The Flash Tom Cavanaugh IS Harrison Wells/Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash

[Herolee10]

Another trait of Wells that I noticed was that he seems to have a "Clark Kent" complex going on in the way he uses his glasses. There seems to be some significance in whenever he takes off his glasses.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Maybe yeah. But since he's also faking paralysis, my guess is, he has 20/20 vision and the glasses are just for show.

 

[SlamAdams]

If anyone, as in not created solely for the show, than he is a version of Reverse Flash/Zoom. Between Thawne and Well they seemed to kind of mix up comic-Thawne and Zolomon and sort of spread them around these characters.

 

[Cain]

His delivery of that whole "When people break" line seemed very suspect in a deliberate way.

 

[Siby]

I thought West's partner was Thawne. I have no clue who Wells could be. Reverse Flash is such a stupid and unoriginal name.

I've never read The Flash comics so I'm enjoying the reveals in the show.

 

[Doctor Evo]

Has anybody else noticed that Grant and Tom look somewhat similar? Similar build, facial features, etc.? One might say that Wells looks like an older Barry...

Not too familiar with the comics, but I did read up on Reverse Flash, so to expand upon this...

1) Reverse Flash is from the future, and Wells has highly advanced knowledge of physics....

2) Reverse Flash idolized The Flash - so much so that he altered his appearance surgically to look more like Barry Allen.

Hmmmm...

 

[Batmannerism]

Not too familiar with the comics, but I did read up on Reverse Flash, so to expand upon this...

1) Reverse Flash is from the future, and Wells has highly advanced knowledge of physics....

2) Reverse Flash idolized The Flash - so much so that he altered his appearance surgically to look more like Barry Allen.

Hmmmm...

It's the psychotic obsession with keeping Barry safe (as in he'll murder in cold blood to protect Barry) that I think is the clue. After all, if something happens to Barry, the reverse-Flash might never exist.

It's tricky to say precisely who he is, as he might be a mash-up of The Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne) and Zoom (Hunter Zolomon), but I'm betting that it's not too far off that. It all depends how much liberty the writers feel like taking with the character.

Still, looking forward to the reveal.

 

[Donut]

I wonder if the reason he can walk is because he traveled back in time & killed & took the placed of his crippled self ? & at some point in the future he got his legs back etc

 

[SlamAdams]

I wonder if the reason he can walk is because he traveled back in time & killed & took the placed of his crippled self ? & at some point in the future he got his legs back etc

That seems like overthinking, no offense, I think he's probably just faking it.

 

[Herolee10]

I came across a good post that I saw at the other comic book site.lol...regarding on how they could possibly explain on Wells potentially being Zoom:

And Wells I am pretty confident is the Reverse Flash...he went back in time to kill Barry's mom but when he did it there was a time warp and it took his powers from him since it cut him off of the negative Speed Force because Barry hadn't become The Flash yet to make the regular Speed Force for Thawne to siphon off of yet....so he stays in the present and becomes a great scientist with his knowledge of future tech and tries to make sure Barry becomes The Flash so that he can become The Reverse Flash make the negative Speed Force and go back to his timeline. All of this was in The Flash movie script by Greg Berlanti and it seems like they're borrowing a lot from that here with this show so it wouldn't surprise me if it plays out here like it was supposed to in the movie but much slower and more drawn out because it's a TV show.

 

[Verick808]

"I feel like I've waited for this day for centuries," is probably a hint of some sort. My guess is that if he's a time traveler he may have gone back a lot further than we originally thought.

 

[KillerMcQueen]

"I feel like I've waited for this day for centuries," is probably a hint of some sort. My guess is that if he's a time traveler he may have gone back a lot further than we originally thought.

Probably a Reverse Flash reference as Reverse Flash is from the 25th century.

 

[Cain]

I came across a good post that I saw at the other comic book site.lol...regarding on how they could possibly explain on Wells potentially being Zoom:

I never read Berlanti's Flash movie script but that just solidifies my theory for me. It just seemed so obvious to me as a Flash fan. No other character in the mythos really matches Wells' character beats like Professor Zoom does except for well...Zoom lol. Tom Cavanaugh is killing it in this role too. I really do buy him as an obsessed psycho hiding behind a vulnerable shell for his own twisted agenda.

 

[DrMylesOBoogie]

Has anybody else noticed that Grant and Tom look somewhat similar? Similar build, facial features, etc.? One might say that Wells looks like an older Barry...

He sounds like him too.

 

[Silliminite]

I'm getting addicted to Wells' scenes at the end of each episode. From now on, I'll be disappointed if we don't get one at the end of each episode. :P

Also, the creepiness of Wells' smile when he looked at the Flash suit was perfect.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

I thought West's partner was Thawne. I have no clue who Wells could be. Reverse Flash is such a stupid and unoriginal name.

I've never read The Flash comics so I'm enjoying the reveals in the show.

Reverse Flash is not a title really used by any Flash foe. It's just an easy way to refer to the enemy that is yhe inverse of a particular Flash ie:

Jay Garrick has The Rival. Originally Edward Clarris, a colleague of Jay's who believed he replicated the source of Jay's powers. Currently a cyborg with his powers that looks like him.

Barry Allen has Eobard Thawne, Professor Zoom. A man from the 25th Century who idolised, but now hates, the Flash. He is even powered by his own Negative Speed Force.

EDIT- Also, Barry now has Daniel West who did call himself Reverse Flash iirc.

Wally West has Hunter Zolomon, Zoom. A friend of Wally's, tried to use the Cosmic treadmill to go back in time, it backfires, and he is left with time based powers. He wants to make Wally a better hero.

Bart Allen has Thaddeus Thawne II, Inertia. A genetically engineered child, identical to Bart. Whereas Bart aged quickly, Tad aged slowly. Their feud stems from the centuries long Allen/Thawne rivalry.

 

[The Shape]

I really can't wait to see Reverse Flash brought into the fold.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

I keep thinking he might be an Older Barry.

 

[The Shape]

I keep thinking he might be an Older Barry.

Why would older Barry be a murderer?

 

[SuperBatman]

The Fact that him being Barry makes no sense cause he outright murdered somebody.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Agreed. And given the possibility for time travel in Flash stories, it certainly could be an older version of Barry, maybe from an alternate
timeline, coming back to change history.

I still think maybe the Reverse Flash, just based on the murder of
Simon Stagg in cold blood. But an older, not-so-nice version Barry certainly isn't out of the question.

This part in bold made the idea a little more convincing.

 

[Cain]

Yeah I was just about to play devil's advocate (because I don't think Wells is older Barry) and point that out. Some fans need to stop thinking in absolutes when it comes to these characters because writers never do.

If any writer ever decided to make a "Barry Allen" from the future a bad guy who isn't opposed to hurting people they very well just go ahead and do it. It sort of happened twice in the 90's series in a way. Though in both stories it was later revealed to be a Thawne (in one case Eobard and another Barry's twin raised by the Thawne's).

In a more recent example the current arc in the Flash ongoing has a Barry Allen from the future who has come back to the past to "fix the timeline" by preventing Wally West's death. He is dressed in a blue costume and is shady which since he's a "shady Barry" in blue a lot of fans are calling him "Cobalt Blue" like Malcolm Thawne. In the story he is referred to as Future Flash.

Anyway that Future Barry has no problem with killing to further his agenda. In the last part of the story (the one that takes place before the issue that came out today) he kills Daniel West (New 52 Reverse Flash) in cold blood.

Spoiler

He also inadvertently is responsible for the death of 5 years later Future's End Barry Allen when that Barry pushes himself to the limit to get rid of the threat of Future Flash (who ends up in the New 52's present by the issue's end).

So yeah a future Barry Allen that gets his way by any means necessary wouldn't exactly be some kind of sin. There is already some precedent in the comic books. I don't see Wells plot point headed in that direction at all though.

 

[Sawyer]

I really don't think Wells will be a Reverse Flash. I think the writers know what they're doing here, and are leading us on to believe that he might be. When Arrow was casting it's characters and people heard about the character of Tommy Merlyn being a friend of Oliver, I'm pretty sure everyone thought they were pulling a Smallville and using Tommy as the Lex Luthor of the series. And then they pulled a bait-and-switch by having Tommy turn out to just be a regular, good guy and having his father turn out to be the comic book villain.

Now, I think they're playing with the expectation formed by a previous series once again. They're playing Eddie Thawne as Barry's romantic rival and are showing Wells being shady as s*** constantly. Let us think that Eddie is this show's Tommy and Wells is this show's Malcolm Merlyn, only to flip it and have Eddie turn out to in fact be Zoom, and Wells is just (an admittedly ambiguous/possibly threatening) mentor figure trying to get Barry to be the hero he's meant to be.

 

[luis4u]

http://comicbook.com/2014/10/22/the-flash-could-he-be-spoilers-/

 

[Boy Scout]

Why would older Barry be a murderer?

Because of something that's going to happen in the future that our Barry will eventually learn of and want to prevent?

That said: I really doubt that's who he is.