So I love time loops as a trope, but i feel like not enough writers explore what happens after the loop breaks.
So many writers will have the loop go on for years or even decades and the thing about humans is that we are very adaptable. We get used to things. At some point I feel like the loop just wouldn't feel tragic anymore. It would just be a part of life. A routine you've grow used to. But once the loop breaks that routine is gone.
What happens? Did you really want it to end? When you get used to having no consequences to your actions what do you do? Suddenly things aren't what they were like for so long. The traffic sounds different, people aren't repeating the same lines you've gotten used to. Your money, seemingly endless in the single day loop, now feels deeply inadequate and quickly dwindles. You've spent so long in the time loop and now you are thrown back into a world that everyone else is accustomed to but you are lost in a way you can't explain. You used to have endless time to learn and explore your passions, nothing you made lasted of course, but you could make it. Now you are suddenly overwhelmed with things you need to do, the house must be cleaned, you have to actually return to work.
When was the last time you went to work? Was it 5 loops ago? 30? Or has it been years. Or decades. Do you still know how to do your job? Should you quit and use the skills gained via time loop to get another one?
How do you deal with people remembering the things you did? No longer do they say the same good mornings and vague hellos. At some point they had become simply background noise. Just game npcs that didn't have much meaning. Now they are once again fully human and what you say suddenly matters.
How do you deal with the fact that you are not the same person as you were two days ago. You are unrecognizable, even to yourself. Who are you after the loop breaks? Do you break as well?
