User blog:Taw2541/Flash 100th Episode Speculation

With Season 5 of the Flash coming out in the Fall, it is also marks the show’s 100th episode. The 100th episode of Arrow was pretty good despite my concerns that it would be part of a three part crossover, however, for some reason I do not like the idea that the Flash’s 100th episode being part of the crossover as I would prefer it to be a standalone story. However, because it probably will be a part of the crossover here is an idea of how they could do it and what it could be.

​​​​​​During the crossover in which Barry fights the said Big Bad, he inadvertently time travels through the Speed Force. Arriving in Central City in the 22nd century, Barry quickly finds out that he is in the year 2161. Running around the futuristic version of his city, Barry finds a golden statue of himself as the Flash in front of the Central City Museum. Suddenly a young boy runs out of the museum and sees Barry, running up to him the young boy greets Barry, proclaiming himself to be his biggest fan and begins nerd gushing. Barry chuckles and asks the boy’s name. The boy says his name is Eobard Thawne, leaving Barry stunned and horrified at meeting the child who will grow up to become his most hated enemy: The Reverse Flash.

In the past, the united heroes try to figure out where Barry is and how to get him back while also trying to fight the current threat which they cannot do without Barry’s help. Back in the future, Barry (who will remain in his Flash Suit whenever in front of the child version of Eobard) is continually questioned by Eobard telling him to let him show him the Flash exhibition which shows his entire life and accomplishments as the Flash. Realizing its best not to know about events in his life that haven’t happen yet, Barry reluctantly says goodbye to Eobard saying that he has to get back home. As Barry tries to time travel back to 2018, he mysteriously finds out that he can’t. Realizing for now Barry is stuck in 2161, he reluctantly decides to accept Eobard’s offer to use his home as a shelter for the time being.

'' In the Flashbacks, after Barry was returned to Post-Flashpoint timeline by Thawne he was chased by the Black Flash after battling and narrowing escaping with his life, as Thawne tried to figure out why this creature was attacking him. Eventually while running from the Black Flash he inadvertently finds the future version of himself disguised as Harrison Wells of Earth One. Wells-Thawne is stunned to meet his younger counterpart and calls him by name, as the younger Thawne physically threatens him until Wells-Thawne demonstrates knowledge that only Thawne himself could know and briefly demonstrates his powers. ''

Arriving at Thawne’s home, Barry discovers that Thawne is extremely wealthy living alone in his mansion with nothing but robotic servants to meet his needs. Barry asks Eobard where is his parents are and Eobard replies that he doesn’t have parents but tells him about his family’s great history with the exception of some loser called Eddie Thawne. Exploring his future nemesis’ mansion, Barry discovers that even at early age Eobard was already a genius as he begins working on creating his own Artificial Intelligence Assistant but is still struggling due to the complexity. Barry later notices Eobard being taught by one of his private tutors, Eobard demonstrates unusual anger and even sociopathic traits towards his tutor when questioning his work. Barry later talks to Eobard, questioning his behavior causing Eobard to get upset as he doesn’t want to upset his idol. Later, while Eobard is sleeping, Barry later reviewing through Eobard’s A.I.’s program begins reflecting on all of his past interactions with Eobard and pain he has personally caused him, his family, and friends. While Eobard is sleeping, Barry enters his room and starts vibrating his hand but Eobard starts waking up causing Barry to stop his consideration of killing his nemesis as a child. Barry later runs outside the mansion, angry at both Thawne and himself for making him even consider such an action. However, Eobard as an adult later appears in front of Barry telling him its been awhile.

Thawne, later reminisces about how long it has been since he has been at his home and later states how much he hated how lonely his childhood actually was. Barry mentions that he notices that and mentions that it must have been hard for Eobard growing up without any parents. However, Eobard reiterates that he was not raised without parent he was born without parents. Eobard snidely comments that even after all this time he still has no idea about what he truly is as Barry still believes that he is a time remnant. Confused Barry asks Thawne what he means? Thawne explains that time remnants are created by speedsters by folding space-time around themselves in order to create duplicates of themselves. But that is not what Thawne is, Thawne theorizes that he is protected by the Speed Force as it is preserving his own personal timeline, an ability he calls Temporal Preservation, meaning that Thawne can exist despite his ancestry being wiped out. However, Thawne states that the Speed Force is only doing this to preserve the timeline because Thawne has traveled through time and interacted with the past so many times that if he doesn’t exist to cause those interactions it will only create more paradoxes across history.

''As the two Thawne discuss their current predicaments, Wells-Thawne reveals that he has no memory of the Black Flash and Thawne learns of his work with his coworkers at S.T.A.R. Labs. Suddenly the two Thawnes realize through their intellectual discussions that they are a Paradox Existence preserved by the Speed Force. Angry and Frustrated that their whole lives have been fabricated to be Barry Allen’s greatest enemy they decide to no longer abide by the rules of Time Travel and the Speed Force in order to ensure their own existence. ''

Barry knowing this on some level, asks Thawne when did they last meet because as they are both time travelers they do do not always meet in the proper order; with Thawne stating that they last met when he brought the Nazis' of Earth X to Earth One. Thawne then angrily brings up exactly why he hates Barry, because he vaguely remembers Barry coming into his room this night with the intention to kill him as child. Furious, Barry brings up that he would never have killed anyone let alone a child even if that child was Thawne himself but he admits that it crossed his mind briefly given everything Thawne has put him through from manipulating him and his friends, making his father spend 15 years in prison, and murdering his mother. Calming down, Barry tells Thawne that through his interactions with his child self he was not born bad and gained clarity on why they are enemies: they are enemies because of causal loop; that their interactions with each others past made them both speedsters and created their rivalry. Barry reminds Thawne of the time he told him he wanted to become the Flash and reluctantly tells him that he can still be the Flash of his century; that they can break this loop just as he did with Savitar. Thawne then begins to laugh, telling Barry that that is exactly what he wants to do. Thawne immediately stops vibrating and takes off his masks, reminding Barry to ponder to what face he would have the next time they would meet: revealing that Thawne now looks and sounds like Barry Allen.

''Together the two Thawnes create a device which connects Wells-Thawne to his younger self’s Speed Force which will correct his current self’s erratic Speed Force connection and a a detection device that alerts the younger Thawne of the Black Flash’s presence when he is near. The younger Thawne, decides to go after the Spear of Destiny to change their futures (leading to the events in Season 2 of Legends) and Wells-Thawne plans to recruit allies outside the Multiverse (leading to the events on Crisis on Earth-X).''

Horrified seeing Thawne wearing his face, Barry asks what Thawne did to himself. Thawne states that he made further improvements to his appearance changing device allowing him to look like someone else just through a genetic sample of that person. Thawne then states his intention to truly become the Flash, once Barry is out of the equation. Enraged, Barry tells Thawne he won't let him steal his life leading to an epic and violent battle against the two across the futuristic Central City. Barry then defeats Thawne by knocking him out and realizes that the reasons he could travel back to past was because of this moment.

'' It is later revealed that after he was apparently killed by the Black Flash in season 2 of Legends he was appeared back to the exact point in which he was stranded in year 2000 and developed an unstable connection of to the Speed Force and no memory of his actions with the Legion of Doom; this causes the timeline to remain enact and Black Flash is the cause of his erratic Speed Force. ''

As a young Eobard wakes up the next morning, he notices that Barry finished the A.I. program for him by Speed Reading through the material and finishing the final steps and gives the A.I. the name “Gideon”. Eobard is happy and goes to get a manual to make his personal adjustments to Gideon and thanks the Flash for the only real gift he has ever gotten. Barry then gives Gideon his only two commands: First that he will accept any command by him and the Second that he will never tell Eobard about the First command, to which Gideon agrees (allowing Barry to gain answers from Gideon in Season 1). Barry then bids Eobard farewell saying it was an honor to met his biggest fan. Barry then grabs the older Thawne and takes him back to the exact moment he left for Earth X in 2015, using Gideon to hack into his appearance changing device to restore Thawne to his Harrison Wells appearance and reveals that he built a memory erasing device with Gideon's help (the same kind that the Legends use). Erasing Thawne's memory of his interactions with his younger self and removing the power siphoning device, Barry then time travels back to 2018 knowing the events that will lead to the erasure of Thawne's existence with Eddie Thawne's death.

Reuniting with the heroes, Barry then briefly talks to Iris about what happened to him. He then mentions that while he still hates Thawne, he admits for the first time he has sympathy for him. As because of Thawne's unique existence, he can only live to hate and serve as Barry's greatest enemy and that as fast as he is cannot change his fate. Barry then rejoins Oliver and Kara to discuss defeat the Crossover's big bad. Back in the future, Eobard begins researching the Flash's history in order figure how he came to be and become a speedster himself.