'Shindig'
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I did love Felicity and Cisco saving the day, though I'm going to tell myself they didn't shoot people to death in 1951 and alter the timeline.
That's the thing, isn't it? For people trying to preserve time lines, the Legends do seem to kill a lot of bad guys back in history. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Any change (step on a bug or a seedling) could have a similar effect, especially the farther back you go.
The question is, does everything play out the same way except events directly affected by the actions of anachronistic time travelers and the cascade of changes that causes, or does an anachronism mean that every process involving random chance rerolls the dice from that point forward (as the gender switch of Diggle's child implies)? The latter setup could result in massive changes building up very quickly after any time travel incident even if it doesn't directly change the past much.
I am still not caught up with everything to watch the crossovers, but some stuff is bugging me:
- Caitlin's the first person whose personality has completely changed with the powers, right? It seemed really sudden, jarring. and then flipped RIGHT BACK. hated it.
Yeah, I don't get it either. Cisco didn't become his evil doppelganger when his powers manifested. Maybe Caitlin just has a lot of repressed rage from her relationship with her parents that comes to the surface when she uses her powers.
Yeah, for people who are super-serious about protecting the timeline, they're...not.
Also, how many masked heroes with secret identities just stood on a stage with the president for a nationally (or internationally) televised press conference?
At least they did confirm that the previous President was actually abducted and vaporized, which makes pretty much no sense to me for aliens that have mind control tech.
Well, the old president was old and ugly and the new president is kind of hot, so win-win, even if it wasn't Lynda Carter.
- Caitlin's the first person whose personality has completely changed with the powers, right? It seemed really sudden, jarring. and then flipped RIGHT BACK. hated it.
Well, we had Magenta earlier in the season, though they said she had the split personality before she got the powers.
I agree the whole "Caitlin's powers turn her evil" storyline has been really poorly done.
Watched Legends tonight. That was a lot of fun (if silly.) And no, considering Cisco's "Set phasers to stun line" I'm assuming they didn't kill a bunch of government agents back in 1951.
I do think the Arrow-verse's handling of time traveling (and the effects thereof) has been incredibly inconsistent.
Holy crap: So, I want to tell you all what happened in the [comic book] store today...
That's wonderful.
I was watching the Supergirl where Superman visits her and - as so often happens - they fight crime together. And I was thinking they were just so darn CUTE together.
But then I was wondering - Supergirl - bullets bounce off her. How'd she get her ears pierced?