Subject: "just because" doesnÂ’t qualify as a really good reason.
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Posted on: 2015-12-31 22:36:00 UTC
Expanding on your list regarding Desdendelle’s rule of thumbs:
4. Character’s who cannot made forget should never be told about the PPC, nor should they ever be allowed to watch something suspicious that makes them wanting to investigate, so that they may learn about the PPC on their own – unless, of course, there is a really very good in-mission reason why the agents couldn’t avoid doing so.
3. 4th Wall Breakers who know about the PPC should be neuralyzed. Being aware that their universe isn’t everything still doesn’t mean that they should know everything about the multiverse. If they cannot be neuralyzed, see Nr. 4.
2. Canonically omniscient beings certainly know about the PPC, but if they aren’t also canonically known of paying attention and micro-managing every detail of their world, there may still be no really good in-mission reason why they should remember and act on this knowledge – unless they are provoked by the agents intentionally interacting whit them for a really good reason.
1. Omnipotent characters not also being omniscient are covered by Nr. 4. Since they can do whatever they want to do, they can get true answers to all their questions and they can avoid being made forget. Learning about the PPC on their own, not knowing in advance what they are looking for and where they should start looking for it, may still need an infinite amount of time; so it can easily be assumed that they did not achieve this yet.
HG