Board Thread:DC's Legends of Tomorrow discussions/@comment-24856931-20161028033138/@comment-26624146-20161028064431

There is no original timeline Barry. Barry witnessed Reverse-Flash and his older self fight the night his mother died then 13 years later was given his powers by Eobard in his selfish desire to return to his time, then became The Flash. Then would continue to be the Flash until the eventual 2024 crisis which either during or sometime after, he and Eobard's younger self in Barry's future will travel back to 2000 and fight (and Barry will signal his younger self not to interfere having expierenced Flashpoint already), then almost 100 years later Eobard will become Reverse-Flash and begin travelling back to ruin Barry's life. It's all one big time loop. Eobard's appearance last season which depicts his first meeting with Barry in 2016 proves it, yes Eobard says Dr. Wells made the particle accelerator in 2020 but Eobard's information could be wrong. Remember Eobard comes from a time where Vandal Savage conqoured the world in 2166 and the Thanagarians tried to destroy it in 2175, about 2 decades before he became Reverse-Flash, (given his actor Matt Lestcher is in his mid 40s which would stand to reason the character would also be in his 40s). Maybe the history books were wrong.