It makes absolutely no sense that the death of the Flashes mother would result in Atlantis being at war with Europe, or Thomas Wayne adopting the mantle of the bat (what was his motivation) or that his wife would be the joker...or that it would result in the merging of several universes...
@MuyJingo: It does and it doesn't. The butterfly effect works on the principle that one small change can change almost anything and everything about the world. For example, What if Flash's mother inspires someone to do something, and they in turn inspire someone else, who inspires someone else, who inspires Steve Trevor to change his career, thus never finding Wonder Woman. Although Flash's mother dying has nothing to do with Wonder Woman going to war with Atlantis, Steve never meeting her could be seen to have a significant effect. (That's me playing devil's advocate.)
However, how can Bruce and Thomas decide the same mantle? I suppose it still does make some sense. Bruce was inspired by the bats around Wayne manner and Alfred must have had some input into the costume for both. But, yes you are right, the sheer amount of diverse changes coming from the Flash's mother dying is crazy. His Mother becoming the Joker is another story - pure coincidence, perhaps?
I am not disagreeing with you, though. The one change that I feel cannot be explained, is Abin Sur not dying. How can what happens on Earth effect Abin Sur's life?
I think by keeping a lot of stuff in Flashpoint vague does give the writers a lot of poetic licence. But you make a good point!
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