Overwritten Memories? The "Fox Tattoo Problem"
I have been racking my mind about a specific problem, that I've come to nickname the "Fox tattoo problem", due to the testimony that inspired it. This user seems to have shifted timelines after slipping in the shower (main testimony), however what bugs me is the other testimony they provide in the comments: in their original timeline, they wanted a fox tattoo after getting a sign from the universe in the form of a fox. in the post-jump timeline, everyone but themself seems to remember their same intent of getting a tattoo, but with an owl instead of a fox, as the universe manifested as an owl in that timeline.
Consciousness, as I understand it, may be transferred into an alternate universe if we encounter a fatal outcome before having accomplished our fate. where our sense of self is basically the same (the experiencer here does not seem to doubt their memories, and only the discrepancies between theirs and other people's unsettles them).
However, the anecdote regarding the fox tattoo makes me wonder: why does it seems like the memories corresponding to the universe in which the experiencer allegedly died (slipped in the shower) overwrote those corresponding to the events of the universe the experiencer was transferred to? Why does the consciousness that was transferred from the universe in which a fatal occurence took place, takes precedence over the memories of the "resident" version of the experiencer, instead of the opposite as it would make more sense that the resident alter's memories become prevalent in the universe where consciousness has been transferred. What becomes of the "individual" who saw an owl instead of a fox in that scenario? Why have the owl version's memories not been at least preserved in some way within the experiencer's mind, and only remains in the memories of the people around them?
Additional Observations:
Perhaps this single example is not sufficient to consider the memories of the "owl tattoo" alter were overwritten in favor of the "fox tattoo" alter and there may be other cases in which the owl tattoo alter's memories overwrote the fox tattoo alter's and we'd never know as they can't be aware of it, as it would be as everyone remembers it and not clash with their own recollection. I am however basing myself on the testimonies that we have and those tend to suggest one set of memories overwrote the other, at least for this specific event. I am also purposefully eluding the angle of the problem that questions why the "sign" was a fox in one universe and an owl in another.
I may also make many assumptions surrounding this case that are tied to my own theories regarding other aspects of death, consciousness and parallel universes, that i didn't want to expand on here in order not to distract from the main question, but I can elaborate if needed.