Originally Posted by
DrNewGod
Good point about Abin Sur; I was looking at it strictly in terms of GA/SA. I also mentioned, I can arguably see both Barry and Mr. Terrific as legacies, depending on how you define the term. Sometimes though, like the GA v. SA Atom, calling characters with recycled names legacies seems like a real stretch.
I had taken "legacy" to imply a bit more influence by the predecessor than just having the successor lift the name and/or duplicate the abilities, which is what you had with Flash and Mr. Terrific. Any mentoring of Barry by Jay is retcon following CoIE. Prior to that Barry had his own gig well underway before ever meeting Jay, and they met up afterward only infrequently. If you define legacy to include being inspired or copying with no other real connection, then yes, it's arguable.