Don't you know who I am? I have always been the hero. You're the villain, Flash. You're the one who reversed my entire life and dragged me into hell. And that's why you die tonight, by my hand!
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~ Eobard Thawne to Barry Allen
Eobard Thawne is the main antagonist of the Arrowverse, debuting in The Flash and making guest appearances in Arrow, Supergirl and DC's Legends of Tomorrow. He took on the appearance as Dr. Harrison Wells after murdering him. At first idolizing the Flash, he soon learned he was meant ot be his greatest enemy and foe. He posed as a supportive mentor an fatherly figure to Barry Allen and Team Flash, while secretly using them to return him to the future.
He is based on the character of the same name and Zoom from The Flash comics, the Dark Flash and Dr. Wells from Super Friends and a novel tie-in set within The Flash (1990).
He is also an allusion to Lex Luthor from Superman, Walter West and Negative Flash from the comics.
Thawne appeared as the main antagonist of The Flash and the Armageddon crossover and the second season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow and the tertiary antaganist of the Crisis on Earth-X crossover.
Negative Speed Force Connection: Eobard gained the powers of the Speed Force, which lets him run, react, and physically function at extraordinary speeds without harm. The Speed Force also granted him intricate powers such as intangibility and time traveling. However, instead of connecting to the natural Speed Force, he connected to it's antithesis, the Negative Speed Force. Because of his hatred towards The Flash, the negative speed force was drawn to him, thus becoming it's avatar.
Superhuman Speed: Eobard can move at incredible speed, significantly faster than Barry's former limit of Mach 2.2. He can easily move on vertical structures and ceilings. Barry said that he's so fast that he could kill everyone in the police precinct in seconds. His tremendous speed was later revealed to be greatly enhanced by tachyon particles in his body. In his prime Eobard's speed is over Mach 13.2, that makes him faster than Zoom and possibly even Savitar.
Superhuman Agility: Eobard possesses inhuman bodily coordination, balance, equilibrium, and dexterity. He is able to change direction immediately, thus allows him to make sharp turns on city streets without sliding or losing his balance.
Superhuman Reflexes: Eobard's increased speed also augments his reaction time, allowing him to react to danger and events far faster than a normal human.
Superhuman Stamina: Eobard's body can handle the stresses of superhuman racing without noticeable distress. His body's enhanced stamina allows him to function much longer than a normal human without getting tired or weak.
Superhuman Durability: Eobard is able to recover from attack and exertion much quicker than normal humans, as the Speed Force enhanced his durability above normal levels. It was much harder to stun him when he is using his abilities as he can take multiple hits while moving and not be knocked down or stopped in his tracks. He was also hardly fazed after falling from the roof of S.T.A.R. Labs to land from several stories up unfazed by moving at super speed at the same time
Superhuman Momentum: By building up enough physical force from any part of his body, Reverse-Flash is able to deal very punishing blows. This allowed him to exert inhuman physical strength with almost absolute ease. Even The Flash was quickly pummeled to the point he was unable to fight back despite his healing powers.
Enhanced Strength: Eobard has displayed a degree of enhanced strength, as shown during the fight against the Flash, Arrow, and Firestorm where he easily threw Flash into the S.T.A.R Labs sign with great force.
Enhanced Senses: Eobard possesses enhanced senses that allow him to clearly see and hear when moving at superhuman speeds that would normally not allow this.
Enhanced Mind: Eobard's speed also extends to his mental capacities, allowing him to take in information and process it at much faster rates than a normal human. This ability allows Eobard to see the world as if it is in slow motion, which, combined with his physical speed, lets him perform thoughts and actions long before a normal human around him could even perceive them.
Regenerative Healing Factor: The Speed Force has increased Eobard's metabolism, allowing him to regenerate from wounds at a faster pace than most species. "Harrison's" wounds from being attacked with the force of a speeding car by the "Man In Yellow" were completely gone without a trace afterward, which he covered up by isolating himself to avoid speculation of any kind. This healing has even extended his lifespan dramatically. It is unknown if this healing ability can help him survive fatal wounds such as a bullet to the head.
Intangibility: By vibrating the cells in his body, Eobard can move and pass through people or objects unharmed. This ability appears to have damaging effects on electrical equipment, as it shorted out Mason Bridge's computer.
Aerokinesis: Using his speed, Eobard can generate airflow as vacuums on various levels., He can create fierce waves and vacuums of air by shaking a body part very fast. His speed vacuum is very powerful, as he was able to blow Firestorm blocks away by rotating just one hand.
Electrokinesis: As a speedster, Eobard can produce powerful red electricity from his body when generating enough momentum. It is possible that this he used this to short circuit Mason Bridge's computer from the inside while phasing his hand through it. He can also interfere with electronics, as shown when Eobard arrived at the stadium, the electrical lights and video screens around it started glitching and flashing. Eobard is also capable of making his eyes glow bright red, which most likely is another effect of his electrokinesis. He is capable to produce a continuous stream of lightning in his hand which can be used to inflict pain on others and weaken them.
Lightning Constructs: Eobard can create lightning constructs, such as swords, which he used to fight against Godspeed alongside Barry Allen.
Speed Mirages: By using his speed to bounce back and forth so quickly, Eobard can create after-images with his speed, making it appear like he's in two places at once. This image is so realistic, the human mind can't perceive the difference.
Time Travel: By directing accessing the Speed Force, Eobard is able to freely travel throughout time. It was from this ability he was able to battle The Flash, a hero from over a century in the past from Eobard. Also, despite the Eobard from 2015 ceasing to exist, he was still able to exist in the timeline due to his past selves - from the future.*** Time Remnant Construction: Using his Speedster & Time Traveling Abilities, Eobard Thawne can create temporal duplicates or Time Remnants of himself for his own purposes. His Negative Speed Force Abilities can also protect him from any alterations to the timeline and secure his existence when he shouldn't exist by becoming a Time Remnant himself. This was shown when Eddie Thawne committed suicide to erase Eobard from existence in 2015, his younger self from the future that hasn't traveled back in time yet, was spared from his family's erasure from existence due to the Speed Force and became a Time Remnant when he first meet Flash in 2016, thus allowing Eobard Thawne to survive and continue threatening the timeline. Eobard as a Time Remnant was also able to create his own Time Remnants, but they a merely extensions of himself and under his direct control, as evident when Black Flash erased Eobard from existence, all his time remnants phased out of existence shortly after him.
Negative Still Force connection: When Eobard’s body was altered by the Negative Forces, Eobard became the new avatar of the Negative Still Force; allowing Thawne to control time with a snap of his fingers. He can travel through time, freeze other people in time and summon objects to the present from the past and future.
Negative Sage Force connection: When Thawne was transformed, he became the new avatar of the Negative Sage Force and can now access a wide range of psionic powers; including telekinesis, telepathy, teleportation and more.
Negative Strength Force connection: Eobard became the avatar of the Negative Strength Force when his body was transformed, which allows him to access vast amounts of strength and invulnerability that no other being in the universe is capable of displaying.
Skills[]
Genius-Level Intellect: Eobard is very intelligent, as evidenced by the crucial role he plays in Barry Allen's team, he also spent most of his life trying to create the Particle accelerator, and eventually succeeded.
Master Strategist: Eobard is a great tactician, as evidenced by him coming up with plans to help Barry Allen defeat the metahumans he goes up against as the Flash. He was able to completely manipulate Team Flash for a long time before they caught up.
Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Whereas Barry relies primarily on his reflexes and speed to overwhelm his slower opponents with random striking, Eobard as the Reverse-Flash is shown to be a very methodical fighter, striking at precise spots to systemically wear down his opponent. He easily defeated Barry in hand-to-hand combat twice. While more often relying on his speed to quickly win fights, he was shown to be able to hold his own against a master unarmed fighter like Oliver Queen while temporarily deprived of his speed, but once he got his speed back, he instantly had the Arrow pinned to the ground.
There are several hints that prove Wells is not who he says he is and is the Reverse-Flash:
When he first appeared to Barry in the Christmas episode, he disguised his voice and blurred his face. Barry did the exact same thing when he first came to Iris as the Flash, indicating that it is someone we know.
The fact that he was able to walk without the use of a wheelchair in the pilot episode and had an article about the Flash disappearing in a crisis with the article being dated in 2024.
When Barry showed his first signs of wanting to be a vigilante in the pilot episode, Thawne (as Wells) cruelly states Barry isn't a hero and "Just a guy who was hit by lightning", indicating his hatred for Barry
In the flashback, "Things You Can't Outrun" Thawne states it felt like centuries for him waiting, referring he comes from the future.
