Timeline for How can the stars be wrong, so that an observer realises they're not in our world anymore?
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| Apr 19 at 13:40 | comment | added | value1 | If this moves fast enough, it could actually be quite beautiful, and a bit unsettling (even more if you're just now seeing it). | |
| Mar 27 at 5:45 | comment | added | Malcolm | The slower the stars move, the longer it takes for the horror to set in. If it takes several days for the stars to noticeably move, the protagonist might very well start to question their sanity before they could convince themselves they really were in a different reality! | |
| Mar 27 at 4:54 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | Of the answers I see, this one would generate the greatest feeling of eldritch horror in myself! | |
| Mar 26 at 1:05 | comment | added | Josh King | had a similar idea but you can also see them slowly consume one another some stars disappearing in darkness while the others grow larger. | |
| Mar 25 at 20:21 | comment | added | Penguino | The planets or small stars explanaqtion could be discounted if the motion of each 'star' follows random wiggles or pirouettes through the sky rather than any likely 'orbital' | |
| Mar 25 at 19:08 | comment | added | Pere | Another explanation: a lot of big artificial satellites. Starlink 20.0. | |
| Mar 25 at 7:15 | history | answered | Surpriser | CC BY-SA 4.0 |