User blog:Eobard95/Nora West-Allen plot holes

This is more speculation but if I'm right could mean there are plot holes. I've noticed a few aspects of Nora West-Allen's story that to me just don't add up based on previous implications and I think the writers changed some previously planned aspects about Nora's character which are starting to make her previous appearances contradictory.

In 4x23 when Barry was about to destroy Thinker's satellite the episode backtracked and showed him running to stop it again but this time it showed Nora running next to him almost as if showing us an alternative to what is about to happen. Just moments before Marlize pointed out there was a risk of him getting killed in the explosion. It seems to me like the intention was to have Barry be killed stopping DeVoe, meaning Iris must be pregnant already, and Nora was there to change his fate (we didn't see the 2024 newspaper once during season 4 so it could've changed), and this would've altered the future she came from which could've gotten her stuck like Eobard Thawne was, yet for some reason the writers decided to have Nora be there to spend time with Barry instead because he's gonna vanish for at least 25 years in another 6 years. If that's the case and the writers have changed Nora's story that presents a number of holes that contradict the nature of her earlier appearances.

First there's the fact that Nora was making brief appearances throughout season 4 secretly meeting with everybody yet specifically avoided Iris which makes sense if she's trying to avoid erasing herself from existence (I think Iris was meant to be pregnant between 4x22 and 4x23), but if she's not meant to exist for another few years why was she trying to avoid her? Also if her existence isn't jeopardized why didn't she approach Barry sooner and help fight Thinker during the season why wait until the last minute to help? Also why not go to 2024 to stop Barry vanishing what's the point of arriving in 2018 if Barry was going to live for another 6 years? Honestly unless it is simply a large plot hole I'm starting to believe that "Nora" is actually Eobard Thawne in disguise. He's still alive and has been missing since the Earth-X story (which ended with him implying he's going to use another identity when he meets Barry again later) and no longer seems to have Black Flash chasing him and seems fully capable of time travelling now. Meanwhile Nora has been hanging back and letting Thinker get away with his schemes and only reveals herself after he dies to warn Barry of something that's going to happen years from now? As crap as season 4 was Thinker did a number on Barry emotionally and Thawne revealed he was a fan of his work and know how much Thawne loves watching Barry suffer so if Nora is Eobard in disguise he could've simply been waiting for Thinker's plans to fail to make his own move.

So do you think the reasons for Nora's appearance changed between seasons or were the writers just half-assing it in the first place, or is Nora really Eobard in disguise?