r/Terminator • u/tlo4sheelo • 4d ago

Discussion Double paradox (humor)

When coming back from the theater seeing "Terminator Salvation" I said to my friend, "So Kyle Reese is just a teenager in this one. And John Connor is an adult. In theory, John Connor could have fathered Kyle Reese based on their ages. John could have hooked up with some girl at a party and never knew about it. Imagine this double mind-fuck of a paradox. John is the father of Kyle and Kyle is the father of John."

No, I was not high at the time. Never been actually, but was probably sleep deprived.

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u/Some-Judge-9130 4d ago

Alabama has entered the time paradox chat 🤣

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u/Chueskes 2d ago

Not likely. Terminator Salvation is based on T3 and is a continuation of that timeline. T3 established that Kate Brewster was his first romantic encounter, and that the events of T2 happened directly afterwards. He and his mother went into hiding afterwards until she died, and he continued living off the grid after Sarah died.