Quote Originally Posted by kpenguin View Post
But what creates a new alternate universe? If we accept that it is time travel, the future that Salmon arrives in is still one in which he has been removed early from the timeline. Without him the Shades should have been unstoppable and the future should have been one with Shade rule.
Alternate universes are created for every possible outcome. We can assume that in Almighty Salmon's future universe, the Shades did not have the Power of the Plot™, Plot Shielding™ and New Powers as the Plot Demands™ on their side and were defeated by the Sovice.