#killervibes

[forbescaroline]

11k celebration: top 50 m/f friendships (as voted by my followers) #49. cisco ramon and caitlin snow - the flash

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When joining Star Labs Caitlin was the first person that Cisco became quick friends with and the two stuck by each other though every hardship they faced. But do you like to see the two together romantically, prefer them more platonically or rather not seen them together at all?

[icedteaandoldlace]

You see a lot of "there's no platonic explanation for this" type posts, but like, does anyone else ever get like the exact opposite feeling when looking at your brotps that you could never in a million years ship as a couple?

I mean, look at Caitlin and Cisco in the season 4 premiere. Caitlin is at her absolute hottest ever, and Cisco is 100% unfazed, all he cares about is getting his besties back, zero regard for the popping eyeliner and leather jacket and visible bra straps. There is nothing but platonic explanations for that.

Same case with the scene where Lothario Wells's dick is out and Cisco's not having a good time. With all due respect to the Harrisco fandom, I will never understand seeing that as a shippy scene. Cisco saw Harry's doppelgänger's dick and said "fuck no, not with a 100' pole."

[killervibe]

Sometimes I remember that SAVITAR was a killervibe truther and think s3 was a fever dream

[msanonny]

Cisco and Caitlin reminded me so much of Fitzsimmons. I still don't know why they were never canon. I understand the whole "why can't men and women be just friends?" blah blah blah But they had a great connection and I would have bought it if it went non platonic.

[hitchell-mope]

Why did they never get together?

[sssssssim]

Sim's Christmas Pie 2025: Time Loop

This time around, time goes around and around and around and around.  This Christmas, your favorite pairings are caught in a time loop, of which only one of them is aware of. 

Starting the day over and over again with their crush asking if you have any plans for Christmas Eve sounds nice, but not when you do it again and again and again and again.

It’s up to them to figure out how to stop the time loop. However will they manage?

Bucky and Steve // Caitlin and Cisco // Carol and Daryl // Geralt and Jaskier // Rey and Poe // Sam and Daniel // Stiles and Derek //

[shasta627]

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[president-zebra]

prompt: barry and iris thinking that Cisco and caitlin are together in early s3 and accidentally embarrassing them by addressing their incorrect assumption to their face

Okay so Ik you sent this in like 3 years ago but i felt inspired ig so here it is! Happy late holidays everyone and happy new year!

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Iris walked into the cortex and heard giggling. She wasn’t sure where it was coming from but it didn’t sound like her boyfriend.

“Barry?” She just needed to be sure. She stared at the Flash suit on the mannequin in front of her. The hollow metal stared back at her through the eye holes. She got no response.

“That’s not true, Cisco,” she heard a voice from the med bay. This one she was sure was Caitlin.

“Of course it is, I could hear it throughout the entire apartment.” She heard another voice. Definitely Cisco.

“I do not snore!” Caitlin said, Iris could hear the annoyance in her voice. She heard another laugh out of Cisco and the beginning of footsteps coming in her direction.

“Well I beg to differ,” he twirled a twizzler between his fingers as he entered the cortex. “Thanks again for staying over last night, I really needed that.” He patted Caitlin on the shoulder.

“No problem, any time you need something I’ll be there.” She reassured him, squeezing his arm. “Oh, Iris!” Caitlin’s voice rose three octaves.

“Hi,” she waved at her friends from her spot behind the console. Both of their faces were bright red.

“Iris!” Cisco’s voice cracked. “What are you doing here so early in the day?” He leaned against one of the rails.

Iris’ eyes narrowed, she looked at Cisco. Then to Caitlin, then back to Cisco. She sat down in one of the chairs and sighed.

“I was coming to do some research on this alchemy character but I don’t know,” she paused, looking between the two of them. “Maybe you guys got this covered.” She cleared her throat.

Caitlin looked down, now realizing how close she had been standing next to her best friend. She could feel his breath on her cheek.

“We could always use the help, and besides we have as little information as you do right now.” Caitlin suggested, taking a step away from Cisco. He seemed to not like the loss of contact to Iris’ observation because his lips knit into a tight frown.

“I think I’ll be okay at my dad’s.” She smiled, spinning in her chair and giving a wave over her shoulder as she left.

“What was that?” She could hear Cisco asking as she walked down the hallway.

“I don’t know, we could’ve used your help,” Caitlin sounded unsure.

“But I wanted to spend some time with you.” Iris almost thought that sounded like a whine, as she paused halfway to the elevator.

“I was at your place all night, Cisco.” She could almost hear the eye roll in Caitlin’s voice.

“Yeah but it’s not the same,” Cisco whined. Iris knew he was jutting his bottom lip out at that point.

When she opened the door to her Dad’s house, she wasn’t expecting her boyfriend to be sitting on the couch.

“Hey you,” he said, looking up as she leaned over to give him a kiss. “Where were you this morning?”

“STAR labs, trying to get some research done.” She sat down across from him.

“And what did you find?” He asked between kisses.

“I think,” She kissed him back. “I think our friends are lying to us.”

Barry pulled back, raising an eyebrow. “And that would be,”

“I think Cisco and Caitlin might be,” she took a deep breath. “I think they’re together.”

Barry opened his mouth and then closed it again.

“I know it sounds crazy,” Iris started. “But you should’ve seen it, Barry, they were so,”

Barry brushed his hand against her cheek. “What happened exactly?”

Iris explained about the giggling and the blushing and the close contact. “She even stayed at his house last night.”

Barry rolled his eyes and stared at his girlfriend. “She does that sometimes, y’know since Dante died and all he’s been,” he trailed off.

“I know that, but Barry,” she took a breath, “this was so different.”

Barry nodded, trying to understand. “So let’s say you’re right and they are dating,” he countered. “Why haven’t they told us yet? I mean they’re our friends, we’d be happy for them, they know that.”

Iris ruffled his hair and scooter closer. “Yeah but maybe they’re just not ready yet, not everyone is ready to tell everyone about a relationship right when it starts.”

He smiled, kissing her on the cheek. “You’re so smart!”

“I know.” Iris smiled, shrugging and squeezing his arm.

Later, when they walked into the cortex to find Cisco leaning over Caitlin’s shoulder with barely any room between them, Barry and Iris shared a glance.

Iris cleared her throat, causing Cisco to look up abruptly, backing up slightly toward the wall.

“Hi guys, didn’t hear you come in.” His face bright red. Caitlin looked up from the screen and waved at her friends.

“Hi guys, how did the research go?” She asked.

“We could ask you the same thing.” Barry smirked, crossing his arms and looking between them.

“Is there something you wanna tell us?” Iris pursed her lips, coming to stand next to Barry.

“Nope I don’t think so. Good chat, catch you guys later for dinner maybe. Caitlin lets go,” Cisco grasped her wrist and started to pull her out of the cortex.

“Really, so you weren’t going to have dinner with just Caitlin, then Cisco?” Barry’s smirk faded into a floppy grin.

“Well maybe, but that’s because we’re friends, nothing else,” Caitlin’s eyes went wide.

“What?” She looked at Cisco, his head tilted toward the ground. “Cisco, what is Barry implying?”

“Wait, so you guys aren’t together?” Barry scratched his head.

“Yeah, we’re not.” Cisco frowned, “thanks for that.” He began to run out the door but he felt a hand stop him.

“Cisco, what is he taking about?” Her eyes were big and brown and full of confusion, Cisco wanted to cry right there on the spot.

Iris tapped Barry’s shoulder as if to signal for them to leave. He nodded and took her hand.

When Cisco could no longer hear footsteps, he sighed.

“I,” he wasn’t sure where he was going with this. “I think that I like you. Like, like you like you.” He scrunched his eyes shut.

“Oh,” Caitlin breathed out.

“And I thought that with all this extra time we’ve been spending together recently, you might just maybe feel the same way.” He hugged himself tightly. Caitlin stayed planted in front of him.

“Which you clearly don’t, so it doesn’t matter anyway.” He began to walk away when he felt an arm tug him forward.

“Cisco,” Caitlin began. “You think I don’t like you, I mean you know have feelings for you?” He nodded. She put an arm on his shoulder.

“I thought it was all just in my head, I thought you just liked having me over as a friend, and having assistance on your projects as a friend, I never thought you wanted something more or I would’ve told you.” And with that it all became clear.

He put his hand on her cheek, brushing his fingers lightly over her skin. “Can I kiss you?”

Caitlin giggled, nodded, and then she leaned in. At first she hesitated, but then they both let go and it was as if it was always supposed to happen like this.

When Cisco finally pulled back, after what seemed like hours, he just stared into her eyes. He tried to search them for any kind of answer, as if this was another equation he had to solve.

Caitlin just shook her head, and leaned back in to kiss him again.

He knew he had done something right when he could feel her smile against his lips.

He wasn’t sure what they would make of this, but maybe he had someone else to thank, or maybe this was always going to happen anyway.

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Stats tag game

I got this game from @andorerso, and I thought it looked neat! I'm going to use my whole AO3 account for this.

most hits (12404): Lost and Found - this actually surprised me! Not because I didn't know it was popular, but it's less than half the length of another longfic I did (see below), and counting hits by chapter does make it bigger.

fewest hits (20): Void - Not surprising. This is an old Firefly fic that got imported to AO3 from another archive a few years back, and it's still locked down.

most kudos (767): Faking It - Also not surprising. Rebelcap is a horny fandom y'all.

fewest kudos (3): Void again

most comments (399): Lost and Found again. So many people have so many feelings about my kidfic!

fewest comments (0): Ummm. There's a 15-way tie between some imported fics and some rarepairs. I will not think of it again.

most bookmarks (127): Long Odds - my fluffy May the 4th giftfic! Also one that got podficced. <blows kiss>

fewest bookmarks (0): Another multiple tie, with two imported fics and three of my beloved rarepair

most words (171,769): Living for Today - My angsty babyfic for Killervibe! Now this one I knew because I looked it up recently.

fewest words (173): Calculus - awww I remember this one! I don't think I even had to do a readmore on Tumblr for it.

I'm tagging @luciechat, @hedgiwithapen, @incognitajones, and anyone else who wants in.

[shrinkthisviolet]

Gonna go the less expected route here: Julian Albert, Kamilla Hwang, and Joe West for the fictional character bingo.

Ooh I appreciate the variety!

Julian Albert:

He just kind of Exists to me 🤷‍♀️ I also didn’t like Caitlin/Julian (hence “canon’s not real if I don’t look at it”). I found him kinda off-putting tbh. The show’s no stranger to jerk characters (Harry, Ralph), but Julian doesn’t really have the charisma to endear him to me like Harry and (to a lesser extent) Ralph do.

Also, he was only really there a) for Caitlin’s plotline (and his inclusion in all of it fell flat for me) and b) for the Alchemy red herring (which, as with Savitar pre-reveal, was a waste of time imo)

Kamilla Hwang:

So admittedly I used to be a lot more neutral towards her, if only because I felt she and Cisco were kinda thrown together by the writing and not given a ton of development as a couple. I…still somewhat feel this way, but I also like the two of them together…and as far as Cisco ships go, Kamisco’s my favorite 💞 (Goldenvibe is second for me, and I’ve been warming up to that more lately too)

Also, since Kamilla is your favorite, I’ve become fonder of her and Kamisco through following you 🥰 Kamilla is sweet, driven, and when the show does allow them to spend time together onscreen, they seem to get each other in a very special way. It’s not my favorite ship, but I find it a sweet one regardless.

As for “the fandom’s so mean”…something I’ve noticed is how some Caitlin/Cisco shippers tend to write Kamisco (and Kamilla, by extension) as very boring/bland/not right for Cisco. Which…fine, people can have ship preferences, but I remember one fic in which a character told Cisco, “[Kamilla’s] nice, but you deserve better than nice”, and that irked me.

Like…I get that Kamisco isn’t as developed as Caitlin and Cisco’s friendship, and even I shipped Caitlin/Cisco for a time, but…it rubs me the wrong way to see a white woman prioritized over a WOC as Cisco’s love interest when canonically, he’s only ever romantically been interested in said WOC and not the white woman. I get the fondness for Caitlin/Cisco, but if you need to throw Kamilla, a WOC and Cisco’s canon love interest, under the bus to do it…I question how strong your ship really is.

(Fun fact, fics like this are part of the reason I don’t really ship Caitlin/Cisco anymore!)

Joe West:

So…I have mixed opinions. I love him in most of the show, especially his relationships with Barry, Iris, Cisco, and Wally. Even his dynamic with Harry in s2!

I don’t, however, like him in s1 with Iris, and even with Barry, mostly pre-reveal. When he’s shooting down Barry at every turn, making him feel stupid, not even entertaining the idea of the impossible, not even stopping when he sees Barry’s given up the fight…yeah, that was sucky of him. It shouldn’t have taken Iris’s intervening for him to back off.

And with Iris…the lying, the gaslighting, the coddling…listen, I get he’s overprotective, but he is way moreso of Iris than Barry. Keeping her out of the loop for so long and not even apologizing to her?? Joe, Barry made his choice, but you also asked him to do it! You lied to Iris for months and acted like she was crazy when she mentioned seeing the Streak! You even got mad at Barry for Iris’s choice to put her name on her blog!

And that stuff with Eddie…ugh, that’s infuriating. The way Joe acts so entitled to her love life in s1, the way he denies Eddie permission to propose for ages just because he thinks he knows better than Iris who she should marry?? And the show doesn’t win any points with me for treating him as being right for that.

Oh, and also Armageddon?? When he yells at Barry and Iris for wanting to let Thawne die?? Saying they’d be destroying their family by doing so?? JOE CAN YOU BFFR?? We’re talking about EOBARD THAWNE! Killed Nora Allen, framed Henry Allen, stalked your son-in-law, killed Cisco, killed Eddie, killed your granddaughter, changed time and almost married your daughter??

I do love him in the rest of the show though, I think he’s a great fountain of wisdom and his relationships with his kids shine (hence the square with all the hearts, because when those relationships are at the forefront outside of s1, it’s like magic). It’s just those instances when I dislike him.

send me a character (or multiple) and I’ll fill out the bingo!

[hedgiwithapen]

Hi. Hope you're having a good day or afternoon or evening and staying safe. I wanted to ask you if you could write something for Blue Beetle in the scene where Jaime and his sister with y/n are fighting those soldiers in the underground with the red light and Jaime and Y/n like each other but they haven't told each other. Then, the fight is over and Jaime and his sister hug each other then Jaime and y/n hug each other too and she tells him she's glad he's okay.

Then, Jaime tells her and his sister that they have to get out of there but y/n stops him and gathers up the courage to tell him she has always liked him and she finally tells him. Jaime is speechless then y/n acts nervous and tells him that maybe telling him her feelings for him were probably stupid but Jaime assures her that it's not stupid and that he has also always liked her too but he just didn't know how to tell her.

She smiles at this and Jamie smiles too then he has an expression on his face like he's about to kiss her and Khaji Da notices that he wants to kiss her and says something about it. Jaime gets annoyed as he rolls his eyes and tells her to stop and while y/n & his sister laugh then he goes in and kisses her and his sister sees this and whistles.

Jaime and y/n let go from kissing and smile at his sister then his uncle Rudy when he comes and his sister tells uncle Rudy Jaime and y/n confessed their feelings for each other and kissed and Uncle Rudy whistles too and tells Jaime way a go. Jaime rolls his eyes then him and y/n both laugh while smiling then they get out of there to get Jenny and while Jaime and y/n are now holding hands together.

Thank you so much. Hope this is okay. Have a good day or afternoon or evening and stay safe. 😊😊😊

Hi! Welcome! It's a Lovely Dammit Hedgi Day and it's nice to see some new faces this year. To answer you question though: Nope! :) I don't write romance, self insert or otherwise, and even if I did, I only take simple concept/dialog prompts during the three weeks leading up to Dammit Hedgi Day. (note: I've gotten a few ship prompt requests today, which is why I'm responding publicly. This is not to shame or call anyone out! I just want the new folks to know that my prompts are closed for another year and I don't accept this kind of prompt. ) That said- It seems like you've got a solid outline for the story: you should give it a go yourself! I'm sure there's readers who would be interested.

Stay safe, have a lovely day yourself! Good luck with your fic, either in writing it or finding another fanwriter who is better suited to the task.

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Which of these highest Cisco ships is your favourite?

(Based on amount of ao3 fics)

[icedteaandoldlace]

Barry and Cisco for the niche questions character ask game pleaaaase :)

Barry

A song that reminds me of them: Try by Rick Astley (yes, that Rick Astley—no, that link is not a Rickroll). And also Try Everything by Shakira. Same general message, different energies, both of which are Barry to a T.

What they smell like: A raspberry Tootsie Pop. I'm not saying that's what he ACTUALLY smells like (I'm also not NOT saying that), but that's the first thing that comes to my mind. Also like spruce or juniper leaves (needles?) and that first-step-into-a-shoe-store new leather smell.

An otp: Barrisco and Westallen! I feel like Iris was the perfect person for him to end up with in canon, but Cisco is the person I'm most interested in seeing him paired with in fanfiction (and he's 100% the person he would've ended up with if wasn't with Iris). They're the two people that Barry loves the most and that he can't live without, and he's completely enamored with both of them.

A notp: I simply can NOT get into Olivarry. It's just boring to me. Wtf are they gonna do on a date? Argue about ethics?

Favorite platonic/familial relationships: Also Cisco! They were a brotp before they were an otp, and I still value them as friends without my shipper goggles on. But after him, Joe. I'm a big sucker for a good adoptive/chosen parent-child relationship.

A headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that I disagree with: I'm not sure about headcanons so much, but there are several misinterpretations of his actions and his motives that drive me crazy. Whether they're making him out to be a bad friend or hailing him as The Only Person Doing The Right Thing when he is very clearly wrong, there are multiple takes in the fandom that are just...incorrect. For example, the idea that he was being selfish and manipulative when he got Cisco to open a breach to Earth-2, or that he was just doing what any good husband would do when he pulled Iris and only Iris out of the Mirrorverse. Like, were some of these people even watching the same show?

The position they sleep in: Barry is a big time side sleeper, with the arm on the side that he's lying on curled up in front of him.

A crossover AU I’d love to see them in: I mean I am writing a double crossover about him that's set in Dalton Academy with a plot that's a rewrite of Pretty In Pink.

My favorite outfit they’ve ever worn: There's a specific outfit in the back of my mind, and I can't remember what it is or what scene it's in, but these ones jumped out at me while I was on my wild search for it.

(SAVITAR TOTALLY COUNTS!)

Cisco

A song that reminds me of them: You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home by Hannah Montana. Because he's changed a bit over the years, and he can be a little lost sometimes, but who he is at his core is always consistent. And because you know he's gonna find a reason to move back to Central City at some point. Also Brave by Josh Groban, which is self explanatory.

What they smell like: As mentioned on your post, cypress and tea tree oil is what I think of his go-to hair/skin product scent being. But there's also some lingering metal and oil smell from his workshop, leather (more like a car with leather interior than the shoe store smell though), and a teensy bit of artificial strawberry from whatever the last candy he had was.

An otp: Kamilla and Barry, my beloveds. 💖 Barry, of course, you already know why, and Kamilla for similar reasons. They both adore Cisco, they're protective and supportive of him, and they like a lot of the same nerdy stuff that he likes. Plus both ships are just adorable together. Barry and Kamilla are both sweet and gentle and affectionate, and that's just what he needs in a partner. They're also the only people that I feel like really deserve him. A relationship with anyone else would feel too unbalanced.

A notp: Everyone else. Just kidding (kind of). He has amazing platonic chemistry with everyone, and romantic chemistry with like maybe 5 people. As far as ships I actively dislike, I am very much squicked out by seeing him shipped with Caitlin and Harry. I love their canon/platonic relationships, but I can't do them in any other context. There are more, but those are the main two that are an absolute no for me.

Favorite platonic/familial relationships: Caitlin! 💖 Their friendship is so sweet, and the sibling energy is off the charts. I love them so much!! Best friend goals for life. Also, Cisco and Ronnie's relationship is super underrated. I wish we could've gotten more of them. :(

A headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that I disagree with: That his parents were abusive. They're definitely overly critical, emotional unavailable, and they favor Dante over him, but I don't see them as intentionally cruel. That's not to say I'm totally against them being written that way, because I've read some good fics where they are, but I prefer to think that their issues come from a lack of understanding of him, and also refusal to accept that their golden child is actually their problem child, and vice versa. I think that they do love Cisco, and they do try somewhat to have a good relationship with him, they just don't try nearly as hard as they should, and they go about it all the wrong way.

The position they sleep in: Oddly enough I think he's a back sleeper. That's if he's in bed by himself, though. If he's with a partner, he loves to be the big spoon.

A crossover AU I’d love to see them in: See the answer for Barry.

My favorite outfit they’ve ever worn:

Also I can't find a good gif of it, but that red suit he wore for Barry and Iris's vow renewal + the S.T.A.R. Labs stole. Also, the S.T.A.R. Labs T-shirt. It hits different on him.

[killervibe]

The Flash 5x02 with the killervibe Jitters date scene was exactly 5 years ago. Insane. That was such a time to be alive asdfghj