Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-27050513-20151013103020/@comment-9346948-20151013205231

James arrow wrote: ImperiexSeed wrote: In the original timeline, the particle accelerator was successfully launched, so it didn't give Barry his powers, he was chosen by the Speed Force.

I would say future Barry saw Barry, it's kinda as simple as that.

The newspaper was from the future, so anything altered in the altered timeline would change the future. But the article talks about the fight between Barry and RF/Thawne which is what in RF/Thawne traveling to the past and then Barry following him to save young Barry. So why would this happen again in the future? I think it happened again because Barry became the Flash. Originally, after Eobard killed Nora, that never happened. That's why Eobard went to check that article after Barry became The Flash, to see if that future will end up happening again.