# Looking for a different type of "Butterfly Effect" time travel story or movie

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**Created:** [May 6, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-different-type-of-butterfly-effect-time-travel-story-or-movie/983646 "2023-05-06T00:11:49Z")
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### Author: ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-different-type-of-butterfly-effect-time-travel-story-or-movie/983646/29 "2023-05-07T01:47:59Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Are there any stories or movies out there that defy the “This is the best of all possible worlds, so don’t fuck with it!” trope and tell a tale of meddling(either accidentally or on purpose) gone _right?_

> [@Writers Guild of America goes on strike (5/2/23) tentative deal (9/25/23) Now accepted (10/9/23)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-guild-of-america-goes-on-strike-5-2-23-tentative-deal-9-25-23-now-accepted-10-9-23/983448/78):
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> …and dammit.
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> (checks the NZ Writers Guild website first to make sure I’m in the [clear](https://mailchi.mp/nzwritersguild.org.nz/nzwgstatement?fbclid=IwAR3cEGgJaRaZezytbe73X3fo5fCRXfHbUBCjvMrh3gf6uPTzOJTGUhGYbFs))
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> I’m 50 this year. I’ve written a couple of short film scripts for film school, but nothing more than that. I’ve gotta a lifetime of experience and a copy of Fade In that I haven’t opened in a year.
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> :: cracks knuckles ::
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> Time to finally write that movie script. This thread has gotten me fired up.

…I’ve just started working on a script. And I’ll probably never finish it, and nobody will ever read it, and it will never go into production.

BUT…on the ever-so-tiny chance that it does, then yes, you will have your movie of meddling gone right 🙂

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