Alternate universe you!

[Night Fury]

So you get to look at the 'you' in an alternate universe. What are you like there? What is different about your life and the way you are?

Alternate universe - my parents never divorced when I was younger, and they never had another child. This means not only did I miss out on my full sister, but my half sister too.

They did however argue and this made me grow up really bitter and resentful of relationships. I didn't do art, I didn't excel in being creative but I did excel in science and computing. As soon as I could I moved out to university and studied forensic science and then took a graduate programme in London at a big science facility as a researcher and analyst.

I never played video games, never joined eoff, and never met a Pheesh! I live alone in a nice flat in the city, I'm pretty much a lone wolf and don't socialise much and prefer to stay in and do more work things. I'm very successful in my field. I don't talk to my family much though. Despite having a quiet life, I'm very happy and content - I have big dreams for my future.

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what about you? What different things happened in the alternate universe that changed who you are?






*This thread was brought to you by someone who is currently binge watching Fringe!

[Pheesh]

My mum and Dad stayed together and were very much in love, however they both struggled finding work and as a result we grew up very poor. This made me resent my parents relationship and as a result I became belligerent to women in general. Through primary school I was very athletic and popular, but had no interest in any artistic subjects such as music. I also would get into a large amount of physical fights on the playground which resulted in a few suspensions.

In High School I had numerous girlfriends, many of whom I cheated on, but still I remained one of the more popular boys in school. I became the best player on my local club's under 16's football team and decided I wanted to make it as a professional sports player. I stopped paying attention to my school work and was only interested in attending house parties on weekends and practicing football the rest of the time. Eventually it paid off and I was scouted by a local youth development team.

I played for a year in the under 20's team before a bad collision left me with both a torn ACL and MCL. While I was able to get surgery and recover most of my mobility, my explosiveness and agility were severely affected and so my chances of making an official team were squashed. With no high school graduation to fall back on I was forced to work a slew of retail jobs, and any profit I made went toward buying drinks and caps on weekends. Unbeknown to me, I've actually got two girls pregnant in my lifetime, but both were never able to get in contact with me again and the pregnancies were terminated. I am currently thinking about getting the necessary certificates to get work up in the mines of northern Western Australia.

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Basically, alternate me is a :bou::bou::bou::bou:.

[Galuf]

i was, ill be, i am, popular popular popular!

but.... i also was an arrogant A hole who has lots of friends and takes drugs and care bout no one else.
Always going to parties and making fun of people who dont like CoD and Fifa.
basically an A hole.

but atleast i had friends and wasnt nervous as hell.

[Vasher]

Alternate universe me somehow "slipped" into this universe. We met, battled for the right to be "me" in this universe. The fight resulted in one dead, the other suffered severe head trauma. After the resulting trauma, the remaining "me" in this universe is unsure if he originated here, or if his dreams are memories of a world left behind.

[Chemical]

Same shit different pile.

[SammieBabe]

My parents were still never together, but my mother was more supportive and encouraging. Instead of pushing me away and fighting with me all the time when I was 18, she talked to me through our issues. I would have never run to my boyfriend at the time, who turned out to be abusive. He'd have never put me down to the point that I didn't think I was good enough for anything, much less college.
I'd have used the scholarships I was given, and probably gotten a degree in psychology or history.
Also, I would have never met my ex-husband, so my children as I know them wouldn't exist, and I don't know that I would have ever found Janner87.

[Bubba]

When given the option, alternate me went to watch the remake of True Grit at the cinema instead of the disgusting, rotting, fetid pile of congealed monkey vomit that was Black Swan.

Other than that my life is exactly the same.

[Pheesh]

When given the option, alternate me went to watch the remake of True Grit at the cinema instead of the disgusting, rotting, fetid pile of congealed monkey vomit that was Black Swan.

Other than that my life is exactly the same.

Alternate me helped real me beat the shit out of Bubba for thinking Black Swan was anything short of amazing.

[Bubba]

When given the option, alternate me went to watch the remake of True Grit at the cinema instead of the disgusting, rotting, fetid pile of congealed monkey vomit that was Black Swan.

Other than that my life is exactly the same.

Alternate me helped real me beat the trout out of Bubba for thinking Black Swan was anything short of amazing.

Aww man, it was godawful. Probably the most overrated film I've ever seen. I'll save that for another thread though.

Alternate me also would not have sold his soul to Lee Rogers when he was eight for a packet of Jaw Breakers.

[Pheesh]

When given the option, alternate me went to watch the remake of True Grit at the cinema instead of the disgusting, rotting, fetid pile of congealed monkey vomit that was Black Swan.

Other than that my life is exactly the same.

Alternate me helped real me beat the trout out of Bubba for thinking Black Swan was anything short of amazing.

Aww man, it was godawful. Probably the most overrated film I've ever seen. I'll save that for another thread though.

It's one of the few movies I actually own on blu-ray because I love it so much. I don't know how to feel right now... this changes everything.

[Bubba]

Maybe, in an alternate universe, Natalie Portman would be regarded as a good actress. The only film I thought she was actually good in was Leon.

[Bubba]

I'm pretty certain alternate me, real me or any version of me would not physically beat someone up for disliking a film :D

[Fynn]

Alternate universe me is a macho man who is an astronaut and does not care about the environment or animals at all. He is super successful and doesn't procrastinate, ever. I hate his guts. But I'm better than him because he can't speak English for shit.

[Zeldy]

The scary thing for me is had the student loan company not messed up my loan in my final year and incur me spending all my savings, I'd have a done a masters and been a Sociology lecturer. That's pretty mad to think how I'd have coped with that?

Or Blockbuster wouldn't have gone bust (in the UK) and I'd be manager somewhere now.

I wouldn't have been a goth and had all the issues relating to that at school, wouldn't have been so stupid and reckless at college and actually attended all my lessons at University and never once slept in.

At school, I would of been one of the sporty popular girls who always got picked for hockey and played in the team anyway. I would of been stupid though and I'd always be attending parties.

[Quindiana Jones]

100% of the time, has a bowie knife between his teeth.

[Crop]

So many possibilities... so many alternatives....

I know! When alternate me bought that lottery ticket that one time, he won the jackpot and became filthy stinking rich and so had no problems ever!

Damn you alternate me!

[Mercer]

I don't know about my alternate self. I haven't met him yet.

[Mr. Carnelian]

Alternate me went to Oxford University (rather than Winchester) to study law (instead of English) and has become a stuck-up douche (rather than a slightly less stuck-up bundle of fun). Not that everyone who goes to Oxford becomes a stuck-up douche, mind. Just a lot of people. :p On the other hand, he probably bagged some guy with rich parents (rather than Formy) and is living it up as we speak, the bastard. Plus, when he becomes a lawyer he's probably going to end up making big money himself eventually. Goddamn you, alternate me! :argh:

EDIT: BUT, he'll be REALLY bored and not doing what he really wanted to do. So, I win. Suck on that, alternate me!

[Ffamran mied Bunansa]

Alternate me stayed in high school (instead of dropping out) and ended up going to a big university (instead of a very small but accomodating one). He probably got a degree in something like English or Philosophy before moving on to Law school (instead of Physics->Medical Physics). I imagine he would be less of a gamer, more socially outgoing, more posh, and probably a lot less interesting from current me's point of view.

[Clo]

I have a feeling it would be a similar pathetic outcome. Maybe I'd fail in, like, a different state. Or something.

[sinuosity]

Thread is reading dangerously close to "list of regrets" lol.

I think I would have been mostly the same no matter what. If I hadn't had a science phase in high school I'd probably have done law.

[Ayen]

Alternate me would be named Lord Tomas, third son of Lord Micael of the Terrue, seat of House Gobe in the Riverlands, sworn to House Tully, Lords Paramount of the Trident. My father would've died during the invasion of the Lannister army of Riverrun after Tyrion was captured by Lady Catelyn leading to my eldest brother Rickhar becoming the new lord, and being the motivation for our family to join with Lord Edmure in supporting Robb Stark, the King in the North and King of the Trident, in the War of the Five Kings. My brother Rickhar and Timoth would've died at the Red Wedding leading me to be Lord of House Gobe.

With my army in shambles and the North falling to the Boltons while the Riverlands fall to the Freys, I have no choice but to surrender to the Iron Throne to maintain what little of a holdings I have left. Bending the knee to bastard kings and smiling through my teeth at Frey filth while secretly wanting to slit their throats. Tempted to forge an alliance with the Brotherhood without Banners to take back my homelands, but think better of it. I simply bide my time, for the North remembers and so does the Trident. After some clever politicking and new marriage pacts to forge new alliances I finally take my chance to avenge my father and two brothers when Jon Snow returns from the grave and start amassing a force with Sansa to take back Winterfell and claim fealty to the new King of the Trident, and we totes be best bros.

Totes.