History Characters / ArrowverseSpeedForceAndForcesOfNature

* AscendedExtra: Unlike his Force siblings who have been PutOnABus since the middle of season 7, Deon becomes a recurring character in the eighth season because his TimeMaster powers give him a unique position to try and tend to Iris' time sickness.

Much like the Speed Force has an antithesis, it's revealed the other Forces have a Negative counterpart too.

* FreudianExcuse: His biological parents died, his adoptive parents were {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s who tried to frame him for their illegal activities and run away, and also died. He ended up broke, thinking his college friends would never help him get back on his feet. And now he's pissed at the world.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Villainous example. In Season 9, while the Negative Speed Force is terrorizing the heroes on Earth, the Negative Forces were attacking the Positive Speed Force and weakened her to the point where Barry becomes her only anchor sustaining her life.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He spends his time as the Black Flash pursuing Eobard Thawne, a murderous supervillain.

* BigBadEnsemble: Alongside Eobard Thawne, they become the main villains of the third arc of ''The Flash'' Season 8.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Cobalt Blue in the comics is not purely a speedster, with his power stemming from the Blue Flame, which primarily grants him HardLight constructs and PowerParasite. His SuperSpeed is in fact a byproduct of the latter, with him leeching speed off organic speedsters. In the show, Cobalt Blue is a genuine speedster empowered by the Negative Speed Force, with no mention of the Blue Flame.
* AscendedMeme: Fans have been speculating and/or petitioning on Eddie returning to life as Cobalt Blue for years. The writers finally decided to make it happen in the final season.

* BigBadDuumvirate: He and the Negative Speed Force become this for the final arc of the final season of the show.

* BigBad: Of Season 9's "A New World" four-parter arc, the final arc of the final season. While it does later delve into a BigBadDuumvirate with Eddie Thawne/Cobalt Blue, the Negative Speed Force is the true mastermind that orchestrated everything. The conflict starts and ends with the Negative Speed Force, and once its the Cobalt-97 crystal housing its sentience is destroyed, all threats are gone and Eddie is no longer antagonistic.

During the events of ''Series/{{Crisis On Infinite Earths|2019}}'', the Speed Force accidentally gets poisoned by the newly appointed Spectre, Oliver Queen. The Speed Force would eventually end up dying, but later gets resurrected by Team Flash.

When Oliver Queen - the new Spectre - allowed Barry to access the Speed Force after the Multiverse was destroyed, it was poisoned by the cosmic energy and would later die. Team Flash would work towards reviving it, but in the process, also create the Forces of Nature: the Strength Force, the Sage Force, and the Still Force. Recovering from their attack, the Speed Force comes to Barry and his friends for aid against them.

The Speed Force in human form. After being resurrected from being a casualty of Crisis, they come to Team Flash for assistance after becoming under attack from new Forces that appear in Central City.

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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: The Speed Force is brought back to life in The Flash 7x03.]]

* GodInHumanForm: [[spoiler:It appears before Team Flash in the aforementioned human form in season 7, asking for their help when it becomes overpowered by the Forces of Nature created after its resurrection.]]
* GodIsDead: When the Spectre bestows a tremendous boost of power to Barry to enter the Speed Force after the Anti-Monitor destroyed all known existence, the cosmic energy is not only powerful enough to ''poison'' the Speed Force, but ''kills it'' in a matter of weeks. This leaves Barry and other speedsters with reserve speed power that'll be gone forever unless they find an alternative. [[spoiler: Season 7 has Team Flash managing to bring it back to life.]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: It's revealed that due to her connection with Barry, Iris carried a spark of the Speed Force after it was gone. This was enough to allow Team Flash to bring it back.]]

* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: Season 7 has it become severely beaten by similar forces that were created upon its revival, but as it turns out, it had just returned to existence and was disoriented and caught off-guard by those Forces of Nature. When they duke it out again, the Speed Force's Human Form stomps them again and again due to having existed and experienced untold amounts of years whereas they had just came into existence.]]

* TheChessmaster: Orchestrates the resurrection of Eddie Thawne, and sets everything up for him to succumb to the temptation of becoming the new Negative Speed Force Avatar.
* ChooserOfTheChosenOne: Much like the (Positive) Speed Force chose Barry, the Negative Speed Force chose Eobard Thawne to be its avatar, latching onto his burning hatred. [[spoiler:After Eobard's death in Season 8, it revives Eddie Thawne to serve as its new avatar in order to kill Barry.]]

* HumanShield: Essentially the reason why it possesses those close to Barry. As it loves gloating about, Barry and/or Team Flash can't remove the Cobalt-97 crydtal without killing their friend or family. Though most of them end up TakingAThirdOption to this SadisticChoice.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Eventually turns over a new leaf and becomes one of Team Flash's allies.]]

* BigBad: Of Season 9's "A New World" four-parter arc, the final arc of the final season. While it does later delve into a BigBadDuumvirate with Eddie Thawne/Cobalt Blue, the Negative Speed Force is the true mastermind that orchestrated everything. The conflict starts and ends with the Negative Speed Force, and once its the Cobalt-97 crystal housing its sentience is gone, the threat is gone and Eddie is no longer antagonistic.

* FinalBoss: After becoming Cobalt Blue and siphoning the power of multiple villains, he becomes Barry's last opponent and the final villain of the entire ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'' proper.

* FinalBoss: After becoming Cobalt Blue and siphoning the power of multiple villains, he becomes Barry's last opponent.