darkknightkryta said:
It wouldn't work, cause there'll always be a Booker in some universe who goes there, just as there'll always be a Booker who goes through the baptism. The only solution is to kill all bookers (Or just all the Bookers who decide to take the Baptism) and be left with the one, which is what Elizabeth did (I didn't really get that part from the ending, but apparently it was stated). |
The reason why booker went to get baptised (And chose to or not), was because of what he did at the wounded knee. Truck's saying, since all the elizabeth's went back to kill a singular booker before the baptism. Why couldn't they go back before the battle of wounded knee and use find a singular booker and break his legs? Thus, booker wouldn't do the atrocities in the first place, and he'd have no motivating reason to get baptised or become comstock.
Killing him, after the baptism, still let's the non baptised booker commit the atrocities at wounded knee.
However, this does fit in the games "Constants and Variables". you can say booker being at the battle of the wounded knee wasn't a constant, and he would always do something dumb and thus want to go to baptism and decide (Constant). However, in the game it was presented as the underlying cause for the baptism. And if Elizabeth did go back and break bookers legs it could create a lot of other issues.
Elizabeth drowning booker creates a classic grandfather paradox that's been used in time travel things for years. The Elizabeth's can exist until bookers dead, however, if booker dies elizabeth never existed. The twist was underwhelming for me because it was essentially, grandfather paradox! Talk amongst yourselves and debate a grandfather paradox. It is suggested, that in infinites universe if a paradox is created, all those timelines get destroyed.
As well as thematic complaints which I've addressed in this thread.
