Superheroes are everywhere nowadays. As they’ve jumped from the comic book pages to our movie theaters and TV screens. Being one of the most popular ones “The Flash”. As we explore the world of Barry Allen, his love ones, enemies and so on.
But last night’s episode revealed one of the key aspects of the show. As he knows a lot of Barry’s life, moves, and weaknesses. So who is the fast, powerful and know-it-all villain Savitar?
The unmasking (Spoiler ahead)
In the last episode, Savitar made the shocking decision to take out his suit of Speed Force armor. Revealing to us his identity to be… Barry Allen? Well, a scared, angered, and bitter version of him. That apparently needs a super armor to keep his own speed from harming him, according to the science of the episode. This could be a shocker for many fans of the show. But for others, it makes perfect sense, and not only due to online Reddit fan theories.
But this is a Barry from the future. Making perfect sense and completing the puzzle of why Savitar knows so much about Barry’s life, moves and so on. Besides the show give us little hints. Like “I know who you are” and “I am the future, Flash” were literal as in “I am the Future Flash”. Yet, this Barry isn’t old, not more than our Barry. He just has the scars and the bad mood. So now the question changes from “who is Savitar?” to “why would future Barry want to kill Iris and unleash a set of events to destroy his own life and the lives of everyone he loves?”.
What will happen next?
Right now the time loop of the series is unclear. Revealing to us many other key questions like “what happened to Barry?” “how and why he turned into a villain?” “what is going on with his power?” and most important of all “is there any way to break the cycle?” All these answers hopefully will come in the next few episodes of the show. Besides, how will Barry ever defeat Savitar if he/himself is always one step ahead of him?
All of these questions make the show way more interesting than it already is. As we hope the crew behind the show could answer it in a cool way. Since many expect that the TV version of the story will add a twist to the Barry of the future saga on the comic. Especially since the producers of the show have teased a game-changing finale.
Source: forbes.com