THEORIES: Reverse Flashes? or Not?... Spoilers for S01E09
If your reading this, I would hope your looking for further explanation as to how there were two Reverse Flashes at once, the man in the containment unit and Dr. Wells...or, I think it's safe to call him...Eobard.
When initially glossing this over there are 3 "quick theories" that may pop into your heads.
1) Wells leant his speed... yes, it is quite possible that he leant his speed to someone else, as speedsters do...but it would seem that the man in the yellow suit had a lot of control for someone who merely was leant speed
Verdict : NO
2) It's Wells from a different part of time ... yes its quite possible... especially if it is a younger Wells, therefore beating himself up like we saw wouldn't effect his younger self...but there are parts that don't seem to line up with me...
YES ... if it was younger Wells the line "we finally meet Doctor Wells" makes a little more sense
YES... Maybe it was a backhanded comment and the two are working together...and thats how our Wells' got the tachyon device at the end of the episode
YES...The forcefield could be fluctuating due to two versions of Wells being in the same occupied space
Verdict : COULD BE and I wouldn't mind...but seems redundant
3) Eobard was captured and Wells is Zolomon ... again this ONLY works if they are working together and have the same exact costume ... and why would Wells replicate the voice at the end had it not been him? There is no reason... I have said it before and I shall again...
I think seeing Hunter Zolomon on this show is highly unlikely given the circumstances. Zolomon is PreNew 52 Wally West's Reverse Flash, and it has been confirmed that the take we will be getting is more of a post New 52 Wally. Therefore, rather than putting Zolomon to waste, or using him for no reason, the writers took some of his character traits and divided them among two likely candidates, Wells and Eddie, to create a better red herring for the fans.
Verdict : NO
Conclusion:
Eddie = Malcolm Thawne aka Cobalt Blue, BUT with some Zolomon traits...rather than being a janitor at the station...he is the top cop...like Zolomon was...among other things
Wells =
Eobard Thawne aka Professor Zoom, BUT with some Zolomon traits...being confined to a wheelchair, the time when he snapped his fingers (Zolomon fans will get this)...among other things
My Theory: "But were there two"
Scene Analysis:
The scene opens with them (Cisco, Cate, Wells, Joe, Eddie and Swat Team) watching a security camera feed of this place where Cisco has set up a force field to stop the Reverse Flash...then suddenly...on the camera...he is there...and then he is trapped. Next scene, all but Cisco and Cate go to the room, with Cisco and Cate monitoring from the control lab...Reverse Flash doesn't speak...and then Joe steps up to ask him a question...he ignores Joe and turns to Wells and speaks ONLY to Wells... Then Cisco realizes there is an issue with the forcefield... some fluctuation...it isn't going to hold. After this, Wells is "pulled" from is chair and beaten to a pulp by this so called Reverse Flash...but ALL in real time...no slo-mo like when Barry is running at top speed.Joe hits the generator keeping the field up to "save" Wells, and Reverse Flash escapes. Reverse Flash then kills all of Eddies men...but not Eddie...and then stares Eddie down...Why doesn't he kill Eddie? Because if Eddie dies...his ancestor...there is no Reverse Flash...No Wells...Then he speeds off and a battle ensues.
Theory:
Were there two?...It was all a ruse...
Given all the technology and knowledge Wells'...from here on out I'm calling him Eobard...Eobard has, isn't it just as plausible that Wells' is the one who tampered with and disrupted the field?
In my opinion...yes...Wells' tampered with the field to project a prerecorded image of himself...
First lets start at how they see Reverse Flash initially...over a security camera feed...something many of us have seen time and time again tampered with in both movie and film. There is no guarantee that what we saw...is what happened in REAL TIME.
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This group shot was clearly done on purpose...it would seem to confirm EVERYONE was in this room...no one was in the same room as the tachyon device. |
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Reverse Flash appears on the camera feed |
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Reverse Flash on the camera feed
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Joe asks "Why did you murder Nora Allen" |
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RF doesn't even look in Joe's direction..he looks only at Wells and speaks only to Wells |
Next Eobard/Wells wasn't grabbed and pulled into the forcefield...he moved so fast all we saw was the speed...it is in this speed that Wells dons the costume himself...and the projection becomes Wells without costume....and it is also here that we stop seeing the lower part of Reverse Flashes face as clearly...and his vibrations become faster and therefore he is more blurred...
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Look at the shot...there is no body in that...its just a streak of red...it is just as possible Wells moved in...as Reverse Flash aka himself pulled him in |
***In conjunction with this, I also though that the disruptions in the field could be because Wells' was moving so fast and being in both places at the same time...now that I rethink it...it seems less plausible...BUT WE SHOULD NOTE...this ENTIRE SCENE TAKES PLACE IN REAL TIME...NO SLO-MO***
Then we see Wells beat himself to a pulp...how does he do this?...Speed...its all in the speed...this is all shot in real time...anything that is being tone at TOP speed...we wouldn't even see...he could just as easily be hurting himself. PLUS if you look at screenshots...something about the scene seems fake...
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Something about his movements...or lack of them seems to suggest this is fake to me.... |
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Wells just doesn't "look real" in these shots |
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We also don't hear him say a word after he is pulled in...and the Reverse Flash begins talking to others freely again... |
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Again...Reverse Flash talks freely to EVERYONE...after he (Wells) seems to have switched roles... |
Reverse Flash then kills all of Eddies men...but not Eddie...and then stares Eddie down...Why doesn't he kill Eddie? Because if Eddie dies...his ancestor...there is no Reverse Flash...No Wells...Then he speeds off and a battle ensues, but not before OPENLY responding/speaking to Joe...something he couldn't do before...and the few shots of Wells' body we DO see...he is unmoving...no moans...no speaking...no twitching...and his body is fairly hidden throughout and NEVER leaves the platform...
*Take notice that he never leaves the platform and that RF is signifigantly more blurred in these scenes*
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Wells still unmoving the background...no movement no talking |
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Wells still hasn't moved... |
Where my theory loses a little ground is the battle that ensues outside...how could Wells' ensure that neither Joe nor Eddie check to see if he was ok?... Not sure...
IT could be that he knew the fight between he and Barry would be over VERY quick and he could be back...or that this projection had programed responses...
But the ending seems to confirm it was Wells/Eobard who stole the tachyon device...and that he is Reverse Flash....
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Reverse Flash ring...where does the costume come from :P |
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The tachyon machine "charging the suit" |
The last part of my conjecture is about the screenshot above...why does the tachyon device seem to charge the suit...just some oddball choices but:
1) Suit is made of unstable molecules? Clearly he can cloak it
2) Thats how he taps into his time travel speed or the Reverse/Negative Speed Force...with a boost of tachyon particles
**Anyone stills saying Eddie is Eobard...I don't even know....*