Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-9346948-20170503000247/@comment-27700324-20170505151953

Andytrenom wrote: Xandermcc wrote: Andytrenom wrote: In the Kapiushon thread, a lot of people argued that Deathstroke was the best arrowverse villain. If you look at the points they made, you will find a lot of it applies to Savitar as well. Sorry, but no. This villian is pretty cool, but he makes no sense. I think if they revealed who Savitar was during Once and a Future Flash, we would have gotten more time to understand the character. That was the mistake that they didn't make with Slade. According to You and others, Slade was the best villain because he made the hero feel completely powerless against him, his fall from hero to villain made him a tragic and compelling character, and knowing a past version of him gave the character more depth. Do these points not apply to Savitar?

Also, Savitar is much more well thought out than you are making him out to be. The concept that there are alternate timelines and different variations of the future were fundamental parts of season 3, so Savitar's origin won't be an asspull. The primary focus of this season was Barry having to deal with all the pain his actions have caused, reflecting on his responsibilities and problems. There literally couldn't be a better villain for this season. I don't know why people are saying the reveal was stupid, when it works perfectly with everything they were doing this season. (I said seasons a lot). I didn't say it was an asspull. I just felt that we should have been given more time to understand why Barry became the villain of his own story. You are right, we have learned about Barry for three seasons, but his change to villain wasn't shown slowly to pull our heartstrings. It was just a quick reveal and we don't know anything about him. It was very sudden and not revealed early so we can understand him. The only way i can see this threat getting better is if they can have us somehow get to know him during the three episodes that are left. Though somehow i don't think they could do that.