New Flash Season 8 Villain Hints At Exactly How Firestorm Returns
Warning: Spoilers for The Flash season 8, episode 9
The Flash season 8’s big villain reveal hints at the nature of Firestorm’s return to the Arrowverse. Robbie Amell is set to reprise his role as Ronnie Raymond’s Firestorm in two upcoming episodes of the series. For months now, how he’ll re-enter the picture has been a major mystery.
Firestorm lost his life in The Flash season 2 premiere to stop a singularity caused by Barry Allen’s final battle with Reverse-Flash. Thanks to flashbacks, alternate timelines, and the Speed Force’s ability to take the form of anyone it chooses, Amell has made sporadic appearances since his character’s tragic demise. Somehow, he’ll be back once more in The Flash season 8. Due to the importance of time travel, it’s long been theorized that this plot device will be how the Arrowverse explains Firestorm returns. After all, that was how another dead character, Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), came back in an earlier episode.
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Time travel is no longer the most plausible explanation for how Team Flash meets Firestorm again. In The Flash season 8, episode 9, titled “Phantoms”, the mysterious Black Flame manifested itself as Chester’s deceased father in order to feed on his grief. Apparently, it’s been taking on the appearances of its victims’ dead loved ones. With Firestorm expected to show up in episode 11, the timing of his return creates a link to the show’s Black Flame story. From the looks of things, it seems likely that the Black Flame will try to reach Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) by appearing to her as her Ronnie Raymond.
The Black Flame taking the form of Ronnie may have been foreshadowed by Team Flash’s discovery
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