The Velocity Drive is the supply of the Flash’s powers and has confirmed itself to be one of the vital basically versatile and busted power sources within the DC Universe. It permits its customers to maneuver at speeds that others can’t even take into account perceiving, and incorporates all types of different talents, like therapeutic, time journey, and even piercing the boundaries of dimensions. Nevertheless, there’s one lesser-known consequence that has bitten the Flash within the butt earlier than. Overusing the Velocity Drive could cause wormholes to open, and Wally is feeling the complete results of that, as his new capability has prompted wormholes to type inside his mind.
The Flash #38 revealed the cruel actuality of Wally’s new Flashes of Perception, however his ailing well being is much from the one concern DC’s different heroes have on their minds. See, on condition that these wormholes are successfully driving him insane, making him act out and break strains within the identify of saving others that he by no means would have earlier than. Wally is taking performs straight out of Minority Report and is even about to throw down with the Justice League. He’s cracked below the stress, and now he’s able to maintain saving individuals by policing them lengthy earlier than they even commit crimes.
The Unintended Penalties of Unchecked Energy
For individuals who haven’t been maintaining with the present Flash run, Wally’s developed the facility to see into the long run at will, which he’s been utilizing to forestall each crime and accident throughout Central Metropolis, Keystone Metropolis, and Metropolis. He’s found that the method works by funneling info into the Velocity Drive, so he’s been retaining his powers energetic twenty-four seven to see the long run at any time when he needs. Virtually everybody praised his new ability, till Wally arrested three individuals every week earlier than they deliberate to explode bridges, days earlier than they even thought concerning the plan. On the identical time, Inexperienced Arrow known as a gathering of the core Justice Leaguers to vote on methods to cease Wally.
Whereas a lot of the heroes have been on Flash’s aspect earlier than the bridge incident, his preemptive arrests and well being disaster made them ask him to face down. It virtually labored, till Inexperienced Arrow refused to get off his excessive horse and Wally determined he might treatment himself when he thought it was truly an issue. Which, in fact, he by no means will. Wally positively hasn’t been performing like himself, excusing his errors as an experiment and refusing to confess fault even when his visions have been clearly manipulated by another person. These wormholes are virtually hyper-advanced mind tumors, and whereas the Velocity Drive is holding again the worst of the bodily unwanted effects, that may’t work without end. Not even sleep is restful anymore, given how the Velocity Drive is each his bandage and wound.
So, Wally’s mind is actively deteriorating, however due to how his powers work, his powers would be the very last thing to go, which solely feeds into making the unique drawback worse as he makes use of his velocity increasingly more. Wally would by no means usually struggle the Justice League and even take into account arresting individuals a whole week upfront, however he’s actually dropping his thoughts, and that’s not even entering into what else may very well be leaking by means of these wormholes. For all we all know, Gorilla Grodd’s personal previous connection to the Velocity Drive may very well be letting him affect the Flash by sending his psychic management straight into Flash’s mind. It’s not essentially the most far-fetched factor, on condition that these wormholes first debuted in The Flash (2011), which led Barry to Grodd within the New 52.
The Path to Villainy Is Paved with Good Intentions
On condition that the Flash is dropping himself to his predictions and illness, he’s blowing previous strains like private freedom and even friendship. He’s turn into essentially the most harmful sort of hero, which is one so they’re appropriate that they’re unwilling to hearken to anybody who even vaguely questions their logic. He’s turn into so self-righteous that he’s forgotten that heroes have to consistently query themselves to remain on the suitable path. Refusing to hearken to different factors of view, refusing to empathize with the issues of your friends, solely pushes you deeper into chaos and egocentric reasoning that drives all of Wally’s villains way over it ought to him.
In any case, only a few individuals truly see themselves because the villain and enjoy it. Wally is falling down the slippery highway of doing the improper factor for the suitable causes. Sure, he’s saving extra individuals than ever proper now, however how lengthy till he begins taking out people who find themselves solely potential threats to stopping him? In any case, he’s actually combating the Justice League proper now as a result of they needed him to hunt medical assist, and people are his greatest buddies. He might begin placing potential villains away years earlier than they even take into account committing against the law. That’s harmful sufficient by itself, and that’s not even contemplating the truth that another person has entry to his visions and is manipulating him not directly that he can’t see as a result of he’s turn into blind in his campaign.
The Flash won’t ever be a supervillain just like the Joker, however he might simply slide into being a much less deadly model of Injustice Superman. He’ll make compromises the place he shouldn’t, damage individuals who don’t deserve it due to the potential for them committing crimes, and by no means as soon as cease to query himself till his physique actually provides out on him. He’s operating in direction of a really steep cliff at a really quick tempo, and regardless that he thinks he’s being extra heroic than ever, he would possibly simply be setting the stage for an excellent better villain.
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