Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-9346948-20170314231104/@comment-24476516-20170317152301

Why hit her with a blast when he already blasted her with the lightning she threw that his armor shot back? Maybe he wasn't desperate enough for that piece of armor to do that, or maybe he WANTED Jessie to stab him like that for a sinister ulterior motive... He also knew Barry wouldn't be fast enough to stop him from killing Iris because of all the time traveling stuff. Also, he was probably aware Barry would see that in the past and thus didn't wish to hint at his identity right then as it was unnecessary. It could've also been like a flipoff to Future Barry like "look at me kill her without you interfering and I ain't even using vibe powers"