The Flash Season 3: 15 Things You Need To Know About Flashpoint

5. It Was All Barry's Fault

The Flash Flashpoint
DC Comics

One of the big swerves of Flashpoint is the reveal that this world gone to hell was all caused by the actions of one man: Barry Allen.

From what we were to believe – and what Barry believed – this new timeline was all down to the actions of Eobard Thawne, aka Reverse-Flash. It turns out, though, that Flashpoint was caused because Barry chose to go back in time and save his mother.

As Thawne proudly explains to Barry, “You were like a bullet through a windshield. You shattered history. The lives of the people closest to you were put on a broken path. You changed time like an amateur! This is your fault, Barry. This hell is your creation. You traded the life of your mother for the rest of the world!”

In terms of kicks to the nuts, they don’t get much bigger than your biggest nemesis proudly explaining to you how it was actually your actions that ruined the world for every single person you know and love.

Nice one, Barry. Nice one.

So, we can expect to see some pretty heavy changes in The CW’s Scarlet Speedster show if Flashpoint is to be followed in even a loose way.

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