As many people may have noted, the Flash show begins with the death of Barry Allen's mother, which people can assume, is at the hand of the Reverse Flash, as many comic incarnations have it. But what many fans do NOT notice is the distinct Red Blur and the distinct Yellow Blur. Yes, Reverse Flash does have some red on his costume, but not to the point where the two colors would become distinctly different entities. And just how does Barry end up outside of his house and down the block? The answer is simple....this is the Flash AND the Reverse Flash...
It is Barry's older self that saves him from an early death at the hands of the Reverse Flash...and it is Barry's older self that ALLOWS his mother to die. Yes...he lets her die...and what does this mean?...It means Flashpoint, for this future Barry...has already happened.
In the Flashpoint storyline Barry Allen awakens in another timeline where it is eventually revealed to him by the Reverse-Flash that he himself (Barry) created the Flashpoint timeline after he traveled back in time to stop the former from killing his mother. Barry pulled the entire Speed Force into himself to stop Thawne, transforming the timeline by shattering the history of his allies. Thawne resets Barry's internal vibrations, enabling him to remember this. According to Thawne, these actions transformed him into a living paradox, no longer requiring Barry to exist and allowing him to kill the Flash without erasing his own existence. When Flashpoint ENDED however, we saw Barry merging with his younger preFlashpoint self so that he would not save his mother. Which, to some degree I find more likely then beginning the show with future Barry failing to save his mother, it would seem more plausible that the beginning of The Flash, is actually also the end of Flashpoint.
