Originally Posted by
Elunarion
Alright, I've spent some time thinking about this. Rewatched some scenes (the Savitar killing Iris scenes in particular) multiple times and a friend agrees that I might be onto something.
First, who was affected by flashpoint? Whose life was COMPLETELY changed by it? Whose death caused a ton of drama earlier this season? Who did Barry blame himself for "killing"? Dante, Cisco's brother.
He was completely fine and healthy for 2 whole seasons, up until Flashpoint happened. As far as we know, he's the only person who was killed by flashpoint(By the newly created timeline, not by the flashpoint timeline itself, but you get the idea). Of course, Barry's parents disappeared as well, but they were already dead in the original timeline. Dante was killed ONLY by flashpoint. Barry was stubborn about not going back in time to save Dante, even if it meant being hated by Cisco.
Now let's take a look at another point. In what forms have we seen Savitar? Yes, the megatron-like metallic blue energy guy. But we've seen him in another form. When Cisco opened the box to free Savitar earlier this season, he "hallucinated" Dante, which as we know, was Savitar manipulating him. Now yeah, this might mean nothing, especially since we've seen Savitar in Wally's mother's form. But this still could've been a hint of some sort. The difference between Wally and Cisco is that Wally has access to the speedforce and is able to see Savitar in his "god" form. While Cisco can't.
Now there are two more points I'd like to point out. One is that Dante's hair and silhouette match the guy from "Savitar's creation" scene, where Jay Garrick explained who Savitar was. Another point is that...well...Dante. We've seen the future vision 3 times in this season so far. Every single time, we hear Barry shout "DON'T! Don't do this!". What if he was actually saying "DANTE! Don't do this!"? Now OF COURSE it doesn't sound exactly like "Dante", but if it did, everything would be obvious. And a future vision like this simply might not be clear enough for it to be heard as "Dante". Not only that, but the whole situation, the distance, everything could prevent Barry from hearing what was really said that night.
Now there is just one problem with this theory. Last episode, when Jessie faced Savitar, he had this to say: "I knew you would come for me. Because I know everything that happens, I've already lived it!". And as we all know, Dante is dead and shouldn't have known anything about this. Let me know what you think!