User blog comment:TheDoctor230/Barry Hasn't Defeated a Big Bad Yet (Technically)/@comment-26537965-20180110135435/@comment-27700324-20180112151812

People are created by experiences Ninja72. That is what makes him Savitar, and not Barry. However Thawne kept himself as who he is. Savitar branched off from Barry and nearly became his own self as part of his evil plan. That isn't what Barry would do. That is all Savitar and his own path.