[Gordon actually spent a while trying to phrase this in as non-crazy terms as possible. Naturally it didn't work, and normally Gordon would relish at the chance to spur a discussion on the topic, but he is very Not In the Mood right now.]

I'll level with you Lee, it's worse than that. Time is a measure of increasing entropy. I think it thrives on entropic gradient discharge and seeks to absorb it once it's powerful enough to.

So it doesn't just want to destroy our timeline. It's out to consume it.