Hi all,
First off, just prefacing I've read similar posts in the past, but I still can't wrap my head around the S5 time travel and time loop, so I said I would ask my questions below. It would be much appreciated if anyone could take the time to clear up my queries.
I have my questions numbered and they are stand-alone ones so even if you could only answer one/make the time for one, it would be great!
1) Firstly, the idea of Yo-Yo, Fitz and Simmons being "invincible" makes no sense to me. They go to the future, understand that the time loop is the issue, so they return and agree the time loop must be broken and they must do things differently to break it (obviously later this seems to be Coulson dying, but I'll get to that in a second). But then the "invincibility" makes no sense, because the whole plan is to break the time loop so that they don't go to the broken Earth/Lighthouse in space time period. So as a result, they don't know for sure that Yo-Yo will survive to the point or that Fitz and Simmons will either.
Essentially, my query here is: If the team now wants to break the loop and understand they could die at any time before the broken Earth time as a result, Yo-Yo, Fitz and Simmons should not see themselves as "invincible". In fact, conversely, if they do see themselves as being "invincible", surely they're almost implying they will loop again?
2) Secondly, was it ever confirmed what actually broke the time loop? Was it numerous different events, or just one event? The only one that springs to mind is the fact Coulson did not take the Centipede infusion. However, as a follow-up, I still don't really understand this because what would have happened differently in this time line to make him make that decision? Surely, as selfless as he is, Coulson would have gone behind the team's back and ensured Daisy has the serum in all timelines.
3) Thirdly, I am confused in regards to the idea that Daisy quaked the Earth apart. Since it was confirmed that it was Talbot with the Gravitonium infused in him that caused this in all time lines, surely this would have been known? I know there was the footage of Daisy leaving the Zephyr shortly before the earthquakes, but surely people would have seen Talbot up until this point? And especially the team, surely they would have known it was Talbot?
I guess you could chalk this one up to information being lost throughout history/anyone who saw Talbot being dead, so this is less of an issue.
4) How did let's say, the original loop (I know there's technically no beginning, but still) start? I'm guessing the team lived throughout Talbot quaking the Earth, and Fitz built the time machine, but still? How did Enoch in the "pre-Earth breaking" time know to send the team forward? To be honest, my head hurts even thinking about this question because I know there should technically be no beginning to a loop, but there had to have been a "first time".
I may end up having follow-ups but I could probably figure most of them out myself, these are the main questions.
I also know some of these answers might not have been (at least explicitly) given in the show, but I'm hoping for some clarity at least.
Again, even if you could only answer one question, or part of one, it would be much appreciated so that I can finally wrap my head around this time travel!
