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edit: I think I might have misinterpreted John's powers here, hehe. So after several rereadings of the recent upd8 I'm gonna take back my last sentence in my previous post, where I said that John's powers can alter the course of events in an extreme way.

Doomed timelines generally work like this.

obv Mayor didn't die in both situations, therefore we can conclude that there are things in the timeline, in the story itself that are set in stone. When John first started to zap in and out of different panels in the comic, it didn't affect the continuation of the alpha timeline.

So we can see that:

the means to the end doesn't matter. Relationships could change, interaction could have never happened, etc. It's like those games with missions, and there are several dialogue choices in between but they don't really matter as much as getting the mission done to move forward in the game

(timelines overlayed)

So we're really in the mercy of the Hussie here. The very beginning of Homestuck had readers suggesting moves, then soon it was Hussie incorporating general fandom trends and perceptions of the characters. The latter still happens of course, but only he knows the crucial events now and, with John's powers, could mislead us in any direction.