Xee Etbrkz
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After this DBS episode, I was confused about the timelines and how they are created in the first place. But after struggling with it for two days, and after considering all theories regarding, 2, 3, 4 or 5 timelines, I have come to the conclusion that nothing can ever make sense.
The best explanation came from the 3 timelines camp. According to this group, the three timelines that exist are Black's timeline, dead Zamasu's timeline and Future Trunks timeline. Though fragmented, there were two major lines of thought from this camp. The first one being, that the timelines are created due to Trunks travelling back in time and the second one being, that the timelines are created due to Trunks and Whis' actions. After giving it a lot of thought,I have found that neither one makes sense.
If it were Trunks' actions that created 3 timelines, Black could not have known about Goku. Zamasu gathered super dragon balls after Goku beat his ass. Then he became Black and travelled to future Trunks' timeline. This forced Trunks to come back, which further led to Goku fighting Black. This cannot happen as cause (Goku fighting Zamasu) is the reason for the existence of Black. It loops around and argument are utterly nonsensical.
If it were Whis' actions that created timelines, similar things would have happened when he re-winded the timeline after battling Frieza. If so, then why did Trunks reach this timeline and not the one in which Earth no longer existed? There is no reason to justify that why Trunks came here and not there.
This line of argument lead me to conclusion that this timeline mess has gone too far, and there are major plot holes which cannot be solved by any theory. But what I realised was, that these plot holes came to existence much before DBS even started. Trunks visited the past and destroyed Frieza and thus the timelines diverged, then he returned to the future. AFTER this point, Trunks should not be able to travel to the divergent timeline and should only be able to travel to the past in his timeline. After this, Cell jumped two timelines. The time machine is not only jumping time, but also timelines. This makes no logical sense and this the root of all the confusion. Hence, I conclude that there are and always will be plot holes.
The best explanation came from the 3 timelines camp. According to this group, the three timelines that exist are Black's timeline, dead Zamasu's timeline and Future Trunks timeline. Though fragmented, there were two major lines of thought from this camp. The first one being, that the timelines are created due to Trunks travelling back in time and the second one being, that the timelines are created due to Trunks and Whis' actions. After giving it a lot of thought,I have found that neither one makes sense.
If it were Trunks' actions that created 3 timelines, Black could not have known about Goku. Zamasu gathered super dragon balls after Goku beat his ass. Then he became Black and travelled to future Trunks' timeline. This forced Trunks to come back, which further led to Goku fighting Black. This cannot happen as cause (Goku fighting Zamasu) is the reason for the existence of Black. It loops around and argument are utterly nonsensical.
If it were Whis' actions that created timelines, similar things would have happened when he re-winded the timeline after battling Frieza. If so, then why did Trunks reach this timeline and not the one in which Earth no longer existed? There is no reason to justify that why Trunks came here and not there.
This line of argument lead me to conclusion that this timeline mess has gone too far, and there are major plot holes which cannot be solved by any theory. But what I realised was, that these plot holes came to existence much before DBS even started. Trunks visited the past and destroyed Frieza and thus the timelines diverged, then he returned to the future. AFTER this point, Trunks should not be able to travel to the divergent timeline and should only be able to travel to the past in his timeline. After this, Cell jumped two timelines. The time machine is not only jumping time, but also timelines. This makes no logical sense and this the root of all the confusion. Hence, I conclude that there are and always will be plot holes.
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