User blog comment:TheDoctor230/Barry Hasn't Defeated a Big Bad Yet (Technically)/@comment-26537965-20180110135435/@comment-24152851-20180112144251

How am I being hypocritical? Remnant Thawne still considers himself Thawne, but Savitar says "that's not my name!" when Joe calls him Barry.

Let me put it this way. You've brought up Savitar "being rejected by Team Flash for being a fake Barry" several times right? Why would this happen at all if he is the same real Barry? Did Barry get rejected as a fake when he ran back to season 1 to ask Wellsobard for help? No he didn't. When Barry ran to the future, did the future Team Flash reject him? No they didn't. If Barry of 2024 went back in time would they reject him for being fake? No they wouldn't. Why? Because in all those instances Barry isn't a time remnant. For whatever reason, in-universe the characters treat remnants as an expendable clone.