Season 1 Was an Alternate Timeline
Executive producer of
The Flash, Andrew Kreisberg has confirmed that the entire first season of the show is an alternate timeline due to the manipulation of Tom Cavanagh's Harrison Wells, something many could have easily deduced just given what was said throughout the season - see a mock timeline below I made around Episode 9 (I KNOW it needs to be updated) - the question now becomes will we ever see the original timeline? Matt Letscher who plays the "true" Eobard Thawne stated in latter episodes of the show that Thawne went back in time and hijacked Well's life in order to create the particle accelerator sooner - something that we still do NOT know if it was done to create the Flash himself, or simply assisted in the Flash's creation (Barry DID become the bolt that struck himself in many storylines) - We also must recall Eddie's (Rick Cosnett) sacrifice means that Wells/Eobard never even existed (for a short time, assuming the Blue Flame receives Eddie to return as the Season 3(?) villain Cobalt Blue). Kreisberg said the following on the matter:
"Part of the fun of The Flash is when you have people dabbling in sci-fi physics, they’re significantly altering the world. We established in the finale that the entire series of The Flash is, in itself, an alternate timeline that’s been skewed from the real one. Wells setting off the accelerator created all the metahumans, and the results of the singularity will also have long-term effects."
Kreisberg confirmed that both Letscher and Cavanagh will be back in future episodes of the show but will Wells be the actual Harrison Wells or will he be the evil, Eobard Thawne version? Again see a timeline created around Episode 9 (set to be updated in some pretty substantial ways)
http://www.thearrowverse.com/flash---season-one-was-an-alternate-timeline.html
and pandering to the douchebags on Tumblr who have been whining about Barry being with Caitlyn instead of Iris from day one.
:mydamn: