LadyAwesome45321: They do have a great balance between dark and humorous. And I couldn't not mention Chas and Zed - without the Constantine series, we wouldn't have any Constantine in the Arrowverse. They deserve some recognition. That was also the easiest concept to come up with; as you said, it could happen at any moment for any reason. Thanks for reviewing!
Time Lady
What would you do when the world's present, past, and future are at your fingertips? Go explore, maybe, or take advantage of it. But not the Time Bureau. The Time Bureau protects time.
Ava Sharpe, Director of the Time Bureau, had her hands full during and after the Mallus affair. There was general chaos within the company, and she spent most of her time telling her employees that everything was going to be okay and they would have to trust the Legends to deal with Mallus, while they dealt with the other anachronisms. After Mallus' defeat, they weren't pleased to learn the Legends – again – caused more anachronisms in the form of Fugitives.
Don't worry about it, Sara had told Ava. We'll take care of the Fugitives. Which left the Time Bureau to deal with the remaining anachronisms. Once those were completely taken care of, the Legends had found their new enemy and battled them and in the aftermath, yet again more problems were created than solved.
Ava wanted to believe in the Legends and stay on their side, but she couldn't. A pattern seemed to be developing, and she fell back to her first mindset: the Legends are dangerous. Sure, there is some more nuance to this way of thinking, knowing the Legends actively try to clean up their messes. However, they still were dangerous enough to cause these cracks in time and generally being in this constant cycle of fix and destroy.
Ava distanced herself from all Legends, with the exception of Sara. She had her agents working hard to fix the timeline and guard them. She created a new division, who went to specific places in time that the Legends had just visited. They were to fix the mistakes the team had made while trying to fix the problem they'd created in the first place. They wiped memories and removed any advanced technology they had left behind. The Legends never noticed, but they did think it was strange some faces (not Gary) kept popping up.
Ava eventually took it up a notch. She sent several people to live during key moments in time and space so that when the Legends showed up, they could warn Ava right away. on top of that, other agents were tasked to fix the smaller mistakes even history books would overlook. All of these involved people that the Legends had met through their travels. Sometimes, impressions of people you've met lasted longer and may even exceed memories. They fixed little things, like a college professor using a turn of phrase that wasn't going to be used for another fifty years, or a Roman woman declaring herself to be an independent person and not just someone's property.
Counting all those different factors, Ava guided the Time Bureau to not just be a company, but more like the time police – like the Time Masters before them. History was to be protected from any potentially malevolent outside forces – such as the Legends – at any costs. Ava distanced herself even more and avoided Sara's constant messages. However much it pained it, she needed to stay professional. If she was going to run this company, she needed to stay away from those people she once called her friends and her lover, as not to compromise her position.
Everyone followed Ava's orders, but Gary was smarter than that. Gary managed to figure out what was going on by accident. Gary did not live long enough to warn the Legends. Nobody misses him, but Constantine did occasionally wonder what happened to his role-playing buddy.
The Legends did eventually find out as well, but by then Ava had become a time tyrant, rigorously protecting the timeline from the constant threat the Legends posed. As soon as they set foot in the Time Bureau, they were arrested and locked away in their newly improved Time Prison, where other troublemakers were also imprisoned.
It is unknown whether the Legends ever managed to escape. But as they withered away in their prison cells, Ava Sharpe stood strong and her policies ensured nobody messed with the timeline any more than they already had. The timeline was protected. Her job was done.
