Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-9346948-20171206012231/@comment-2054358-20171209014341

Some similarities can be excused by coincidence. But a lot of similarities can be suspicious. The Flash had three speedsters in a row. And Zoom and Savitar have a few similarities to Thawne.

Zoom
 * Eobard is better known as Professor Zoom in the comics, while Hunter Zolomon is the second Reverse-Flash.
 * Hunter was the one who needed a wheelchair to recharge his speed in the comics.
 * Both Eobard and Hunter used aliases to make Team Flash trust them. Eobard disguised himself as Harrison Wells and Zoom claimed he was Jay Garrick, the Flash of Earth-2.
 * They both killed Barry's parents. Eobard killed Nora. Zoom killed Henry.
 * They are both speedsters that Barry needed to be faster than.

Savitar
 * They both came from the Future.
 * They have been defeated by what involved a time paradox and a gunshot.
 * They created new Metahumans.
 * They are both speedsters.

And with all of my complaints about DeVoe, it just feels like the writers liked Thawne so much that they put some of his qualities in each season-long villain. I bet Season 5 would be about Eobard Thawne's revenge.