re: The Flash Season 2 Thread

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does that mean the Eobard never killed Wells or Barry's mom??

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Whatever Happened, Happened

In this theory, you can't change the past but it will all seem new to you if you are transported back. Let's say you were born in the year 2000. Today, you are 15 years old. Obviously, the events of the 90's already happened and were a part of a series of events that lead us to right now.

Now, let's send you back in time 25 years to 1990. While the events of 1990 already happened when you were born, you hadn't experienced them for yourself. Think of time as a record and you're the needle getting all that beautiful sound to play. You started listening to track 2000 and continued to 2015, but when you pick up the needle and move it back to 1990, you've never heard that track. That doesn't mean it wasn't there all along, though. This is you're first time hearing it! Even if you stay in that time for 10 years until 2000 when you were born, the song will be the same, but you've heard it before!

In this theory, the rule is you can't change anything even if you try, so whatever you do when you're back in time will, in fact, lead you to going back in time in the first place (and if you're going back far enough, maybe even being born). It's mind boggling, I know.

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