Board Thread:Young Justice News/@comment-47881-20130128165351/@comment-4928331-20130318031204

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. You're forgetting that the Light has their own plans. Impulse was not part of their plans -- how could he be? Blue Beetle WAS part of their plans, but I think not intentionally. They wanted the scarab, and didn't know Kord can fight back. They did allow his cleansing, to weaken the Reach for their inevitable backstab.

If the Team died in Bialya, the Reach would not be as weak -- they'd have three beetles on call. Maybe Savage will still grab the Warworld, but to fight against the Reach. The resulting battle would ultimately end in humanity's defeat, and decimate the Earth.

Magnetic field disruptors would just be a way to subjugate humanity. The original comic story about the Reach have them pulling out a similar stunt, actually. Humanity would not know what caused these disasters, but would willingly embrace their Reach "protectors" after they rescue them. @Cari, while I'm pleased at your thanks, it may be unwarranted. I believe the Reach apocalypse was averted, but not an apocalypse. Neutron has no memories of the new rewritten history, and he was only looking at himself and Mount Justice at that point. I'm not actually sure he has enough time to take it all in. For all he knows, the mode hasn't crashed; it did, but a new disaster had happened that he has no memories of. Wolverine and the X-Men have a pretty similar cliffhanging ending, actually. Heh.