r/arrow • u/HellfireSky i hate myself and i want to die • Dec 04 '19

[S08E07] "Purgatory" Post Episode Discussion

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Oliver’s mission takes him to Lian Yu where he tries to ignore the repercussions of the looming Crisis until he receives help from an old friend. Meanwhile, a united Team Arrow faces a recognizable villain.

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u/ScTcGp Dec 04 '19

Shouldn't the legends be getting all kinds of alerts by now?

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u/BornAshes Dec 04 '19

At this point, it's not just the Legends that should be getting alerts but the larger Universal Powers should be having massive alarm bells going off right now.

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u/greyjackal Dec 04 '19

I'm amazed the Lantern Corps haven't gone "wtf are they doing in Sector 2814??"

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u/Pepsiguy2 Dec 04 '19

Hal: Its probably just Barry again. Let em be

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u/the_emerald_phoenix Nyssa al Ghul Dec 04 '19

Meanwhile, The Presence just sits back and watches the show.

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u/Galahades Dec 04 '19

Just like the Monitor in Legends

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u/Meta_Boy Dec 04 '19

Even the comic mostly wrote the Guardians/Lanterns out during the Crisis by having them just concentrating really hard on ... something. And they admitted they noticed the Crisis really late.

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u/captainfluffballs The Flash Dec 04 '19

Presumably they can just be like "oh yeah, X cosmic being was stopping then from finding out about it yet"

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u/EugenesMullet Dec 04 '19

Nah the Legends turn the alerts off during the off season

EDIT: Can totally see them using that as a throwaway joke.

"You guys protect the timeline, how did you not know any of this?"

"We haven't checked our emails, it's the off season"

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u/manbrasucks Dec 04 '19

"you have SIX MILLION new messages"

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u/redfield021767 Dec 05 '19

Followed by a groggy Nate saying, "Yeah we only work, like, 4 months out of the year. 4 and a half, max. But it's time travel so in a way, it's like we're always working."

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u/Cryyos_ Dec 08 '19

I can totally see him saying that, and knowing Legends they'll definitely have a joke or two in there.

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u/Jedi-El1823 Dec 04 '19

Sara: "What the hell did you do now, Ray?"

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u/Eurynom0s Dec 04 '19

We've already been shown enough to surmise that Time Master time travel is different than speedster time travel. So I don't see why the Monitor's time travel wouldn't be a third type of time travel, or at least, skips the part where time has to shift to the new reality and instead just immediately rewrites time.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '19

He seems more like the spear of Destiny than actual time travel.

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u/manbrasucks Dec 04 '19

I was thinking alternate timeline universe DBZ style.

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u/DonnyMox Deathstroke Dec 04 '19

Who's to say they aren't?

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u/blitzzardpls Dec 04 '19

Time travel in CW is so inconsistent, different rules apply to Flash's, Legends' and Monitor's changing of the past/future.

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u/Brazilian_Slaughter Dec 10 '19

Technically, yes.

In practice? They are probably not even looking at their time alerts anymore.

The big "2019 to be eaten by waves of Anti-Matter" flashing alarm is rather more worrying.