Marvel Animated Universe (1990s) - Timelines

[selfishmisery]

It does raise an interesting thought piece about fate and destiny in regards to Apocalypse's future in the 30th century.
So if Apocalypse dies in present day, the resulting cause-and-effect means adult Cable future shifts DRASTICALLY and the domino effect would stretch as far back to all his efforts since the beginning of the OG show (Bishop might still exist though). And all the work he did since season 1 episode 7 of the OG series would either be altered to some extreme degree based on the future he grows up in since infancy or...time just f-ck's up.

I hope the writers thought about this. They don't have temporal rules of the DC/Arrowverse nor their excuses for time itself allowing erased timeline remnants to still exist, just so the whole timeline doesn't implode in on itself with paradoxes.
Example: when the Arrowverse did have it to where the timeline cause-and-effect was almost irreparable due to one major crack, they called it out.

 

[BB10]

@selfishmisery

I wonder if the Apocalypse from kid Cable's era loses? Because that would break the timeline (especially since this timetravel was meant to be a bootstrap paradox with Jean Grey and Cyclops helping their son in the future), since we see that Apocalypse years later in Cable's timeline, and he even seemingly dies in one episode of TAS. But they might go thr bootstrap paradox directiom again like in the Egypt arc.

About the time remnants from erased timelines (such as the actions of characters from erased timelines in the past of 92131), shouldn't they still exist? For example, Charles Xavier was killed in 95099 by a character from an erased time. If that action was erased, that would be a grandfather paradox. So, the past actions done by characters from erased timelines have to stick, no? The erasure probably ony applies to variants of characters from different timelines existing alongside each other (usually it happens like that in these stories, like how Age of Ultron Sue Storm and Wolverine seemingly got erased at the end). Not sure if I am understanding you correcty.

 

[selfishmisery]

@selfishmisery
About the time remnants from erased timelines (such as the actions of characters from erased timelines in the past of 92131), shouldn't they still exist? For example, Charles Xavier was killed in 95099 by a character from an erased time. If that action was erased, that would be a grandfather paradox. So, the past actions done by characters from erased timelines have to stick, no? The erasure probably ony applies to variants of characters from different timelines existing alongside each other (usually it happens like that in these stories, like how Age of Ultron Sue Storm and Wolverine seemingly got erased at the end). Not sure if I am understanding you correcty.

Good point.

 

[selfishmisery]

I struggle with understanding a grandfather paradox more than bootstrap ones tbh.

 

[myusernameyes]

Also,

Spoiler

considering the fact that Garrison Kane already appeared in the show as part of a resistance group in a future timeline this would mean that his immediate death would make this potential timeline even more... Potential

 

[selfishmisery]

Also,

Spoiler

considering the fact that Garrison Kane already appeared in the show as part of a resistance group in a future timeline this would mean that his immediate death would make this potential timeline even more... Potential

That's a thousand years in the future. Pretty sure he just looks like him and he's probably a descendant.
We don't know if Garrison conceived before he died.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Garrison_Kane_(Earth-13393)

 

[myusernameyes]

I think he just had his lifespan extended or smth

 

[selfishmisery]

I think he just had his lifespan extended or smth

It's not the same Kane.