Eddie Thawne

"*It's funny. Returning from the dead really has a way of making you realize the mistakes you made in your old life. My mistake was being a nobody.*"
—Eddie Thawne[src]
**Edward "Eddie" Thawne** (January 6, 1983 - May 19, 2015; resurrected 2049) is a former police detective of the Keystone City Police Department until he transferred to Central City Police Department. He was the partner of Joe West, the fiancé of Iris West, a good friend of Barry Allen, and is an ancestor of Eobard Thawne. Nicknamed "Detective Pretty Boy" by Joe, he was one of the first police officers in the CCPD to discover of the existence of meta-humans - second only to Joe - and eventually learned of Barry's secret identity as the Flash. Learning he was Eobard's ancestor, Eddie would later sacrifice himself to erase the Reverse-Flash's existence, saving his friends' lives and attempting to prevent any further harm to Central City or time itself.
Years later, Eddie would be mysteriously resurrected in 2049 on Earth-Prime, becoming a scientist working for Mercury Labs known as **Malcolm Gilmore**; with no memories of his previous life. This would all change when he would be struck by a red lightning bolt from the Negative Speed Force, becoming its new avatar. Seeking revenge against Barry after learning that he married Iris, Eddie was manipulated into assuming the mantle of **Cobalt Blue**, bringing to life Barry's old enemies to finish him off, but losing his power, he took the power of his legion to destroy the timeline, but Barry was able to force Eddie to break free of his control, retrieving his friend and Eddie eventually removing the Negative Speed ​​Force; making amends; with Barry before beginning his new life as an avatar as he and Barry work together to keep the balance in the universe by uniting the Positive and Negative Speed Force.

## Biography

### Original multiverse

#### Early life

A member of an affluent, prestigious family, Eddie Thawne was the son of a politician and a woman, being an influential member of the town he was born and raised within. He was implied to be very close with his grandmother Agnes.
As a child, Eddie was short and overweight, frequently picked on by bullies as a result. The taunts often turned into physical violence, and he suffered many beatings at his tormentors' hands, getting his "ass kicked, a lot." Eddie's problems worsened when his father was responsible for a factory's closure which many people depended on. The bullying continued to escalate until a sympathetic gym coach trained Eddie to fight back. She taught him that the "key to fighting is patience." Eddie also found it difficult to make friends.
In adulthood, Eddie became a police detective with the Keystone City Police Department. During his time as an officer in Keystone, Eddie was familiar with the Rusty Iron Ale Brewing Co..

#### Service with C.C.P.D.

In late 2013, Eddie transferred from Keystone City to the Central City Police Department.
On December 11, the night of the unveiling of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator, Eddie was to meet Katie Rogers, a dancer, at Mama Chow's Fine Dining for a dinner date, which he was really excited about. However, Katie canceled at the last minute due to an injury so Eddie dined by himself. After dinner, he ended up stopping a thief who had stolen Iris West's laptop and brought the perpetrator to the CCPD. Sometime after Detective Fred Chyre was killed, Eddie was Joe West's new partner and started dating Iris in secret.

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9 months later, Eddie happily greeted CSI Barry Allen who had just awoken from a coma, before he and Joe left to investigate a robbery at Gold City Bank. They brought back various witnesses to the station, questioning the witnesses on the circumstances surrounding the bank robbery. He discussed with Joe how the robbery had a freak storm proceeding it, a seemingly frequent occurrence, similar to the "wide world of weird" cased that Barry loved investigating. They went on to question numerous witnesses, along with viewing footage they'd recorded on their cell phones. Following work, Eddie later went out to meet Iris at his girlfriend's work, where they exchanged a kiss and talked a little, before Iris went to talk with Barry. Not long after, Eddie and a number of other police officers arrived at the crime scene that Barry and Iris had been associated with. Eddie showed Joe the sketch artist's illustration from a suspect, which appeared to be the apparently deceased criminal Clyde Mardon. Suspicious that he could've survived, the two went to Mardon's old farmhouse, where they found the criminal. However, before they could arrest, Mardon knocked Eddie and Joe away with wind and began to create a tornado around himself, proceeding to move it outside. Joe carried Eddie's unconscious body outside by their car while they were powerless against Clyde. As a piece of debris flew through the air, it almost hit them, but was intercepted by Barry's super speed, saving them from danger by ultimately unravelling the tornado and Joe shooting Mardon.
Detective West received a call that there was a situation at the Central City National Bank. By the time that they arrived there, both the strongman and The Streak had left. Iris met him at the crime scene, having been promised fro-yo. He reassured another cop that there was nothing between Barry and Iris, as they were like siblings, and Barry wasn't even Iris's type. When he finished, Eddie took Iris to get fro-yo. On the way there, the two were involved in a crash with multiple vehicles. They were uninjured, however as they got out, a tiger, the cause of the crash, pounced towards Iris. Eddie tried to nudge them away with pool toys, though they had little effect. However, the Streak intervened, zapping them away with static electricity, leaving Eddie to think that he'd done all of the work. When animal control arrived, the man commended Eddie for being able to do what he did, and Eddie mocked Barry for allegedly hiding and seemingly soiling himself. They reached the police department, where Eddie bragged about his achievement, only to soon be sent back out to a homicide. They concurred that the homicide was connected to the zoo outbreak, and started to look through the deeds of several companies scattered all over the floor. A short while later, Eddie and Iris attended a sports game. At half-time, Eddie labelled the surprise of a circus as "crappy", to which Iris simply mocked him, asking if he was afraid of the circus. Eddie attempted to go get some extra beer, though Iris made him stay to watch, kissing as he sat back down. Mr. Bliss soon struck fear in to everyone, causing Eddie to hallucinate seeing himself pointing a gun, apparently a past traumatic experience. However, Eddie, along with the rest of the crowd, was rushed outside of the stadium, claiming to have a raging headache. He attempted to keep everyone calm by announcing that he was police.
Eddie was present with various other police members at the scene of a robbery. He downloaded surveillance footage, of which only showed one perpetrator. However, Barry found evidence leading to the idea that it was in fact six people. After unintentionally implying that Captain David Singh could have been a suspect due to similar shoe size, Eddie walked off in embarrassment to survey the rest of the crime scene. Eddie later came to visit Iris in Barry's lab. While they immediately acted distant, Barry reminded them that he knew of their situation and they proceeded to kiss. A while later, Eddie and Joe visited Simon Stagg after having been shot at only a day before. They asked questions about the former employee Danton Black, though Stagg denied that it would ever be Black. As Simon walked away, Danton and masked clones began shooting at the three of them, forcing them to run for cover. When the coast was almost clear, Eddie took Stagg to safety. That night, Eddie visited Iris at his girlfriend's work. There they watched an interview with him on TV, and soon after he left for the police department to help with the hunt for Black.
Eddie arrived on to the scene of the murders of the Darbinyan crime family. He suggested the idea that they were gassed to death, though witnesses had allegedly seen no one outside at the time, therefore concluding that it had happened from the inside. Joe went on to determine that there had to be a canister of sorts somewhere, though Barry was sure that the gas could've had a mind of its own. Though Barry appeared to treat it as a joke, Joe's interest was peaked and so sent Eddie off to canvas the area again. Sometime later, Eddie came to visit Iris, under the impression that Joe had gone out. Eddie claimed to have been looking for Joe and suggested that they go back to the crime scene to re-canvass, to "always work the case", as Joe had proudly taught him. While Joe went to wait in the car, Eddie pretended to go to the toilet while he actually kissed Iris, getting annoyed that the secrecy, all Iris's idea, was potentially killing their relationship. Following their encounter, Iris met Eddie at the police precinct, claiming they needed to talk. Although Eddie initially mistook it for Iris breaking up with him, Iris explained that she was simply afraid of losing her first serious boyfriend. Before Eddie could walk off, still under the impression that Iris was breaking up with him, Iris pulled him back, kissing him in full public view. That night, Eddie was called by Barry whom he told Joe's location to: Iron Heights Prison, visiting Henry Allen. After Joe was hospitalized, Eddie and Iris finally decided to tell the truth of their relationship. However, putting it down to his detective skills, Joe admitted that he was already fully aware. Despite being angry, Joe promised to try his hardest not to shoot Eddie.
After Leonard Snart made an attempt to rob the Kahndaq dynasty diamond, Eddie along with Joe arrived at the scene. Eddie questioned how the driver who was shot made it to St. Andrews Hospital. Eddie later revealed Iris had previously talked him into going to the Khandaq Dynasty diamond exhibit. Eddie later told Joe that he's serious about Iris and he could see himself married to Iris. Eddie and Joe then furthered their conversation about Iris to which Eddie said they should just listen to the radio though it only made things more awkward between the two. Eddie later went to Trivia Night at CC Jitters with Iris, Barry, and Felicity Smoak. When Eddie saw Felicity's dress, he suggested that Iris buy the same dress. Eddie later incorrectly answered the name of Han Solo's ship after being over excited. At Central City's train station chasing Snart, Eddie was told by Joe to stay back and wait for back up but Eddie later reminded Joe that they're partners so he doesn't take orders.
Barry held a social get together which included Eddie, Iris, Cisco Ramon and Dr. Caitlin Snow where Caitlin also expressed attraction to Eddie yet Cisco expressed distrust in him, mainly out of jealousy. Later Eddie, Joe and Barry investigated a bombing at an office building though were unable to find what was stolen. Eddie later witnessed Joe being forced to hand over the instigation to General Wade Eiling on Singh's orders.

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While Tony Woodward was being chased by police, Eddie shot Tony in the head multiple times though he was shocked when none of them penetrated Woodward. Eddie was then nearly ran over by Woodward though Joe pushed him out of the way. When Eddie told Barry about what happened with Tony, Barry told him Tony must've had some body armor where Eddie reminded he shot Woodward in the face. When Iris came to visit, he noticed something was wrong between Barry and Iris. While investigating, Eddie admitted that he was intimidated by Barry at first, admitting that Barry is a good guy and how close the two were. Eddie later realized Tony came from Rusty Iron Ale Brewing Co. After asking the workers about Woodward, one of them fled where Eddie and Barry chased the man down. After Barry ran in front, Eddie tackled the man and asked what happened to Tony. Eddie later asked Barry how he managed to get in front of them. At the precinct, Eddie and Barry blew off some steam together where Eddie was shocked when Barry punched through the punching bag. When Iris was kidnapped by Tony, Eddie stayed as calm as he could but very shaken up. Fortunately, Iris was later saved by the Flash.
Eddie and Joe visited a crime scene with Barry, where the victim was burnt to a crisp by electricity with nothing else affected, despite numerous combustible objects nearby and no electrical objects around. Later Iris visited Eddie at the precinct by it was held up by William Tockman who took Iris, Joe and every cop hostage but Eddie managed to stay hidden. As Tockman attempted to get Singh to give him a helicopter, Eddie attacked him, only to be shot. Tockman took Iris as leverage, though Joe managed to convince Tockman to let Iris say goodbye to Eddie. As they kissed, Eddie took the opportunity to tell Iris where his spare gun was located, which Iris used to defeat Tockman. Afterwards, Eddie was taken to the hospital and soon recovered.

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After Iris spent the night with him in his apartment, Eddie was disbelieved when Iris brought the Flash up, and went to a crime scene where all the people in the back tried to murder each other and Eddie comforted one of the people. Eddie began to notice all the strange occurrences in Central City and believed the Flash to be responsible and asked Singh to organize a taskforce to capture the Flash though he disbelieved him and Iris became mad at him for hating the Flash. Later when Eddie and Iris were driving back to his apartment, they began to fight about the Flash and Iris confessed to having met the Flash a few times which Eddie felt outraged about, but the speedster himself abruptly took Eddie from the car and started beating him down in the street (as the speedster was manipulated by the Rainbow Raider at the time). However, the Arrow arrived and fought the Flash which allowed Eddie and Iris to escape. Eddie later visited Iris to say that Singh approved the taskforce and he vowed to take the speedster in which his girlfriend now supported.
After seeing Iris's Christmas present from Barry, Iris's mother's wedding ring, Eddie suspected Barry harbored feelings for Iris though Iris denied it as Eddie gave Iris a present himself; a key to his apartment to move in with him which Iris accepted. Eddie later investigated a murder and thieving at Mercury Labs and he suspected the Flash's involvement due to the sighting of a blur. Eddie and Joe later went to S.T.A.R. Labs where Dr. Harrison Wells, Cisco and Caitlin set a trap for the attacker but found Reverse-Flash instead of the Flash. After Reverse-Flash escaped and severely beat Wells, Reverse-Flash attacked and killed Eddie's taskforce but let Eddie live before the Flash personally attacked Reverse-Flash. Eddie later wondered why Reverse-Flash let him live and Joe confessed to the existence of meta-humans, like the Flash and this counter, and told Eddie that their existence needed to be kept secret. At the West house, Eddie, Joe, Iris, Barry, Cisco and Caitlin celebrated Christmas.
Following Joe's revelation regarding meta-humans and the Flash saving his life on numerous occasions, Eddie has come to see Flash as a hero rather than a vigilante. At the crossroads of the Flash's meeting with Captain Cold and Heat Wave, the Flash was struggling until Eddie intervened with an element-proof shield. The Flash rushed him to safety, and led Captain Cold's and Heat Wave's beams towards each other to cancel each other out and knocking the two away. Eddie receives thanks from the Flash.

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After someone attacks on Wells's mansion, Eddie noted to Joe that Wells wasn't harmed even though Wells was right where the shattered glass fell, which was suspicious because Wells shouldn't have been able to get out of the way quickly due to being confined to a wheelchair. Joe asked Eddie to go back to Wells's house and search everything. An unknown creature appears to which shots from Eddie, Joe and rest of the force do nothing in harm before the creature leaves. Eddie later unknowingly encounters a time-traveled version of Barry from a year in the future, asking for recorded a video message of him saying what Iris meant for what Barry claimed to be a video montage for Iris's birthday.
Eddie and Iris met up with Barry before the couple have dinner with his mother. Eddie later tries to talk down someone who wants to commit suicide by jumping off a building before the Flash uses super-speed to deliver the individual to Eddie.
*Original Timeline*: Eddie and Iris are joined by Barry and Linda Park on a double date. Eddie and Linda get uncomfortable with Barry's and Iris's personal closeness agitates both Eddie and Linda. Eddie and Barry later are at the Central City Morgue, learning that Mark Mardon used weather-based abilities to torture the coroner and is now after Joe. After Mardon uses lightning to try to kill Joe but Singh is hit instead and hospitalized, Eddie and Joe goes off to face Mardon which results in Joe being yanked away by Mardon much to Eddie's horror. Eddie later gives an impassioned speech to the Central City Police Department.
*Current Timeline*: Eddie punched Barry after Barry confessed feelings to Iris but Eddie later apologized after Caitlin covered for Barry saying that was a side effect of the lightning strike and is receiving treatment at S.T.A.R. Labs for "Lightning Psychosis".
With Joe's support, Barry reveals being the Flash to Eddie in an effort to convince him to help protect Iris from investigating Mason Bridge's disappearance as Barry and Joe did not want Iris to get too close to their suspect for Iris's safety as Reverse-Flash murdered Bridge and subsequently hid evidence. Eddie later lies to Iris, suggesting that Mason had run away to Brazil about a liaison with a mysterious woman. When discussing their story with Joe and Barry, Eddie makes it clear that he has doubts in regards to keeping Iris in the dark for safety but decides to argue about it another time. He listens to Barry's suspicions that Wells is Reverse-Flash. While having the Flash assist his arrests makes his job in apprehending criminals easier, Eddie struggles to keep Barry's secret with Iris, believing Iris deserved to know, but Joe told him to keep it from Iris. This strained their relationship, as Iris didn't think Eddie should hide anything. While eating at a restaurant with Iris, Barry, Ray Palmer and Felicity, Iris berated Eddie for hiding a secret and stops living with him for a little bit.
Barry and Eddie later tracked down the meta-human Hannibal Bates who could shape-shift into anyone after coming into contact with. Hannibal framed Eddie by impersonating him and shooting two cops. Despite Barry taking Eddie out of prison due seeing Eddie's situation as similar to Henry's, Eddie convinces Barry to return him back to custody. Thankfully, the Flash defeated Hannibal and the video evidence proved Eddie's innocence to DA Cecile Horton. Eddie told Iris that his secret is that he was working with the Flash and they started to rekindle their relationship. When the team neared their plan to capture Wells, Eddie planned to propose to Iris. He asked for Joe's blessing but Joe refused to give it. He later goes over to the bridge with his girlfriend. But just as he is about to propose to Iris, Eddie is knocked by Reverse-Flash. Before Reverse-Flash could kill Iris, the Flash arrived and Reverse-Flash kidnapped Eddie. Reverse-Flash was revealed to be Eobard Thawne, Eddie's descendant from the future.

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Though imprisoned, Eddie confidently believed that Eobard would fail against the Flash's team. Eobard revealed Eddie's fate in the future: Eddie would go down as the most forgettable individual in the Thawne family due to his uneventful life as a detective. Eddie was also devastated when Eobard reveals that Iris will marry Barry in the future instead of him. Eobard revealed a plan to Eddie to return to the future before the former re-activated the particle accelerator and escaped. The team found Eddie trapped and managed to free him. Disillusioned from his time with Eobard, Eddie is confronted by Iris about his proposal. He revealed that Iris marries Barry in the future and left. Despite Iris's unwillingness to accept the future, Eddie chose to break up with Iris, knowing that his love interest always loved Barry all along.

#### Death

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Though the group finally managed to capture Reverse-Flash with the help of the Arrow and Firestorm, Eddie fell into a period of depression, and remained painfully aware of everything that had been revealed to him about the future. In an attempt to comfort him, Martin Stein theorized that Eddie was an anomaly in time, describing him as a "coincidence" and capable of choosing his own future. Remembering how he met Iris, Eddie encouraged himself to disregard his belief in destiny and repair his relationship with Iris, saying "screw the future".
Eddie, Ronnie Raymond and the others would watch when the Flash returned after not undoing Nora Allen's death and destroying Eobard's time vehicle, resulting in the two speedsters fighting in the Pipeline. As Reverse-Flash gets the upper hand and threatened to kill all of Barry's loved ones before striking a finishing blow, Eddie shot himself in the chest, aware that his own death would prevent Eobard from having ever been born. Eddie found comfort that he would die a hero, and soon passed away in Iris's arms to which Eobard gets erased from existence. But his actions' effects on the timeline caused a singularity to form in Earth-1 that threatened to destroy the world. The wormhole managed to engulf Eddie's body before Barry and Firestorm were able to avert the disaster.
Eddie's life apparently had very minimal historical significance and was the only member of his family with virtually no record of, unlike his parents and descendants which comprised of successful scientists, politicians and captains of industry. Eobard knew of Eddie's existence but considered his ancestor a failure who had a "spectacularly uneventful" career as police detective and a "waste of a life" unlike the rest of their family from Eobard's perspective.

#### Rewritten reality

In the Legion of Doom's alternate reality via the Spear of Destiny, Eddie was still alive.

#### Legacy

Eddie was grieved by Barry, Iris, and Joe in secret, painfully aware that the world could never learn the truth of his sacrifice. The deaths of both Eddie and Ronnie caused Barry to work alone for six months in an attempt to prevent anyone close from getting hurt, regarding both individuals as the true heroes who saved Central City instead of the Flash. Five months after Eddie's death, Barry had a vision of he and Firestorm defeating Captain Cold and Heat Wave. Eddie was amongst those praising the Flash's efforts after this small victory.
After Eddie's death, his photo was displayed at CCPD's wall of fallen officers as a memorial.
Iris moved past grieving for Eddie, but continued to hold back from finding someone else. In March 2016, Barry traveled back in time, and recorded a video message of Eddie expressing his love for Iris. Iris later watched the video and cried tears of joy at Eddie's words, which finally allowed Iris to move on from him.
Killer Frost mentioned Eddie as one of the people who Barry failed to save.
Eddie's likeness showed up as the Speed Force when Barry tried to save Wally West from the Speed Force prison, lecturing Barry about time travel having consequences.
Unfortunately, Eddie's sacrifice didn't prevent further damage in saving the timeline from Reverse-Flash's wrath, however, it did occasionally disrupted his descendent's time remnant's plans.
Savitar used Eddie's sacrifice not nullifying Reverse-Flash's existence as an example of paradoxical cause and effect.

#### Erased future

"*Oh, how about your career as a police detective? It's spectacularly uneventful.";
"Yeah. Well, we'll see.";
"No, we have seen. I have seen. I am from the future. And you are the only Thawne to be all but forgotten by history. Waste of a life, waste of a man.*"
—Eobard Thawne taunts Eddie Thawne[src]
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Prior to 2024, Eddie remained in his career as a police detective which was apparently a "spectacularly uneventful" one. Eddie was not going to be needing his grandmother's ring to propose to anyone, implying that he never married. However, Eddie had to have conceived at least one child which eventually resulted in being a progenitor of apparently successful scientists, politicians and captains of industry as well as a very distant great-grandfather of Eobard.

### New multiverse

#### Life and death

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Eddie had an uncle named Robern. In 2014, Eddie encountered Nora West-Allen and Bart West-Allen (while posing as interns) while he started working with Joe and meets Iris. Eddie's life remained the same as he was engaged to Iris until he died by sacrificing his life to save Team Flash from Reverse-Flash when the singularity over Central City occurred in 2015. However, Eddie's sacrifice was in vain as Reverse-Flash was still able to exist.
A photo dated to 2014 of Eddie and various other officers, including Joe, was on display on a wall in a hallway at the CCPD in late 2021.
In 2022, Deathstorm used Eddie's likeness to psychologically torture Iris, specifically acknowledging Eddie's sacrifice didn't prevent Reverse-Flash from repeatedly returning.

#### Resurrection

##### A new life

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After the universe was reset after Reverse-Flash's death, Eddie would be mysteriously resurrected on Earth-Prime in 2049 as "Dr. Malcolm Gilmore", a scientist who works at Mercury Labs. He lives in a house that resembles the West House, having no memory of his previous life.

##### Discovering the truth

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Malcolm was at work in his lab when the power had suddenly got out. Annoyed, he moved to see if he could restore it when he began to see the chemicals in the open beakers of his lab begin to levitate out of their containers. He then looked out to where there was a red lightning storm gathering. A bolt of red lightning then struck him through the window, similar to what happened to Barry thirty-six years prior. The lightning would then strike him causing him to thrust backwards and being knocked out for a moment before he snapped out of it. Malcolm looked over to notice a redacted file from CCPD where he saw a photo of his former self. With no memories of his former self, Malcolm was confused as to who the hell Eddie is.
He decided to go to the CCPD and find out what was so special about the file when he noticed that the officers were all staring at him in mild surprise and shock. The police captain, Daisy Korber, stepped out of the office and quickly recognized him as the late Detective. He was then directed to his picture on the Honored Officer's wall and saw that Eddie had died over thirty years ago. Malcolm told his story to Korber who was still in disbelief and had trouble believing him. When asked to show his ID, Malcolm saw that his license was Eddie's before glowing and changing into Malcolm's license. Malcolm began to grow frustrated that no one seemed to believe him but Korber told him of having known Eddie and he had been kind to when Korber came in as a rookie. Malcolm asked what happened to Eddie but Korber didn't know as it was just one in a long history of unexplained incidents in Central City. Malcolm began to get flashes of Iris in his mind and quickly left the precinct.
Malcolm made his way over to the Central City Citizen and went to Iris' office but the employees tried to stop him as they thought him a trespasser. He said that he was looking for Iris but is told that Iris wasn't there. Seeing a photo of Iris and her father, more memories began to come back to him of the day he died. He then left The Citizen before Korber was able to get there and headed for the cemetery.

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He found his grave and began digging to try and get to his coffin. Just before reaching it, Korber found him and held him at gunpoint. Malcolm tried to explain that he needed answers as to why he looked like Eddie and why he was remembering his life. Korber tried to reason that he couldn't be Eddie as he was dead and this all had to be a coincidence. Remembering more of his past, he laughed out that nothing was a coincidence. He then moved to open the coffin where he and Korber found that it was empty. Once he saw it, Malcolm began to get a clear recollection of his death and his memory was fully restored. He told Korber that he was Eddie and he had died by shooting himself in the chest. Korber was still in disbelief so Eddie showed that his shirt now had a bloodstain over his wound and he dug into his chest and pulled out the bullet that he had shot himself with, asking Korber; 'Believe me now?'. With that, a bolt of red lightning struck at his tombstone.

#### Becoming Cobalt Blue

##### The offer

With his memories restored, Eddie went to Flash Museum and made contact with XS and Team Flash for help. They were willing to help him get back to the 2020s, but needed the current version of the Flash's help. But things got worse when the Negative Speed Force possessed XS and showed an illusion of Nora if Eddie had been the father instead. Barry of 2023 arrived and helped Eddie escape. While Barry fought the Negative Speed Force, Eddie met Iris of 2049.
While Iris was happy to see him, Iris broke his heart by telling Eddie that a marriage between them would have never worked out, as Iris was always in love with Barry even if Iris didn't know it; they would have gotten a divorce and Iris would have gone back to Barry. Unable to accept this, Eddie decided to accept his role as the Negative Speed Force's new avatar in the hope to selfishly rewrite the past to force Iris to marry him and be the mother of his child by changing her past. Eddie completely forgot Iris would have *never* met him if Barry hadn't been in that coma.
Upon taking the Cobalt Crystal, Eddie saw four villainous speedsters in it; while finally gaining control of his singularity portals.

##### Attack on Central City

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##### Redemption

Barry and Eddie are friends again.

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After agreeing to take on the role of the Negative Speed Force’s avatar, Eddie used his newfound powers to resurrect all of the Flash’s worst speedster villains: his descendent, Hunter Zolomon/Zoom, Savitar and August Heart/Godspeed. After agreeing to team up to kill Barry, Eddie left the Negative Speed Force to head to the hospital where Iris was getting ready to give birth to Nora. When Eddie arrived, Barry and Iris tried to convince Eddie to let them help him, but Eddie refused their help as he felt the Negative Speed Force had given him all the help he needed.
After realizing Eddie wasn’t going to stop, Barry lead Eddie away from the hospital and they raced throughout the city. However, Eddie was too powerful for Barry to beat and he got pinned down. Eddie was about to kill him when XS and Team Flash showed up to back Barry up. Barry thought they had won and told Eddie it was over, but was taken by surprise when Eddie opened up four portals and Reverse-Flash, Godspeed, Zoom and Savitar walked through them. With both of their teams now fighting throughout Central City, Cobalt Blue and Flash faced off. Their fight took them into CC Jitters and Eddie held two civilians at sword point to force the Flash to surrender.
Jay Garrick then showed up at Jitters and stole Eddie’s speed, leaving him disoriented while now having to confront two versions of the Flash. Refusing to give up, Eddie siphoned all of his allies and absorbed them into himself to steal their speed. Eddie then left earth and went back into the Negative Speed Force to get more speed. Barry appeared in the Negative Speed Force a few minutes later to appeal to Eddie. Barry disrupted Eddie’s energy siphoning which caused an enraged Eddie to brutally attack Barry. After taking a severe beating at Eddie’s hand, Barry helped Eddie see what he had turned into due to the Negative Speed Force. Despite the force telling Eddie to kill Barry, Eddie ripped the crystal off his chest and stepped on it. This caused the dimension to turn from red to blue signifying Eddie now had total control over the Negative Speed Force. After this, Barry and Eddie agreed to work together and find co-existence between the two Forces. Barry then left the Negative Speed Force leaving Eddie by himself to start a new life as the avatar.

## Personality

* Original multiverse
* New multiverse

"*What are the odds that Dr. Wells would travel back in time and get stuck in the exact same city as his great-great-great-great grandfather? Working in the same profession, the same building? And that part of his plan to get home would mean that he'd have to preserve and protect your life. That makes you this rare thing that no scientist can plan for."
"Which is?"
"Coincidence. There is no science to coincidence. You, sir, are an anomaly. A wild card, as it were. You are the only person in this whole story who gets to choose his own future.*"
—Martin Stein and Eddie Thawne[src]
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Before being resurrected by the Negative Speed Force, Eddie was described as a "pretty boy" who actually kept track of his arrests, had a certain wit and appeared to be cocky yet was a very efficient cop, who went to any lengths to catch the criminals. He does have a caring side, as he covered Joe West's shifts, and was often the first one to comfort the witnesses of the various crimes he and Joe looked into. He also disbelieves in the Flash's existence (at first) and thinks anyone who did was a drug user. But when he "converts", he becomes distrusting of the Flash, especially after the Flash tries to murder him under Roy Bivolo's influence, and wants the speedster taken down. However, since his near-death with the Reverse-Flash, he seems to have changed his mind. He later saved the Flash who was pinned down, evidencing that he sees the speedster as a hero instead of a threat.
Eddie was proven to care for Iris West a lot, as he kept their relationship from Joe a secret at Iris's insistence, which, though it annoyed him, he did for 9 months until Iris was ready to admit it, Eddie was also reasonable, as some dates with Iris have involved places which Eddie isn't too interested in yet goes for Iris. Eddie's working relationship with Joe was fairly stable, as they are both excellent cops who trust each other with their lives. Yet Iris's relationship with Eddie sometimes makes Joe wary. Eddie has a stable friendship with Barry Allen, though Barry isn't entirely trusting of Eddie, mainly out of envy that he was dating Iris, but was surprised to hear that Eddie felt threatened by Barry when they met. After a year of dating, Eddie was brave enough to ask Iris to move in with him yet suspected that Barry may harbor feelings for Iris though Iris denied it.
Eddie was proven to be loyal to Joe and very sharp, when questioning Joe's resolve to investigate Eobard Thawne, only to have Joe be determined to do so, Eddie smiled, seemingly thrilled to help Joe, most likely because he knew inconsistencies with Eobard's story of being attacked, he was also proven to be to care about people as he tried to talk a man out of committing suicide. He was also proven to have a laid back personality when the man asked if he would let him get back on top of the building after the Flash put him safely on the bottom only for Eddie to reply no in a comical manner.
Upon discovering that Barry is the Flash and Eobard is Reverse-Flash, Eddie aids Joe and Barry in stopping Iris from finding out that Mason Bridge was killed by Eobard as this knowledge would have put Iris's life in danger. He was reluctant to do so as he did not like lying to her and Iris's dishonesty put a massive strain on their relationship.
After being captured by Eobard, he was horrified to discover that; Eobard was actually his descendant from the future, he realizes that; was why Eobard did not kill him in their first encounter. Eddie was pained to learn from Eobard that; Iris would be Barry's wife in the future; instead of his and so breaks up; with Iris, partly influenced; by his knowledge of future events; but mainly because there was a part of him that; suspected Iris of having romantic feelings for Barry, as he did not want to be in a relationship or to marry someone; who had romantic feelings for another, but this decision was not lasting as he later reconciled; with Iris, believing that; he would not let fate control his decisions.

Eddie was amazingly brave and selfless; even in the face of death; for example, he willingly committed suicide to prevent Eobard from causing any further harm in the present and the future; in order to save Barry, Iris, Joe and Team Flash from his evil descendant.

"*No! You listen! The second I died, everyone forgot about me! And you, Barry, the man I sacrificed my life for, you thanked me by stealing my fiancée! But now, I have a chance to change that.*"
—Eddie Thawne to Barry Allen[src]
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Eddie's past actions would be corrupted by the Negative Speed Force, which resurrected and displaced him in 2049. While he was remembered by other individuals, he was also forgotten as both Barry Allen and Iris West had moved on, and got married; he also learned that his descendant, Eobard Thawne, had survived, meaning Eddie's sacrifice was in vain as it only averted disaster for a moment.
Eddie was further driven toward desperation and insanity as the Negative Speed Force manifested as voices in his head, eventually Eddie reached his breaking point after 2049 Iris violently rejected him.
In deep irony, Eddie is now just like Eobard, wanting the life of Barry and not caring; who he has to hurt. Eddie was heartbroken to hear Iris say that; even if they had gotten married, it would have failed because Eddie was always the rebound guy, while Barry was always the one she was meant to be; with.

After a vicious beatdown on Barry, Eddie eventually returned to his senses; with Barry's help, finding the willpower to not be swayed; by the crystal's voices, seemingly ending the Negative Speed Force's sentience. Eddie and Barry agree to work together, although Eddie hints the Negative Speed Force may still be sentient as they won't always see "eye-to-eye" hinting that; it might still influence him in the future.
## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Negative Speed Force connection/Meta-human physiology:** Eddie was struck; by lightning, similarly to Barry Allen had thirty-six years prior. The difference between the accidents was that; Eddie was struck; by red lightning; instead of yellow, so he is connected to the Negative Speed Force; instead of the Speed Force. After agreeing to officially become the new avatar of the Negative Speed Force, Eddie possesses the powers of any speedster, such as his descendant Eobard. His abilities have grown even stronger than Eobard’s after finding co-existence between the Positive and Negative Speed Force and the same likely goes for Barry. As the avatar of the Negative Speed Force, Eddie is an extremely powerful speedster, and is one of the most powerful beings in the multiverse.
	+ **Superhuman strength:** Eddie is much stronger than normal humans and most other meta-humans. He can send the Flash flying; with a single hit as well as throw him around his apartment relatively easily.
	+ **Superhuman durability:** Eddie is far more durable than normal humans and most other meta-humans. He took several hits in his confrontation against the Flash; including getting chucked through a window and barely felt a thing.
	+ **Superhuman speed:** Eddie is much faster than normal humans and most other meta-humans. He is able to keep up; with the Flash.
	+ **Superhuman stamina:** Eddie possesses far more stamina than normal humans and most other meta-humans; allowing him to remain physically active for long periods of time. He can physically exert himself; without getting tired at all.
	+ **Superhuman agility:** Eddie is far more agile than normal humans and most other meta-humans. He was able to make several quick turns to catch up; with Barry during their confrontation.
	+ **Electrogenesis/Electrokinesis:** Eddie can generate powerful red electricity from both of his hands or his entire body. He can also use his lightning to create physical constructs; such as swords and other weapons. Eddie also is able to throw his lightning with little effort. When Eddie destroyed the Negative Speed Force Cobalt crystal and the dimension turned from red to blue, there is a chance; that Eddie can now generate blue electricity from both of his hands or his entire body; instead of red electricity. He can also absorb electricity to empower himself as shown by how Eddie absorbed the speed of all his allies after Jay Garrick stole his speed.
* **Singularity creation:** As a result; of Eddie's prolonged exposure inside the singularity and exposure to it's energies; he can create singularities. Initially, he activated this power unconsciously; due to stress, but gained control over it; with guidance from the Negative Speed Force. When Eddie confronted Barry and his team, he demonstrated a great amount of control over his singularity ability as he opened 4 portals at once to let his new allies through.
* **Resurrection:** Eddie was able to use his connection to the Negative Speed Force to bring all of the Flash’s worst speedster enemies back to life.

### Abilities

"*There's no such thing as a coincidence.*"
—Eddie Thawne[src]
* **Genius-level intellect/Expert investigator:** As a police detective of the Central City Police Department, formerly of the Keystone City Police Department, Eddie is a highly skilled investigator.
	+ **Expert driver:** Eddie is a highly skilled driver; he is able to drive several different types of vehicles; such as cars.
	+ **Expert chemist/Scientist:** While under his false life as Malcolm Gilmore, Eddie was bestowed great scientific knowledge and potential. Malcolm had his own private lab, and possession of a blue crystal; made of calcified cobalt and Negative Speed Force energies.

"*I got my ass kicked. A lot, until my gym coach took pity on me. She said the key to fighting is patience. Here. A lot of guys waste energy trying to land the most punches. All it takes is one, but you got to make it count. Choose your spot and drive through it, like it's six inches behind the target.*"
—Eddie Thawne to Barry Allen[src]
* **Expert hand-to-hand combatant:** As a police detective, Eddie is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, as he had received training as all Keystone City Police Department members do. As seen during a training session; with Barry Allen, Eddie also had a degree of boxing skills that; he had honed from a young age thanks to his gym teacher lessons. He helped exemplify this; by teaching Barry about proper striking methods. Eddie's combat capabilities; allowed him to overpower Hannibal Bates for a time. He also once punched Barry; although it said be noted that; he caught the latter off-guard.
* **Expert marksman:** As a police detective, Eddie is highly skilled in the use of firearms.

## Equipment

* **Cobalt Blue** suit: After accepting his status as the Negative Speed Force's avatar, Eddie was gifted an armored, almost mech-like suit made of Negative Speed Force energy.

### Former equipment

* **SIG-Sauer P229R** Eddie carried a sidearm as a detective. He ultimately used his weapon to shoot himself in the chest to stop Eobard Thawne.
* **Handcuffs:** Eddie carried handcuffs; whenever he was out on patrol.
* **Cobalt-97:** As the avatar of the Negative Speed Force Eddie is directly linked to the crystal, and he can communicate with it mentally and hear its voice. It is currently unclear whether Eddie gains any extra powers from the crystal in additional to his regular powers. Had the crystal fused with his body, however, he likely would've produced blue lightning. When Eddie saw what he had become due to the Negative Speed Force’s corruptive influence, he smashed and destroyed the crystal.

## Appearances

### *The Flash*

Season 1
* "Pilot"
* "Fastest Man Alive"
* "Things You Can't Outrun"
* "Going Rogue"
* "Plastique"
* "The Flash is Born"
* "Power Outage"
* "Flash vs. Arrow"
* "The Man in the Yellow Suit"
* "Revenge of the Rogues"
* "The Sound and the Fury"
* "Crazy for You"
* "The Nuclear Man"
* "Out of Time"
* "Rogue Time"
* "Tricksters"
* "All Star Team Up"
* "Who is Harrison Wells?"
* "The Trap"
* "Grodd Lives"
* "Rogue Air"
* "Fast Enough"

Season 2
* "The Man Who Saved Central City" (vision)
* "Flash of Two Worlds" (mentioned)
* "The Fury of Firestorm" (mentioned)
* "The Darkness and the Light" (mentioned)
* "Enter Zoom" (mentioned)
* "Running to Stand Still" (mentioned)
* "The Reverse-Flash Returns" (mentioned)
* "Flash Back"
* "Versus Zoom" (mentioned)
* "Back to Normal" (mentioned)
* "The Runaway Dinosaur" (mentioned)

Season 3
* "Flashpoint" (flashbacks)
* "Monster" (pictured)
* "Killer Frost" (mentioned)
* "Borrowing Problems from the Future" (pictured)
* "Into the Speed Force" (as the Speed Force)
* "Cause and Effect" (mentioned)

Season 4
* "Mixed Signals" (mentioned)
* "Fury Rogue" (mentioned)

Season 5
* "Nora" (mentioned)
* "The Death of Vibe" (mentioned)

Season 6
* "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1" (tombstone)

Season 8
* "Armageddon, Part 5" (pictured)
* "Impulsive Excessive Disorder"
* "Resurrection" (flashbacks)
* "Death Rises" (glamor)
* "Death Falls" (flashbacks)

Season 9
* "A New World, Part One"
* "A New World, Part Two"
* "A New World, Part Three"
* "A New World, Part Four"

### *DC's Legends of Tomorrow*

#### Season 2

* "The Legion of Doom" (flashbacks)
* "Moonshot" (mentioned)
* "Doomworld" (indirectly mentioned)

### *Arrow*

#### Season 6

* "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" (indirectly mentioned)

### Comics

#### *The Flash: Season Zero*

* "The Strongman Cometh"
* "Who Let the Chimps Out?"
* "A Goodnight Hiss"
* "Big Top Brawl"
* "A Captive Audience"
* "Showtime"
* "The Big Finale"
* "Bite Marks"
* "Shark Bait"
* "Blood Loss"

### *The Chronicles of Cisco*

* Post 9 "Chapter Seven: Hannibal Bates" (mentioned)
* Post 11 "Chapter Nine: Cisco Disco" (mentioned)

## Trivia

* Eddie is right-handed.
* Eddie is 5'10".
* Eddie shares many traits with Tommy Merlyn:
	+ Both characters are related to a major antagonist, Malcolm Merlyn and Eobard Thawne, respectively, and their surnames are the same as those villains.
		- Both Eddie and Tommy were also mistaken for Eobard and Malcolm by some fans respectively early on in the series, until the latter two made their official debuts/revealed their secret identities.
	+ Both debuted in the first season of their respective shows, and subsequently died by the end of the same season.
	+ Both died protecting their loved ones; Tommy died saving Laurel Lance from the collapsing CNRI building while Eddie killed himself to protect Iris West and his friends from the Reverse-Flash.
	+ Both characters have villainous counterparts in the comics.
	+ Tommy facilitated a love-triangle between himself, Laurel, and Oliver Queen, while Eddie formed a love-triangle between himself, Iris, and Barry Allen.
	+ Both characters were considered as being failures by their respective close relatives. Malcolm cut Tommy out of the family fortune and subsequently hired him in order to put his son's life in order. On the other hand, Eobard merely split Eddie apart from Iris only to ensure that Eddie begins a long blood-line of brilliant men of science, which included Eobard.
	+ Both characters' deaths prompted the main characters, Oliver and Barry, to change their methods of vigilantism.
	+ Both characters have appeared sporadically in the subsequent seasons of their respective shows, where they haunt the main character but also inspire them.
	+ Both characters were resurrected in their respective shows final season, with Malcolm being brought back by Oliver's spectre powers and Eddie brought back by the Negative Speed Force, and go on to have fresh starts in life.
* Eobard hates him for romancing Iris West and derailing Barry's future; which couldn't come true if Iris didn't marry Barry. Eddie is all but called a parasite who nearly destroyed everything Eobard worked for.
* Eddie's exact relation to Eobard was never specified, but it was stated by Martin Stein that Eddie is Eobard's great-great-great-great grandfather. However, that was likely Martin's guess based on the time Eobard is from.
* Eddie didn't appear in the Legion of Doom's rewritten reality. It would seem that either Eobard created a reality where his ancestor isn't needed to exist or did restore Eddie but the Speed Force is aware that things shouldn't be like this. This is referenced by the fact that the Black Flash is still chasing after Eobard, and shouldn't be if Eddie were to exist.
* Although Eddie committed suicide in 2015 to erase the Reverse-Flash from existence, Eobard likely continued to exist via the Negative Speed Force as a time remnant.
* Though not confirmed, it is possible that Eddie (or his grief) was connected to Deathstorm as he was sucked into the singularity along with Ronnie Raymond. This is further hinted with Deathstorm as Eddie having a physical form, unlike the other hallucinations Team Flash received from Deathstorm.
* Because Eddie was resurrected by the Negative Speed Force in the year 2049, this would indicate his dead body traveled to the future by going through the singularity, and was brought back to life a while later by the Negative Speed Force.
* Since the Negative Speed Force is the most powerful of the Negative Forces, once Eddie gained total control over it at the end of season 9, there is a chance Eddie also has a certain amount of dominance over the other Negative Forces too.

## Behind the scenes

* Eddie's name was a red herring for viewers that knew of Eobard Thawne before Eobard revealed himself and mentioned Eddie as a distant relative in "Out of Time".
* Eddie also shares his name with The Rival (Edward Clariss), Jay Garrick's archenemy in the comic books.
* In the comics, the modern-day Thawne who lived in the present day is Malcolm Thawne, Barry Allen's long-lost twin brother, and possessor of a blue talisman that give him super speed, among other powers.
	+ While his body was being sucked into the singularity, Eddie was shown to be wearing a blue object around his neck, and was being dragged inside with several pieces of cobalt resin from a time machine. This may be a nod to Malcolm having worn the talisman around his neck, a gift from his grandmother, possibly indicating that he could return. Eddie also acquired his engagement ring from his grandmother, further reinforcing the similarities.
	+ In 2049, Eddie is known as "Malcolm Gilmore". In the comics, Dr. Gilmore is the doctor who stole Malcolm Thawne at birth and reported him as stillborn.
* Eddie was originally going to appear in the 100th episode of *The Flash*.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "A New World, Part Two"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Flash is Born"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Grodd Lives"
4. ↑ "Rogue Time"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Pilot"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Fast Enough"
7. ↑ "The Strongman Cometh"
8. ↑ "Who Let the Chimps Out?"
9. ↑ "A Goodnight Hiss"
10. ↑ "A Captive Audience"
11. ↑ "Showtime"
12. ↑ "The Big Finale"
13. ↑ "Fastest Man Alive"
14. ↑ "Things You Can't Outrun"
15. ↑ "Going Rogue"
16. ↑ "Plastique"
17. ↑ "Power Outage"
18. ↑ "Flash vs. Arrow"
19. ↑ "The Man in the Yellow Suit"
20. ↑ "Revenge of the Rogues"
21. ↑ "The Sound and the Fury"
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Flash Back"
23. ↑ "Crazy for You"
24. ↑ "The Nuclear Man"
25. ↑ "Out of Time"
26. ↑ "Rogue Time"
27. ↑ "Tricksters"
28. ↑ "All Star Team Up"
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Who is Harrison Wells?"
30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "The Trap"
31. ↑ "Rogue Air"
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 "The Man Who Saved Central City"
33. ↑ "Doomworld"
34. ↑ "Killer Frost"
35. ↑ "Into the Speed Force"
36. ↑ "The Reverse-Flash Returns"
37. ↑ "The Legion of Doom"
38. ↑ "Moonshot"
39. ↑ "Cause and Effect"
40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 "Death Falls"
41. ↑ "Impulsive Excessive Disorder"
42. ↑ "Marathon"
43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 "Armageddon, Part 5"
44. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `Impulsive Excessive Disorder`
45. ↑ "Death Rises"
46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 "A New World, Part One"
47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 "A New World, Part Three"
48. ↑ "Doomworld"
49. ↑ "The Flash boss on finale's shocking departure" - Entertainment Weekly
50. ↑ "*The Flash* EP on Reverse Flash's return in 100th episode" - EW

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