the thing that bugs me about zizian tdt is im not sure i understand how collapsing the timeline is supposed to like... work? like okay ethics aside i do get the idea of vengeance and not surrendering as a deterrence against opposing you. but that seems like something that only works if your enemy already knows you're kind of person who would do it. which they might not, because they probably aren't an omega level predictor.
and yknow that on its own doesn't necessarily make vengeance a bad idea--since it could still involve committing to a costly signal that might deter future actions taken against you. but i think there's a difference between intentionally building a future model of yourself using your present day actions & treating your antagonist as if they are actually simulating you in a hypothetical situation, one where even your own self-destruction could benefit you in the alpha timeline. these seem like different and potentially incompatible strategies!
