So with these 2 issues we finally wrap up this
Reality Lost story-line. It was an
ok story-line. It's just that all of this bouncing around through time . . with all of it's implications and possibilities . . it just gets all convoluted for me and gives me a headache. But . . I like this book and I like this character. So . . I'm trying. Dan
Jurgens is doing the writing and the art now. Which, I would guess, gives him a bit more of an investment into the character. And Dan always does better when he's in this type of situation. Anyways, Michael's been bouncing around through time because of all the
Chronal energy that's stored and built-up in this knife. But it seems that the real threat is that of the Scarab. You know . . the one that Dan Garrett finds and then, later on Jamie Reyes? Well apparently Rex Hunter, the guy who wanted to be Rip Hunter's original protege, whom we all thought was killed . . actually wasn't. He's been on this long complicated mission to try to implement his own version of reality. Rip knew that he was a bit twisted when Rex went back in time and tried to push a 10 year old
Lex Luthor in front of a train.
That's when Rip banned him from ever being a time-master. Well now he's set himself on this mission of destroying the Scarab that eventually ends up creating the Black-beetle. So, Rex, in his new
chronal form, abducts Michelle and takes her to the Vanishing Point . . the end of time. There he wants to get access to one of the monitors so he can get the Scarab in the past and destroy it. Apparently he needs 3 versions of this knife in order to unlock the doors that secure the monitor. Although, with his
chronal energy, I don't know why he couldn't just go back in time himself to take care of all of this. That's why these time-travel stories give me a headache. We always get this long drawn out explanation of how something is going to get done, or taken care of, but . . there always seems to be a much more logical way of doing it. And, no matter how they do it, there's always a ton of questions left in it's wake. What if they did this? What if they did that? Anyways, when Booster and Booster go back in time to try to straighten everything else, they leave Michelle at Vanishing Point. She's just found out from Rex that she's supposed to be dead. And that Rip saved her life. So while the boys were gone, she's been watching it on the monitors over and over again. I want to like this series. I really do. It's just all a bit befuddling. And if my explanation of this story sounds confusing . . . I actually think I accounted for everything pretty accurately. Any confusion . . is actually in the story-telling and subject matter itself. But I'm gonna keep trying.
That's when Rip banned him from ever being a time-master. Well now he's set himself on this mission of destroying the Scarab that eventually ends up creating the Black-beetle. So, Rex, in his new chronal form, abducts Michelle and takes her to the Vanishing Point . . the end of time. There he wants to get access to one of the monitors so he can get the Scarab in the past and destroy it. Apparently he needs 3 versions of this knife in order to unlock the doors that secure the monitor. Although, with his chronal energy, I don't know why he couldn't just go back in time himself to take care of all of this. That's why these time-travel stories give me a headache. We always get this long drawn out explanation of how something is going to get done, or taken care of, but . . there always seems to be a much more logical way of doing it. And, no matter how they do it, there's always a ton of questions left in it's wake. What if they did this? What if they did that? Anyways, when Booster and Booster go back in time to try to straighten everything else, they leave Michelle at Vanishing Point. She's just found out from Rex that she's supposed to be dead. And that Rip saved her life. So while the boys were gone, she's been watching it on the monitors over and over again. I want to like this series. I really do. It's just all a bit befuddling. And if my explanation of this story sounds confusing . . . I actually think I accounted for everything pretty accurately. Any confusion . . is actually in the story-telling and subject matter itself. But I'm gonna keep trying.
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