[KRX]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

So.. Tendou sent the Meteor into the past, to stop it from crashing in the present. But if he didn't send it into the past he'd never have the Kabuto belt in the present, because there'd be no worms. So he caused the problems that led to his powers, so he could use his powers to cause the problems, to get the powers. .... My head hurts...

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

If I recall, what Tendou did wasn't to stop the meteor from crashing, but to push the second meteor into the first one. The first meteor being much larger, thus setting up God Speed Love, by causing the whole water shortage post apocalypse thing. By pushing the second meteor through time into the first one, he made the first meteor smaller, simply causing the worms to arrive. It's still confusing, but it's not some sort of time paradox thing (Or it might be and I'm just too tired to realize it )

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Originally Posted by Den-O

Actually you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Tendou pushed one meteor into the other thus making a smaller impact on the present. The Shibuya Impact from the first episode rather than hte monstrous desert world impact from God Speed Love. Future Tendou from GSL created the TV series timeline in doing so. And the Future Hyper Kabuto that appears in show before TV Tendou receives Hyper Zector is GSL Tendou as well.

I'll refer you all to this post:

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Originally Posted by KRX

Well, in the movie, the meteor that hit Shibuya is larger than the one in the show, large enough that the Earth's oceans dry up, in addition to releasing Worms on Earth. Seven years later, ZECT tries to use an approaching comet to replenish Earth's oceans... or so they say. In actuality, ZECT is going to use the incoming comet to release more Worms on Earth to wipe out humankind because... survival of the fittest. Opposing them is Neo-ZECT, an organization that split off from ZECT because... wind. Tendou works for both sides, depending on his mood, and has the Kabuto Zecter all along, his ultimate goal being to obtain the Hyper Zecter, which is in the possession of Kamen Rider Caucasus. However, after learning of ZECT's plan, he goes into space to stop them, along with Kamen Rider Gattack. After a battle in space, Tendou obtains the Hyper Zecter from Caucasus, and uses Hyper Clock Up to take the comet into the past, causing it to crash with the Shibuya meteor, reducing its size so that the oceans still remain. However, a younger Tendou still gets trapped under some rubble, so the future Tendou (whose timeline has now been erased) descends down to his younger self and gives him his Rider Belt, which gives the younger Tendou the strength to get out of the rubble and save Hiyori, his sister, as Tendou vanishes from the space-time continuum, which resets to allow the events of the show to occur. This is where the paradox arises. By taking the comet back in time and causing it to impact with the Shibuya meteor erases Tendou's timeline, meaning he would be unable to save himself from the rubble and give himself the Rider Belt, because he wouldn't exist, as he is from a timeline where the larger meteor impacts Earth. Because that Tendou doesn't exist, he cannot take the comet back in time to impact with the Shibuya meteor, meaning the larger Shibuya meteor impacts Earth, and the God Speed Love timeline would be restored, meaning Tendou would go back in time and cause the comet to impact with the Shibuya meteor and save himself from the rubble, erasing his existence and preventing himself from performing those actions, causing the paradox to kick in once again. Given the fact that we have no records/confirmations of what would happen to the universe in the event of a time paradox, it is safe to assume that the timeline would change itself to allow for the continued existence of a universe/multiverse.

However, in the show, Tendou receives the Rider Belt from the Worm that killed his father. This could be a change the universe underwent to ensure its existence... or it's just ignorance of the movie.