Originally Posted by
GlennSimpson
Worth noting that this explanation for the "10 years were stolen" comment is just fan theory. The actual discrepancy between Wally saying "10 years were stolen" and the actual changes with the new52 has yet to be officially explained.
If you include Geoff Johns among the fans, then yes.
One of my first goals was to break that brick wall down with a giant hammer. In doing that, my core idea was that somebody stole moments from the DCU, and it equates to about 10 years. In the book, Wally says that, but it wasn't just [any] ten years — it was the moments where the characters started to bond. Whatever moments those were, whatever stories those were, they were extracted. And that's why the characters became cold and distant from one another, because they no longer had that history.
For me, that allowed me to wrap my head around why the characters were younger, why they had no emotional ties, but also say that it was still fighting to come back through.
— Geoff Johns,
Hollywood Reporter interview concurrent with the release of
DCU Rebirth
Originally Posted by
GlennSimpson
In my fan theory, the notion that Earth 0 is the lynchpin for the whole thing is still in effect, so changes to Earth 0 would reflect out to the others. Which is what we saw - the 52 Earths before Flashpoint are different from the 52 after (to the extent that we knew them before)
I'll have to dig up the interview to be sure; but I seem to recall Morrison confirming this.
Originally Posted by
GlennSimpson
I personally think none of this has anything to do with Convergence.
Superman: Rebirth is a follow-up to Superman: Lois and Clark, which in turn is a follow-up to Convergence: Superman and Convergence #8. At the very least, the Superman stuff has something to do with Convergence.