Possible storytelling device: Some timeline is established, the story plays out a certain way. As a result of the events of the story, a new character is introduced at the end of the timeline. Then the events of the story are then retold, but altered by the existence of the new character from the first telling, who is now present from the beginning of things. The process could repeat several times, each time with a single new character added (or possible an old character removed) as a result of the last iteration.
It’s a riff on story cycles, but instead of all new characters doomed to follow in the fate of the earlier lot in each telling, we have (mostly) the exact same characters in situations that diverge further and further from the last cycle as the story evolves due to the change of cast.
Possible storytelling device: Some timeline is established, the story plays out a certain way. As a result of the events of the story, a new character is introduced at the end of the timeline. Then the events of the story are then retold, but altered by the existence of the new character from the first telling, who is now present from the beginning of things. The process could repeat several times, each time with a single new character added (or possible an old character removed) as a result of the last iteration.
It’s a riff on story cycles, but instead of all new characters doomed to follow in the fate of the earlier lot in each telling, we have (mostly) the exact same characters in situations that diverge further and further from the last cycle as the story evolves due to the change of cast.