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[DC]Would The Flash disappearing into the Speed Force cause the creation of the Justice Lords?

In the JLU episode 'Divided We Fall', The Flash pushed himself further than he'd ever gone before in order to separate Brainiac from Lex Luthor. In doing so he started to fade into the Speed Force.

In the episode 'A Better World', we find out that the Justice League became the Justice Lords after Lex Luthor killed The Flash. If The Flash had fully faded into the Speed Force, would that have had the same effect has Lex outright killing The Flash?
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Maybe.

Who can say? Timelines and multiple worlds being what they are, it seems entirely possible.  

On the one hand, maybe it's not enough to say "Dead Flash = Justice Lords." Luthor killing the Flash is bound to cause more resentment and rage than Flash sacrificing himself for the greater good.

On the other hand, maybe it's simply the continuing presence of the Flash that kept them in check. His light humor, his power, his friendship. The other members of the Justice League tended to be a bit... stoic. They were teammates, they cared for each other, but no one really had the levity of The Flash.