Eobard Thawne's behavior of late is completely uncharacteristic
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lanternjack — 9 years ago(December 11, 2016 11:53 AM)
I always viewed season one's Thawne as more of a tragic character, than some Machiavellian devil. He just wanted to go home. His description of the concept of "home" to Caitlin in Episode 13, when they're staking out Stein's home, and when he says the word in the season finale with such longing, just before The Flash destroys his time sphere, it is achingly poignant. He was even able to overcome his feelings of intense animosity toward The Flash, as indicated in his confession in the season two premiere, when he openly admitted that Barry was not "the thing I hate" (I don't think Eobard's Flash even exists anymore, since he changed the timeline; in the season three premiere, he remarks that "the you from the future, he's not this stupid"; I don't think the future Flash Eobard is familiar with even exists in this alternate timeline; I think the original Flash was a loner, who had to become versed in multiple sciences; this alternate Flash has a team to rely on, so he doesn't need to master engineering to build his suit, or earn a PhD in biochemistry).
Also, in episode 18 of the second season, when the Time Wraiths premiere, Eobard remarks about how careful he is in his travels, avoiding creating "aberrations," as they're referred to on "Legends," in order to avoid attracting the attention of Wraiths. In the season three premiere, he, again, lectures Barry multiple times about the perils of tampering with the temporal.
Now, on "Legends," we have Eobard zipping around through time, indifferent to the effects. He's forging alliances with Malcolm Merlyn and Damien Darhk, when he's always been a loner, deliberately screwing with history (such as joining forces with Al Capone).
What happened to the Eobard who merely wanted to go home, whose sole motivation was to return to the place where he felt accepted?
This is all most vexing.
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shubhtandon7 — 9 years ago(December 11, 2016 02:46 PM)
- He can go back home any time he wants to.
- There is a popular theory that the beeping sound coming from Eobard's watch before he was about to kill Vixen was warning him about time wraiths.
- Eobard has always been a twisted sociopath. His sole motivation is to kill the Flash.
- The ends justify the means. Eobard is forging alliances so that he can get the main artifact and alter reality. His aim is to erase Barry from existence.
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niks_foonts — 9 years ago(December 11, 2016 03:19 PM)
One has to realize that S1 Eobard was a much older and seasoned version of the character. He was 15 years older than the version we have seen elsewhere and being trapped in the earlier time for so long gave him some perspective about messing with time and the importance of home.