Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-13895380-20170103171048/@comment-15951318-20170814093700

Unless someone stopped Eddie from killing himself, there can be no Eobard Thawne and Barry's mom should still be alive. Yet, somehow, Eobard Thawne exists without his father/grandfather/great-grandfather (whatever his relation to Eddie was) continuing the family lifeline. I have yet to find any realistic information regarding how Eobard Thawne can possibly be alive since Eddie is dead. I just don't like how the executive producer is trying to explain it.

Although the Reverse Flash was erased from existence in last season’s finale, following a heroic sacrifice from his ancestor Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), “Flash” executive producer  Andrew Kreisberg  offered   Variety a compelling explanation for his reappearance, which will be explored in the January 26 episode, aptly titled “The Reverse Flash Returns.”

“One of the more interesting aspects of time travel is that time doesn’t unfold linearly. This is the first time for our characters that they’re meeting somebody out of continuity — because this is the Eobard Thawne before he killed Harrison Wells; before he got stuck in the past; before all the terrible things he did to our team last year; and even before he killed Barry’s mother,” Kreisberg explained. “So when they meet him, he’s not the man they’ve come to despise and hate. But they still have that sense of betrayal and that palpable anger at all the terrible things he’s done to them — he just hasn’t done them yet.”