Board Thread:Supergirl discussions/@comment-27399439-20171107183119/@comment-27700324-20171128184150

TOMreboot wrote: Xandermcc wrote: Dragonfly82 wrote: What if they mention Earths more after 53. Earth-X isn't Fifty Three, it is just a seperate Earth called Earth X.

Earth Fifty Three doesn't exist due to the 52 rule established in DC's New 52 relaunch to simplify the multiverse. Well it is and it isn't, it's part of the same multiverse, not a separate entity or from a dark multiverse so it is Earth-53 in the literal sense. Wells confirms this with his 53 Kryptons line. But it's separation from the main 52 seems more a decision made by the residents of the multiverse and not a scientific reason thus it's designation as Earth-X. The people who know of and can traverse the multiverse are the ones who have made the 52 rule and cast out Earth-X as a leftover. Making the multiverse more akin to 52+1 than a harmonious 53. The concept of the dark multiverse can offer some explanation though, given each world even the post-apocalyptic Earth-22 is still somewhat good at its core and so it could be argued that a multiverse with a singular moral compass that good is good would therefore create a karmic counterbalance with a world of horrors. I still find it weird that they don't just say Dark Multiverse instead. I mean it is a lot to explain for Arrow viewers who are just wrapping their heads around dobblegangers, but it is still weird.