maskormenace | video; road not taken

There's been some talk, I've noticed, over the network for the past few days. Mainly about how people have changed and aren't acting as "themselves." I investigated into this and uncovered past messages I've posted onto this server, under my name, and yet not with my face.

Another version of myself, from a different timeline, and I have taken his place. He seemed to know far more than I do as well, likely due to being ahead of his timeline in comparison to my own. I've only time traveled a couple times, but he seems to be something of a veteran.

[And, what Eobard Thawne won't mention, is that this version of him was plagued with certain particularities that he doesn't have. Things he doesn't know if he quite wants.]

Timelines have been mismatched. I'm not the man from those past feeds, despite the matching of names, and I am sure I will never be him. And yet... I wonder if there are some who would prefer things the way they are now. To not "go back" to what seems to be "normal".

It may seem foolish to some of you, but I wonder what will happen to me should things be fixed. Will I vanish away, a remnant destroyed? Will I be sent back to where I belong, while my counterpart is restored? It's the kind of question that might be hard for people to ponder if they see time through a linear lens.

I think those of us who were affected by whatever caused this should take this into consideration. Do you even want to go back to who you used to be? To be changed into another version of yourself that may be completely... wrong, the way you see it? I can't say I'm fond of the idea.

[ooc: for RNT, Eobard's change is that he never came to hate the Flash. Still a sociopath, but his obsessive need for revenge never manifested.]

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[He paid attention to the other conversations on this post, particularly Caitlin's. He's talked to Zoom!Barry, talked to a few other sudden speedsters, tried to get a feel for what is happening.

Harrison Wells aka Eobard Thawne now. Yet another thing to wrap his head around.]

It doesn't seem as if any of this is up to choice.

Or do you have an idea on how to keep the current status quo, when nobody even knows why it changed?

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I have a small idea of how to keep it for myself, at least. But, I think it's ridiculous I even have to make one up.

[Barry Allen is evil and that's the part that's ridiculous?]

And why's that?

There should be a choice. There are people who want everyone to go "back to normal" and I have no desire. Yet, it's obvious my desire is not to be respected.

Obviously. But it's the theme. No choice about coming here in the first place either. No choice about who got a new biography.

You'd have to know who's making the choice for you, then you can see if being condescending in that direction helps your case.

I can be a lot more than condescending. So I suggest you watch your tongue.

So far that'd be condescending and touchy. Bad combination.

[He snorts.]

And you have an inflated sense of your own worth, Mr. Snart.

[He gets the name only from reading the ID, but something about the man's appearance is vaguely familiar.]

Don't know where you got that from. I'm pretty damn modest, considering.

[Something about the name 'Thawne' would be familiar even if Caitlin had never mentioned this man.]

"Considering" what? To speak with anyone so brazenly denotes arrogance.

I'd go with boldness. Mostly I'm just curious what exactly you think you know and what you want to do about it.