Rothstein and Slick were known murderers whose powers made them uncontainable, Vandal Savage was a near-immortal psychopath who had dedicated his life to hunting down the past and future reincarnations of a friend of mine and her soul mate, and Zoom had just tried to destroy the multiverse.

It was what was necessary, at the time I get that, but explaining that sometimes just feels like I'm making excuses for myself.