What point in time do you think would have been ideal for Clark to go back to?

[xrayvision]

I'm wondering which point in time would have been the most ideal for Clark to have gone back to.

I think one of the best points would have been 4-5 years ago sometime after he acquired the Fire stone from Lex. He would have known where the Air stone in China was without needing the map & could have found the Water stone pretty easily. This would have corrected many things---the 2nd meteor shower would never have happened---meaning the disciples of Zod & Brainiac would not have arrived on Earth (at least not when they did). Linda Lake would have never become a meteor freak. Jonathan's life would perhaps not have been exchanged for Lana's if he wasn't put in that position. Lex would not have been taken over by Zod and would not have met those aliens or gotten his hands on any alien DNA. Lana would not have gotten powers. The Teagues would have survived. Lex would have never learned Clark's secret and Clark could have completed his training back then. There could still have been consequences, as people who Clark saved could have died since he would be busy doing other things. I guess we can never know for sure.

A better point in time could have been going back to the day Exile took place and stop his past self from wearing the red-k ring & going to unite the 3 stones & create the FOS at a much earlier time. This would prevent any heart problems for Jonathan and would have all the above effects. Though again, who knows what consequences could have resulted.

[oldblackmagick]

I was just thinking that he could have gone back to just before he blew up the ship...but then he would be kinda older a 22yr old(almost) living as a 16/17yr old:p could be funny to see:D

[xrayvision]

Someone mentioned in another thread that there should be 2 Clarks & 2 rings. And that's actually true because he went to a past time without jumping into his past body like Jor-El did to him in Reckoning. The ring obviously doesn't operate like that, otherwise the Legion would had to have jumped into their 21st century bodies, which didn't exist since they weren't alive at the time.

[skully]

Maybe the further he goes in time, the bigger the consequence.

I'd like to know if and how he could control in which direction and how far he goes. Did Clark choose to go back two days? It seemed that he was not sure himself when he arrived back "two days earlier".

[oldblackmagick]

If it wouldn't have been written on the bottom of the screen Clark never would have figured it out:p

Clark: Chloe you have to help me. I time travelled but i don't know how far back i went. It popped up on the bottom of the screen but i didn't have my glasses.

Chloe: Oh well....Clark you don't even wear glasses!

Clark: I don't? (Chloe shakes her head) Oh...well no wonder things are blurry when i put them on. How am i ever going to wear these things in the future? I'm not going to be able to keep it up...or I mean...the double lifestyle and things like that. I definitely wasn't talking about my pen...

Chloe: CLARK! You are done. Me and you talking...no more...no more Clark. Just...no more. (Walks away shaking her head.)

Clark: So then you're not gonna help me then?...(door slams)...Thanks Chloe!

Chloe: (Muffled Shout) Shut up Clark!

[justme_007]

Maybe the further he goes in time, the bigger the consequence.

I'd like to know if and how he could control in which direction and how far he goes. Did Clark choose to go back two days? It seemed that he was not sure himself when he arrived back "two days earlier".

Yes, i think it was because of the consequences. :p

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If it wouldn't have been written on the bottom of the screen Clark never would have figured it out:p

Clark: Chloe you have to help me. I time travelled but i don't know how far back i went. It popped up on the bottom of the screen but i didn't have my glasses.

Chloe: Oh well....Clark you don't even wear glasses!

Clark: I don't? (Chloe shakes her head) Oh...well no wonder things are blurry when i put them on. How am i ever going to wear these things in the future? I'm not going to be able to keep it up...or I mean...the double lifestyle and things like that. I definitely wasn't talking about my pen...

Chloe: CLARK! You are done. Me and you talking...no more...no more Clark. Just...no more. (Walks away shaking her head.)

Clark: So then you're not gonna help me then?...(door slams)...Thanks Chloe!

Chloe: (Muffled Shout) Shut up Clark!

:lol:

[xrayvision]

Maybe the further he goes in time, the bigger the consequence.

I'd like to know if and how he could control in which direction and how far he goes. Did Clark choose to go back two days? It seemed that he was not sure himself when he arrived back "two days earlier".

I think Clark traveled more than 2 days offscreen. We saw him have an article about Linda Lake's crimes already written. I think he went back in time and followed her around to see every crime she committed and then arrived at the 2 days ago time.

[dunkman]

It's interesting to think about how he could've changed history more, but everything happened for a reason. If the whole story with searching for the elements was changed, it might have taken us a lot longer to figure out that Lana is evil!

[melissan02]

At what point?
Well....there was this moment in "Bride", on the dance floor just before...oh, nevermind!:rolleyes::mad:

[alejandrita439]

Maybe the further he goes in time, the bigger the consequence.

agree :)

[zorasuperman]

yea i was thinking the further back he goes the more he would be messing with destiny and fate and all that stuff
u know he would be changing the lives of more ppl and as jor el said "the universe will find its balance"

[KAL-EL10]

he should have gone back to arrival and instead of helping lana gone to the fortress and kept his powers. This way John kent would never have died, he could have worked on a relationship with lana if he wanted, or lois. He then would have been able to prevent lex learning his secret in later years.

[Lilah]

He knew he had to go back two days, when she wrote the article. Clark's not big on time travel ever since his dad died because of it. As for that theory of there being two Clarks and two rings, no. Even though that should be theoretically correct (according to Dr. Brown in Back to the Future lol) this is Smallville and the writers aren't going to complicate things like that. As for why the Legion didn't step into the 21st century bodies, you said it. They weren't born in the 21st century.

[xrayvision]

He knew he had to go back two days, when she wrote the article. Clark's not big on time travel ever since his dad died because of it. As for that theory of there being two Clarks and two rings, no. Even though that should be theoretically correct (according to Dr. Brown in Back to the Future lol) this is Smallville and the writers aren't going to complicate things like that. As for why the Legion didn't step into the 21st century bodies, you said it. They weren't born in the 21st century.

But see, they already did that in Apocalypse when Clark went back to save his baby self from Brainiac. Even though the time travel this time wasn't as long, it should have held the same result. The only explanation would be if there was a meeting of the 2 Clarks and the present Clark told the Clark of 2 days ago everything that would happen with Lake and what he would need to do to correct it, so that the Clark we saw after the ring was put on was the Clark of 2 days ago (since the rest of the episode took place on that day).

[Lilah]

That's true. But it was two different forms of time travel too. Who's to say the Legion ring doesn't have the power to merge the two time travelers into one. All I know from time travel is everything you are saying. When you travel through time, there are supposed to be two versions of you. The one that traveled and the one from that time. Obviously, Smallville understands this being as they're not new to time travel. But what if what Clark did wasn't time travel, but just a "do-over" like in Superman when he spinned the world on its axis. There wasn't two Supermans then either. What if that's what the ring's purpose is?

[Sunny8]

I'm wondering which point in time would have been the most ideal for Clark to have gone back to.

I think one of the best points would have been 4-5 years ago sometime after he acquired the Fire stone from Lex. He would have known where the Air stone in China was without needing the map & could have found the Water stone pretty easily. This would have corrected many things---the 2nd meteor shower would never have happened---meaning the disciples of Zod & Brainiac would not have arrived on Earth (at least not when they did). Linda Lake would have never become a meteor freak. Jonathan's life would perhaps not have been exchanged for Lana's if he wasn't put in that position. Lex would not have been taken over by Zod and would not have met those aliens or gotten his hands on any alien DNA. Lana would not have gotten powers. The Teagues would have survived. Lex would have never learned Clark's secret and Clark could have completed his training back then. There could still have been consequences, as people who Clark saved could have died since he would be busy doing other things. I guess we can never know for sure.

A better point in time could have been going back to the day Exile took place and stop his past self from wearing the red-k ring & going to unite the 3 stones & create the FOS at a much earlier time. This would prevent any heart problems for Jonathan and would have all the above effects. Though again, who knows what consequences could have resulted.
If Clark had gone back too far I think there might have been disastrous results. He could have gone back to reverse Lana's situation, but he did not even consider that.

[xrayvision]

That's true. But it was two different forms of time travel too. Who's to say the Legion ring doesn't have the power to merge the two time travelers into one. All I know from time travel is everything you are saying. When you travel through time, there are supposed to be two versions of you. The one that traveled and the one from that time. Obviously, Smallville understands this being as they're not new to time travel. But what if what Clark did wasn't time travel, but just a "do-over" like in Superman when he spinned the world on its axis. There wasn't two Supermans then either. What if that's what the ring's purpose is?

The reason I know the Legion's time traveling doesn't allow a merge is because the Legion themselves time traveled to a period where they didn't even exist. Had their method of time traveling been based on merging with past selves (or body jumping), then going back 1000 years would have been impossible for them.

[Iluvgreen]

The point he chose was fine.