’t really fit?
Since the multiverse has no set rules, the creators just did whatever the fuck they want, which is both beautiful and irritating, so we, mere mortals have two options.
We can try to take all aus established rules and get as insane as error trying to figure out a way to make a system which makes sense in all aus.
Or we can accept all creators have their own interpretation, make one for ourselves, and ignore the fact it doesn’t make sense if we consider other characters.
You wanna follow errortale’s view on the multiverse? Go ahead, you wanna mix match your favorite ideas? Who’s stopping you? You wanna make a new system all together? You do you.
In conclusion, In some interpretations like dreamtale, balance is really important, while others like inktale and askerror, couldn’t give a shit, and you can do whatever the heck you want, no one is gonna tell you it’s wrong or not, i do like this “eldritch madness” interpretation, and if that's what you like best, play with it a bit, it'd be fun to know more.
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