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Billy's Birthday Bash part 1 (DC)

Billy yawned and sat up in bed, reaching over and turning off his alarm clock which was blabbering away about how the justice league had saved the day last night, again. from alien attackers, Again.

"Like I don't know that." Billy muttered, swinging his blanket off and twisting in his bed so his bare feet could hit the floor. "I was only there."

Billy Batson after all was the secret identity of the world's mightiest mortal Shazam, gifted with gifts from seven gods and one of the league's heavy hitters.

Just thinking about that brought a smile to the 13 year old hero's face and he turned to pose in in the mirror in his bedroom, and then his face fell as he saw his reflection.

while once he said his magic word he was a 6'9 muscled beefcake, the image looking back him with it's scrawny arms and chest which were covered with a faded flash themed PJ top while around his hips was a semi bulky and again flash themed overnight diaper, that was drooping from being used many times (Thankfully only wettings though, something he confirmed with a quick pat to his padded rear and a sniff of the air) despite Billy having only made it to bed at around 3 am.

He hadn't of been worried about getting in trouble for being out so late though.

the once orphan had been happily adopted and taken in by one Barry Allen and got alone great with his new dad and tried to be pleasant around Miss west, Barry's girlfriend who came over often enough to have her own key.

It wasn't that she was unpleasant or anything, it was just with Billy's 'problems' acting up bad enough that he needed his diapers basically 24/7, she insisted on diaper checks, even in front of her nephew Wally who'd come over sometimes with her and was like the coolest guy ever!

The reason why he hadn't of been worried about Barry finding out though was because Barry was also a member of the Justice league, ironically the Flash who's symbol had been on the front of the bulky diaper at one point.

"You'd think he'd be mad these things even exist since till Bat's set up that account for us there was no way to collect royalties." Billy grumbled to himself.

But when asked Barry admitted if he could help kids like Billy who had potty issues feel big and brave like superhero's, He was fine with the diapers being made and mostly didn't touch his share of the royalties.

though as Billy's legal guardian Shazam couldn't touch his share either without permission and was irked that Barry would use some of Billy's money to stock up on his diapers.

"I'm teaching you to be reasponable. if you have to pay for the diapers you'll be less likely to rip them up like that first pack Iris got you." Barry had reminded Billy, with a smirk on his face but a slight stern tone.

"I said sorry..besides they had stupid ponies and stuff on them." Billy had whined back.

still he fell in line and even if he had wanted to just blast the diapers with his lighting some times and suck up the wasted cost, with his new day's symbol on it he just couldn't do it.

Since he was only wet Billy was allowed to change himself, there had been the great carpet incident a few days after he'd moved in trying to change a dirty diaper on his own and Barry had made him pinky swear to ask for help with those.

since Billy was on the family plan and had his own cell phone he could just discretely call Barry when he was smelly, though thankfully his daytime accidents were few and fair in between.

Snapping the tapes off Billy had a minor moment sulkiness again since his budding pubic hair had been shaved clean because of his diapers, though he had to admit Barry had been right, he was getting a LOT less rashes.

balling the soggy diaper up and holding it out with one hand, Billy took a deep breath and pinched his nose with the other one as he stepped on the foot petal for his diaper pail and dropped it in, not wishing to smell memories of diaper past.

with that done he walked around enjoying the lack of a waddle in his step for the precious few moments he would and tugged opened his version of a underwear drawer, stocked full of daytime and overnight flash brand diapers.

"Gee, what's a boy to wear, flash themed disposable undies or flash themed disposable undies?" He asked, tapping a finger on his chin and smirking a little."the struggle is real for 13 year old pants wetter."

"heh, Oh really?" Came a voice from the doorway and Billy yelped and tugged to tug his shirt down, even though he knew Barry had seen everything.

"B-Barry knock!" He huffed, and blushed, hands over over his crotch now.

"I did, someone was off in his own little world.. in fact so off he forgot what today is." Barry said and smirked, pointing over to a Shazam themed calendar on the wall, with the dates date circled in red."Your not 13 anymore silly. Happy birthday~"

Billy, who normally was ignored on his birthday either by choice or lost in the shuffle while in foster care really had forgotten and now grinned big time.

"That's right! I get a real party, with cake, and ice cream an-" Billy was saying and was cut off as Barry zipped over, a little bit slower in his blue jeans and denim shirt but not by much and was ruffling Billy's hair.

"And you get a birthday spanking." Barry teased, but winked to let Billy know he was joking.

"Try it and I'll saw you know what." Billy giggled and blew a raspberry.

"Hmmm flash vs. Shazam in a spanking fight. we could sell out areas. But At last, your butt's just too cute to mare." Barry chuckled and gave the boys chubby cheeks a soft pat before zipping back to the door frame.

the pat while gentle, was unexpected and Billy yelped and a little trickle of pee came out, something Barry missed but the now hard wood floor of Billy's room could handle it.

"Finish getting dressed buddy and I'll get this cleaned up in-"

"Don't say it!" Billy groaned rolled his eyes.

"A flash!" Barry said, zipping off as Billy snatched a pair of daytime diapers out.

'He's so corny sometimes.' Billy thought.

Dressed in a red t-shirt and a baggy pair of black shorts that did a good job of hiding the bulk of his padding (there there was a tell tale crinkle for those listening for it) he made his way to the dinning room and grinned ear to ear as the table was loaded with chocolate pancakes, blue berry waffles, fried eggs, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages and a pitcher of chocolate milk and a pitcher of orange juice.

with how fast Barry's metabolism was he was always making big meals and was part of the reason Billy had put on some much needed wait, but even so, this was above and beyond.

with drool trailing down his chin he grabbed a plate and looked over the feast, almost at a lost of where to begin.

"heh, Did daddy do good or did daddy do good?" Barry asked, zipping into the room.

"This. Is. Awesome!" Billy squealed. "Was this all you or did Iris help too?" Billy asked.

"She's out of town on a assignment for a news papers, she's sorry she's gonna miss the party." Barry said, looking sorry.

"Well it's ok." Billy said, starting to load up his plate, a impish grin coming across his face. "we can just have anther party with more cake when she gets back. It'll be hard having all that sugar and getting double presents, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make." he said, topping off his plate and plopping his butt onto his special chair.

with his bulky diapers and the fact he leaked sometimes, Barry had gotten him a dinner chair with sides coming up to the middle of his tummy so Billy wouldn't lose balance and fall off, and it had a plastic cover for a easier clean up instead of the stained oak that the rest of the chairs had.

Naturally Billy had been least then pleased at the fact he had a toddler chair but after falling off of the other chairs three times he'd finally bit the bullet.

"Oh, your willing to have two party's huh? truly, your a saint among men. We'll see what happens." Barry said, coming over and getting his own plate while taking a second to mentally gush at just how adorable Billy looked, his legs kicking under the table as he scooped food in his mouth like he hadn't eaten in a month. "Heh, wow, and I thought I was fast..slow down before you choke buddy."

Billy as normal, took that warning as a challenge and sped up.

After 4 helpings Billy just sat back in his chair, burping softly and groaning as he put a hand to his belly, not even offering a fight as Barry came over with a cloth to wipe his face and hands.

"Did somebody maybe eat more then he should of?" Barry asked sweetly, as he helped the groaning boy out of the chair, and after a second picked him up, setting him on his hip and patting his back.

Billy's reply was a loud blench and Barry winced, glad he'd had the foresight to get Billy's head over his shoulder.

"well put. any follow ups?" Barry chuckled, and kept patting, this wasn't Billy's first semi food coma and he doubted it would be the little thunder champions last.

Billy went to open his mouth to say something then a loud booming fart blasted out of his bottom and for a split second Barry wondered if his arm would of been burnt if not for the padding.

"I-I didn't..I.." Billy whimpered and buried his head into Barry's shoulder and Barry could feel the heat from the boys face.

"Hey..hey..it's ok. fart's happen. besides you've gone uh-oh in my lap so this is hardly worse." Barry said, tilting his head and giving the poor blushing little guy a smooch on the head.

"N-Not helping!" Billy whined.

"Ok ok, I'll drop it.. here let's get you sat down and watching some carto-" Barry started to say but anther thunder poot from the champion of lighting cut him off.

"gawd! that stinks!" Billy whined.

"...Or Maybe you wanna go and sit on the potty." Barry said trying to be nice, but the boy wasn't wrong.

"I know when I have to go poop Barry!" Billy huffed and two more loud farts came out and the boy switched from huffy to shocked. "..and that would be right now. Potty daddy!"

Any other daddy wouldn't of stood a chance in the world, But Barry Allen didn't call him the fastest man alive for nothing, but even then it was a close call as he barley got Billy's shorts and diaper down and got him on the toilet before the boy started to unleash hell.

Knowing how Billy valued some privacy, Barry left almost as quick as he'd gotten him in there, though not before bringing a few room freshers into the bathroom and opening a window.

'don't want him to pass out form his own stink.. man..I wonder if there's anther god powering.. skunkculues, champion of stink.' Barry mused as he waited outside the bathroom door just in case he was needed.

Billy groaned as he hunched over and pounded a fist on the sink's counter, wondering if maybe he had a natural power over lava because that's what this felt like as he made use of the potty.

His own stink was assaulting his nose though thankfully daddy had set it up so it would be as bad, though he still ended up having to flush a couple of times just to help with the smell.

Sweating, Panting and feeling drained, he barley had it in him to wipe himself when it was all said and done, and swore he'd never cram that much food into his tummy again all at once.

(of course since he swore that once every three or so days the oath may of fallen on deaf ear.)

which his cheeks wiped, Billy went to stand up on shaky legs and plopped back down, then noticed the shart stains in the back of the diaper and signed.

"Dadddd..IUh...I need help." he called out. huffing and slumping, elbows on his knees and waiting.

when the door opened up and his cousin/cool bro via adoption opened the door Billy yelped and in vain tried to cover up the diaper around his ankles.

4 minutes earlier...

Wally who had retired from the superhero game while going to collage and trying to be a CSI like Barry, had surprised Barry by showing up for the party.

"Wally! good to see you!" Barry had said, shaking the younger mans hand, but then, ever the good daddy/uncle had narrowed his eyes. "Aren't you suppose to be in class right now?"

"The professor for the only class I had today had a family emergency, so the class was called off, and I was gonna try and make it anyways." Wally said, keeping his voice down and Barry picked up on it and kept his down as well.

"Ah, a birthday surprise for Billy." Barry said and smirked. "you know he thinks the world of you right?"

"I might of picked up on that. hence why I pretend not to notice his little problem." Wally chuckled and ran a hand though his orange hair. "you'd think he would of linked how Aunt Iris doesn't do bum checks when I'm around with it buttt.."

"Heh, Well he see's what he wants to see. He's on the potty right now though so maybe if you hi-" Barry started to say when his com beeped.

it wasn't his JL com, but the one he'd given the Meta human crimes department for central and Keystone city, being the hero of the twin cities.

dashing over he answered it, and frowned, then dashed back to Wally but even as he did he was in costume.

"I hate to do this, but Weather wizard and Captain cold are causing heck in Keystone. could you stay with Billy? he might need a little help." Barry said and gestured his head to the bathroom.

"Of course. Listen, if you need any back up.. I might not have my costume, but after Billy gets out.."

"Hey, I'll handle it. I'll be back.."

"in a flash. I know I know." Wally groaned, having the same opinion as Billy about the phase.

Barry just smirked like it was the worlds greatest dad joke and took off.

"W-Wally!? Get out! I-" Billy was whining and had actual tears welling up in his eyes, making Wally just wanna hug him.

"Billy, Billy listen to me, Barry had to go and fight the rouges, I came here for your party..and I've know about your diapers since Barry adopted you." Wally said, cutting right to the chase.

"..No you haven't! I was super careful and someone as cool and awesome as you wouldn't wanna hang out with a diaper wetting baby!" Billy whined, in denial even as Wally sighed and shook his head.

"Really Billy? I'm training to be a CSI, so I'm learning to notice little things, I move at super speed, not as fast as Barry but still, and you crinkle lots." Wally listed off on his hand, raising fingers, then giving Billy a hurt look. "Also, you think SO little of me I wouldn't wanna hang out with a awesome and cool little guy like you just because you have accidents?"

"But..I.." Billy whimpered and sniffled, and went to wipe at his tears with his arm but Wally was there, with a wad of tissue.

"Hey, it's ok Billy. Truth be told, I wet the bed for 3 years after getting my powers. But My Parents weren't as nice and Uncle Barry and aunt Iris. they were the ones who looked after me like they're looking after you now. so no more tears alright? let's get you dressed and then we can play some video games." Wally said, and ruffled the boys hair.

Billy gave him a smile and then hugged Wally's waist, and the 19 year old almost melted and patting his head.

Tossing the dirty diaper, Wally got Billy in a clean over night diaper, and added powder, though Billy whined a little he was pacified by Wally saying he thought those looked cooler.

Going off of that logic Billy when offered a pair of baggy pants to go over the thicker diaper went all shy.

"uh. well..I mean.. if you wanna see this diaper because it's cuter.. and we're not going out anywhere.." Billy said, squirming and shifting all around.

"..I do think it's cuter, and Barry said he'd call if he needed us. Uh.. " wally trailed off and then blushed himself, and put a hand behind his head. "I have ONE question that's been bugging me."

"heh, what is it?" Billy said, holding up his arms for the older boy to pick him up.

"when you change.. do you have to take the diapers off first or..how does that work?!" Wally asked, picking him up and gushing as Billy cuddled in.

"heh, Nah, the big guy isn't padded, and as to how that works.." Billy paused and let wally hold his weight as he spread his hands, wiggling his fingers.

"Maggggggic~"

Wally snorted and smirked.

"your such a dork sometimes you know that?" he asked playfully, carrying Billy at normal speed down the stairs.

"Pffft please, I've seen you marking out over dad's cases when going over them with him, and not his stuff as flash, but as Barry Allen,CSI."Billy teased back.

Wally huffed and blushed himself and then smirked.

"You're lucky your cute or I'd super speed your butt to central park right now."

"heh, you wouldn't do that, A) because I'd say the word and leave, B) because Dad would kick you butt and C).." Billy said and tapped Wally's chest as he listed off his points. "You'd made me cry and hate yourself for it~"

"..Dang, guilty as charged."

Getting into the living room, Wally sat Billy on the couch and then went to look though the selection of games they had for two player.

"Super monkey fury 5 good for you?" He asked, looking over his shoulder.

"Um..whatever YOU think is a cool game!" Billy said, and gave a big grin.

he might of been 14 but in his diaper and t-shirt, and all eager to please his 'big bro' figure, he looked like a toddler.

"Heh, it's YOUR special day Billy, whatever YOU wanna play we'll play it." wally chuckled.

"W-Wellll.. Dad doesn't let me play Duty calls a lot because it's so violent.." Billy said, poking two fingers together.

"..I think Barry will understand." Wally smirked and put the game in, coming over with controllers for both of them.

As Wally sat down he was surprised as Billy moved from his spot next to him to sitting in his lap.

"heh,What are y-"

"it's MY Special day right?" Billy asked, flashing his imp smirk. "So I can sit anywhere I want.. rightttt?"

"heh. of course."

Barry hated how long it took him to deal with the rouges, they had gotten reinforcements from mirror master so it took longer then he would of liked to finish up, plus then he had to deal with the police over and handle the press, all part of keeping up the hero image and while any other day it wouldn't of irk'ed him, knowing he was missing out on Billy's big day, he was short tempered

he had almost snapped at Detective Morro, a long time friend on the force in both identities but caught himself.

"you ok Flash?" his friend asked.

"I..I'm missing out on my kid's birthday party for this." Barry admitted.

"heh, didn't know you HAD a kid. go on, get." the heavy set cigar chomping hard ass said. "We'll try to manage without you for the rest of the day...Oh, tell yer kid happy birthday."

"heh, Will do!" Barry said and after a trademark flash salute, was off and running.

Getting back to the house Barry found Billy in Wally lap and whining a little, sucking his thumb and a kiddy cartoon was on the TV, much younger then Billy usually liked to watch.

"Hey guys, I'm back, whats going on?" Barry asked.

"Oh well see, I was a jerk and tried to make Billy play a game I like an-" Wally started to speak up but a whimpering Billy cut him off.

"Noo! it was me! I made Wally play duty call's with me and it was way more awful then I thought and I know I've done worse as you know who but but..I dunno and I started to cry and and-" Billy whined and whimpered.

"..Billy when your Shazam you have the wisdom of Solomon that let's you work out why you have to do the things you do. not so much as yourself. that's why I didn't want you playing that, you're not in trouble, either of you but I think we're gonna keep it to cartoons or silly games for the day." Barry said, coming over and as Wally hugged the whining Billy in his lap, Barry did too and Billy sniffled and smiled.

"Kay"

with Billy calmed down, they sat down for a few episodes of different baby shows, with billy giggling and clapping alone even if Wally and Barry were bored out of their skulls. trying to break it up they pulled out a few board games but after having to watch Billy do his 'i won you lost' diaper booty shake 4 times in a row (which admittedly was pretty cute with his diaper butt on display) they switched from candy land to clue, where Wally won 2 out of the 4 games.

Barry technically could of won the other two but played bad on purpose for the last game where billy was getting all huffy.

After that they played pay day and once again were subjected to Billy's singing about how awesome he was and how much they sucked, while wiggling his padded rear in their faces but compared to the sulky silence that losing brought, Barry and wally put up with it.

Or at least they tried to till in the middle of shaking his butt in both their faces Billy froze and then let out a muffled poot.

"Really Billy?" Barry asked, waving his left hand at super speed to blow the smell away.

"I-I didn't mean to.d-do that! I'm Sorry!" Billy squeaked and turned around, blushing and starting to tear up. "P-Please don't ha-"

Before Billy could finish his thought, Wally and Barry were on either side of Billy, hugging him.

"Hey, hey, It's alright, Fart's happen." Wally was saying, rubbing and patting Billy's back.

"And I'm 90 percent sure you wouldn't fart on me after winning a game. Now if you lost.." Barry said and winked, patting billy's bum.

"D-Daddy!"

"Hmmm, Feels like it was just a fart, do you wanna sit on the potty just to be sure buddy?" Barry asked.

"Daddy, I know when I have to po-" Billy started and let out a long fart, one eye half closing and a leg coming up. the fart went from a normal sounding if massive one to wet and muddy, then Billy's leg came down and he was popping a squat.

Of course either Wally or Barry could of gotten him to the bathroom, but honestly, they had both agreed wordlessly to just let him fill his diapers.

"D-Daddy I'm Pooping!" Billy whined, as if Wally or Billy couldn't of told, and they just hugged him tighter and went double time with the bum and back pats as he whimpered and put his face in either shoulder, bearing down and finishing up even as whimpers of 'stinky' came out of his mouth.

As the diaper drooped in the back and Billy finished up, he sniffled a few times then pulled back.

"D-Daddy..Wally..Diapie change?" He asked in a voice that made him sound like a toddler.

"Of course buddy. I'll have you clean i-" Barry started to say but Wally moved his hand over and closed Barry's lips.

"I'll change him it means I don't have to hear that pun again." Wally said and winked to Billy even as Barry's eyes went wide from shock then a little glare.

Billy meanwhile was giggling like crazy and hands coming up his mouth to try and hide it.

Barry got Wally's fingers off his lips and smirked.

"oh, you think that's funny little man?" Barry asked, looking to wally and giving a evil smirk.

"I mean.. Kinda.. sowwy.." Billy said.

"Oh come on Barry, it WAS funny." Wally said and smirked.

"..Not as funny as this is gonna be." Barry said and Wally saw what was going to happen but could never beat Barry's speed, so was too slow to stop what happened next.

His hand moving at a blur, Barry smushed and squished the mess in the diaper around, making sure the boom boom went EVERY where as Billy's mouth formed a O and Wally groaned.

Zipping up to his feet Barry smirked.

"Have fun cleaning that up.. Oh and you can't use speed speed for cleaning up a poopie diaper, it'll hurt billy's bum." Barry said and went off to go and start working on lunch.

"wait what?!"Wally yelped.

"I..Poopie all over..I.." Billy was mumbling, looking out of it, and swaying back and forth on his feet, too out of it for Wally to ask if that was really a thing.

"DICK MOVE BARRY!" Wally yelled, then cradled Billy, the smell was even worst now and Wally gulped, wondering if he was strong enough to do this.

Billy mewed softly and wrapped his arms around Wally's neck and nuzzled his head into Wally's chest.

"I Sowwy. I stinky." Billy mewed, eyes semi glazed over.

Looking at how much Billy needed him, Wally found the will power needed and dashed billy off to the bathroom, though he did a slight detour to get a clothespin for his nose.

'maybe it won't be as bad as I think.' Wally thought, getting Billy on his back on a towel in the bathroom, sliding the little guys thumb into his mouth and gushing at how cute he looked.

opening the diaper, Wally realized it wasn't as bad as he thought.

it was worse, much much much.

Wally wasn't a stranger to changing diapers, as big of a family as he had and baby sitting jobs but this was the record for longest and grossest he'd ever handled.

going though a whole freshly opened box of wipes, he got it done, going at normal speed and taking time to comfort billy and talk softly to him.

it took the better part of 15 minutes, and then just to be safe Wally gave Billy a quick bath, semi worried as Billy had apparently slipped into a baby mode of sorts and was playing with some rubber duckies while Wally washed him, at one point offering one of the duckies he had been chewing on to wally.

"Uh..No thanks. you keep chewing." Wally said with a sweat drop.

Billy just giggled and nodded, noming on his ducky and letting wally wash him, only fussing when his hair was being washed, though thankfully Barry had gotten no more tears shampoo.

with Billy washed up all nice and clean, Wally got him dried off with a big fluffy towel and was walking him back toward his room to get him dressed when Barry cut him off, holding one of the presents under one arm.

"Thought I heard the tub running.Lunch is ready downstairs, I'll get the birthday boy dressed. go get something to eat." Barry said.

"Heh, Sure, now that I've handed all the smelly stuff you wanna tag in." Wally teased, and Billy giggled.

"What can I say, Perks of being a daddy and honorary uncle." Barry said.

Wally just shook his head and headed down the step while Billy toddled along side Barry, wrapped up in the towel and then just laid back his bed, willing to let Barry do all the work.

"heh, your being pretty cute kiddo. maybe you should poop your pants more often." Barry teased, tickling billy's tummy and getting a fit of giggles out of him.

Deciding with how little Billy was acting and the bigger accidents he was have, Barry got billy into a daytime diaper but cut slit in the front of back of it first, while Billy watched with a confused look and a finger on his bottom lip.

"Ummm daddy, what cha doing? I'm leak all over now." Billy pointed out.

"Well, if that was your only diapie you would, but daddy figures since we're not going out and you're having lots of accident's.." Barry said and pulled out the bulky bed time diaper.

"Sheesh, I'll be waddling like a toddler with both of these on!" Billy said and stuck out his tongue.

"I know! I don't know why i didn't think of this sooner!" Barry gushed and got a raspberry from billy.

with the bulky diaper taped up over the thinner one, Barry helped billy stand up and gushed and coo'ed at how Billy's legs were forced apart.

"Sheesh, One more and I think I'd be stuck crawling!" Billy said, rubbing the back of his head.

"Don't temp me." Barry said then handed Billy the present. "Here, open this up, it's from Iris and I thought it might be useful right now."

Warning bell's were going off in Billy's head as he took the present and he had to suppress a groan, it was a flash themed diaper shirt.

"Well what do you think? Iris noticed that your diaper sag a lot when you got pants-less and this will help! Heck, might even get you a few of theses if it works out. but for now,you can be the fastest pamper butt alive!" Barry asked.

"..I think I'll save it special occasions." Billy tried and Barry just laughed.

"Silly boy, this is your birthday, that IS special, here, I'll help you get it on." Barry said taking the diaper shirt from Billy and dashing around the boy. in seconds he was snugly fit in the diaper shirt.

Despite how humiliating it was to need the shirt for his saggy diapers, Billy had to admit it felt right, even if his bulky diapers semi showed.

"Soooo?" Barry asked.

"..I could get used to it. " he said and started to head for the door, realizing just HOW bad his waddling was now as Barry squealed behind him. "..I'll calling it in. carry me."

Billy sighed then giggled, holding his arms out.

"Well if I HAVE to." Barry laughed, coming over and picking up Billy and heading for the dinner table.

So far the day had been fun and cute, and it was only gonna get better.

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multiverseforger · 4 years ago

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Leonard Snart was raised by an abusive father and took refuge with his grandfather, who worked in an ice truck. When his grandfather died, Snart grew tired of his father's abuse and set out to start a criminal career. Snart joined up with a group of small-time thieves and in planning out a robbery, each was issued a gun and a visor to protect their eyes against the flashes of gunfire. This visor design would later be adapted by Snart into his trademark costume. In recent years he has added a radio receiver to them which picks up the police band to monitor local law enforcement. Snart and the other thugs were captured by the Flash and imprisoned. Snart decided to go solo, but knew he had to do something about the local hero, the Flash.[4]

Snart read an article that theorized that the energy emissions of a cyclotron could interfere with the Flash's speed. He designed a weapon to harness that power and broke into a cyclotron lab, intending to use the device to charge up his experimental gun. As he was finishing his experiment, a security guard surprised Snart. Intending to use his gun only to scare the guard, he inadvertently pulled the trigger and discovered that his weapon had been altered in a way he had never imagined. The moisture in the air around the guard froze. Intrigued by this twist of fate, Snart donned a parka and the aforementioned visor and declared himself to be Captain Cold - the man who mastered absolute zero.[7]

Snart then committed a series of non-lethal crimes, on one occasion placing the city in suspended animation in an attempt to force Iris West to marry him as he had fallen in love with her when he saw her in the prison, but the Flash got through a wall of ice and was able to reverse the process. He later fell in love with a newscaster, and competed with Heat Wave (in his first appearance) over her in a crime spree, but they were both beaten by the Flash. But after Barry Allen's death, during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Captain Cold became a bounty hunter with his sister Lisa, the Golden Glider.[4]

During the events of Underworld Unleashed, Captain Cold lost his soul to Neron but Wally West brought it back to the land of the living. He soon returned to crime, this time a member of Wally's Rogues Gallery. The Rogues had first been assembled when another Flash foe, the super-intelligent Gorilla Grodd had broken them out of jail to distract the Flash. The Golden Glider had abandoned her bounty hunter career and had started partnering with a series of thugs who she dressed in a costume, armed with a copy of Captain Cold's signature Cold Gun, and called Chillblaine. Already distraught over the death of her lover, the Top, it seemed that the supposed death of her brother pushed her over the edge. But the last Chillblaine was a little smarter and more vicious. He murdered the Golden Glider, prompting Captain Cold to hunt him down, torture him and kill him by freezing his outer layer of skin and then pushing him off a high rise building. Not long after that, Snart was framed by a new incarnation of Mister Element. He used his Element Gun to simulate Cold's gun, using ice and cold to murder several police officers before Captain Cold and the Flash discovered who was actually responsible. With the death of his sister, and having killed Chillblaine and Mr. Element in vengeance, Cold has again become an unrepentant criminal. However, during a confrontation with Brother Grimm, Cold actually worked with Wally West to defeat the powerful magic user, although this was mainly because he and Mirror Master had been betrayed by Grimm and wanted revenge.[4]

Captain Cold was declared the leader of the Flash's Rogues Gallery. His skill and experience have made him a strong leader to the likes of the Weather Wizard, the new Trickster, the new Mirror Master, and the new Captain Boomerang. Len seems to have taken the young Captain Boomerang under his wing, after the elder Boomerang was recently killed. Tabloids rumoured that Captain Cold's sister, the Golden Glider, was Boomerang's mother, making him Captain Cold's nephew. This turned out to be false, however, as the new Boomerang's mother has been revealed to be Meloni Thawne, who is also the mother of Bart Allen. Despite his more ruthless nature as of late, Captain Cold's heart is not completely frozen, evidenced by having sent flowers to honor Sue Dibny, murdered wife of the Elongated Man.[volume & issue needed]

Traditionally, Captain Cold is driven by three things: money, women, and the desire to beat Barry Allen. Although not the lecher that Captain Boomerang was, Len Snart has an eye for the ladies, particularly models. When Barry Allen died, Captain Cold drifted for a while, jumping back and forth over the lines of crime and justice. He was captured by the Manhunter and served time in the Suicide Squad, worked with his sister as a bounty hunter (Golden Snowball Recoveries), and, with his longtime friend and sometimes nemesis Heat Wave, encountered Fire and Ice of the Justice League. He has teamed up with various villains over the years other than the many Rogues. These include Catwoman and the Secret Society of Super Villains. His favorite baseball team is the Houston Astros.[volume & issue needed]

"One Year Later"Edit

In the 2006 "One Year Later" storyline, he and several other Rogues are approached by Inertia with a plan to kill the Flash (then Barry Allen). Though Inertia was defeated, Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, Heat Wave, Mirror Master and Abra Kadabra killed Bart with a combined barrage of their elemental weapons. He, Heat Wave, and Weather Wizard seemed to express guilt, however, after learning the identity of the Flash and how young he was.

Salvation RunEdit

Captain Cold is one of the exiled villains featured in the 2007-08 miniseries Salvation Run along with his fellow Rogues: Heat Wave, Weather Wizard, Mirror Master, and Abra Kadabra.

New RoguesEdit

The New Rogues version of Captain Cold is Chill, a unknown man who possesses a Cold Gun.

Final Crisis: Rogues' RevengeEdit

In the 2008 miniseries Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge, Captain Cold and the Rogues briefly joined Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains. In Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge story, however, Cold and the rest of the Rogues reject Libra's offer, wanting to stay out of the game. Before they can retire, they hear of Inertia escaping and decide to stick around long enough to get revenge for being used.[8] Cold and his group are challenged by a new set of Rogues, formed by Libra to be their replacements. The new group, having kidnapped Cold's father, challenge the Rogues, and are defeated and killed. Cold goes to his father, talking to him about the abuse he suffered, and the fate of his sister. After the elder Snart insults him and his mother, calling them weak, Cold punches him, but finds himself unable to kill him, instead getting Heat Wave to do it.[9] The Rogues have their confrontation with Inertia, despite interference by Zoom and Libra, and kill Inertia. Libra then reveals that he needs the Rogues because Barry Allen has returned from the dead, and the Flashes are potential threats to him and Darkseid. Though shocked by the news that Allen is alive, Cold still rejects his offer of membership. After regrouping, Cold and the other Rogues agree not to retire, claiming that the game is back on.[10] In "Final Crisis" #7, someone that looks like Captain Cold appears as a Justifier and is seen fighting the Female Furies alongside the other Justifiers under Lex Luthor's control.

The Flash: RebirthEdit

In the 2009 The Flash: Rebirth miniseries, Captain Cold is seen with the other Rogues, reading about Barry Allen's return and claiming that they would need more of the Rogues.[11] The Rogues are still debating Allen's return, with Cold saying it's time to pull out their contingency plan that Scudder came up with, stating "In case The Flash returns, break glass."[12]

"Blackest Night"Edit

In the 2009–2010 "Blackest Night" storyline, the Rogues realize that the bodies of various dead Rogues are missing and prepare to fight them. Captain Cold knows that his sister, the Golden Glider, is among the reanimated Black Lanterns but is still ready to lead the Rogues against the zombies.[13] He is confronted by the Black Lantern Glider, who attempts to use his feelings of love for her against him. However, Captain Cold manages to suppress these feelings long enough for him to fight back, freezing her within a block of ice.[14] He subsequently kills Owen Mercer by throwing him into a pit with his Black Lantern father when he learns that Owen has been feeding people to his father in the belief that consuming flesh will restore him to life, informing Owen that Rogues do not kill women and children.[15]

The Flash (Vol. 3)Edit

In The Flash (Vol. 3), Captain Cold and the Rogues visit Sam Scudder's old hideout and unveil a giant mirror with the words In Case of Flash: Break Glass written on it and release beings from a Mirror World upon breaking it.[16] However, Captain Cold is told by Mirror Master he had discovered that the giant mirror is actually a slow acting poison.[17]

The New 52Edit

In the timeline of the 2011 company-wide reboot of all its superhero titles, The New 52, Captain Cold is reintroduced as a younger man than in the previous timeline and now with his Rogues lives with a code to never kill. His origin remains the same, however, his sister Lisa has not been the Golden Glider, and is instead dying of cancer. Upon learning that the hospital does not have enough energy to power a laser that could save her life, because of an EMP seemingly caused by the Flash, Cold blames him for everything that has happened to him, including a falling out with the Rogues, and decides to break the rules of their "game" and kill the Flash. Captain Cold has undergone experiments that have given him ice-based metahuman powers, including the ability to slow down the molecules around him, creating a field of inertia that reduces the Flash's speed to human level, allowing Captain Cold to touch him and effortlessly beat him.[18] He and the Rogues are set to return,[19] but later defeated them with help from Flash, and the Pied Piper.[20]

After freeing the Trickster and attending the meeting at the Justice League Watchtower, the Rogues return to Central and Keystone City, only to see that both have been destroyed by Gorilla Grodd. Grodd returns to Central City during the eclipse, while a ceremony commemorating Flash between the humans and gorillas is occurring. Grodd proceeds to take control of Central City as its king and renames it Gorilla City. Captain Cold sees the city's cops tied up from Grodd, and proceeds to free them. He then asks Mirror Master to help him get to the hospital where his sister is being held in order to check on her. While there, the Crime Syndicate send Black Bison, Hyena, Multiplex, Plastique and Typhoon to finish Grodd's work and destroy the hospital. The Rogues are able to hold them off, only to be interrupted by Deathstorm and Power Ring, who were sent by Ultraman to deal with the Rogues for resisting the Crime Syndicate's offer to join them. After battling Deathstorm and Power Ring, Deathstorm attacks Captain Cold and is able to extract his freezing powers from his DNA. Mirror Master attempts to get the Rogues out through the Mirror World, but Power Ring destroys the mirror causing the Rogues to be separated. Captain Cold ends up at Luthor and his Kryptonian clone's location where they are also joined by Black Manta, who has retrieved Black Adam from the ocean.[21] Luthor realizes that, with the help of his clone, Black Adam, Black Manta, and Captain Cold, he may be able to stop the Crime Syndicate. Captain Cold and the rest of the squad, now joined by Batman, Catwoman, Sinestro and Deathstroke, infiltrate the fallen Watchtower, where Black Manta kills the Outsider and Cold proceeds to shatter Johnny Quick's right leg after having frozen the molecules in it with his cold gun. He then unmasks the hooded prisoner brought over from Earth-3, revealing it to be Alexander Luthor, who is their version of Shazam, Mazahs, who states he will kill them all.[22][volume & issue needed] After defeating the crime syndicate, Captain Cold is pardoned by the U.S government, and becomes a member of the Justice League, along with Luthor.

DC RebirthEdit

Snart and the Rogues first made a cameo appearance in the DC Rebirth's storylines; they are fleetingly watching a news report about the many newly created speedsters appearing throughout the city in The Flash #3. Snart quips that it is time for the Rogues to leave Central City for a while. Visually the Rogues still seem to be based upon their New 52 appearances in this cameo, though when Snart later appears in one of Flash's memory flashbacks he has resorted to an even older look. He and the other Rogues retain these costumes in their later appearances.

Snart and the Rogues make their first full-length appearance in The Flash #15, where they are attempting to steal a valuable golden statue of the god Mercury from the small island nation of Corto Maltese. The Flash arrives to stop them, but they turn out to be constructs of Mirror Master laid so that the Rogues can commit a crime spree in Central City. Captain Cold reveals what he had been working on in his absence from the city—a "black ice gun" that uses the anti-Speed Force weaponry of the terrorist group Black Hole combined with his regular freeze gun. After a fight, the Golden Glider had a chance to kill the Flash, but was talked out of it by her fellow Rogues. Despite this setback, Flash manages to finally beat Snart and the rest of the Rogues without killing them. By the end of The Flash #17, Snart appears to be ready to take over Iron Heights from the more neophyte villains, including Papercut.

In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, Captain Cold and his fellow Rogues are among the villains that attend the underground meeting held by Riddler that talks about the Superman Theory.[23]

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longitudinalwaveme · 5 years ago

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How Not to Write the Flashes and Their Rogues, Part 3 (The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, Countdown to Infinite Crisis, The Flash: Rebirth 2009, and the New 52)

The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive was written by the writers of the 1990s Flash TV show, who weren’t terribly familiar with the comic at the time. And unfortunately, it shows:

Bart Allen was aged up four years and turned into a dour, unlikable jerk.

The original Trickster, and, more importantly, the Pied Piper, were written as apparently willing accessories to murder. (Luckily, Geoff Johns would undo this later).

A random murder was retconned into Captain Cold’s reformed period for no particularly good reason.

Captain Cold, Heat Wave, the Weather Wizard, and McCulloch agreed to follow the leadership of Inertia, despite the fact that Inertia was a) a speedster, something Cold despises on principle, and b) about sixteen years old.

Abra Kadabra was working with the Rogues in spite of the fact that he’s usually a solo operative.

All of these characters (except Bart, obviously) were involved in the horrible murder of Bart Allen.

From what I understand, Inertia was also made much more “muhahaha”-style evil than he had been in previous appearances by Mark Waid, so he too was somewhat out-of-character.

It was followed shortly thereafter by Countdown to Infinite Crisis, which ruined basically everything it touched:

Most notably as far as Flash characters are concerned, it had Piper and Trickster (James) acting incredibly hostilely towards one another in spite of the fact that they had always been friends before.

James was made into an idiot (though I did admittedly like his hand puppets).

James was then murdered in front of Piper, who then had to drag his dead body around the desert and almost died. Poor Piper. About the only good thing this story did for either of them was have the Piper use Queen music to blow up Apocalypse. (The reveal that he can control the Anti-Life Equation was also pretty cool, although nothing much has ever been done with it.)

That mess was followed by Rogues’ Revenge, which, while a bit violent for my tastes, didn’t have anyone acting excessively out-of-character, and Blackest Night, which I’ve already covered. That being said, there is another problem with Johns’ original Flash run that I forgot to address: namely, the fact that James seems out-of-character. The idea of him working for the FBI at all is odd, and the fact that he’s so serious and so hostile towards, for example, the Pied Piper makes it even worse. Secret Agent JJ could’ve been a fun plot, but as it was handled, it didn’t work for his character. After a brief Waid run that was mostly notable for introducing the older versions of Wally’s twins, Jai and Irey, Johns took over again with the Flash: Rebirth, which introduced a few changes I’m not crazy about:

First, it gave Barry his new backstory where his mother had been killed by the Reverse-Flash, who subsequently framed his father for it. His father was sent to prison, and Barry became a police scientist to prove his father’s innocence. I actually prefer his original backstory, where he had a happy home life and became a police scientist because it was the right thing to do. The “dead parent” angle is overplayed in comics at this point.

Second, it started the ball rolling on the idea that Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash was responsible for everything bad in Barry’s life.

Third, it made Barry much more grim than he’d been before his death in COIE.

Fourth, it retconned in Albert Desmond as Barry’s obnoxious coworker. (Albert has been handled so differently by different writers over the years that he could be a post unto himself, but this was especially egregious since it both made Albert more of a jerk than usual and retconned more problems into Barry’s past.)

After about 12 more issues without any huge problems, Flashpoint happened and reset the DC Universe, leading to more problems:

Wally West, Linda, their kids, Max Mercury, and Jesse Quick were erased from existence. So were Evan McCulloch, the Top, and the first Trickster.

Barry’s marriage to Iris was erased.

Captain Cold, Heat Wave, the Golden Glider, Mirror Master, and the Weather Wizard were given metahuman powers (Golden Glider’s were kind of cool, and Weather Wizard had had metahuman powers at the end of the pre-Flashpoint run, but the others just didn’t work).

The Golden Glider was now dating the Mirror Master (who was now Sam Scudder again). This is a really random choice, since it’s unlikely that they decided to base this relationship on the one panel where Lisa said that she thought Sam was cute in Captain Cold’s spotlight issue.

Then Wally West was reintroduced, but he was completely different than he had been Pre-Flashpoint. (Eventually, this Wally was revealed to be the original Wally’s cousin, Wallace West. I have nothing against him, as he seems to have become a good character. He just had the bad luck of originally being introduced as a replacement for a preexisting character.)

The Top was replaced by a guy named Turbine, and then replaced again by a guy who, despite sharing the real name and code name of the Pre-Flashpoint Top, otherwise barely resembled him.

On the bright side, Sam and Golden Glider were alive again, so yay!

#flash rogues #flash #dc comics #@gorogues

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westallen-world · 5 years ago

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'The Flash' Season 7: Details on Iris' return from Mirrorverse

DC FanDome presented a treat for Flash fans: a panel on the two days of the virtual takeover. The August 22 event featured a shorter one and the start of the Season 7 trailer, while the September 12 session was much longer and provided more of what to expect when the superhero drama CW will return in 2021.

When will Team Flash and her husband Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) release Iris West-Allen (Candice Patton) from the Mirrorverse? What will happen when they do? What about a certain speedster waiting backstage? Series stars Gustin, Patton, Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow / Frost), Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon / Vibe), Danielle Nicolet (Cecile Horton), Kayla Compton (Allegra Garcia) and Brandon McKnight (Chester P. Runk) and showrunner Eric Wallace teased all of this and more during the panel. Read on for the scoop.

Iris will be home - Soon! The trailer - which includes footage shot before the end of production on what would have been Episode 20 of Season 6 and will now be the premiere - shows a lot of Iris in the Mirrorverse, and another version of it. 'she herself is certainly trying to get in her head.

Candice Patton The Flash Iris Season 6 Mirrorverse (Shane Harvey / The CW)

“I believe it will be out very soon when we resume Season 7,” Patton teases. “It will be very interesting to see how she was affected to be stuck in this infuriating world with this supervillain. Obviously, Team Flash and Barry were working to get her back. It took a while. I don't know. 'there is resentment there or what is going on or if there is even a residual mental effect of being in this mirror world and seeing things upside down and how that affects her . ”(We already started to see the effects of the Mirrorverse on Iris at the end of Season 6, which resulted in her disappearing to an unknown location.)

But there is good news for WestAllen fans. With Iris coming home “shortly after we come back with Season 7,” Gustin warns, “whatever that means exactly, we're going to see them together a lot more next year than last year.” And Patton promises, "they will meet again eventually."

Iris's life at home also consists of his work as a journalist and leader of Team Citizen. “You'll see a lot more of Team Citizen investigating a very specific thing that I can't speak to at the moment,” Wallace warns. “They've got a lot of spinoff because the Team Citizen frontman is in the Mirrorverse, so what's up with Team Citizen while they're gone? I think they have to start there.”

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backtothestart02 · 5 years ago

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Struck by Lightning - 1/? | westallen fanfiction

A/N: After much struggling with names and how auditions exactly work and I’m pretty positive I got a lot of it wrong, but whatever...the first chapter is finally here!

Remember, I’m using gossip from Grant & Candice’s real life during The Flash’s run as inspiration for this soapy fic. I’m not saying this is what happened. Not by a long shot. So, just enjoy! :D And if it’s not your cup of tea, I have plenty of other fics to read. :)

It should also be noted that Barry is with Patty at the beginning of this fic, so you will have to endure some spallen. ;)

*Many thanks to @valeriemperez for beta’ing.

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Chapter 1 -

Twenty-five, half-dressed, and agitated as hell, Barry Allen came out of the bathroom and whined to his girlfriend sitting in the living room.

“Pattyyy.”

She lifted her head up, pushed her reading glasses up over her honey-colored strands and waited. She’d been prepared for the third outfit tried on for the day with him, but the loosely hanging purple and gold striped tie, blue and white unbuttoned collared shirt, and navy boxers with yellow ducks on them she could have never prepared for.

“Did you wear those boxers to bed?” she asked, setting her open book down on the couch and meeting him halfway across the room.

“No,” he said immediately. “I wore purple ones with green frogs on them and the word ‘Leap!’ a few different places.”

Patty bit her bottom lip and covered her mouth to restrain a giggle. She hadn’t been blind to the way his heels lifted and voice got squeaky when he said the word, ‘Leap’.

“What?” He frowned.

“Nothing.” She shook her head and tugged on his tie. “Come with me, Mr. Allen. I’ve made you some breakfast.”

He stopped suddenly, and she let go of him.

“Patty, I can’t eat now. I’m going to be late!”

A white, fluffy dog appeared at Barry’s feet and barked promptly up at her, wagging its tail. Then another almost identical dog appeared doing the same thing.

Patty looked down at them and then up at Barry, who seemed to be oblivious to the pair.

“Looks like the kids want to eat.”

He frowned. “Help me get dressed. Please?”

She sighed and shook her head at him.

“Just let me pour some dog food into the bowls, and then-”

“No!” He tugged on her arm in the direction of the bedroom.

“I don’t think we have time for that.” She wiggled her eyebrows. “Won’t you be late?”

“PG version, Patty. Please.”

She dropped the suggestive demeanor and followed him into the bedroom where a pile of clothes lay on their bed and several strewn out hanging from the top of the closet door frame.

“Oh, boy.” She placed her hands on her hips.

“Well?” he asked hopefully, following her gaze.

“You can get rid of the tie,” she said. “Didn’t the casting director tell you that it wasn’t necessary to be so formal yesterday? Especially since the scene you’re reading from your character is in a more casual setting?”

“Yeah…” he trailed off, untying his tie and dropping it on the floor with the button-down shirt he’d been wearing. “But he also said a white t-shirt and sweats was too casual when I came in that way the day before.”

Patty nodded and cringed a bit.

“It kinda is.”

His shoulders slumped.

“So, what do I wear?”

She walked across the room and picked out a few items, one from the bed and another from the closet.

“Jeans,” she said, tossing a dark pair at him, which he just barely caught. “STAR WARS shirt.” She tossed the black tee at him.

“Wait, for real? Isn’t that too-?”

“Casual?” she filled in. “Your character’s a nerd.” She came to him and draped her arms around his neck. “Like you, like us.” She nuzzled his nose. “Put them on,” she whispered, then smiled. “If they disapprove again, just ask them.”

Barry blanched, as if the suggestion was completely intolerable.

“I can’t-”

“Or you can do the white tee with the red plaid button-down and vest. That’s nerdy too.”

She walked out into the living room and then the kitchen to feed the dogs.

Barry turned to look in the mirror with the clothes in his arms. He supposed Patty was right. Maybe he was overanalyzing this. He just needed to find the right ensemble and stick to it. But not wear it every day. He should definitely not wear it every day. That would mean a lot of laundry to do more than once a week. Though it would only be a few things to wash…

No. He was not going to wear the same thing every day.

“Hurry up, Babe,” came from the kitchen. “You still gotta eat and fix that bed head of yours.”

Barry paled. She was right. His hair was a mess, going in every direction. It was probably due to how little sleep he’d gotten the night before, tossing and turning, waking Patty up a few times. He couldn’t help it. This was the third day of chemistry tests, and he hadn’t felt certain about any of the women that had come in to do what should’ve been an easy, straightforward scene with him.

He’d already gotten his script for the pilot, and all the other actors had been hired for their respective characters. He was ready to get started! So, where was the mystery woman that was supposed to be perfect for him? Er- his character. Would they ever find her?

Shaking it off for the time being, Barry quickly got into the clothes thrust into his arms and power-walked to the bathroom to finish his morning routine, including fixing that hair of his. Then, he slid out into the kitchen and held out his arms, waiting for Patty’s approval.

She smiled, her perfect white teeth all showing.

“You look darling, Darling.”

He rolled his eyes, but he was smiling as he came to sit at the stool near where she was standing.

“I made you a bagel.”

He scoffed. “That’s it?”

She looked at him, amused. “Aren’t we the picky one?”

He blushed. “Sorry, it’s just… You made it sound like-”

“I made the works for you? Eggs, pancakes, waffles, sausage, etcetera?”

“Well…” He looked down at his fidgeting fingers. “Yeah.”

She tilted his head up and kissed him on the lips.

“I did. You can eat it when you come home from your auditions.”

He blinked.

“You’re already five minutes late! Go!”

He turned to look at the clock on the wall and immediately panicked. He got up, slipped his shoes on and ran out the door.

“Barry!” She ran after him. “Your breakfast! Your break-”

But he was gone and wasn’t looking back. She sighed and came back into the apartment. One of the dogs looked up at her and licked his lips.

“Ha. I don’t think so,” she said, and took a bite of the bagel herself.

…

Iris West walked down the block from her apartment the same way she did every day. The only difference was that today she had an audition. Which meant she wouldn’t be working at Jitters today. She’d be stopping by to have coffee with Linda and then going to her audition.

“Hey!” she said, as she slid into the booth where her best friend sat opposite.

“Hi,” Linda said in return, glued to her phone.

“Is that all I get?” Iris asked, pulling the phone out of her friend’s grasp.

“Hey!” Linda tried to reach for it, but it was useless.

“What is more interesting than me, hmm?” Iris teased, holding the phone out of reach.

“Nothing! Absolutely nothing! You are the supreme, goddess of all!”

Iris gave her a look. “Overkill, Lin.”

Linda snatched the phone back while she was distracted, and Iris didn’t make another reach for it. A waitress showed up with both their orders, and they each smiled and thanked her.

“You ordered for me?” Iris asked.

“Duh.” Linda rolled her eyes. “It’s a special day!” She put her phone down.

“Tell me about it. I’ve finally gotten to the chemistry test. You know how hard that is? To get past the initial audition to testing who you’re playing opposite?”

“Boy, do I ever.” Linda sighed.

“Oh, I’m sorry, Lin. I didn’t mean-” She reached across the table and covered her hand with her own.

“Don’t worry about it.” She shook it off. “One of these days will be my lucky day too. I’m sure of it.”

Iris forced a smile. “Will you tell me what you were reading?”

Linda rolled her eyes again. “You mean you didn’t see?” she blanched mockingly.

Iris laughed. “With all that reaching I had to do? Um, no.” She took a sip of her drink.

Linda sighed. “I was just looking up your co-star.”

“Mm, been there, done that.”

“Not impressed?”

She shrugged. “He’s only been in a few things, and it’s not like he matches his comic counterpart.”

“Well, neither do you.”

Iris scoffed. “Tell me about it. You know I went into a comic store and asked for comics for my character and they laughed at me, because they didn’t believe I was auditioning for that?”

“The way of the world, honey, I’m afraid.”

“Unfortunately.”

“So, back to your co-star…”

“Okay, he’s cute.”

Linda grinned.

“You afraid you’ll be tempted to date him?”

Iris laughed. “No way.”

“Then what?”

“Sometimes I get self-conscious around guys I’m physically attracted to. Especially when they turn out to be assholes after they figure it out.” She took a deep breath. “I just want to do my best, you know? If I don’t get this…I don’t know. I think I might move back home.”

Linda’s jaw dropped. “Quit acting? For real?”

Iris nodded, drawing her fingers around the rim of her mug.

“Did something happen?”

“No, nothing happened. I’m just…sick of not getting anywhere. Of only being a guest star for a couple episodes. That’s not going to put me on the map. It’s not going to get me anywhere. I’d be lucky if it got me in a Lifetime movie.”

“It’s a slow process, Iris. I mean, I should know. I haven’t gotten a role period in the past six months. I’m thiiiis close to making my dream job a barista at Jitters.”

Iris snorted.

“Seriously.”

“Yeah, I hear you. But I’ve been at this for years, Lin. Getting a lead role in a superhero show? Starring opposite a white guy? That could really take me places, or at least get my foot in the door. This couple is pretty epic in the comics. If they’re going to do anything like it on the show…I mean-”

“I thought you couldn’t find any comics, that people you shut me down.”

Iris rolled her eyes. “Since when has people shutting me down ever stopped me? A girl has to be her own hero every now and again.”

Linda smirked. “That’s a good line.”

“I’m thinking of selling it to the writers. Think they’d go for it?”

“Oh, absolutely.” Linda laughed. “Isn’t your character a badass reporter? No way she’d stand around to be saved by a superhero every time she was in danger.”

“And she’d be in danger a lot, becaaaause?”

“The superhero is in love with her.”

“Exactly.” Iris beamed, then sighed happily. “I really hope I get it.”

“I hope you do too. It’ll give me something new to watch on TV.”

Iris pushed her playfully.

“And seeing my best friend succeed will do wonders for my ego.”

“Your ego?”

“Well, yeah. I’ll be besties with a superstar.”

Iris snorted and took another sip of her drink.

“Do you know any of the competition?”

“Not personally. When I was waiting outside for the initial audition, a lot of pretty girls came and went. So, it’s definitely just about looks, probably not just about acting either. You gotta have something…some…gumption.”

Linda smiled at her admirably. “Another good word that should end up in the show.”

Iris laughed. “Maybe I should just make my own show.”

“And invite this Barry Allen to be a part of it?” She wiggled her eyebrows.

Iris shrugged her shoulders and took another sip of her drink.

“If he’s lucky.”

Linda laughed.

“Okay, I’m gonna go get a pastry and then we should get out of here. Your time slot is in half an hour, right?”

Iris checked her phone.

“Oh, my God, yeah, it is.”

“Do you want anything? Crumpet? Scone? Cake pop?”

Iris bit her bottom lip, debating.

“I better not,” she finally said. “If I eat any more sugary things, I’m going to become one.”

Linda rolled her eyes. “If you insist.”

“I do.”

But when Linda came back five minutes later, she’d gotten one of each, and Iris took two. Linda shook her head as the two of them headed for the door and the beautiful day that lay before them.

“I know you too well,” Linda sang.

Iris shook her head and took another bite of her scone, her voice muffled when she responded.

“Shut up.”

Linda laughed.

…

After about 10 beautiful women had come and gone, Barry felt hunger and boredom start to consume him. Day 3 of countless attractive, talented women walking through the door for a chemistry test with him, and not even he had tried to convince the casting director to give any of them another shot.

From behind the glass, Barry saw movement, and immediately straightened in his seat as his waited for David Singh, the casting director, to walk through the door. Mr. Singh came and sat across from Barry in the seat the latest contestant had been in. He laced his fingers together over his knees and leaned forward.

“What are you thinking, Barry?”

Barry’s stomach growled.

“Besides that you’re hungry.”

A blush crept up Barry’s neck.

“Think you can do one more?”

He looked up a little too excitedly.

“Only one more?” he asked.

“Before break,” Mr. Singh clarified.

“Oh.” Barry looked away sheepishly. “Yeah, yeah, I think I can do that.”

“Good.” Mr. Singh stood up and made his way towards the door. “And hey, you never know. This one could be the one!”

Barry forced a smile. “Yeah, maybe.”

Mr. Singh disappeared behind the glass windows again, and in his place came another beautiful, black woman, as was the requirement on the auditioning ad. She was petite, even with her high heels on, and she had a smile that nearly blinded him, much like the others had. But when he stood up to shake her hand, he met her eyes, and something happened.

“Hi, I’m Iris.”

He stood there, leaving her hand untouched for what felt like a lifetime. He couldn’t figure out what was so different about her, but he just had a feeling – a really good one.

“Barry?”

He blinked and shook his head.

“Sorry, yes, I’m Barry.” He shook her hand. “And you’re Iris.”

“Iris West.”

She smiled brilliantly again, and he felt his knees go weak. He gestured to the chair and script behind her, and she snatched them up immediately, swinging one knee over the other after she sat down.

“Your lines are highlighted in yellow.”

She nodded. “I see that.”

“Right.”

He was starting to feel hot.

Was it possible to have a t-shirt feel too tight around one’s neck?

Barry turned to look through the glass windows again and saw Mr. Singh reach for his microphone.

“Hey, Iris,” came over the loudspeakers.

Iris was clearly startled, so Barry pointed to the wall next to them and the man waving through the sheet of glass.

“Oh.” Her eyes widened. “Hello.” She waved a bit awkwardly. Barry found it cute.

“My name is David Singh. I’m the casting director for the show you auditioned for, Struck By Lightning. Your character’s name is Lily Lake and Barry’s here is Chase Tyler. He’s been in love with you for as long as he can remember, but your character is oblivious. In your mind, the two of you are just best friends.”

Iris nodded. She obviously knew this already, but it was good to have a reminder before officially doing the chemistry test.

“As soon as you’re ready, you may begin,” Mr. Singh said, then sat back down and moved away from the microphone.

Barry and Iris’ eyes met again.

“Don’t be nervous,” Barry whispered. “You’re going to do great.” He smiled a little, and Iris felt reassured.

He looked down at his script and then back at her, beginning.

“Lily, hey! Fancy meeting you here.” He gave her the most impeccable heart eyes.

“Fancy?” Iris rolled her eyes, smiling a bit. “I live right down the block.”

The script then said for her to hit him playfully, but Iris had a better idea. She tickled him.

Barry squirmed a bit, genuinely ticklish where she’d touched him and had to get his bearings for a moment before returning to the script.

“I- I know that, Lily. I just wasn’t expecting you.”

“Well, start expecting me more, mister.”

“Yeah?” he asked, his breath caught in his throat.

“Don’t act so surprised.”

His brows furrowed, in character more than he’d ever been.

“You got the job!”

“I got the-?”

“You’re the new CSI!”

“Oh, my God, really?”

This time she did smack him playfully.

“Don’t make me tickle you again.” She giggled.

“Aaaand, cut!” came Mr. Singh’s voice over the loudspeakers again. “That was great, Iris. Thank you. We’ll give you a call if we’re interested.”

Iris smiled. “Thank you, David,” she said, pleasantly surprising him with the use of his first name. She turned back to Barry. “And you too, Barry.” She held her hand out for him to shake it, but he stood up and wrapped his arms lightly around her, giving her the gentlest, most appropriate hug he could under the circumstances.

“Thanks for coming in,” he said, with a smile, and nodded to her when she turned away, a bit flustered as she made her way out.

As soon as she was gone, Barry turned around in her seat and made his announcement before Mr. Singh could even open the door.

“She’s it! She’s the one!”

Mr. Singh grinned as he walked through the doorway.

“I think so, too. You two have really great chemistry. I haven’t seen anything like it with any of the other girls, and not for a while in the movies and shows I’ve casted either. She’s definitely got my vote.”

Barry couldn’t stop smiling.

“She’s it. She’s Lily Lake.”

“Want to go tell her? Or should we make her squirm for a bit?”

Barry could hardly sit still. Finally, he leapt up and headed for the door.

“I hope she’s still on the block!”

Once outside, Barry scanned the sea of people, some recognizing him and gushing or rolling their eyes. He smiled politely at all of them and then spotted who looked to be Iris on the other side of the crowd talking to someone on her phone with one finger in her other ear.

“Iris! Iris!”

He made his way through the crowd as fast as he could, saying her name over and over to get her attention.

“Iris! Iris West!”

“I’m sorry, Lin. I’m going to have to call you ba-”

He turned her around before she could hang up the call.

“Barry!” Her eyes widened. “What- What are you doing here?”

“You got the part!”

“What?!” She gasped, unbelievably excited, taking his hands and jumping a little with him.

Finally, they stopped and laughed a bit at their foolishness.

“You’re Lily Lake.”

Without stopping to think, Iris jumped into his arms and held him tight. When he set her down, she looked deep into his eyes and held his hands.

“I’m your Lily.”

And that was it. His stomach dropped. Butterflies.

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*Also posted on AO3 and FFnet.

#westallen #fanfiction #westallen fanfiction #backtothestart02 fanfiction #struck by lightning #chapter 1 #grandice-as-westallen au

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poc-movie-supremacy · 5 years ago

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Toto I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore

A.N.: For the anon who wanted the mirror gang going to our dimension (just without corona). I hope you like it! If there are any mistakes, my allergies are acting up soo that’s probably why. Comments, Likes, Reblogs are appreciated. Enjoy!

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Iris swears she had better control of her powers than this. She had been practicing them ever since she realized she had them. It was the only thing to do in this place besides miss her husband. Today she was practicing her teleportation skills. The hope was that she would be able to teleport them out of this god forsaken place.

She concentrated on where she wanted to go before portaling there. She was in the mirror version of her loft. Deep sadness filled her. She slowly looked around the room, running her fingers over the furniture. To prove to Singh and Kamilla that she did go to the loft like they planned, she picked up a few items: Barry and Iris’s wedding photo, a shopping list, and her Masters Degree that hangs in the home office. She focused on going back to Star Labs and appeared right by Kamilla’s side. She caught Iris, as she sagged a bit, dizzy from the jump.

“That’s a cute wedding photo.” Kamilla gushed.

“Masters in Psychology. Impressive.” Singh complimented. Iris nodded in recognition then continued training. They needed to all be at their best for a confrontation with Eva or for escape. They continued practicing for weeks with no sign of Eva in sight. One day they felt prepared. Singh had a bag full of supplies, Kamilla’s aim had greatly improved, and Iris felt confident in her abilities.

She waved her hand in front of the mirror and they saw the cortex of Star Labs. Singh grabbed Iris’s right hand while Kamilla grabbed her left. “You guys ready to go home?” Iris asked them.

“Can’t wait.” Kamilla answered. Singh just squeezed her hand. Iris took a deep breath and concentrated on where she wanted to go. She started feeling lightweight and floaty when something went wrong. Maybe it was the strain of teleporting three people and a bag of supplies or the fact they were hoping dimensions, not rooms, but when they opened their eyes, they aren’t in the cortex of star labs. They aren’t anywhere near Central City at all. This place is too sunny for Central City. Iris feels like she’s sweltering in the heat. She immediately sheds her back jacket and finds a hair tie to tie up her hair.

They wander the streets of this weird city in silence before things start getting weird. Soon someone stops Iris for an autograph. They call her Candice and say they love her work. Iris is too frazzled to tell her otherwise. Then another person asks for an autograph, and another. Then the paparazzi start following her and her friends and she couldn’t be more confused. A grocer waves at them, and they duck into his store to escape the paparazzi.

“Thank you, sir, I was wondering where we were?” Singh asks. Iris and Kamilla browse the aisles looking for food and clothes they can buy. Iris finds a light blue top that says I <3 LA while Kamilla’s shirt is pink with a bubbly No place like Cali shirt.

“Mr. Sabongui, are you feeling ok?” The grocer asked.

“My name is David Singh.” He corrected him again.

Iris and Kamilla exited the bathroom in their new outfits. He excused himself to find a pair of shorts. “Ah, Ms. Patton, it’s nice to see you again.”

“My name is Iris West-Allen, and I don’t think we’ve met before. This is my friend, Kamilla. Did you answer my other friend David’s question?”

“Ma’am. You’re in Los Angeles California, and your name is Candice Patton.”

Iris was starting to get frustrated with this man. “Ok, have you seen my husband? This is a photo of him.”

Her lockscreen was a photo of her and Barry on the fourth of July. Linda took the photo of him giving her a piggy back ride. The man started at the screen in confusion. “Ma’am that’s a photo of Grant Gustin, who’s married to Andrea Thoma.”

“No that’s my husband Barry Allen.”

“Ma’am Barry Allen is a character, like Iris West is. He’s played by Grant Gustin, who isn’t your husband.” The grocer said impatiently.

David came out of the bathroom in his new shorts. He looked at the two women curiously. Iris looked confused and devastated while Kamilla motioned towards the door. They fished out some money for the clothes then headed out of the store.

“Let’s go to the library, do some research.” Iris hoped that this was all some fever dream. She was married to Barry. Barry Allen, who was a real whole person who is my husband. She wondered what went wrong when they hoped dimensions. In the library, Kamilla sat down in front of the computer and started googling. Iris crossed her fingers.

Kamilla Hwang l Arrowverse Wiki l Fandom

Iris West-Allen l Arrowverse Wiki l Fandom

Dread pulled in Iris’s gut. David’s hand on her shoulder tightened. Not only were they in another world, but they, themselves didn’t exist.

Iris wondered how everything could go so wrong.

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cheryls-blossomed · 5 years ago

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There are certain of WA scenes that get a lot of attention with good reason from the LR scene fr 4x15 to the erased first kiss scene 1x15 but there are some underrated WA scenes such as the scene 2x19 when B was talking abt how Ir was the first person he saved when he first got his powers. I love that scene. Do you have any WA scenes that you bel is underrated? If so, what are your top 3 underrated WA scenes & what did you like about them?

So many, nonnie! So many! This is such a hard question, but a really fun one; thank you for asking me! (And although it didn’t make my top 3 favorite underrated moments, I too really love that scene in 2x19. “The only two people in the world.”) 💜

Perhaps rather predictably, my favorite underrated Westallen scene in the club scene in 2x16, “Trajectory,” not least because it holds the special place in my heart as the moment when Westallen became my most important and certainly biggest OTP ever. I just love this moment, because it’s Barry and Iris without the turmoil of the belief of unrequited love and other relationships and secret identities. They’re both relaxed, they’re both single, and they both know they have married doppelgängers on Earth-2. There’s that fun best friends energy that permeates throughout their interactions in this scene: the moment Iris and Wally arrive, Barry and Iris sort of go off on their own, leaving the rest of the group. Plus, Barry and Iris give each other that knowing look and mirror one another’s reactions when Jesse and Wally interact for the first time, and when Jesse goes off to “powder her watch.” It’s easy, and one of the many reasons that I love this is scene is the fact that we get a glimpse into just how easy and in sync Barry and Iris’s rhythm is together. Iris says to Barry, “If we ever do get married, promise me you won’t do that dance at our wedding,” and he comes back with, “I can promise you that,” but then adorably fumbles a little, “The dance I mean, not the wedding.” She shrugs it off with a grin, but there’s something about her disposition that becomes a little serious, a little wistful and he’s all, “What?” Iris wonders in a nonchalant way, but full of that same wistfulness, how they’re married in the future and on Earth-2 (she frames her sentiment as conversational now, but she leaves her next sentence hanging, a sentence which she later finishes in 2x20, “Maybe we are meant to be together”). But what follows highlights how easy-breezy this moment is for Barry and Iris, neither missing a beat, even though things take a turn for the flirtatious. Barry’s whole demeanor changes, his eyes darken, his voice more raspy, when he asks her, “I wonder what our married doppelgängers are doing right now?” and Iris flirts back, “Probably Earth-2′s version of Netflix and Chill.” Barry smoothly replies, “Sounds nice,” but he wouldn’t be Barry if he didn’t quickly, rather endearingly clarify, “For them, I mean.” The scene is just... I don’t know... it’s so easy and light, and it showcases how in sync they are and how easily they flirt with each other, while hinting at what’s to come for them in the coming episodes, and there’s just so much UST in this scene... really makes you wonder what would have happened had they not been interrupted by Trajectory.

I really love the final loft scene in 4x01, and I think it’s underrated, because that episode had so much lightning rod goodness that I think it’s easy (certainly has been in my case) to get wrapped up in all the Westallen scenes that come before their final scene in this episode. But Iris is still grappling with how difficult these past six months have been, and Barry doesn’t probe her with words when he sees her makeshift bed on the couch or the turned over photos, but he gives her a soft, questioning look, and she expresses, on the verge of tears, how it’s been really hard these past few months. And her voice is quavering, and he immediately just takes her arms in her hands, caressing her arms slowly, reminding her that he’s here now. She tells him that she tried her best these six months to stay strong, and I think you can really see how broken she’s been and how incredibly painful her last six months have been (Candice fantastically portrays all of Iris’s emotions in these moments), and Barry reassures Iris softly, that he’s so proud of her and how she kept everybody together. And then he tells her that all he can see is them and their future together and that that future is going to be great. I love these soft, sweet, romantic moments between Barry and Iris after the storm, if you will, because there’s these deep sense of calm; this sense of, “I’m home again,” and this scene beautifully captures that sentiment.

The final loft scene in 3x23. I this this scene counts as underrated, right? Anyways, I adore this scene so, very much. It’s one of my favorite Westallen scenes of all time, because it stunningly captures how Barry and Iris are best friends in love in a way that I’m not sure any other scene captures (which is obviously saying a lot). They both can finally breathe, (or at least for a few minutes before the speedforce starts erupting, but they don’t know that yet) and they’re both reflective of how they finally have their future together again. They can finally plan their wedding! They’re smiling and laughing with each other, and Iris adorably sings a line of “Running Home to You,” which only elicits a bigger chuckle from Barry who figures that they’ve got the song for their wedding lined up. And Iris remembers the Save the Date cards, which Barry immediately runs off to deliver, and this is so cute, because Iris is all, “I spent a lot of money on stamps,” and Barry shrugs, and it’s just so peak teasing best friends, while also containing this strong undercurrent of fully realized romantic love. Barry then pulls out the ring from his pocket and asks Iris if she’s ready to be Iris West-Allen, to which she responds, “I’ve always been Iris West-Allen. I’ve always been yours.” It’s such a beautiful statement, encompassing how they are it for each other, and how their very souls have been entwined since the moment they met as children. And then their about to kiss, but of course are interrupted (the only downside to an otherwise absolutely perfect scene lol). I just adore this scene so much, honestly.

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0002 for West-Allen and Killervibe?

West-Allen

When I started shipping them: I’m not really sure. I guess I’ve shipped them since the beginning. I knew from comics and having watched Young Justice and some DCAU that Barry and Iris always end up together. So I just never expected this to be any different.

My thoughts: Having seen other versions of them I think this is the best version of them.

What makes me happy about them: I LOVE how they each have their own lives, interests, and hobbies apart from each other. They’re great people individually and so that makes them that much better as a couple.

What makes me sad about them: That right now poor Iris is stuck in a mirror and mirror Iris is putting Barry through hell!

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: I can’t think of anything major offhand. I guess one thing would be that sometimes in fic I see Iris portrayed as this lovesick puppy for Barry to the point where it erases the rest of her character. But like, I think I’ve only seen that once or twice.

Things I look for in fanfic: Domestic fluff!!!! They deserve it!

My wishlist: Get Iris out of the mirror. When they start a family, bring in the tornado twins!

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: I really have no idea.

My happily ever after for them: Iris gets out of the mirror and they start their family and everything is fine!

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Killervibe

When I started shipping them: A little less than partway through Season 5. The whole thing with them disagreeing at first about the idea of making a cure I think hit me harder than I had expected and really opened my eyes to the idea of them as a couple. The whole thing with Caitlin’s dad really sold me on it.

My thoughts: Cisco probably has had a crush on Caitlin since the day he met her. But she was with Ronnie already when they met and then Ronnie died and so now he hasn’t made a move because Ronnie was his friend and he feels like acting on his feelings would be a betrayal of Ronnie.

What makes me happy about them: They love each other so much even as friends!

What makes me sad about them: They have had more interaction this season than Cisco and has with his girlfriend, and still they are not together!

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: I have no idea actually.

Things I look for in fanfic: Them admitting their feelings.

My wishlist: For them to get together. That’s it. My bar is low.

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Cisco: Gypsy. Caitlin: Ronnie

My happily ever after for them: They get together, get married, have kids, and make history for their scientific work.

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Review: THE FLASH #750

[Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers]

Writers: Joshua Williamson, Geoff Johns, Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato, Marv Wolfman, Scott Lobdell

Artists: Rafa Sandoval, Stephen Segovia, Scott Kolins, Francis Manapul, Riley Rossmo, David Marquez, Brett Booth, Norm Rapmund

Colours: Arif Prianto, Michael Atiyeh, Ivan Plascencia, Alejandro Sanchez, Luis Guerrero

Letters: Steve Wands, Rob Leigh, Joshua Reed, Deron Bennett, ALW’s Troy Peteri

Reviewed By: Derek McNeil

Summary

The Flash #750: Beginning: “The Flash Age”! The story we’ve been building toward since issue #50 comes to a head! While a supercharged Speed Force wreaks havoc on Barry Allen’s life, a new threat appears on the horizon in the form of the deadly Paradox. Destined to destroy the Flash’s legacy, Paradox sends his herald, Godspeed, to trap the Flash family! Plus, in this special anniversary issue: tales from across the generations of super-speedsters by an all-star lineup of writers and artists!

Positives

In honour of the 80th Anniversary of the title, DC has reverted back to legacy numbering. Thus, The Flash #750 hits the stands this week instead of the expected 89th issue of the series. “Legacy numbering” means that if the title kept the same incremental numbering through every relaunch of the title, then the number would have naturally progressed to issue #750 with this very issue.

This covers the tenures of DC’s primary three Flashes, Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West, and appropriately, all three are well represented in the six stories included. As the current star of the title, Barry merits three stories, while Jay and Wally each get a single, yet important story each.

This first, and main, story is the first chapter of regular series writer Josh Williamson’s “The Flash Age”. I really liked this story, as it mostly gives a break and allows us to catch up with the current status of Barry’s world and the people in it, before pushing into the next big conflict. This makes the story a nice jumping-on point for new readers as well as providing a neat wrap up of the previous story arc.

Most importantly, it shows that Barry and Iris are back together and that their relationship is as strong as ever. In fact, things seemed to be going so well, that when Iris said, “I have something to talk to you about. A surprise”, I was expecting that she might propose to Barry.

Positives Cont.

Unfortunately, this is where the impending conflict cut into the story. Godspeed interrupts this moment, taking Barry to face Paradox. Paradox then gives Barry a choice between giving up being the Flash or fighting for his life against Godspeed. This is where the story leaves off, giving us a rather effective cliffhanger to bring readers back for the rest of “The Flash Age”.

I also love that this story includes several instances of Central City’s citizens showing their gratitude to the Flash for saving their lives or helping them in other ways. It’s a nice touch for an anniversary story. Plus, it provides a nice counterpoint to Paradox’s claims that Barry has been endangering everybody by the effect his powers have had on reality itself. Hopefully, this will help Barry realize that the good he has done outweighs any damage he has caused.

In the second story, Geoff Johns bring us an interesting little tale featuring Captain Cold, set during Wally’s tenure as the DCU’s primary Flash. In this story, we see that what Wally assumes that Cold goes on a rampage for the sole purpose of infuriating Wally.

However, the story shows us that the “rampage” came about unintentionally. Cold merely stumbled into the midst of an armed robbery when shopping at his local corner store. Through a series of misunderstandings, he finds himself in the middle of a confrontation with the Keystone City Police. While this doesn’t excuse Cold for his crimes, this does show how easy it is for events to quickly get out of control for a villain in the DCU.

Positives Cont.

The next story, by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato features Barry examining the question of whether the Flash has to be Barry Allen. He does this by using a previously unseen power to send his consciousness through other timelines where somebody else became the Flash instead of him. In each timeline, he finds that someone admirably fills the role of the Flash. He arrives at the moral of the “Even if it doesn’t have to be me… I”m glad that it is”

However, I have to wonder why the examples of Wally and Jay aren’t enough evidence that that someone else could serve as the Flash other than Barry. I would have thought either would be proof enough to settle the question.

Marv Wolfman, the man wrote the story of Barry’s death in Crisis On Infinite Earths, returns to the character to tell of an interesting encounter between Barry and the Mirror Master. The interesting conceit of this story is that the Mirror Master’s mirrors in the story enact various transformations upon the Flash’s body. These transformations allow artist Riley Rossmo to revisit some of the bizarre transformations over the years, such as the time Abra-Kadabra turned Barry into a walking wooden puppet.

Next, regular writer Joshua Williamson gives us a story of Jay Garrick, set in the title’s inaugural year, 1940. The story centres around an encounter between Jay and the Thinker. However, the most intriguing bit of the story is when a mysterious figure, presumably the Reverse Flash, whispers in Jay’s ear, “They’ll forget you Jay Garrick. I’ve seen your future…”.

Positives Cont.

This seems to be setting up a future storyline involving Jay and the Reverse Flash, which is further borne out by the blurb at the story’s end. This blurb promises, “To be continued in The Flash in 2020″. Unfortunately, this seems to imply that we won’t see the followup immediately, but it is coming relatively shortly.

Also, I noticed that the image on that page also shows Wally and Bart. I hope this means that we will be seeing a full reunion of the Flash Family when this story continues.

Finally, the entire creative team for the Flash Forward miniseries returns to provide an epilogue to that miniseries. Writer Scott Lobdell continues where that story left off, creating a bridge between it and the upcoming Generation Zero: Gods Among Us and subsequent Generation One to Five specials.

While little is known about this upcoming event, it has been speculated that it will involve a major shift in DCU continuity. That speculation seems to be borne out in this story, where Wally, now wielding the power and knowledge of the Mobius Chair, exams the current state of the DC Universe’s continuity.

It has been my theory for a while now that the time itself is unravelling in the DC Universe, and this story confirms that. Wally looks through his own personal timeline and sees that multiple contradictory events seem to concurrently exist in the current continuity. The original Silver Age origin of the Teen Titans happened as Wally remembers it, but the New 52 Teen Titans also exist as the first group to call themselves by that name.

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Positives Cont.

I must also interject that it’s great to see that Wally remembers the original Teen Titans costumes, and not the New 52/Rebirth re-imagined versions of the original outfit – even down to Robin’s short pants.

Wally confronts Tempus Fuginaut about the state of the DCU, stating, “Everything. Time. Space. Reality. It’s all broken. It all risks collapse”. And if there is any doubt about the severity of the situation in the reader’s mind, the story itself drop many significant keywords that indicate big reality-changing events in DC history: “Crisis”, “Flashpoint”, “Doomsday”, “Rebirth”, and others.

Truly, the DCU is reaching an important turning point. But there we are given ample reason not to dread this. When Fuginaut asks if Wally is up to the task of repairing this damage, Wally West, the DCU’s symbol of hope and rebirth replies, “My name is Wally West. I’m the Fastest Man Alive. I sit on the Mobius Chair. The power of a God races through me. So yeah. I got this”.

This speech gave me chills and reassures me that whatever the Generation special lead to, it bodes well for the future of the DCU.

Besides the amazing lineup of artists in each of the stories, there are also fine selection of pinups, as well as the multitude of gorgeous variant covers. I love the look of the decade covers. Especially, with the care taken to match the title logo and DC symbol for each time period. DC does pull out the stops to make sure these anniversary events look truly amazing.

Negatives

However, there is a nasty side to all these variant covers. This is a book with a $7.99 cover price. But with ten different covers (including the blank cover), that’s almost 80 bucks. Now I didn’t mind this when Action Comics and Detective Comics reached issue #1000. That’s a once in a lifetime milestone. Now DC is doing the same for Wonder Woman and The Flash reaching #750, which is a bit much, but okay. But DC has announced similar 80th Anniversary events for Robin, Catwoman, The Joker, and Green Lantern. That’s one or two of these expensive specials a month. Such a cash grab is excusable when it is once in a blue moon, but DC is venturing into the realm of highway robbery. Please, DC! Have mercy on my bank account!

Verdict

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Personae Dramatis

Das Arrowverse ist groß und nicht immer übersichtlich und mein Verse ist es ebenfalls. Für alle, die also nur eine Serie oder nur gewisse Staffeln gesehen haben, hier eine kleine Übersicht darüber, wer wer ist:

Personae Dramatis:

Sense8-AU-Fusion-Verse:

Die Legends:

Sara Lance, The Canary, White Canary, Captain Lance, Mitglied der Liga der Assassinen, Mitglied von Team Arrow, Anführerin der Legends

Ray Palmer, The Atom, Mitglied der Legends, Verbündeter von Team Arrow

Martin Stein, Hälfte von Firestorm, Mitglied der Legends

Jefferson Jackson, Hälfte von Firestorm, Mitglied der Legends

Mick Rory, Heatwave, Mitglied der Legends

Rip Hunter, Captain Hunter, Gründer der Legends, ein Time-Master

Nate Heywood, Steel, Mitglied der Legends

Amaya Jiwe, Vixen, Mitglied der JSA, Mitglied der Legends

Gideon, KI der Waverider des Schiffs der Legends

Leonard Snart, Captain Cold, Mitglied der Legends, Meisterdieb, Partner von Mick Rory, Gründer der Rogues

Kendra Saunders, Chay-Ara, Hawkgirl, Mitglied der Legends

Carter Hall, Prinz Kufu, Hawkman, Mitglied der Legends

John Constantine, ein Magier, Mitglied der Legends

Ava Sharpe, Agentin und spätere Direktorin des Time Bureau, Ava-12, Geliebte von Sara

Zari Tomaz, Mitglied der Legends

Charlie, eine Gestaltenwandlerin, Mitglied der Legends

Mona Wu, Wolfie, Angestellte des Time Bureaus, Mitglied der Legends

Nora Darhk, Eleanor, Damien Dahrks Tochter, Mitglied der Order, Gefäß von Mallus, Frenemie der Legends

Behrad Tarazi, Mitglied der Legends, Nutzer des Wintotems, Bruder von Zari

Zari Tarazi, Schwester von Behrad, Mitglied der Legends

Gary Green, ehemaliger Zeitagent, Assistent von John Constantine

Astra Logue, John Constantines Patenkind

Die Legion der Verdammnis:

Eobard Thawne, Harrison Wells, Reverse Flash, Anführer von Team Flash, Gründer der Legion der Verdammnis

Damien Darhk, Mitglied der Liga der Assassinen, Gründer von Hive, Mitglied der Liga der Verdammnis, Vorstand der Order, Anhänger von Mallus

Malcolm Merlyn, der Magier, Ra’s al Ghul, Anführer der Liga der Assassinen, Frenemie von Team Arrow, Mitglied der Liga der Verdammnis

Team Arrow:

Oliver Queen, The Hood, der Bogenschütze, die Kapuze, Arrow, Green Arrow, Al-sa-Him, Mitglied der Bratva, Gründer von Team Arrow, Mitglied der Liga der Assassinen

Laurel Lance, Dinah Laurel Lance, Black Canary, Mitglied von Team Arrow, Schwester von Sara, Anwältin

Felicity Smoak, Overwatch, Mitglied von Team Arrow, Geliebte von Ray Palmer, Partnerin von Oliver Queen

Thea Queen, Speedy, Mitglied von Team Arrow, Schwester von Oliver, Tochter von Malcolm Merlyn

John Diggle, Mitglied von Team Arrow, Agent von Argus, Soldat

Roy Harper, Arsenal, Mitglied von Team Arrow

Curtis Holt, Mr. Terrific, Mitglied von Team Arrow

Rene Ramirez, Wild Dog, Mitglied von Team Arrow

Quentin Lance, Captain Lance, Detektive Lance, Officer Lance, The Detective, Vater von Sara und Laurel, Polizist

Team Flash:

Barry Allen, The Flash, die Schemen, Gründer von Team Flash

Caitlin Snow, Mitglied von Team Flash, Ehefrau von Ronnie Raymond

Cisco Ramon, Vibe, Mitglied von Team Flash

Joe West, Mitglied von Team Flash, Ziehvater von Barry, Polizist

Iris West, Mitglied von Team Flash, Barrys Ehefrau, Joes Tochter, Reporterin

Eddie Thawne, Mitglied von Team Flash, Joes Partner, Iris Geliebter, Polizist

Wally West, Kid Flash, Sohn von Joe, Bruder von Iris, Mitglied von Team Flash

Cecile Horton, Joes Lebenspartnerin, Mutter seiner Tochter Jenna, Mitglied von Team Flash

Harry Wells, Mitglied von Team Flash, Doppelgänger von Harrison Wells von Erde-2

Jesse Wells, Jesse Quick, Tochter von Harry Wells

Ralph Dibny, Elongated Man, Mitglied von Team Flash, Privatdetektiv

Nora West-Allen, XS, Tochter von Iris West und Barry Allen aus der Zukunft

Frost, alternative Persönlichkeit von Caitlin Snow, mit Eiskräften

Nash Wells, ein Mythbuster aus den Weiten des Multiversums

Sherloque Wells, größter Detektive des Multiversums ehemaliges Mitglied von Team Flash

Allegra Garcia, Iris Azubi beim Central City Citizen, Mitglied von Team Flash

Kamilla Hwang, Ciscos Freundin, Fotografin beim Citizen, Mitglied von Team Flash

Verbündete:

Nyssa al Ghul, Erbin des Dämons, Tochter des Dämons, Mitglied der Liga der Assassinen, Geliebte von Sara

Ronnie Raymond, Hälfte von Firestorm, Verbündeter von Team Flash

Hank Heywood, Vater von Nate, Sohn von Henry

Dick Rory, Mick Rorys Vater, ein Soldat

Lyla Michales, Harbinger, John Diggles Frau, Argus Agentin

Ted Grant, Wild Cat, bildet Helden aus

Leo Snart, Citizen Cold, Leonard Snarts Doppelgänger von einer anderen Erde

David Singh, Polizeichef von Central City

Julian Albert, eine ehemaliges Mitglied von Team Flash

Sue Dearborn, eine reiche Erbin

Gypsy, Ciscos verstorbene Geliebte

Kate Kane, Batwoman, Heldin von Gotham

Ryan Choi, ein Wissenschaftler

Feinde:

Vandal Savage, Unsterblicher Despot

Neron, ein Dämon

Slade Wilson, Deathstroke, Geheimagent, Mirakuru-Soldat, Fremenie von Oliver

Der Gefängnisdirektor, Direktor des Jugendgefängnis, hat nichts Gutes im Sinn

Andy Diggle, John Diggles Bruder, Mitglied von Hive

Isabel Rochev, Ravager, Geliebte von Olivers Vater, skrupellose Geschäftsfrau

Sebastian Blood, Bruder Blood, Oberhaupt der Bruderschaft des Blutes

William Hand, Black Hand, ein geheimnisumwitterter Schurke

Eva McCulloch, eine brilliante Wissenschaftlerin

Joseph Carver, ihr Ehemann, CEO von McCulloch Industries

Godspeed, ein böser Speedster aus der Zukunft

Dschingis Khan, eine aus der Hölle zurückgekehrte Seele

Die Rogues:

Clyde Mardon, der erste Weather Wizard, ein Bankräuber

Mark Mardon, Weather Wizard, Clydes älterer Bruder, ein Bankräuber

Roy Bivolo, Rainbow Rider, Prism, ein Krimineller

Jake Simmons, Deathbolt, fragt nicht

Sam Scudder, Mirror Master, ein Verbrecher

Rose Dillon, Top, seine Partnerin

Hartley Rathaway, Pied Piper, ein Dieb

Roderick Smith, Hartley Lebenspartner

Die Familie Hunter:

Miranda Coburn, eine Beinahe Time-Masterin, Ehefrau von Rip Hunter

Jonas Hunter, Sohn von Rip Hunter und Miranda Coburn

Die Familie Snart:

Lisa Snart, Golden Glider, Leonards Schwester

Lewis Snart, Leonard Snarts Vater, ein Krimineller

Mrs. Snart, Mutter von Lisa

Die Familie Allen:

Nora Allen, Barrys Mutter

Henry Allen, Barrys Vater

Die Familie Stein:

Clarissa Stein, Martin Steins Frau

Lily Stein. Tochter von Clarissa und Martin

Die Familie Palmer:

Sydney Palmer, Rays Bruder

Grandma Palmer, Ray Palmer Großmutter

Sandy Palmer, Mutter von Ray und Sydney

Mr. Palmer, Vater von Ray und Syney

Anna Loring, Ray Palmers Verlobte

Die Familie Heywood:

Hank Heywood, Henry, Vater von Nate Heywood

Doris Heywood, Frau von Hank, Mutter von Nate

Andere Familienmitglieder:

Jenna West, Tochter von Joe und Cecile

Francine West, Joe Wests Frau, Mutter von Iris und Wally

Dante Ramon, Cisco Ramons Bruder

Debbie Dibny, Ralphs Mutter

Mr. Thawne, Eddies Vater

Thomas Snow, Caitlins Vater

Carla Tannhauser, Caitlins Mutter

William Clayton, Oliver Queens Sohn

Tommy Merlyn, Sohn von Malcolm Merlyn, Bester Freund von Oliver Queen

Joss Mardon, Joss Jackam, Josclyn Jackam, Weather Witch, Mark Mardons Tochter

Lita, Tochter von Mick Rory

Mrs. und Mrs. Dearborn, Sues Eltern

Erde-38:

Kara Danvers, Supergirl, eine Heldin

Alex Danvers, ihre Adoptivschwester, Direktorin vom DEO

J’onn J’onzz, Martian Manhunter, ein Detekiv

Querl Dox, Brainiac-5, ein DEO-Agent

James Olsen, Guardian, ein Held

Winn Schott, ein ehemaliger DEO-Agent, in einer anderen Zeit

Mon-El, Valor, Karas wahre Liebe, in einer anderen Zeit

Clark Kent, Superman, Karas Cousin

Lois Lane, Clarks Ehefrau, eine Reporterin

Jonathan Samuel Kent, das Kind von Clark und Lois

Lena Luthor, eine Wissenschaftlerin und ehemalige Freundin

Eve Techmacher, ihre Assistentin

Lex Luthor, Lenas Bruder, Supermans Nemesis

Malefic J’onzz, J’onns Bruder

Alura Zor-El, Karas Mutter

Livewire, eine Feindin von Kara

Andere:

Emily, ein Mitschülerin von Iris

Terry, eine Mitschülerin von Iris

Ein leichtes Mädchen, angeheuer von Mick Rory

Talia al Ghul, Assassine, Schwester von Nyssa

Ra‘ s al Ghul, der Kopf des Dämons, Anführer der Liga der Assasinen, Vater von Nyssa und Talia

Amanda Waller, Direktorin von Argus

Kamadeva, ein Hindu-Gott, behauptet er zumindest

Blonde Sense8, ein Opfer

Halbierter Sense8, ein Opfer

David Bowie, ein berühmter Musiker

Edward Fyers, ein Söldner auf Lian Yu

Jane Austen, eine Schriftstellerin

Konane, ein Kope, eine Art Werwolf

Harrison Wells Erde 1, ein Wissenschaftler

Man in Black, ein Regierungsagent, scheinbar

Anthony Ivo, ein Wissenschaftler, der vor nichts zurückschreckt

Captain der Amazo, der Captain von Ivos Schiff

Der Mörder, jemand hinter dem Ralph her ist

Seine Frau, sein Opfer

Arzt der Notaufnahme, nicht sehr hilfreich, wenn auch bemüht

Pippa, ein Kind, Kundin von Nora

Music Meister, ein Wesen aus einer anderen Dimension

Bruce Wayne, Batman, aus einer anderen Dimension

Clark Kent, Superman, von Erde-96

Jefferson Pierce, Black Lightning, Held von einer anderen Erde

Mick Rory auf der anderen Waverider, eine alternative Version von Mick

Der Monitor, ein kosmisches Wesen

Der Anti-Monitor, ein anderes kosmisches Wesen

#Arrowverse #Sense8-AU-Verse #legends of tomorrow #The Flash #Arrow

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"One Year Later"Edit

Salvation RunEdit

Captain Cold is one of the exiled villains featured in the 2007-08 miniseries Salvation Run along with his fellow Rogues: Heat Wave, Weather Wizard, Mirror Master, and Abra Kadabra.

New RoguesEdit

The New Rogues version of Captain Cold is Chill, a unknown man who possesses a Cold Gun.

Final Crisis: Rogues' RevengeEdit

The Flash: RebirthEdit

"Blackest Night"Edit

The Flash (Vol. 3)Edit

The New 52Edit

DC RebirthEdit

In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, Captain Cold and his fellow Rogues are among the villains that attend the underground meeting held by Riddler that talks about the Superman Theory.[23]

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