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Warning: Spoilers for The Flash season 9, episode 11

The Flash season 9s Eddie Thawne twist is so huge that it seems like it might be a trick, but after what happened in season 8, it has to be real. The Flash season 9, episode 11, A New World, Part Two: The Blues seemingly revealed that Eddie has been resurrected on Earth-Prime. That was the implication made by Rick Cosnetts Eddie look-alike getting the original characters memories and his bullet wound from the season 1 finale.

Clearly, Eddies return sets him up to become the Arrowverses take on Cobalt Blue. This scenario has been a poorly-kept secret for The Flash. However, it was widely theorized that The Flash would set this story in motion with an Eddie Thawne doppelganger. But season 9 is strongly suggesting that its soon-to-be villain is actually the real Eddie. If thats true, this would take back one of the shows biggest deaths and would serve as a game-changing twist ahead of the shows final chapter. Of course, nothing regarding the characters identity has been outright confirmed. The Arrowverse has left Eddie dead for eight years, so its worth wondering if the show would really undo his ending.

Were it not for the events of season 8, itd be easy to assume that Cosnetts character is a product of the Negative Speed Forces convoluted plan to get revenge on Barry. The underlying problem with The Flash pretending to bring back Eddie is that this story has already been done, albeit with Ronnie Raymond. Like Eddies corpse, Ronnie was sucked into the singularity created in the season 1 finale. The ambiguity surrounding his fate allowed Deathstorm to show up in Central City, fooling people like Caitlin into thinking that Ronnie had survived what happened in the singularity.

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What Deathstorm tricked Team Flash into believing about Ronnie is exactly what The Flash is now implying about Eddie Thawne. The idea presented by his return is that after the singularity, Eddie was somehow reborn with a new life, devoid of all his memories of his previous life. If Team Flash comes to believe this is Eddie only to find out theyve been deceived by the Negative Speed Force or some other villain pulling the strings, The Flash season 9s final story would come across as a retread of the Deathstorm arc. That would be a disappointing approach to Barry Allens swan song as the Flash.

Due to the problems that would come with an Eddie Thawne fakeout, The Flashs Cobalt Blue needs to be revealed as the original Eddie. This too would come with issues, as it would risk ruining his ultimate sacrifice in the season 1 finale. That said, this is poised to be Barry Allens last battle, meaning it has to pack an emotional punch and carry real significance for the characters. By taking a character who died to save them in season 1 and using his death to transform him into The Flashs last villain, the series can deliver a final battle fitting for the shows series finale.

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