Time travel within the pages of DC Comics is what it is. Thanks
to the benefit of being taken on each tale’s own merit in those comic book
pages, inconsistencies aren’t particularly noticed or put under the magnifying glass.
For The CW’s The Flash, it’s a different story.
Whichever way you look at it, The Flash has completely muddied
the waters of time travel for the larger lore of DC Comics.
One minute, The Flash is proclaiming that not even the most
minute of details can change in the past without causing a catastrophic
Butterfly Effect. The next minute, The Flash is fine to see past events changed
with no follow-on change to the present as somebody was seemingly always meant
to go back in time to make these changes in the first place.
Confused? You should be.
Using time travel in any story across any medium is always
going to be a case of walking a tightrope, yet The Flash’s use of time travel
just makes this whole concept even more bewildering and puzzling than it needs
to be.
Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics.
As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer and Presenter, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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