... Honestly? I would say yes. But I've already established that I'm not familiar with any research or functionality of creatine that would lead me to believe that it would alter the onset of DOMS, or would speed the recovery from DOMS.

I can understand your original proposed scenario with ATP and anaerobic glycolysis... but my understanding of the energy produced through ATP is that you are talking a VERY minimal amount of energy, and essentially enough to get you started, but that it simply isn't an enduring energy source. So... in a system where you are exhausting ATP as fuel you are still talking about a matter of SECONDS difference in energy output (I will also say that I believe there was some research that pointed to creatine not being effective in highly trained athletes, but mroeso in untrained individuals). So if we are talking about twin one exhausting ATP with the addition of creatine in 12 seconds and twin two without creatine exhausting ATP energy in 10 seconds... no... no difference in DOMS, not one that they could detect at any rate. Consider too that the damage done to the muscles in both subjects will be equal, regardless of the energy source. DOMS is not a matter simply dictated by metabolism, and that is where I think the creatine as a means to reduce DOMS falls flat. Impact too low and factors contributing to DOMS that simply are not touched by creatine.

Interesting debate though.