Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-807326-20170301015206/@comment-29295626-20170305015952

This theory might not hold much in logic, but could Accelerated Man's purple lightning be the weaponized Speed Force? Or does the show just want to introduce every color of lightning?

In the comics currently, Barry is fighting a organization called Black Hole. They use a form of weaponized Speed Force that looks like black lightning in appearance. This type of lightning is extremely painful to Barry, and for some reason he's able to feel it in a different way, like it hurts his Speed Force connection.

Could that be it? Especially due to the fact the Earth-19 has collectors, wouldn't the Accelerated Man want to maximize any pain against an evil speedster breaching Earth-19?