Board Thread:General MK Discussion/@comment-1084762-20150830085026/@comment-24938557-20150920152815

WraithBlade115 wrote: Fireworks888 wrote: you know you guys don't have to quote the entire thread, right It's no big thing. :3

But seriously, the time travel that Raiden did is not true time travel, and instead created a divergent timeline, splitting right at MK1. The time travel most people are familiar with assumes one time stream (Back To The Future, for example) that, if altered, can change the entire time stream. Instead, what Raiden did was create a whole new timeline; in a sense, an entirely new Mortal Kombat universe, a radically different environment than, say what the original timeline did.

It would seem that, in the MK multiverse, time works like the gradually growing branch of a tree, with one timeline able to create another via someone causing changes in the past, but these changes do not change the timeline that the one who sent the message to is from. Thus, Raiden from the Midway/Original timeline would still be dead; he didn't change his timeline. He just birthed a new one that split at the first Mortal Kombat Tournament.

... I need to write about this. Now THIS was perfect. I agree big time. It is also entirely possible the old timeline doesn't even exist anymore, since Shao Kahn more than likely caused Armageddon.

Speaking of it, I think it is possible Armageddon may be caused by multiple individuals, not only the final battle itself. It is suggested Blaze could cause it in his non-canon ending, their own creation causing Armageddon. And then there is Shao in his canon ending/MK9 and also Raiden in his ending, to protect Earthrealm (it was destroyed, so no one would have to harm it again).

See? Raiden prevented Armageddon's outcome by Shao Kahn when he himself would have caused it had he won.