Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-9346948-20170503000247/@comment-24476516-20170503235845

Xandermcc wrote: Kagemamoru wrote: I think Savitar plans to do something along the lines of his comic counterpart (Blue Future Flash), kill himself to stop future events from happening. He might think that killing Iris is the only way to get Barry into a reckless position where he'll do something that'll allow Savitar to kill him without causing some whack paradox or something. Except why does he believe killing his wife is the way? Iris means so much to him so why would he think that is the best decision?

Having Barry kill himself is exactly why Future Flash doesn't make a good season antagonist. There is no stakes because the season villain basically can't kill the hero. This is basically the exact opposite of the Arrow season 3 antagonist who killed our hero. (One of the most amazing moments of the show) I just felt that Future Flash would make more sense in a one-off episode where you don't need that much stakes. Savitar is clearly insane and whatever drove him to be that way probably made him feel much less compassion (but if you recall, Savitar did tell Iris he was sorry) and there are stakes, everyone on the team except Barry is at risk. On every show basically everyone except the main character is always at risk of dying if you think about it