Subject: Night of the living double post
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Posted on: 2014-10-25 16:25:00 UTC
Spoilers, naturally.
After re-watching the flash multiple times, I'd like to correct my previous post:
Terezi: ALIVE. After getting smooshed into the landscape she's seen pulling the cane sword out of her chest.
It's Jack Noir BETA who defends Jade, not Alpha.
Main point: I am 100% convinced this is a doomed timeline.. Remember this conversation? The fact that pretty much everyone died in a spectacular fashion is further proof. Apologies for the incoming paragraphs, this is mostly stuff coming off the top of my head...
Question: who is going to fix the timeline? Dave is dead and not coming back. The Maid of Life is down, so no possibility of resurrection using her powers. None of the Mega-Strife survivors can do Time stuff with their aspects... save for one. Again: who will fix the timeline?
Answer: John. He's become unstuck from the narrative thanks to Lord English's treasure and has gained the power to revisit prior events and to intervene. Only he can fix this.
Question: how will he know what to do?
Answer: he will eventually regroup with the Mega-Strife survivors (Rose, Roxy, Dirk) and formulate a plan to stop Aranea's intervention. John will have to learn how to execute a precision Zap before he can do it, though.
Question: what needs to change?
Answer: the current situation was caused by Aranea using her Light powers to jump-start Jake's Hope powers. John needs to stop that from happening.
Speculation: John will see Aranea wearing the Ring of Life and take it from her. This will prevent the doomed timeline from happening. Not only is this the only way to permanently put an end to the Sylph of Light's meddling, John will be able to give it to Calliope should they ever meet up.
Bonus: John might be able to spring Dad Crocker from the Dersian VIP suite while he's at it.