Originally Posted by
turtlesong
if it's a loop, a cycle, then is there really a beginning? is there really an end? or is it more like a mobius strip that just keeps endlessly repeating until someone cuts it somewhere. . . .
i think for all intents and purposes, it begins where ever we want it to begin. whether that's with "the man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed"; with roland, cuthbert and alain in mejis; or with roland, eddie, jake, and susannah on blaine (considering how each [group] got together as backstory).