Killing Aku simply prevented the events of Samurai Jack from happening. A new timeline is created when he just kills Aku in the past. And in a way, that's a blessing for almost everyone, as they will all exist, but never go through the hardship of Aku's reign. Blind Archers never become slaves to the well. 300 never have to fight the Minotaurs. Woolies never get enslaved, etc, etc...
Originally posted by KingD19
Killing Aku simply prevented the events of Samurai Jack from happening. A new timeline is created when he just kills Aku in the past. And in a way, that's a blessing for almost everyone, as they will all exist, but never go through the hardship of Aku's reign. Blind Archers never become slaves to the well. 300 never have to fight the Minotaurs. Woolies never get enslaved, etc, etc...
Sure, but young Jack was still sent forward in time. And with Aku's death, he should be stuck there. No Aku to create Ashi, and no Ashi to send his older self back.
Old Jack killing Aku before he could send young Jack forward, and then old Jack and Ashi fading away as the timeline reset would have made more sense.
Originally posted by KingD19
Killing Aku simply prevented the events of Samurai Jack from happening. A new timeline is created when he just kills Aku in the past. And in a way, that's a blessing for almost everyone, as they will all exist, but never go through the hardship of Aku's reign. Blind Archers never become slaves to the well. 300 never have to fight the Minotaurs. Woolies never get enslaved, etc, etc...
A new timeline isn't created. The old one is simply changed. Which is why Ashi disappeared as she never existed. And no, it wouldn't be a blessing for nearly everyone as the people Jack met in the future would no longer exist either. Quite disturbing really.
Originally posted by cdtm
Sure, but young Jack was still sent forward in time. And with Aku's death, he should be stuck there. No Aku to create Ashi, and no Ashi to send his older self back.Old Jack killing Aku before he could send young Jack forward, and then old Jack and Ashi fading away as the timeline reset would have made more sense.
There aren't 2 Jack's. It's all the same Jack. He was sent forward in time in Episode 1 of Season 1. Ashi went back with him to the same instant he left, and he killed Aku. Meaning he never went forward in time in the first place.
And how does Aku being dead mean the future doesn't happen? Just because he's not in it doesn't mean everyone else will never exist. Jack will just never see it.
Originally posted by KingD19
And how does Aku being dead mean the future doesn't happen? Just because he's not in it doesn't mean everyone else will never exist. Jack will just never see it.
Butterfly effect. Without Aku ruling the world, the people in the future would never exist. Their forefathers wouldn't meet, they wouldn't have the exact same children, etc...
Originally posted by ares834
Butterfly effect. Without Aku ruling the world, the people in the future would never exist. Their forefathers wouldn't meet, they wouldn't have the exact same children, etc...
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Scottsman may never have existed.
The robots and dog mutants and such almost certainly would have never existed, with no Aku scientists or cataclysm to change everything.
Originally posted by AuraAngelFrom a storytelling standpoint, it's pretty lame to not give any of those characters any closure. At very least, have them acknowledge everything you're saying. Since they haven't, everything you've said is headcanon at best. No different than your suppositions about Aku realizing the folly of his ways in not taking the opportunity to kill Jack during the last 50 years..
Everyone that came to help Jack knew exactly what he wanted to do. They chose to help him despite the negative consequences to themselves. Defeating Aku and saving all those countless lives he ruined was the morally correct thing to do and the citizens of the future unilaterally agreed it seems.