User blog comment:Steel Scarlet Spider/Reverse-Flash/@comment-68.50.121.244-20141222062425

I'm not entirely sure what to think about Dr. Wells, but Eddie has definitely been on my mind recently. Based on my limited knowledge of The Flash comics (I'm afraid that I'll get major spoilers from Wikipedia like I did with Arrow), I know that at least one of the identities of the Reverse Flash is Eobard Thawne. This is just speculation, but I think that Eobard is the other Reverse Flash in the series. I'm thinking that Eobard is going to be the son of Eddie based on the year of the future newspapers that we've seen in Wells' lab. I get the feeling that when Iris chooses Barry over Eddie, he'll become a heartbroken shell of his former self. He'll probably get married to someone else, but will always love Iris and be jealous of Barry. His obsession over the Allens will eventually tear apart his own family. He's either going to physically abuse his son Eobard, or will rant about all of the ways that Barry Allen has ruined his life. Either way, Eobard Thawne will grow up thinking that his family's awful lives are the result of Barry Allen. He's going find a way to get abilities similar to The Flash (or it might just be another accident), will learn how to access the Speed Force, and travel back in time to murder Nora Allen, Barry's mother. However, instead of destroying his life, he puts into effect the chain of events that creates The Flash.

As a side note, Eobard's future (theoretically) will be part of a different timeline than the current Barry Allen/The Flash timeline, meaning that Barry will initially be "powerless." Nora Allen will still be alive. Iris leaves Eddie for Barry, but The Flash doesn't exist until Eobard changes the past and, in turn, makes a separate reality i.e. the one which has the continuity of The Flash series that we're watching now.

Time travel is confusing. :D