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.
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 02, 2016 11:06:32 am PST #90 of 2020
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
msbelle - Dec 02, 2016 11:47:54 am PST #91 of 2020
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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.
DXMachina - Dec 02, 2016 12:28:42 pm PST #92 of 2020
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
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.
Dana - Dec 02, 2016 2:10:36 pm PST #93 of 2020
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
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?
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 02, 2016 5:14:07 pm PST #94 of 2020
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
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.
DXMachina - Dec 03, 2016 1:33:30 am PST #95 of 2020
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
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.
Tom Scola - Dec 05, 2016 5:31:20 am PST #96 of 2020
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Kalshane - Dec 05, 2016 5:58:07 pm PST #97 of 2020
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
- 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.
Toddson - Dec 06, 2016 10:58:18 am PST #98 of 2020
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
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?
Jon B. - Dec 06, 2016 11:18:25 am PST #99 of 2020
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How'd she get her ears pierced?
In this iteration, how old was she when she arrived on Earth?
In the comics, she was already a teenager, so she could have had them pierced before she was invulnerable-ized.