Here a couple of random thoughts/theories of mine:
Personally, I always took it for granted that one of the speedsters at the murder scene was future Barry. The question always was, who was the other. (My current belief is that it may have been future Eddie, though him currently being a cop, I'd assume they'd have his blood sample on file somewhere, so not 100% sure there...)
The other interesting question in this regard is: If you wanted to introduce some twist what could you do? Potential candidates are:
Which of the speedsters wanted Nora dead and which wanted to save her? (e.g. Future Barry may not be "himself". Future Barry may want to _prevent_ her from being saved to prevent some paradox and/or for the greater good...)
Perhaps neither of them is the killer... Was there someone else?
Perhaps his father did it afterall...
Now to Dr. Wells:
It's possible that I simply give the writers too much credit, but I always felt that they are going out of their way to give us all the evidence that they can so that we will believe without a doubt that Dr. Wells is the Reverse Flash. I still expect some twist in there. At the very least he is not the main RF. He is just trying to copy him/steal his powers... We were shown him building the suit, but that does not need to mean anything. He was shown to be present at the same time as the RF (and being beaten up by him). While there are many explanations for that (from hired proxy to time travel) I somehow do not think that's the case. Most importantly he was shown not to be in full control of the power (yet?). He also needs the tachyon device to recharge...
Since I'd like for him to remain a series regular, I'm still hoping he will turn out to be a more or less good guy, and all the stuff hinting at him being evil is just misdirection...
Speaking of the tachyion device... I find it likely (though not necessary) that he's from the future as opposed to just communicating with the future...
Also, I'm wondering whether in the future he may have had his full powers, but travelling through time made him loose them and hence the need for some tachyions to reconnect him with his power?
Initially I would liked the idea that he may be future Barry, and I believe there where some hints dropped in the show like someone remarking how similar they where but ultimately I believe it's unlikely:
Barry's character would not allow for cold-blooded murder (unless he is insane or otherwise affected, which Dr. Wells does not appear to be...)
Barry is smart, but not quite on Dr. Wells as level of genius/strategiest.
As many remarked, they would have to look much more alike if there's only 10 or so years between them...
Finally, Dr. Wells would need to have Barry's memories, which he did not appear to have as demonstrated in the "Stinger" episode.
On the other hand I believe when Barry disappears in the past he is actually thrown back in time. Potentially along with Dr. Wells. If that's the case, where is future Barry now? If Dr. Wells were Barry though, then whatever caused him to be thrown back in time might have (partially) affected his powers. Which would be a neat explanation, though I still don't think that's the case. A lesser likely scenario could be that future Barry died or got transformed or perhaps merged with someone? Dr. Wells?
Finally Eddie:
As mentioned above he seems to be the most likely candidate for the main RF. Perhaps a future version of him... I find it unlikely that his name is pure misdirection. I also don't believe the theories about RF being a descendant of his on the grounds that it would need to be someone that Barry would have immediately recognised and not just someone who vaguely resembled someone Barry knew. Hence the vibrating disguise... Perhaps Eobane is his middle name. Or Eddie is just a nickname...
At any rate, I assume he's going to get eventually shafted by Iris. Though hopefully this is not going to be the only explanation.
Personally, I always took it for granted that one of the speedsters at the murder scene was future Barry. The question always was, who was the other. (My current belief is that it may have been future Eddie, though him currently being a cop, I'd assume they'd have his blood sample on file somewhere, so not 100% sure there...)
The other interesting question in this regard is: If you wanted to introduce some twist what could you do? Potential candidates are:
Which of the speedsters wanted Nora dead and which wanted to save her? (e.g. Future Barry may not be "himself". Future Barry may want to _prevent_ her from being saved to prevent some paradox and/or for the greater good...)
Perhaps neither of them is the killer... Was there someone else?
Perhaps his father did it afterall...
Now to Dr. Wells:
It's possible that I simply give the writers too much credit, but I always felt that they are going out of their way to give us all the evidence that they can so that we will believe without a doubt that Dr. Wells is the Reverse Flash. I still expect some twist in there. At the very least he is not the main RF. He is just trying to copy him/steal his powers... We were shown him building the suit, but that does not need to mean anything. He was shown to be present at the same time as the RF (and being beaten up by him). While there are many explanations for that (from hired proxy to time travel) I somehow do not think that's the case. Most importantly he was shown not to be in full control of the power (yet?). He also needs the tachyon device to recharge...
Since I'd like for him to remain a series regular, I'm still hoping he will turn out to be a more or less good guy, and all the stuff hinting at him being evil is just misdirection...
Speaking of the tachyion device... I find it likely (though not necessary) that he's from the future as opposed to just communicating with the future...
Also, I'm wondering whether in the future he may have had his full powers, but travelling through time made him loose them and hence the need for some tachyions to reconnect him with his power?
Initially I would liked the idea that he may be future Barry, and I believe there where some hints dropped in the show like someone remarking how similar they where but ultimately I believe it's unlikely:
Barry's character would not allow for cold-blooded murder (unless he is insane or otherwise affected, which Dr. Wells does not appear to be...)
Barry is smart, but not quite on Dr. Wells as level of genius/strategiest.
As many remarked, they would have to look much more alike if there's only 10 or so years between them...
Finally, Dr. Wells would need to have Barry's memories, which he did not appear to have as demonstrated in the "Stinger" episode.
On the other hand I believe when Barry disappears in the past he is actually thrown back in time. Potentially along with Dr. Wells. If that's the case, where is future Barry now? If Dr. Wells were Barry though, then whatever caused him to be thrown back in time might have (partially) affected his powers. Which would be a neat explanation, though I still don't think that's the case. A lesser likely scenario could be that future Barry died or got transformed or perhaps merged with someone? Dr. Wells?
Finally Eddie:
As mentioned above he seems to be the most likely candidate for the main RF. Perhaps a future version of him... I find it unlikely that his name is pure misdirection. I also don't believe the theories about RF being a descendant of his on the grounds that it would need to be someone that Barry would have immediately recognised and not just someone who vaguely resembled someone Barry knew. Hence the vibrating disguise... Perhaps Eobane is his middle name. Or Eddie is just a nickname...
At any rate, I assume he's going to get eventually shafted by Iris. Though hopefully this is not going to be the only explanation.
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