Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-9346948-20170321235059/@comment-27700324-20170327153458

Stryzzar wrote:

Xandermcc wrote:

Stryzzar wrote:

Xandermcc wrote:

Stryzzar wrote: I don't understand why they didn't just do that. They had the perfect plot for a music episode right there, but they went with this Inception-y Mr. Mxy thing instead. They wanted some way to get Victor Garber and John Barrowman in there. They didn't need to give Music Meister reality bending powers to do that. Well riddle me this. How do you think they could get just those two characters? Several ways actually.

Arrowverse loves bringing back postmortem/absent characters through "hallucinations", as Arrow has repeatedly done. Music Meister's spell could have put Barry under a hallucination, without the whole "alternate reality" thing.

If he was more like Neil's Music Meister, he could utilize gadgets and technology as well. Flash has already a few times harnessed holograms, including bringing to life our good pal the late Leonard Snart to bait Mirror Master.

Then there's always the Speed Force, who took the form of deceased characters in its latest appearance. Maybe Music Meister could have some weird side effect on speedsters so that the Speed Force could manifest itself to others, rather than the weirdness originating from Music Meister himself.

And even if we go with the "alternate reality" Music Meister to bring John Barrowman and Victor Garber ovevr, there was no need for the teleportation, power stealing, and omni-awareness. Well might as well do that if they want this guy to be able to stand a chance againt Martian Manhunter, Vibe, and Kid Flash.