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

[The Shape]

The red streak is always there too, probably protecting Joe/taking young Barry to safety.

The red streak is just Zoom's designated speed trail. The Flash's costume is red but his speed streak is yellow, while Zoom's costume is yellow and his speed streak is red. It was only Zoom playing Joe a visit.

In the pilot, it looked like there was a combination of red and yellow streaks running around, so that my have been Barry trying to protect his mom and his younger self.

 

[Namor ll]

my biggest suspicion of eddie is when he told barry he was intimidated to meet him. I dont believe for one second that he meant it because hes close to iris, i believe he meant that he (being RF from the future) was intimidated to be around the flash.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I think he's crazy Barry from the future who has lost his powers due to a fight with the Reverse Flash. He's determined to make Barry stronger so that he can defeat the RF.

 

[Comics]

my biggest suspicion of eddie is when he told barry he was intimidated to meet him. I dont believe for one second that he meant it because hes close to iris, i believe he meant that he (being RF from the future) was intimidated to be around the flash.

I like this but have Wells and Eddie been in a scene together yet? In this scenario, surely Wells, with his knowledge of the future, would recognise the RF.

 

[DeadPresident]

I'm wondering if both Wells and Thawne don't have some sort of business with Barry that'll put them at odds with one another down the line. A lot of the theories in mentioned in here have been good, it might end up being a combination of a few of them.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

my biggest suspicion of eddie is when he told barry he was intimidated to meet him. I dont believe for one second that he meant it because hes close to iris, i believe he meant that he (being RF from the future) was intimidated to be around the flash.

Maybe intimidated for the idea of not being able to kill him, cause he needs Barry to be the Flash so he can get the powers.

 

[Comics]

How was Wells not caught for stabbing that guy?

No CCTV in his Office Building?

 

[Dark Raven]

If Wells is Reverse Flash, can he move his wheelchair really fast?

Of course, if he were Reverse Flash really, then why not stab that guy using super speed? He'd never see it coming.

 

[godisawesome]

I like Eddie too. While I'm a bit of a purist and would definately prefer a Thawne Zoom over a Wells one, part of me will actually be gutted to see Eddie go bad.

I've got an idea tied to both Eddie and Wells being sincere and charming guys, and yet still keeping their villainy without all that much character derailment: Reverse Flash is Eddie, but an Eddie who's from the future. Wells, who is the Tomorrow character (because that's not a bad nickname without the initials) knows that at some point in the future (the Red Skies Crisis), Flash and Reverse Flash go hurtling back through time and start changing it. Thus, he's trying to change time to help the Flash, earning the ire of Reverse Flash, leading to RF's appearance in the holiday episode. And I think there's a good chance that the Particle Accelerator and the Speed Force Lightening Bolt are two seperate events: Wells increased the number of meta humans in the hopes of getting more cannon fodder against RF, and he knew that Barry got his powers because he knew about the floating liquid phenomena. The lightening bolt actually did choose Barry.

As for Eddie and RF, hear me out: RF's first appearance, or at least his appearances this season, will end with his death, and at least one character (preferably Barry or Eddie himself) and the audience seeing that he's an older Eddie. Thus, the audience knows that a) Eddie's going to turn into a terrifying murderer, and b) that no matter how hard Barry beats RF in fights, RF is caught in a Timey Wimey loop that guarantees that Barry can't finish him off, because he already has.

And I do think that Eddie may be a Malcolm Thawne counterpart. He seemed to have an almost brotherly interest in Barry, and we know he wants a task force for Barry in a later episode. What if Eddie is an adopted Thawne and a biological Allen, and part of his interest in stopping the Flash is tied to the fact that he thinks that the "man in the lightening" is Flash, and like Barry, seeks justice, but we see him fall apart and become Zoom, perhaps because he knows he's his own mother's killer?

 

[gspot]

Well guys - it appears that we all have it wrong.

From Newsarama:

Reverse-Flash is Coming, But Who’s Under the Mask Isn’t

Spoiler

Speaking of The Flash, while set photos spoiled his appearance weeks ago, and we had it confirmed over the weekend that Reverse-Flash will appear in the mid-season finale of The Flash, there are still some mysteries surrounding his first appearance on the show. EW.com, in an interview with cast and crew, found out that while we’ll definitely see Reverse Flash, and he’ll even have a conversation with Barry, he’ll be pulling a familiar trick.

”He’s vibrating, so [Barry] doesn’t know who he is. We don’t see his face,” Grant Gustin said. “No characters see his face and the audience doesn’t necessarily see his face either, but Barry gets to hear him say that he killed his mom.”

While, obviously, no one is spilling the beans on the secret identity of the character, Gustin merely said, “literally no one knows what’s going on. Anyone who think they know what’s going on is wrong. I’m in the in, and I thought I knew, but Andrew Kreisberg told me and I was like, ‘Holy crap.’”

“I like to think that we’ve done a good job on both shows of meeting fans’ expectations and subverting them,” Kreisberg added. “It can’t just appeal to comic fans and it can’t ignore them either.”

One person that seems to be out of the running, though, is the enigmatic Dr. Wells. Or at least, he’s covering his tracks. “Cisco and Wells devise a trap to bait the Reverse Flash and they enlist the help of Tina McGee, played by Amanda Pays from the original (90s) Flash show. it becomes an interesting new combination of characters,” said the producer.

http://www.newsarama.com/22827-kirkmans-biggest-walking-dead-tv-show-regret-flashs-blackout-debuts-and-a-marvel-downton-abbey-crossover.html

 

[DeadPresident]

Does anybody think they'll have a completely original character be the Reverse Flash that killed Barry's mom?

 

[just one thing]

Does anybody think they'll have a completely original character be the Reverse Flash that killed Barry's mom?

yeah looking like that, maybe the boss that is a bit of a prick to him or barry's dad someone who would know that joe is re investigating the case of the mother killed by lightning and unexpected, would rule out joe and iris, eddie and wells in this senario for being to obvious maybe cisco and caithlín but do the last two know joe is re investigating the case, or someone not introduced yet but tv's now adays part of it is all this dissection they'd want to be dropping clues as well as all the misdirections.

 

[SpideyFan866]

If Wells is Reverse Flash, can he move his wheelchair really fast?

Of course, if he were Reverse Flash really, then why not stab that guy using super speed? He'd never see it coming.

Because he doesn't have his powers.

Though, if youve seen tonights episode, you know that.

 

[lanesrader]

man I love this show. Since the pilot Ive always felt that Wells is Reverse Flash. They've now made me doubt that.

 

[Herolee10]

Wells can't be the Reverse Flash; tonight's episode and last week's proved that.

Whoever "Reverse Flash" is, he still has his powers...whereas Wells doesn't have any.

 

[KillerMcQueen]

Wells can't be the Reverse Flash; tonight's episode and last week's proved that.

Whoever "Reverse Flash" is, he still has his powers...whereas Wells doesn't have any.

Reverse Flash is a time traveller though, so there can be multiple versions of him running around at various stages of his life at any given moment. Really am intrigued by Reverse Flash's identity though, we've got one heck of a season ahead of us. IF Wells is Reverse Flash (entirely possible he isn't) they may go the Zolomon approach of him wanting to make Flash a better hero by being his greatest enemy.

 

[Norek]

It will be Barry Allen's twin brother from the future, also played by Grant Gustin...

 

[KingPorkChop]

It will be Barry Allen's twin brother from the future, also played by Grant Gustin...

Nah, it'll just be evil Barry from the future. That's why he disappeared from whatever time period Wells keeps looking into.

 

[Comics]

I think we can safely say that he isn't Rf after this last episode. Unless he's powerless, which wouldn't explain the scene with Joe last week so I'm fairly confident Wells isn't RF.

 

[Greg26]

Because he doesn't have his powers.

Though, if youve seen tonights episode, you know that.

Did I miss something? How do you know he doesn't have his powers? I don't know that he is or isn't RF but just because he didn't use his powers doesn't mean he doesn't have any. Did anyone else notice in the end when Barry was running on the treadmill the reflection of the lightning in wells eyes

 

[Eni]

I am so dissapointed if it doesn't turn out to be Barry from an alternative future - which it most likely does *huff*. I think both Barry and Wells are at times eerily similar when it comes to their geastures and expressions.

 

[The Shape]

At this point, I think I'd be disappointed if Wells isn't Reverse Flash. They've done such a good job of building him up to be this sinister, calculated manipulator that clearly has some sort of connection to The Flash in the future. I just think it might be silly if it was all just one massive red herring and instead.

 

[LaughingMage]

Well, with all the time travel thing going on with Doc Wells I thought I'd throw out a bone. What if he is... Abra Kadabra?

 

[metaphysician]

I still think Wells is a variant of Abrakadabra, yes. He doesn't really strike me as obsessive in the same way as the Zolomon Zoom, nor mustache-twirling in the manner of the Thawne Zoom.

 

[DeadPresident]

The Star Labs link, scientific genius and the "technology that allow him to see into the future" thing points to T.O Morrow.