GC: 1 COULD SHOW YOU HOW TO R34CH TH3 GOD T13R NOW GC: OR 1 COULD SHOW YOU L4T3R GC: 4ND YOU H4D TO 4SS1GN ON3 OPT1ON TO GOOD H34DS GC: 4ND TH3 OTH3R OPT1ON TO B4D H34DS
If you were told you had to wait, would that be Good or Bad?
Do you like waiting, Dave?
GC: 4ND WH4T3V3R TH3 R3SULT OF TH3 FL1P, YOU H4D TO PROM1S3 TO DO WH4T YOU COMM1TT3D TO B3FOR3 H4ND!
Dave wasn't instructed to be patient - he was asked whether he'd prefer to be patient, and instructed to commit to that preference. As a result, he split into Patient Dave and Impatient Dave.
In essence, Dave is making a statement about the kind of person he wants to become. Instead of choosing to do something, he's choosing to be something - and I think that's what split the timeline.
TG: i picked good heads to mean youd show me now TG: bad heads to mean youd show me later TG: you said it came up bad heads
My assumption is still that Terezi's coin flip is a constant. The Veil's timeline isn't splitting here, so her Bad Heads is predestined.
Doomed Dave's responses to the coin are the inverse of Dave Prime's. They both got the same Bad Heads, and their responses reflect the commitments they made.
If she'd rolled Good Heads, each Dave would be in their 'good' role, but both roles would still be filled. We'd be looking at an identical scene, but the Daves would be in opposite positions, with Patient Dave standing over Impatient Dave's body instead.
Instead, each Dave gets his 'bad' role - the one he didn't want.
TG: so i was like ok i can wait TG: and i did for like a whole day
Dave Prime is impatient. Bad Heads means he needs to wait, and he reluctantly does so. He returns to his Quest Bed after several hours of killing time, and has just realized the irony of that statement.
TG: did i miss something GC: Y3S GC: YOU FORGOT TH4T TH3R3 W4S 4LSO 4N OFFSHOOT R34L1TY 1N WH1CH YOU M4D3 JUST TH3 OPPOS1T3 D3C1S1ON! GC: TH4T W4S TH3 ON3 WH3R3 B4D H34DS M34NT 1 WOULD SHOW YOU R1GHT 4W4Y
Green-Suit Dave wants to wait. Bad Heads means he's out of time, and he needs to embrace his fate immediately.
GC: R3M3MB3R B3FOR3 TH3 FL1P, 1 1NSTRUCT3D YOU WH4T TO DO 1N TH4T 3V3NT GC: TO GO B4CK 1N T1M3, 4ND 4W41T FURTH3R 1NSTRUCT1ON [...] GC: H3 W3NT B4CK 1N T1M3, 4ND 1 TOLD H1M TO F1ND TH1S B3D 4ND GO TO SL33P
"why cant you just instruct me in the present"
"DONT WORRY 4BOUT 1T"
