I don't know what will happen next, but I DO know this:

[Wareya]

It's clearly not the same fighter because everything is grammatically correct.


...No, just kidding, but I HAD to point it out.

[Dachimotsu]

^That's another reason why I thought it was a future Fighter. But then again, what the other guys are saying is ALSO strictly theoretical, and no actual proof exists for either.

[BitVyper]

Originally Posted by Tev

The real question you should all be asking is this:

If there is a division of Chrono-cops that police the time stream that can override Sarda then just how stable is the timeline and what does that say about how right Sarda thinks he is about it?

They didn't Override Sarda. They just fixed the damage and he changed his mind.

I should add that the wizard who fucked up time there, while using a similar sprite (I seem to recall a minor difference) was never actually stated to be Sarda.

what the other guys are saying is ALSO strictly theoretical, and no actual proof exists for either.

What everyone else is saying is what actually happened in the comic.

<Exposition about the Light Warriors' journey>

"Unfortunately, a wizard in a far off land had been conducting causality experiments so he could develop a spell to eat his dinner without having to first prepare it. The resultant chronoplastic backlash rewrote most recent history. As for the Light Warriors..."

"Does something seem... I don't know, different to you guys?"
"Yeah. But it also feels correct somehow. Like a horrible mistake was corrected in an instant."

<Next comic>

"Elsewhen, at Chronocops Headquarters...."

"Did you fix everything?"

"Yeah, pretty much. I'm sure whatever I may have missed was insignificant"

<immediate cut to Fighter finding his Swordchuck notes>

We see in the following comics that the Light Warriors have no idea how they got where they are.

The Light Warriors had a big heroic journey, but a wizard whose sprite and character differ from Sarda in several ways was experimenting with causality and fucked shit up. Chronocops fixed the mess, presumably by editing out that whole little section of time in Monks of History fashion. Basically, they changed history to say "and a few boring months passed uneventfully," or something similar based on observational evidence. In their mop up of the details, they missed an insignificant detail, which we were shown through juxtaposition, to be Fighter's notes.

There was no time travel involved on the part of the Light Warriors. Their history for those weeks/months/years/whatever were just surgically removed. The only time travellers in this scenario are the Chronocops themselves, and the wizard's dinner.

[Molotovich]

Originally Posted by BitVyper

They didn't Override Sarda. They just fixed the damage and he changed his mind.

I should add that the wizard who fucked up time there, while using a similar sprite (I seem to recall a minor difference) was never actually stated to be Sarda.

But, but, sarda said he IS the Wizard who did it!!!! *Gasp and Alarm!*

[BitVyper]

Originally Posted by Molotovich

But, but, sarda said he IS the Wizard who did it!!!! *Gasp and Alarm!*

Looking at the comics again, short of Kurosen actually coming in here and saying "that was Sarda," no way in hell was that Sarda. First of all, his sprite is different. Sarda has literally had the same sprite since the dawn of time. Secondly; Sarda doesn't need to invent a spell to eat his dinner before it's cooked. He just does it. Thirdly; this wizard's character is just plain different. Sarda doesn't change his mind. He's also pretty much bored of the universe, and pretty bitter/jaded in general. This guy just seemed like your average wizard. Finally; Sarda doesn't screw up (except that one time...).

I think Brian just wanted a generic high level wizard-looking guy. Then parts of the same sprite were used for Sarda.

Edit: Now if it weren't entirely inconsequential to the plot, I could buy it being Sarda prior to going back to the dawn of time doing experiments building up to that, but his moustache wasn't white anyway.

Edit: One thing that's kind of interesting about the whole scenario is that it does kind of fly in the face of the actual Sarda's ideas of a deterministic universe. However, I think it's just comedy trumping drama in this case.

[Nuklear Waste]

Sorry to disappoint:

Originally Posted by Brian

Not from the "beginning", but extremely early. Possibly shortly after the very first Sarda appearance when he ruined the "good" Light Warriors to make a sammich.

From http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpo...&postcount=123

That was Sarda. Also: Having a staff (that we see later on) is a major difference? (EDIT: And I suppose there's that white spot on his robe.)

EDIT2: Apparently no one said major difference, but whatever.

[Wareya]

The Chrono Cops erased the white on his cloak and his staff from existence. >_>