I Don’t Have Multiverse Fatigue. I Have Meaningless Multiverse Fatigue.

Contrary to what some superhero cinematic universes would have you believe, we know shockingly a lot about the multiverse, at least when it comes to fictional works. Although the concrete scientific examination of multiple realities coexisting does also trace roots all the way back to Ancient Greece, so it’s a concept that humanity has been reckoning with for quite some time. And for those in the nerd sphere, we are all too familiar with tall tales about how we are the successive summation of all of the choices that have been made in an intricately woven web. This is the foundation of several comic book universes, Jet Li’s The One, the modern incarnations of the Star Trek franchise, the seminal procedural Fringe. It’s part of the fabric of fiction.

The last few years have featured a staggering explosion of mainstream multi-verse stories, stories that deal with alternate realities, and the vastness of the decisions we make and how they reflect upon us as people. And latest of which, The Flash, was rightfully dinged by critics for being the latest entry to the point where people are calling the end of Multiverse stories. But that’s not the problem. The problem is that the people penning the highest profile Multiverse stories are boring as hell and not critical of their choices. And truly, I don’t believe I have multiverse fatigue. I have meaningless multiverse fatigue. If we look at just the last three years, we have a whole litany of examples and while superhero movies aren…