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We all know that the TV show differs from the comics in many way. What if Alchemy is not the Dr. Alchemy we know from the comics but rather something completely different with a similar name?
1) Very little has followed Comic canon. Origins, costumes, good/bad affiliation, etc. The differences might be subtle but it's obvious the show runners do not want to follow the comics 100% faithfully. I like that it's not exactly like the comics but it is what it is.
2) Alchemy's power. There's some debate on this but Alchemy never had the ability to see different timelines, nor did he have the capability to use telepathy (presuming that's what he's using to contact Clariss) All he had was the Philosopher's Stone. He was formidable, yet bit player in the Comics (at least to my memory). So this Alchemy is seemingly something completely different.
3) More on the power. When we saw the Flash get hit by Alchemy, he as hit with a light beam. If this was (presumably) from the Stone, then why was there no change to the suit or anything. From what I can remember from the comics, the stone transmutes matter and that's it's only use. It does not fire concussive beams so what did Alchemy hit Barry with? Also, restoration of powers from different timelines is not a power of the Stone so how did Alchemy pull that off?
4) What's up with the "husks"? I'm speculating that, like a butterfly, the new person emerged from these husks to have their power. I'd like to know more on that but I think we'll have to wait.
At any case, I leaning toward Alchemy being something completely different rather than a guy with the Stone. I guess that remains to be seen but this wouldn't be the first time the show runners had a character with completely different powers than their comic counterpart (cough, cough...Firestorm). And, of course, this bears more data before becoming fact.
1) Very little has followed Comic canon. Origins, costumes, good/bad affiliation, etc. The differences might be subtle but it's obvious the show runners do not want to follow the comics 100% faithfully. I like that it's not exactly like the comics but it is what it is.
2) Alchemy's power. There's some debate on this but Alchemy never had the ability to see different timelines, nor did he have the capability to use telepathy (presuming that's what he's using to contact Clariss) All he had was the Philosopher's Stone. He was formidable, yet bit player in the Comics (at least to my memory). So this Alchemy is seemingly something completely different.
3) More on the power. When we saw the Flash get hit by Alchemy, he as hit with a light beam. If this was (presumably) from the Stone, then why was there no change to the suit or anything. From what I can remember from the comics, the stone transmutes matter and that's it's only use. It does not fire concussive beams so what did Alchemy hit Barry with? Also, restoration of powers from different timelines is not a power of the Stone so how did Alchemy pull that off?
4) What's up with the "husks"? I'm speculating that, like a butterfly, the new person emerged from these husks to have their power. I'd like to know more on that but I think we'll have to wait.
At any case, I leaning toward Alchemy being something completely different rather than a guy with the Stone. I guess that remains to be seen but this wouldn't be the first time the show runners had a character with completely different powers than their comic counterpart (cough, cough...Firestorm). And, of course, this bears more data before becoming fact.
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