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Flash, [[ComicBook/XMen Quicksilver]], Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, [[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes Synapse]], {{Superman}}, even the fastest {{Transformers}} and [[Anime/SpeedRacer race car]] [[Series/TopGearUK drivers]] gain their affinity with speed from it.

Theoretically, there no reason he can't; he can violate every other law of motion, inertia, and gravity at will. Johnny and Jesse Quick, who also tap the Speed Force, can fly. DC's version of Mercury/Hermes, [[AnthropomorphicPersonification God of Speed]], can also fly, and those who gain "the speed of Mercury" such as WonderWoman and [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] also gain flight. The ComicBook/KingdomCome Future!Flash can fly.

[[WMG:The Speed Force and the Metagene are related to ''Main/MagicTheGathering'''s Planeswalker Spark.]]

Flash, [[ComicBook/XMen Quicksilver]], SonicTheHedgehog, [[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes Synapse]], {{Superman}}, even the fastest {{Transformers}} and [[Anime/SpeedRacer race car]] [[Series/TopGearUK drivers]] gain their affinity with speed from it.

* Who says they've never met? Maybe McCulloch was terrified into silence by the experience, or maybe he thought it was a cocaine-induced hallucination.

** Actually, this fits pretty well. Both men started using the mirrors after experiencing great despair: Scudder had recently began a 10 year prison sentence for robbery and McCulloch found out he had shot his biological father and driven his mother to suicide.

Flash, [[ComicBook/XMen Quicksilver]], SonicTheHedgehog, [[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes Synapse]], {{Superman}}, even the fastest {{Transformers}} and [[Anime/SpeedRacer race car]] [[TopGear drivers]] gain their affinity with speed from it.

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[[WMG: ''All'' speedsters in [[GrandUnifyingGuesses every universe]] gain their power from the Speed Force]]

* '''Jossed'''. New 52 version of the character was a total disappointment disliked by everyone and they had to reveal he wasn't the "real" Wally West to calm down fans. Bonus points for GeoffJohns reintroducing the white version of character again.

Flash, [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Quicksilver]], SonicTheHedgehog, [[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes Synapse]], {{Superman}}, even the fastest {{Transformers}} and [[Anime/SpeedRacer race car]] [[TopGear drivers]] gain their affinity with speed from it.

[[WMG: In another universe Jay Garrick is [[Film/FlashGordon FLASH! AHH!AHH!]]...]]

Those with the proper Metagenes pooled their powers into a single extradimensional space, causing it to become increasingly sentient and influential. Their speed comes from themselves and flows ''into'' the Speed Force. The original energy comes from the [[NoConservationOfEnergy same source as all the other energy-generating metahumans]]. Possibly [[NewGods The Source]] is the source.

Meanwhile, on another world created by this event, Cass, Steph, and Wally are kept prisoner by some evil force, along with the other missing heroes. Together, the three manage to free the others and try to find a way home. Only problem is, they all have no memory of their previous lives. Eventually, both Barry and Wally are able to remember each other when they boh connect with the Speedforce, and comunicate. Wally is at first shocked to discover his uncle forgot about his existence, but quickly forgives him when Barry realizes his mistake and feels deeply guilty. Together, they go on to fix some of the damages together, resulting in reuniting Steph, Cass, and the Bat Fam, as well as returning Wally and every other hero to the universe.

He will still have memories from his pre ComicBook/FlashPoint and NewFiftyTwo days. [[spoiler: And wants revenge against Berry for erasing his entire family, related and extended, from the timeline]].

At one point in BrightestDay, Parallax was able to combine Barry Allen's speedster powers with his own RealityWarper fear-mongering abilities through possession. Once a speedster touches the Speed Force, (at least presumably) they can tap into it again. Thus, [[EldritchAbomination Parallax]], via his short stint with the Flash, [[OhCrap has acquired superspeed]].

* The reason why GreenLantern is the least altered of the bunch is because Barry and Hal are the best of friends, and due to [[BlackestNight recent]] [[BrightestDay events]] he probably knows the most about the Green Lantern mythos than any other hero.

[[WMG: The Black Flash was working for [[BlackestNight Nekron.]] ]]
Those on top of Nekron's hit list are those that escape death. The whole point of the Black Flash is that it prevents speedsters from escaping death by outrunning it-the Black Flash is a servant of Nekron created to hunt them down. He let the Black Flash exit during FinalCrisis to deal with Darkseid, and the Black Flash died afterwards because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Nekron had set things up to solve the problem of life]] [[OmnicidalManiac once and for all.]]

* This theory is {{jossed}} by ''[[{{JLA-Avengers}} JLA/Avengers]]''. In that series Wally travels to the MarvelUniverse and looses his superspeed, because the Speed Force doesn't exist in that universe. Quicksilver also appears in the series, and it's explicitly stated the source of his speed is something else than the Speed Force.

Flash, [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Quicksilver]], SonicTheHedgehog, [[CityOfHeroes Synapse]], {{Superman}}, even the fastest {{Transformers}} and [[Anime/SpeedRacer race car]] [[TopGear drivers]] gain their affinity with speed from it.

[[WMG: Wally being Black is simply just an intetnet rumor that the writer's decided to stay ambiguous on.]]

...after a few months of it headlining on the internet. As said above people largely accepted Nick Furry's change in ethnicity. People also shrugged their shoulders and moved on with their lives a few months after one of the Green Lanterns was revealed to be Gay. Given some time the same will happen here.

* Being upset about a fundamental change to a fundamental character doesn't make people racist. Perhaps DC had a greater degree of diversity, but should that be accomplished by race-lifting established, iconic characters? The anger isn't about race, but about the seemingly endless contempt that comic book writers hold for established characters and continuity. An ''adaptation'' which would experiment with characters' traits and backgrounds would probably go over a lot better than a continuity rewrite. Which will probably be undone eventually anyway, after the writers get tired of the shakeup.

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* It has been confirmed that Wally will appear in New 52 in April 2014. Many, many people all over the internet believe he'll be changing ethnicity for whatever reason. This is an internet wide WMG but it wasn't here yet so I thought I'd share.

* The rumor came about when the writers said that “Wally will be different than we know him". It was simply a fan jumping to conclusion and said rumor became wide spread. The writers probably realized that this would cause controversy so they decided to not confirm or deny the rumor. They did this because they thought the controversy would [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity make the book Wally is suppose to appear in sell better.]]

* Nick was famously changed from a White man to a Black man. While this initially caused an uproar people eventually accepted the change when they realized he was still a cool character. It eventually got to the point that many people actually forgot he was White to begin with. If Wally's personality stays intact and he manages to do badass things on his own people will eventually accept the change just like they did with Nick Fury.

* Wally [[WordOfGod appears on Flash Annual #3]] and many people think he's the kid spray painting on the wall rather than “The Blue Flash". Those who have heard of and/or support the rumor that he will be black have made it their thing to point out that "Wally's" hands are very white in color. So white that they could be gloves. While it is possible that it is a Black Wally who happens to be wearing gloves it could just as easily be a White Wally wearing gloves.
** If Wally is still Caucasian he could very easily just be pale skinned. That shade of white isn't impossible after all.

* ...after a few months of it headlining on the internet. As said above people largely accepted Nick Furry's change in ethnicity. People also shrugged their shoulders and moved on with their lives a few months after one of the Green Lanterns was revealed to be Gay. Given some time the same will happen here.