12 Worst Time Travel Goofs In The Flash (So Far)

In Flashpoint, Barry began losing his memories of his life proper the more he used his powers. Is that because he was a time remnant, protected by the Speed Force, and his constant use of his speed wore away at that protection, exposing him to the fate he should have suffered?

That actually makes a little sense, for a change. However, it raises another question… why isn’t it happening here, in this new timeline?

Flashpoint saw Our Barry give up being the Flash for three months while he stalked Iris and hung out with his parents. He barely used his speed until he realised things were beginning to go wrong, and then of course the more he used his speed the faster things fell apart.

Since that’s the case, why isn't Barry worried about the same thing happening all over again in this new timeline? He’s constantly using his speed, whizzing around like an ADHD toddler in his red leather jammies… isn’t he concerned that he’ll start losing it again, like he did in Flashpoint?

If not, why not? What makes the Flashpoint timeline so different from this one? And why is no one raising any of this as an issue?

We’ve got Harrison Wells (two of them, now) Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow on hand in S.T.A.R. Labs, all of whom are scientific geniuses in their various fields. Barry himself is supposedly no intellectual or scientific slouch, and he’s already had a visit from Jay Garrick - the Flash of Earth Three, with huge experience in these matters - specifically to warn him about the dangers of timef*cking the world around him.

Of course, the real reason none of these brilliant minds is raising any of these thorny issues is that the team behind The Flash (the TV show) aren’t nearly as smart as the team behind the Flash (the superhero).

Because they don’t understand any part of the temporal shenanigans they’re screwing with, neither does Team Flash… so we have to put up with a TV show that makes no sense, and scientific geniuses who act like morons.