PEACEMAKER Revealed the Truth About Its Not-so-Perfect Parallel World

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“Ignorance is Chris” proved to be an apt title for Peacemaker season two’s sixth episode. John Cena’s superhero thought he had found the perfect world with the perfect family. In that parallel dimension, him and his not-dead dad and not-dead brother are the celebrated Top Trio. Only, it turns out that alternative dimension is not the utopia he thought. A popular fan theory about that seemingly idyllic place proved true. Reverse Auggie Smith might be a loving father in that dimension, but he’s still a racist piece of shit. He’s only a hero because in this universe the Germans won World War II and conquered America. Unfortunately Peacemaker realized that horrifying fact far too late so save Adebayo from being chased down by a mob of Nazis.

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Emilia Harcourt instantly noticed something about that parallel world Christopher Smith hadn’t (but viewers had). Only white people live there. We found out exactly why when Peacemaker noticed a small American flag on a desk in the A.R.G.U.S. office. Instead of 50 white stars it had a white Nazi swastika.

While he was noticing that, his loving, kind, typically calm, soft-spoken literal Nazi hero brother Keith was noticing Adebayo walking around their neighborhood. When he saw her, he slammed on his breaks and jumped out of his truck. Keith then started beeping his horn while screaming, “Black!” with the absurd energy of an elephant seeing a mouse.

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It was a literal call to arms, as every white nationalist on the street knew it meant to come out of their house. The violent hateful mob of losers then started running after Adebayo as the episode ended.

Reverse Christopher Smith was a Nazi like his father, brother, and most of his countrymen. Most. The Sons of Liberty, who normal Christopher Smith thought were domestic terrorists when he stopped their attack earlier in the season, are working to bring down the Nazi government, as is Reverse Vigilante. That reverse world’s Adrian Chase is the exact same goober as the regular world’s, only instead of idolizing Reverse Peacemaker he hates him. That hatred led him to become a superhero.

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Even in a world overrun with literal Nazis, there are still good people in that Peacemaker dimension. And it now has four more good people. For how long, though, remains the biggest question for the final two episodes of the season. Reverse Harcourt just confronted the good Emilia. Economos told Reverse Auggie that Christopher is not his real son because this Peacemaker killed his real son and replaced him. (Seriously, Economos, talk less.) And a Nazi mob is chasing Adebayo.

Like the world Christopher Smith decided to call his home, that is not ideal. No world with Nazis ever is.

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