Board Thread:Young Justice News/@comment-47881-20130128165351/@comment-432124-20130318030226

LoveWaffle wrote: In the original timeline there would have been no reason to activate the magnetic field disruptors since the Reach just took over the Earth.

The juxtaposition of Neutron's defeat in the present and his reaction in the future just means Impulse's intial mission of stopping Neutron from killing Flash didn't work. Otherwise, "Bloodlines" would be the series finale, as there's no reason to continue a narrative we know ends with utter defeat. In case, you don't remember exactly what happened in that scene, let me give you a recap of what Neutron said right before Bart left:

Neutron: Curing me and saving Flash's life, you know, it's only the beginning. Bart: I know, Nathaniel. Big mission. Lots to do. Better get to it.

Here, you see that Neutron knew that Bart's overall mission was to avert the Reach apocalypse. However, he had expected the time-stream to have changed all at once. And it was supposed to, otherwise Neutron would have had to wait a few hours before any changes to the future were shown. And as I said earlier, Neutron was surely looking out past Mount Justice when he stated that the "mode" hadn't "crashed".

As for why they continued that narrative, Greg obviously had plans for season 3 that involved the new apocalypse starting to be established by Darkseid and, as Zergrinch said, more time-travelers (i.e. Legion of Super-Heroes) showing up from the future to help the Team and the League ward off the threat and prevent the new dystopian future from happening. Zergrinch, thank you. Thank you, Zergrinch. Much of what you have written since my last comment was exactly what I was thinking, though with much more detail.