It's definitely broken off and become its own timeline. Emma's totally going to be the most awesome hacker, and she's going to end up changing a lot of things. (The only one I know for sure is that when Michael gets sick, she's going to track down Moira McTaggart and get the cure to save him, and then she's going to spread the formula everywhere, so that everyone who needs it can get it.)

Thanks for your support! (But I'm pretty sure my decision to take 3 seminars and 2 language classes, as well as TAing, and trying to get a paper ready for publication, all in the same semester, is my fault. I may need to reconsider some of this.)