User blog comment:Starcitiesfinest4/Reverse Flash/@comment-3481504-20161107015400

I'll try to make this as clear as I can. It's highly likely that Eobard did still steal Wells' appearance and pretty much s1 played out very similarly to what we saw. So, yes, Eobard may very likely be a timeline paradox. If this isn't the case and he didn't get erased from existence, then Eddie could still be alive and even be Alchemy (though I sincerely doubt it), and a portal to E-2 would've gotten opened some other way.