Temporal Reload

Temporal Reload
With his ability of Return by Death, whenever Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World) dies, his consciousness is sent back to a pre-determined earlier point in time.
Power/Ability to:	Save a moment in time and reload it.

"hmm. that expression... that's the expression of someone who's died eleven times in a row. well, give or take. there's nuance to this stuff. don't think i'll be able to count very well from here. count for me, ok? we'll start from 12."

― Sans (Undertale)

The power to save the current moment in time and reset back to that saved moment. Technique of Time Manipulation. Combination of Temporal Rewind and Video Game Physics. Variation of Temporal Looping. Not to be confused with Chronoskimming.

Also Called

• Checkpoint
• Reset/Resetting
• Save Scumming
• Saving and Loading
• Time Reload
• Quick Save

Capabilities

Users of this ability are able to "save" the current moment in time and "reload" (or go back to) that point. For everyone else, the time between saving and the moment the user decided to return simply didn't happen, as such only the user would keep the memories of what happened. In practical terms, this could be considered to grant users a highly accurate foreknowledge of the future. Just like in a video game, this power gives users the unique ability to simply "come back and try again" after death; as such, death is a concept that's unimportant to the user.

Unlike Temporal Looping, the point in time a person travels back to is specific or predetermined and the power only affects the user.

Applications

• Enhanced Preparedness
• Progress Recording
• Replay Effect
• Retroactive Immortality
• Temporal Healing
  • Flawless Healing
• Temporal Resurrection
• Timeline Memory Retainment
• Temporal Rewind

Associations

• Attack Prediction
• Parachronal Cognition
• Precognition
• Situational Synchronicity
• Temporal Rewind

Limitations

• May have a limit on how long a save can exist before being removed automatically, making sure that users can only use the most recent save/s.
• Certain things may prevent reloading.
• Time can only be reloaded back to the saved point, not a second sooner or later.
• May have mixed memories from reloads.
• Users of Spatial-Temporal Lock, Omnilock, or Temporal Protection will know time was reset but may not stop the user.
• In some cases, this could cause a Butterfly Effect even if the user stays on roughly the same timeline.
• Users may not be able to change the future because of Destiny Assignment and/or Destiny Chosen.
• Users cannot stop an Inevitable Event.
• Pointless to use against users of Temporal Erasure as they can permanently erase all points in time that were saved.
• User may not be able to control or change the save point.
• Reload may only take effect if the user performs a certain action, such as dying or falling asleep.
• If the user saved in a situation where they would inevitably die and would be unable to escape, this would result in an infinite death loop. Ex. reloading to a point where the user is falling straight into lava always leads to inevitable death. (This may not apply to some users who are able to wipe out their own save points or return to previous ones.)
• This ability may be completely useless in a combat situation for those who doesn't have any experience/skills or any other superpowers that would help them fight, and would only be efficient for information collecting, plotting plans, and deceiving/manipulating others.
• The user isn't immune or resistant to the effects of other supernatural powers and they are vulnerable towards things that can kill or injure a normal person. This means users with Power Erasure, Power Nullification, and Power Absorption can still affect the user's ability.
• The user's will may be easily broken by others if forced into an infinite loop of pain/death.
• Users of Reality Warping, Nigh-Omnipotence, or similar may be able to undo or be unaffected by a temporal reload or just destroy the user's power altogether.
  • Users of Omnipotence would be unaffected by temporal reloads and be capable of destroying the user's power.
• In some cases, people other than the user who have been exposed to a reload multiple times may gain a sense of déjà vu, allowing them to vaguely remember events from the reload in the form of hunches or a "gut instinct".
• Reloading to the save point undoes any progress the user has made to achieve victory, so they have to carefully coordinate and remember every step from their previous encounters if they wish to achieve said victory again.
• Even though the user can go back to a/the saved point, there may be some situations that are unbeatable regardless of how many times the user tries to win.
• If someone is aware of the user's power, like if they possess Timeline Memory Retainment/Extrasensory Perception, they can plan ahead while factoring in the user's reloads to remove the user's advantage of time reloading.

Known Users

• All protagonists/player-controlled characters in video games that have a save-and-load mechanic.
• Myron Castleman (12:01 PM; 1990 Short Film)
• Barry Thomas (12:01 PM; 1993 Television Film)
• Tim Lake (About Time)
• Barry Allen/The Flash (Arrowverse/The Flash)
• Shamna (Code Geass)
• Pai Troll (Colônia Contra-Ataca)
• Lu-Tze (Discworld)
• Yeti (Discworld)
• Kris (Deltarune); very likely
• Dark (Hardcore Leveling Warrior); via Regression
• Furude Rika (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)
• Ekko (League of Legends)
• Maxine Caulfield (Life is Strange)
• Doctor Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe); via Time Stone
• Luka Couffaine/Viperion (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Kiska (My Yandere Girlfriend Lurks in the Dungeon and Kills Me Over and Over Again); via Save & Reset
• Ryou Hasegawa (Ore no Genjitsu wa Ren'ai Game??)
• Yoo Joonghyuk (The Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)
• Saiki Kuzushiro (Psyche Matashitemo)
• Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• Users of the Mysterious Cave (Palm Springs)
  • Nyles
  • Roy
  • Sarah Wilder
• Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World); via Return by Death
• Wyoming (Red VS Blue); via his time distortion unit
• D-9341 (SCP Containment Breach); via The Spiral Gestalt (SCP-970)
• Mercurius (Shinzo Banshou series)
• Rintarou Okabe/Hououin Kyouma/Okarin (Steins;Gate); via Time Leap Machine
• Kurisu Makise (Steins;Gate:The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu); via Time Leap Machine
• Corinne Baxter (Strange Days at Blake Holsey High); One Off
• Battler Ushiromiya (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
• Flowey (Undertale); when as Photoshop Flowey
• Frisk (Undertale)
• Chara (Undertale); likely
• Kirie Sakurame (UQ Holder)
• Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Known Objects

• The ARQ Machine (ARQ)
• Time Bomb (Call of Duty: Black Ops II)
• Z-Drive (League of Legends)
• Time Stone (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Time distortion Unit (Red v. Blue)
• Time Leap Machine (Steins;Gate)
• Hourglass Token (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Gallery

The Time Bomb (Call of Duty: Black Ops II) has the ability to rewind time to point of when the Time Bomb was placed down.

With her Geass, Shamna (Code Geass) can send her consciousness back in time 6 hours whenever she dies.

Lu-Tze (Discworld)

Through his Regression time skill, Dark (Hardcore Leveling Warrior) has the ability to 'save' during a battle and, when his HP reaches zero, he can start again from the save point

Ekko, The Boy Who Shattered Time (League of Legends)

Luka Couffaine/Viperion (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)

As a regressor, Yoo Joonghyuk's (The Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) consciousnesses is sent back to the beginning of the scenarios whenever he dies.

With his time distortion unit, Wyoming (Red vs Blue) is able to rewind time while keeping his memories of future events. This also has the side effect of creating temporal duplicates.

Due to his law, Mercurius (Shinza Banshou series) has trapped the entire world excluding himself in perpetual loop.

With the Time Leap Machine, Rintaro Okabe (Steins;Gate) was able to loop back thousands of times in an attempt to save Mayuri's life.

Due to their incredibly strong willpower, Frisk (Undertale) can save their own progress and can go back to the previous moment where they saved before they died.

Battler Ushiromiya (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)

Kirie Sakurame (UQ Holder)

Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using the Hourglass Token in Shadow RPG.

Videos

When you over use Quick Save

Ekko Seconds