[BlakeGood88]

Yes, I know that linear reincarnation wouldn't deal with multiple timelines, unlike non-linear reincarnation. Going backwards in time would split the timeline where you came from and form a different future with different outcomes. Like if I went back to 2003 and talked to my younger self, the 2018 I would return to would not be the same one from when I first left, but the same one I visited in the past when I first arrived. There would actually be two of me since there are two of me from two different timelines. So going backwards from May 2018 to May 2003 would create a new branch in the timeline but everything prior to that (1988-2002) wouldn't matter since it would be the same as this timeline, since I didn't travel back any further than 2003.