Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
If that works and doesn't technically involve the same matter going around the loop again...?
Well, when talking about living beings, it wouldn't be the same matter even if it was literally the same person spinning around the time loop for infinity (as was the case in my Discworld example). I think it takes something like seven years to replace the majority of cells in the human body. Normally, heart and brain cells are NOT replaced when they die, but if we're talking about a bizarre, never-born-never-die time looper, you can throw such things out the window and speculate whatever you want, since they aren't strictly speaking, even human beings. Since no matter is eternal, the only way such a being could persist for eternity is if EVERY scrap of matter in their body is replaced periodically.

The same goes for DNA. The original strands of DNA would have been broken down and lost once Mide was dead and buried. COPIES of that DNA could live on through her descendants. This does not break the "no eternal matter" rule.

Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
Yeah, this is mostly how I understand it to play out - other than that you seem to be getting your goblins mixed.
Yeah, I meant Quickthinx, definitely got my gobbies mixed up! The leader of the Illuminati is who I meant.