Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-9346948-20151104012519/@comment-6331988-20151107214059

AleSir19 wrote: Wally Valdez wrote: AleSir19 wrote: No, is not.

Reverse Flash o Eobard Thawne killing Barry mom is based in Hunter Zolomon or Zoom motivations, in the comics Eobard Thawne never kills Barry Mom, only i believe in 1 comic, but his main goal never was to kill Barry Mom, his main goal was to became Barry.

The Writers in the first seasons mix a lot of elements togethers to create Reverse Flash:

-Eobard Thawne name, biography and obsession.

-Hunter Zolomon motivations, way to act and development.

Because the show really never touch the original Eobard Thawne Obsession, he wanted to became the Flash. But the show never touch Eobard biography or original obsession, they are only mentioned in the final episodes.

The Writers used a lot the Hunter Zolom way to act and obsession to Reverse Flash. They make Eobard some one that wants to teach the Flash a lesson, some one that is able to waste years of his life training the Flash only to kill him, some one that kills his mother Nora.

The Writers also created the character of "Eddie Thawne" base around the backstory of Hunter Zolomon too, to create this kind of mistery. But they put a lot of Zolomon elements in Eddie Still, while Reverse Flash is based on multiple characters, he isn't based on Barry fronm the comics at all. So while it is implausible for him to have been Barry, like you said, it's far more likely for Zoom to be Barry, because Zoom actually looks like Barry in the comics. Eobard Thawne looks like Barry Allen, because he wanted to become him. In the Comics Eobard Thawne make himself a plastic surgery to looks just like Barry Allen. Eobard had brown hair and was ugly, with the surgery he became blonde and more attractive.

Hunter Zolomon always had a light brown color hair in the comics, because he never change his physical appearance, so look more rude. My point isn't that in the comics, Hunter Zolomon looks like Barry. My point is that the TV show Zoom looks like the comic Barry, while the TV show Reverse Flash didn't particularly look lik the comic Barry. So the show version of Zoom seems to be more based on Barry from the comics then Reverse Flash in the show was.

Basically, I think Zoom being Barry isn't a ridiculous theory, because the Zoom in the show does look like Barry's future self in the comics.