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** If we assume that Thawne killed Barry's mother like he did in the main version, then it's a pretty standard GrandfatherParadox. He goes back in time and kills Barry's mother, causing the chain of events that lead to him becoming the Flash. The Flash and other heroes end up creating the Regime, and the Regime kills one of Thawne's ancestors (they don't say who, but it's probably
[[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Malcolm_Thawne_(New_Earth) Malcolm Thawne]], Barry's twin brother, who's the professional criminal Cobalt Blue and distant ancestor of Eobard). With Thawne's ancestor dead, the line that leads to Thawne's birth doesn't exist, and so Thawne doesn't exist, but if he doesn't exist, then he couldn't go back in time to kill Barry's mother, so Barry never becomes the Flash, and he doesn't end up helping to create the Regime, and the Regime doesn't exist, so they don't kill Thawne's ancestor and the line that leads to Thawne's birth exists, so Thawne exists, so he goes back in time and kills Barry's mother, causing Barry to become the Flash, and he helps create the Regime, and the Regime kills Thawne's ancestor... lather, rinse, repeat for eternity, and you have a paradox.

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** If we assume that Thawne killed Barry's mother like he did in the main version, then it's a pretty standard GrandfatherParadox. He goes back in time and kills Barry's mother, causing the chain of events that lead to him becoming the Flash. The Flash and other heroes end up creating the Regime, and the Regime kills one of Thawne's ancestors (they don't say who, but it's probably
probably [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Malcolm_Thawne_(New_Earth) Malcolm Thawne]], Barry's twin brother, who's the professional criminal Cobalt Blue and distant ancestor of Eobard). With Thawne's ancestor dead, the line that leads to Thawne's birth doesn't exist, and so Thawne doesn't exist, but if he doesn't exist, then he couldn't go back in time to kill Barry's mother, so Barry never becomes the Flash, and he doesn't end up helping to create the Regime, and the Regime doesn't exist, so they don't kill Thawne's ancestor and the line that leads to Thawne's birth exists, so Thawne exists, so he goes back in time and kills Barry's mother, causing Barry to become the Flash, and he helps create the Regime, and the Regime kills Thawne's ancestor... lather, rinse, repeat for eternity, and you have a paradox.

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** If we assume that Thawne killed Barry's mother like he did in the main version, then it's a pretty standard GrandfatherParadox. He goes back in time and kills Barry's mother, causing the chain of events that lead to him becoming the Flash. The Flash and other heroes end up creating the Regime, and the Regime kills one of Thawne's ancestors (they don't say who, but it's probably [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Malcolm_Thawne_(New_Earth) Malcolm Thawne]], Barry's twin brother, who's the professional criminal Cobalt Blue and distant ancestor of Eobard). With Thawne's ancestor dead, the line that leads to Thawne's birth doesn't exist, and so Thawne doesn't exist, but if he doesn't exist, then he couldn't go back in time to kill Barry's mother, so Barry never becomes the Flash, and he doesn't end up helping to create the Regime, and the Regime doesn't exist, so they don't kill Thawne's ancestor and the line that leads to Thawne's birth exists, so Thawne exists, so he goes back in time and kills Barry's mother, causing Barry to become the Flash, and he helps create the Regime, and the Regime kills Thawne's ancestor... lather, rinse, repeat for eternity, and you have a paradox.

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** If we assume that Thawne killed Barry's mother like he did in the main version, then it's a pretty standard GrandfatherParadox. He goes back in time and kills Barry's mother, causing the chain of events that lead to him becoming the Flash. The Flash and other heroes end up creating the Regime, and the Regime kills one of Thawne's ancestors (they don't say who, but it's probably probably
[[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Malcolm_Thawne_(New_Earth) Malcolm Thawne]], Barry's twin brother, who's the professional criminal Cobalt Blue and distant ancestor of Eobard). With Thawne's ancestor dead, the line that leads to Thawne's birth doesn't exist, and so Thawne doesn't exist, but if he doesn't exist, then he couldn't go back in time to kill Barry's mother, so Barry never becomes the Flash, and he doesn't end up helping to create the Regime, and the Regime doesn't exist, so they don't kill Thawne's ancestor and the line that leads to Thawne's birth exists, so Thawne exists, so he goes back in time and kills Barry's mother, causing Barry to become the Flash, and he helps create the Regime, and the Regime kills Thawne's ancestor... lather, rinse, repeat for eternity, and you have a paradox.paradox.


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** The He-Man crossover established that the Injustice Universe is, to use a term from Kamen Rider, a Singularity Point. Singularity Points are effectively permanent fixtures in time, unable to be affected by changes in the flow of events, which in turn enable the time stream to rebound and return back to their original state. This means that time travel nonsense is corrected for by the laws of the Injustice Universe. Superman tried saving Lois, and even though he infact saved her and Metropolis by going back in time, Lois still dies through some other cause. This drives Superman into further madness and causes him to decide to destroy all creation.

With that being said, Thawne is trapped in the injustice timeline not because of the paradox as he claims, but because time travelers can't screw with singularity points, and he is forced to play by its rules, not the other way around.
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*** My take is that Batman forgives and trusts her because he kinda ''needs'' to. During the regime he couldn't afford to turn away any help, given the odds against it. Afterwards she showed every sign of being serious about reforming and now Batman needs that for personal reasons; many of his close friends and his own son turned against him and became various levels of monsters, others died, he really needs a win. Saving Harley from herself is something he can hold onto. Thankfully she really was serious about it.

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*** My take is that Batman forgives and trusts her because he kinda ''needs'' to. During the regime Regime he couldn't afford to turn away any help, given the odds against it.him. Afterwards she showed every sign of being serious about reforming and now Batman needs that for personal reasons; many of his close friends and his own son turned against him and became various levels of monsters, others died, he really needs a win. Saving Harley from herself is something he can hold onto. Thankfully she really was serious about it.
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*** In legal terms I'd imagine her actions in bringing down the Regime likely earned her a pardon from the new government.


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*** My take is that Batman forgives and trusts her because he kinda ''needs'' to. During the regime he couldn't afford to turn away any help, given the odds against it. Afterwards she showed every sign of being serious about reforming and now Batman needs that for personal reasons; many of his close friends and his own son turned against him and became various levels of monsters, others died, he really needs a win. Saving Harley from herself is something he can hold onto. Thankfully she really was serious about it.
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* If Superman fights Doctor Fate in the story mode, the latter comments that Brainiac's interest was piqued when Superman decimated the GL Corps. An event which happened years before the events of Injustice 1 and well before Brainiac invades the Earth in 2. What the hell was Brainiac doing during all that time? [[{{ComicBook/Thanos}} Sitting on his ass]] [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy doing nothing?]] Surely traveling through space can't be THAT time consuming in the DC-verse, and not for a genius like Brainiac. If he was waiting for the Regime to fall before invading, that would make sense, but that's still a lot of waiting for capturing someone he really wants to kill/collect...

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* If Superman fights Doctor Fate in the story mode, the latter comments that Brainiac's interest was piqued when Superman decimated the GL Corps. An event which happened years before the events of Injustice 1 and well before Brainiac invades the Earth in 2. What the hell was Brainiac doing during all that time? [[{{ComicBook/Thanos}} Sitting on his ass]] [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 doing nothing?]] Surely traveling through space can't be THAT time consuming in the DC-verse, and not for a genius like Brainiac. If he was waiting for the Regime to fall before invading, that would make sense, but that's still a lot of waiting for capturing someone he really wants to kill/collect...
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** Is there any indication that Pyg had been operating as a supervillain at any time in the past five years or before? He might have only just started out in this timeline.
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* Red Hood's ending is among the far better ones, but with that said, ''why is Professor Pyg alive!?'' Robin killed Zsasz, and Pyg isn't some superpowerful criminal like Bane or Poison Ivy, he's Zsasz but fatter, and what he does to his victims is arguably even ''more'' evil than just killing them. In the many years the Regime has been in effect, taking over the world, punishing criminals, '''why was Professor Pyg allowed to live!?''' He's not valuable to either side, the Regime wouldn't consider his surgical crimes useful, and the Insurgency likely wouldn't want him, unless Batman figured he was like Harley and wanted to make ''him'' his new sidekick too.

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* Red Hood's ending is among the far better ones, but with that said, ''why is Professor Pyg alive!?'' Robin killed Zsasz, and Pyg isn't some superpowerful criminal like Bane or Poison Ivy, he's Zsasz but fatter, and what he does to his victims is arguably even ''more'' evil than just killing them. In the many years the Regime has been in effect, taking over the world, punishing criminals, '''why was Professor Pyg allowed to live!?''' He's not valuable to either side, the Regime wouldn't consider his surgical crimes useful, and the Insurgency likely wouldn't want him, unless Batman figured he was like Harley and wanted to make ''him'' his new sidekick too.
too. Did he just find the best hiding spot in the universe!? Considering [[EvenEvilHasStandards what the other villains think]] of the Joker, I doubt they'd help protect Pyg. Did Batman take his ThouShallNotKill policy so far he protected Pyg of all people?
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* Red Hood's ending is among the far better ones, but with that said, ''why is Professor Pyg alive!?'' Robin killed Zsasz, and Pyg isn't some superpowerful criminal like Bane or Poison Ivy, he's Zsasz but fatter, and what he does to his victims is arguably even ''more'' evil than just killing them. In the many years the Regime has been in effect, taking over the world, punishing criminals, '''why was Professor Pyg allowed to live!?''' He's not valuable to either side, the Regime wouldn't consider his surgical crimes useful, and the Insurgency likely wouldn't want him, unless Batman figured he was like Harley and wanted to make ''him'' his new sidekick too.
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*** "Plus any lawyer worth their diploma could make an insanity plea stick." Tell that to Jeffrey Dahmer, a man who killed far less than Joker, did various sick things, and '''''still''''' didn't get sent to an insane asylum. What we forget is that insanity is a ''legal'' term, not a clinical one. While we can say Joker is definitely psychopath, an actual medical condition, he may no longer qualify to be considered insane.
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** Scarecrow has sometimes shown the ability to tailor his toxin to create specific hallucinations, e.g. causing people to see spiders, cockroaches, etc., even if those things aren't their most prominent fear. So, yes, making his opponent see a demonic version of him is within his capabilities. Once the target is exposed to it, the rapidly increased stress and [[YourMindMakesItReal the effectiveness of the illusion]] contributes to the actual harm that the fighters endure over the course of a match.
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** It's also equally possible that he was intentionally faking his death in the hopes that doing so would cause Brainiac to let his guard down. He could have flown into space, or stayed somewhere out of sight. As for why Kara couldn't hear his heartbeat, some comics have established that Superman has enough muscle control to temporarily stop his heart.

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** It's also equally possible that he was intentionally faking his death in the hopes that doing so would cause Brainiac to let his guard down. He could have flown into space, or stayed somewhere out of sight. As for why Kara couldn't hear his heartbeat, some comics have established that the main Superman has enough muscle control to temporarily stop his heart.
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** It's also equally possible that he was intentionally faking his death in the hopes that doing so would cause Brainiac to let his guard down. He could have flown into space, or stayed somewhere out of sight. As for why Kara couldn't hear his heartbeat, some comics have established that Superman has enough muscle control to temporarily stop his heart.
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**** So either Batman's claim of permanent depowerment is BS or Batman only exposed Superman to a bit of gold kryptonite after beating him, and was just hesitant to permanently depower him. Given that Batman only slashed Superman a single time with a gold kryptonite knife, and warned him to stand down before resorting to more exposure (meaning he was hesitant to permanently depower him), I'm leaning more towards the latter.
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In Joker's ending he's able to restore the cities but in other endings like Supergirl's the combined intelect of Batman, Professor Stein and Barry aren't able to?

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** In those endings, the priority is specifically to restore the cities safely. In other words, restore the cities in such a way that there aren't any side effects on the populace or without harming them. Joker clearly just mixed the cities together and brought them out of the ship's memory. Doing it without an understanding of Brainiac's systems may have led to problems, even if Joker hadn't mixed them. In the heroes' endings, they want to be absolutely sure that before they restore a city, they do it safely and properly for everyone.
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In Joker's ending he's able to restore the cities but in other endings like Supergirl's the combined intelect of Batman, Professor Stein and Barry aren't able to?
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** In Wonder Woman's chapter, Harley readily admits guilt for the people she killed with her Mister J. As a ploy to make Diana realize [[NotSoDifferent they're not so different]], as Wonder Woman is also guilty of murdering the innocent for the affections of Superman, and according to Scarecrow, subconsciously aware of her guilt. But Diana is continuing her slaughter of criminals, exhibiting no remorse whereas Harley is willing to enforce Batman's edict to not kill to the point of defiantly fighting a battle she is [[ImmuneToBullets sure to lose]] against a murderous [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Amazon]].

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** In Wonder Woman's chapter, Harley readily admits guilt for the people she killed with her Mister J. As a ploy to make Diana realize [[NotSoDifferent they're not so different]], different, as Wonder Woman is also guilty of murdering the innocent for the affections of Superman, and according to Scarecrow, subconsciously aware of her guilt. But Diana is continuing her slaughter of criminals, exhibiting no remorse whereas Harley is willing to enforce Batman's edict to not kill to the point of defiantly fighting a battle she is [[ImmuneToBullets sure to lose]] against a murderous [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Amazon]].

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