The Time Bastard theory, as presented below, is riddled with logical contradictions both in its substance and presentation. This is an instance of pure conjecture being used to nullify a legitimate artistic interpretation, which detracts from the enjoyment of the games, and which is therefore why I offer to debunk that conjecture this evening. At best we could say that, if they are Crono’s cat(s), then they are actually belonging to a Crono from a higher-order timeline that we never see. In another topic, someone raised a legitimate question: Are the cats seen throughout the time periods in Chrono Trigger actually Crono’s cat(s)? While probably they are not, the question is legitimate enough that any attempt to answer it should not be derailed by an illogical theory, but that is precisely what happened when Time Bastard was invoked to declare-to declare-that these cat(s) could not belong to Crono in 1000 A.D., at least not if they had come from Crono’s exact timeline, because they only entered the time gate at the end of the game, which, by the Time Bastard theory, would make it impossible for them to appear in any of the timelines Crono visited. Many of the theories on the Compendium don’t hold water, but it usually does not matter because everything is in good fun-that is, until people use one of these shoddy theories to interfere with legitimate questions pertaining to the various possible interpretations of some aspect of a Chrono game’s artistry. The time has come to put the Time Bastard theory to rest.

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