History Fridge / JusticeLeague

* In "Legends". While the crisis that led to Justice Guild's world being destroyed isn't outright stated, we're given a few clues as to what. First, we notice the world is very much 1950's-1960's in appearance until the illusion is broken. Two, Ray (the mutant who caused the illusion) is stated to have his DNA mutated by the nuclear fallout. Three, the newspaper Green Lantern and Hawkgirl find is dated forty years previously, the same year the last Justice Guild comic was published. Four, the episode premiered in April of 2002. What happened in October of 1962 (forty years previously)? That's right...the Cuban Missile Crisis, aka the closest the world ever came to nuclear war since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Given how the Justice League has superpowers in it, it's pretty chilling what could've been had the crisis ended badly.

* In "Legends". While the crisis that led to Justice Guild's world being destroyed isn't outright stated, we're given a few clues as to when. First, we notice the world is very much 1950's-1960's in appearance until the illusion is broken. Two, the newspaper Green Lantern and Hawkgirl find is dated forty years previously, the same year the last Justice Guild comic was published. Three, the episode premiered in April of 2002. What happened in October of 1962 (forty years previously)? That's right...the Cuban Missile Crisis, aka the closest the world every came to nuclear war since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Given how the Justice League has superpowers in it, it's pretty chilling what could've been had the crisis ended badly.

* So for all intents and purposes the world that the Justice Lords come from is exactly the same as the one that the Justice League comes from. The main differences between the two only coming after the events of the Flash's death. OK... so that means that the Thanagarians are going to find a world without a Justice League to protect it making the Earth's destruction inevitable. And the irony is that the Justice Lords were far more likely to have attacked the Thanagarians the moment that they arrived instead of letting them gain a foothold and would have been able to organise a global resistance faster due to their status as absolute dictators. Its even possible that this far more rebellious Hawkgirl may be on the Lords side from the get-go, meaning that the Thangarians would be without any meaningful intelligence. The Justice Lords planet went from being better placed to defend against its enemies to being completely undefended in the space of a couple of days.

*** All this in mind, it makes sense why the episode prior to this (and following the episode in which the Question [[WellIntentionedExtremist attempts to kill Luthor]]) is called '''Flashpoint'''. It's not just a reference to the Watchtower's laser cannon pointing down.

** A small, but noteworthy example... when Vandal Savage [[ItMakesSenseInContext invites Superman over for a sleepover]], it’s a bit funny to see Supes stuck sleeping on Savage’s couch (despite his home being a multi-story museum/mansion). Having been alone for 30,000 years by that point and resigning himself to never seeing another human face for the rest of his immortal existence, Savage likely never saw the ‘’need’’ to ever build a guest bedroom.
** Vandal Savage mentions how he abandoned work on a new Time Machine because the technology prevents Savage himself from traveling to any time period where he already exists. While this explains why he sent back a laptop to his younger self in "The Savage Time", even if he found a means to circumvent that issue, [[IHatePastMe he knows himself far too well]] to realize that his past version would simply refuse to listen. No wonder he considered completing the device pointless until [[LoopholeAbuse Superman enters the picture]].