u/daffyduckel

Since I can't un-see it the ending, and it's not really explained, I decided to turn that into a "feature not a bug." >!As far as we know the fabric of the multiverse has never been ripped in quite this way before. Certain people were key to it in ways we never understand. John Smith's death seems important, but Julianna supposedly was the one constant, the North Star, and she's alive.!<

>!We don't know if/how/why the new people knew about changes and how "the portal" appeared to them on the other side - if it appeared to them at all - maybe it was a bright spot shimmering in the air.!<

>!It could be all the exterminated people, coming back because they can, or for refuge if they're in a worse place, or to fight for this universe. Or - are the universes fusing?!<

Because we don't have tons of answers, we can arrive at our own explanations. >!Something new has happened, we don't know what exactly triggered it, and no one has any idea what's going to happen next. !<

Yes, this is kind of a copout. Maybe other people have better explanations. But to live with the ending I'll just think of it like the ending of The Truman Show. What happens now? We don't know, because for the first time no one is filming his every move. >!Everybody from this world is saying, "OK, this is new. What now?" Maybe the newcomers are saying WTF too - no idea. So may the universes are fusing onto one timeline with a promising future (if you're not a Nazi).!<

I would have liked to have seen Trade Minister coming through!

Having only been through the series once, and having not read the book, my opinion means nothing. I do remember that the tunnel was acting weird an episode or two before. Someone's lighter or cigarette case flew off a table.

ETA: I covered up almost everything because the software reckoned I might be inserting spoilers.

I flew from London on an American Airlines flight. Usually, it's British Airways, but they "partner" with American Airlines. Though I started out booking the trip on the BA site, when I was given the option for seat selection I was routed to American Airlines.

Maybe this explains the difference, or maybe things have just changed - I had not flown internationally for 12 years. I did show my passport and boarding pass in the security line at Heathrow and probably at the gate as well.

In the U.S., I was asked if I had any food or tobacco. I said yes, tomatoes and a half a pack of cigarettes. The gentleman snapped my photo and gestured me through.

I noticed some people were stopping at a spot for "additional luggage screening" or some such, but it was only a few people getting off the flight, not all of them - and I was not directed to that area. So I carried on, for quite a distance, past baggage claim because I had not checked any baggage, and left the airport.

I'm sure DHS has a multiple ways to ID me. Facial recognition, retinal scanning (a whole other story, but I believe my retinas were scanned by a private vendor on an earlier domestic flight), plus the passenger manifest. Still, I feel vaguely uneasy - like I got away with something, which was not my intent.

Is this final check now deemed necessary, or did I somehow navigate through a point where I should have been stopped?

The site is rail.ninja. Past Reddit threads talk about them being a "ripoff," but no one said they couldn't get on their trains. They sent me PDFs of tickets that won't print, but that's a technical issue I can probably overcome. Not really knowing prices I probably did overpay, but I just want to make sure I have a seat on the train. They are all LNER trains.

So by "ripoff" do people just mean expensive, or has someone had tickets from this company that didn't work at all?

This is for an Edinburgh-Inverness-Edinburgh-York journey.

PS: Mea culpa, I'm stupid, I'm ignorant - I know that, it's redundant to tell me so. I just want to know if my tickets will work. The Edinburgh-Inverness tickets do show up in the app, but not the Edinburgh-York leg. I'm in a chat with the support team trying to get the Edinburgh-York leg added to the app. And despite all the dire warnings of ripoffs they were all under £30 so I don't think I was horribly overcharged. The Edinburgh-York leg now appears in the app. Do I have to download these, or am I OK as long as the bar code thingy shows?