In a series of moments in which Barry’s speed came all too easily, the focus was shifted to what defines Barry Allen as the Flash.
By his own admission, Pseudo-Wells admits that his hate and vendetta against the Flash existed in “a future”, that by implication, defines Barry’s actions in this timeline as admirable and certainly defining. In a universe where it is his speed that physically anoints him as the Flash, it is his decisions that make Barry Allen a justifiable hero.