After watching this episode, I started thinking about all the times someone - the Legion, Rokk (the second time), Brainiac 5, and Booster Gold - has come from the future and taught/showed Clark something that is crucial to his development into Superman. What would have happened if none of them had ever shown up? It would seem that the timelines each of these people hailed from had Clark developing into Superman without them. What was that like? What circumstances led him to becoming the Man of Steel? If Brainiac 5 had not come back to take Clark on his Scrooge-like adventure, would he seriously have never become Superman? Did Clark get the disguise idea from his future self, who got the idea from his future self, who got the idea from his future self...? Would Clark have fully embraced the marketability of his superhero status without meeting Booster Gold?
This is why time travel stories are very tricky. It doesn't make sense for people from the future to go back to the past to ensure their future still happens. Thinking about all this has made me wonder what those other timelines were like, and I was just curious if anyone else has thought about or been confused by this.
This is why time travel stories are very tricky. It doesn't make sense for people from the future to go back to the past to ensure their future still happens. Thinking about all this has made me wonder what those other timelines were like, and I was just curious if anyone else has thought about or been confused by this.
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