User blog comment:BartAllen2ndKidFlash/my theory on dr.alecmey/@comment-4588264-20161012132355/@comment-27700324-20161013230736

It is still dumb that our hero is the villian with no real reason or personal conflict. With Desmond you have the fact that Julian is his brother so there is some connection to Barry. Plus it is unpredictable to those who don't read comics. Even then they had plot twists like Hunter pretending to be Jay, but still keeping his own name and backstory.