Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse)

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Murdering Barry's mother out of spite and doing anything that he can to make Barry Allen's life a living hell.
He was badly flanderised through season 8 due to abysmal writing since he went from a serious, manipulative, and genius villain with a complex dynamic with Barry into a petty madman.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

He is probably the most intelligent character in the entire Arrowverse.
Tom Cavanagh and Matt Letcher's brilliant acting to bring his comic adaption to life. Their acting also brings a complex dynamic between him and the Flash.
He is memed numerous times and he has some iconic quotes such as "My goals are beyond your understanding", "I am not like the Flash at all, some would say that he is the reverse", "Merry Christmas", etc.
His main suit design is extremely intimidating and is considered as iconic, and this is made even scarier with his vibration, glowing red eyes, and his demonic voice modulation.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

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**Eobard Thawne**, also known as the **Reverse Flash**, is the main antagonist of the CW TV Show known as *The Flash*.

## What Makes Him a Base Breaking character?

### What Do People Like About Him?

* In the first season, he had an enigmatic aura to him, which adds to the complexity to his character.
* He has numerous iconic quotes and memes that he made throughout the show.
	+ Some of these being "My goals are beyond your understanding", "I'm not like the Flash at all, some would say that I'm the Reverse", "Now who's the villain, Flash? Now WHO'S THE VILLAIN?", "Merry Christmas", and many more.
* He has a complex chemistry with Barry Allen/the Flash throughout the show with Thawne being his mentor as Harrison Wells, and this is made even better by his actors Tom Cavanagh and Matt Letscher, who both help to bring him to life as a cold, serious, and iconic main antagonist.
* He became even more likeable when he was in Legends of Tomorrow as it shows Matt Letscher's full potential as Eobard Thawne and it shows him getting over his spite towards Barry for greater goals as he is the only version of Thawne to be a Magnificent Baddie.
* He is one of (if not) the most intelligent characters in the entire Arrowverse, and his intelligence helps to give him numerous evil is cool moments.
* His suit has an intimidating feel to it, and it is made even more intimidating with Eobard's red eyes, vibrating body, and demonic voice modulation.

### What Do People Dislike About Him?

* His repeated returns from the dead, despite literally being erased from existence multiple times is seen by many fans as him having rather excessive plot armor.

* Like in the comics, he still kills Barry's mother out of spite.
* He brutally murders the innocent Harrison Wells by stealing his identity with a genetic transfer unit, which ruined Harrison Wells' legacy and tarnished his name.
* His reason to hate Barry is completely and utterly pathetic. He hates Barry because Barry humiliated him when Eobard tried to be a superhero when they first meet in the future.
* Literally being a Nazi just to spite Barry.
* He completely and utterly ruined Barry's life multiple times through killing his mother and starting the Reverse Flash point by killing Barry as a child and ensuring that he becomes the Flash.
* He goes through numerous downgrades during season 8.
	+ Eric Wallace takes Eobard's small pettiness that he had in early seasons and flanderised him to make his pettiness his entire personality, he even gave Tom Cavanagh lines that were unlike anything that Thawne says.
	+ They give him a suit that not only takes away his scary factor, but it makes him look goofy like a banana. To make things even worse, his Negative Flash suit makes no sense, it takes away his chin strap, and it makes him look bulky and even goofier than he does with his Armageddon suit.

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