Introdue August as a normal guy before he becomes Godspeed. Wonder who will be the next big bad, Godspeed or Red Death

I saw the blurry episode title card but I have also seen reports about it just being a “mentioning” meaning that it won’t necessarily be literally about the character himself. Godspeed is more like a Vigilante-esque speedster, he is kinda grey and believes the ends justify the means, he would fit more for a recurring villain because being we've never had a speedster fulfilling that role. (The Rival came a little close)

If anything there are other reports about the 18th episode that spark more interest than Godspeed: apparently, Barry and Nora, are by that point in the 2049 and Nora begs something to her dad and even promises that she will stop seeing Thawne. That’s all that has been reported. Seems 5x18 will be as important as previous 18th installments have been in past Seasons.

The consensus of the Season is that Cicada always escaping or being allowed to is what has harmed the story more than anything, besides that every character has had something on their plate to do instead than just always staying back at STAR Labs like previously so that has been an improvement. (Barely if not zero hallway talks)

Hadn’t had an issue with him fleeing because as long as he is holding the dagger he can not be approached or stopped by close range, specially if he has just summoned it back to his hand to escape. If he uses the dagger to propel himself away it means the weapon is activated therefore he could block their powers too. Lose situation.

And they can do Grodd as a big bad, he is able to possess other people’s minds to communicate from distance so that would be a way to save the budget for him. If not there are still other non-speedster options like Cobalt Blue, The Shade (Richard Swift, no the forgettable OC from S3 that was a Flashpoint husk), Brother Grimm, etc. I’d like to see more villains like those before returning to antagonist speedsters.

Spoiler alert: it is true.

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