#barryiris

[nightbruh]

A study of DC Couples.

[flashfuture]

(Flash 1959 #108)

Barry and Iris what you mean to me

[winteraurora]

The other problem is they think all dc is, is Batman. When there are better stories and characters than just Batman.

(Or they think Batfam,Wonderfam,and superfam are the only things when personally the flashfma and aqua fam are better written and more interesting)

the problem with the dc community i find is half the community is big on batcest and the other half is obsessed with four major ships so watered down from their canon interactions they've lost everything that made them interesting. meanwhile i'm out here shipping pairs so rare they have three fics on ao3.

[arrow-v-flash-polls]

Best wedding? Off the top of my head there’s Iris and Barry round one, combined barryiris and oliverfelicity, Alex and Kelly, Sara and Ava

There turned out to be quite a few weddings that happen in the Arrowverse Anon and I'm sure I may have missed one or two. But which wedding was the best?

This was a cute question Anon, I enjoyed going back and finding all the weddings I could and highly recomend it if anyone needs a quick 'pick me up'. Sorry for the time it took to get posted tho, but please do continue to send in your suggestions.

[technarchussy]

jonjay reunion aboutta be wallylinda/barryiris/bartkon level reunion shit. why? MARK WAID ON THE BOOKS!! gay people finna get an actual queer break through his lobotomy to get back to his man. aint no grave can hold a bitch body down. let's go, skittles squad, we're winning this season of dc!!!!

[aboutzatanna]

To put into perspective just how forced the whole JohnZee pairing has been for the last few years, Zatanna met John 5 times in the pre-reboot continuity. That's 5 out of the 379 times she has appeared in comics before the Pre Nu 52 debut of Justice League Dark. Similarly John's Hellblazer lasted for 300 issues with his own supporting cast and love interests and Zatanna only appeared once in it.

(Yes, there was a divide between Vertigo and DC at the time but Zatanna was one of the few characters who famously flaunted the line)

Swamp Thing #49-50: this is where we first find out that these characters knew each other as John tries to recruit Zatara and Zatanna for the magical seance. Note that there is an element of manipulation involved in all of John's interactions with everyone in this issue. John was also a new character at the time and Zatanna was a very established character. Moore can be a perv so it's not surprising that he made their relationship sexual. He also basically ended the pairing with John Zatara's death and Zatanna blaming John for it. Although they were established as collegues, we got fans and writers today who think Zatanna should be a novice who needs John to lead her around and tell her where to aim her powers.

Books of Magic: In which we learn that John hasn't met Zatanna at all since the traumatic seance but feels he can just waltz in and ask her to babysit a kid for him. The writer likes him so of course it works and she hugs and kisses him, which felt so very jarring. Books of Magic is a book I enjoy except for the Zatanna scenes (and Spectres). Then we had Zee acting like a complete idiot who endangers Tim Hunter and needed to be saved by John Constantine. Really jarring when you see her appearances in JLA comics around the time where she was a powerful magician whose kicking ass. ( Yet, this one comic would decades later set the pace for her characterization in JLD as this novice with a lot of power except for when John needs to shine. ) We would later get a follow up to this in a dream sequence in the 1991 Zatanna mini series by Lee Mars but that too had a scene where Zatanna went 'oh no, I'm not as good John' which makes no sense since she has been involved in magic her whole life.

Hellblazer Vol 1 #63: Zatanna's only appearance in the title at John's 40th birthday party. I don't have any objections to this one. Zee getting high at a party with a floating joint is hilarious.

Totems mini series: A brief appearance where she turns down his offer for sex and even goes 'reven niaga'.

Zatanna Everyday Magic: I like this one. As it deals with things from her perspective. She is the one who saves him and very subtly we see her shed any resentment she may have for John but is not hung up on him. She has her own life and her own love interests, even has casual sex with them.

So we have a pairing that cratered and halfway buried, only for an ill thought out reboot to drag it back up and heavily retconning both character's respective histories to make it work. Like introducing Nick Necro and treating the seance like Zee's origin story instead of Zatanna's Search. Ignoring any aspect of her that's not related to John, like all her relationships with the JL members (except Batman) don't matter anymore even though they played important roles in her life as well. Yet, John gets to keep most of his history and supporting cast and even get several shots at an ongoing. Zee ends up being treated as less smart, less competent and daresay even less sexy, whenever the JohnZee pairing comes to the forefront. The seeds were there since even their second meeting.

I don't see why this pairing needs to be treated as something so sacrosanct that the characters aren't allowed to grow past it. It's definitely not an earned relationship that's up there with Clark/Lois, BatCat, WallyLinda or BarryIris. It's only post nu52 that writers can't seem to go two pages without mentioning the pairing whenever Zee shows up. And I hate the fact that it's lead to Zee developing a reputation as a woman with a bad body fetish. Yet another aspect of the character they had to twist to make the pairing work.

It's not just that Zee deserves better, it just plain doesn't make sense. Even on it's own, it's a constant merry go round 'oh John, you are lying to me, I can't trust you/John, you lied to me, I trusted you. Everyone in JLD gets this but Zatanna gets it the worst.

Also, Zatanna didn't 'choose him', they were apart then the reboot happened and DC went 'well, lets pretend these two are an angsty couple who can't quit each other, forget anything that might contradict this narrative'.

To drive the point home; compare Zee's last appearance in 2022 in JLD as team leader where she was shown to be reckless and dumb leader who endangered her team for no reason and refused to take responsibility (of course John comes out looking good). To her later appearances in Batgirl and the excellent Knight Terrors crossover team up with Robot Man.

Once she is away from John, she goes back to being her fun, competent, bad ass, sexy self.

Side note: Can we also go back to a time when Zatanna, Phantom Strnager, Spectre and Dr Fate were bad asses and not chumps so John Constantine can look cool as he pulls out a vaguely defined spelled from his ass? I saw scans from a comic recently where he got the drop on freakin' Waverider recently.

[nightbruh]

Which is your LEAST favorite DC Couple?

[bitter-hibiscus]

Barryiris

Not AS endgame as dinahollie but I respect a soulmate couple when I see it

[dove00]

Hey! So. I want to start by saying do not send hate to the anon that sent the ask I will be discussing. I don’t want people to be harassed.

I made a post asking for wlw and nblw dc ships to write a story for. The first ask was someone asking for DonnaKory or Fem!Jason/Mia. I wrote for DonnaKory and ignored the other part of the question, but that wasn’t fair to the anon.

Note: this isn’t me being a Jason hater. I would not write fem! Wally or fem! Roy even though I love those characters because I didn’t ask for male characters. This wasn’t even mlm ships that both would be women (though I don’t want to write those ships either for future reference).

Ships that do not involve a man are less popular than ships that do—especially if one or both the women are women of color.

Think of it in this way: if I was scrolling on tumblr and a blog said, “send me mlm dc ships and I’ll write a story for them” and I thought I ship BarryIris but this doesn’t fit, so I’ll make Iris a man, so it fits, that wouldn’t be fair.

I’m not saying the anon has any hate/misogyny. They just had a ship, but I specifically asked for a ship not involving a man.

At the end of the day, this isn’t a big deal but it still stuck with me.

[kingofpeacows]

Hal Jordan would sleep in Barry and Iris's bed for three weeks before he realizes they're all dating.

[bluejaysandblackbats]

Heels Over Head

Fandom: DC Comics, Flashfam

Summary: Young Don tries to impress Meloni with some help.

Chapters: 1/?

Characters: Don Allen, Meloni Thawne, Dawn Allen, Jeven Ognats, Barry Allen, Iris Allen, Wally West

Relationships: Don Allen/Meloni Thawne, Dawn Allen/Jeven Ognats, BarryIris

Additional Tags: No Capes AU, No Powers AU, College AU, Don Allen and Meloni Thawne First Meet, POV Don Allen, Romance, Fluff, Silly Antics in Flashfam

Chapter One: Origami

I didn’t usually run late. I stopped to grab a coffee at the campus cafe. But buying a coffee took longer than I expected. I ran across the quad with coffee before running into a beautiful woman with tousled hair and stylish sunglasses. She held me still while she looked me over. “Did I hurt you? I’m such a clumsy ox… Jeez, and I—. I spilled your coffee!” she shouted in Interlac. “Oh, let me buy you another.” I smiled, picking up the cup to toss it in the trash.

“No, it’s alright. I should be apologizing to you—.” 

“Please. My conscience will eat at me if you don’t let me buy you another,” the young woman insisted. I attempted to shrug it off.

“Sorry… I’m already running late for class—.”

“Give me your classroom number and your order,” she interrupted. I opened my mouth to protest, and she took out a notepad from her skirt pocket. I could tell she wasn’t willing to let me go without replacing it. So, I wrote my room number and order, not expecting her to follow through. I just wanted to get to class on time. She took her notepad, and we went our separate ways. 

I snuck into the back of my auditorium class and got my notes and pens together. 

The professor was a few minutes late getting started, so I didn’t lose any time. My professor started every class with music and had us journal our feelings. We journaled for ten minutes before touching on the curriculum, and I almost forgot about my run-in with the woman. The door opened, and I glanced to my left to see the woman from earlier creeping toward me. She sat next to me and slid my coffee to me. “Oh, um—.” She held her pointer finger to her lips to discreetly shush me. Then, I watched as she took her journal out and took notes as if she were in the class. I sipped my coffee and smiled. It was perfect. We sat next to each other, taking notes for the duration of the class while she drank a smoothie. 

She was peculiar in every way imaginable. She never took her sunglasses off, leaned in to sip her drink without using her hands, and silently clapped whenever someone said something interesting. There was an alienness to her that was so prevalent that her beauty didn’t distract from it. It almost felt like a fever dream to interact with her. When the class ended, she collected her things and left without a word. I followed her, trying to keep up as she rushed across the street and stopped at the park. She sifted through a crowd of children at an ice cream truck, reached into her bag, and handed the ice cream man a sizeable amount of cash. The children cheered as the girl stepped aside and let the kids get their ice creams. After they dispersed, she got her ice cream and pointed in my direction. I assumed she wasn’t talking about me, but there was no denying it once she sat beside me on the bench. 

“Do you want the Oreo Klondike or the wonky Spider-Man? Wait… Are you vegan or lactose intolerant?” she asked. I shook my head. 

“Thank you… Could I have the weird Spider-Man?” I asked. She giggled and nodded. 

“I have that class later in the day… I won’t have to go now,” she explained. I opened my ice cream and started eating. “Do you ever wonder what it feels like to be a child?” 

I tilted my head, staring at her, waiting for an explanation. She ate her ice cream, stopping once to clutch her head with brain freeze. The girl pressed her thumb to the roof of her mouth and ate the rest of her ice cream sandwich. I wanted to tell her she was beautiful, but it wouldn’t have meant anything… Not to someone like her. “You say that as if you weren’t a child. Don’t you remember?” I asked. She shook her head. 

“Me? Oh, no. I was never a child… Just—. I was younger and smaller,” she whispered, pausing with fingers dancing on her chin. “No… I don’t believe I was a child. I was something else entirely.” I chewed my lip. “Were you a child?” 

“I was… I think,” I replied. 

She leaned close, lowering her sunglasses until we were almost close enough to kiss. “You probably were… But you don’t remember,” she replied, “Thank you for having an ice cream with me.”

I opened my mouth to tell her something, but she stood up to leave. “Do you have to go?” I asked. She pinched my cheek. 

“We’ll see each other again. I’m sure of it,” the girl replied, “And maybe … Maybe you’ll remember what being a child was like… I hope you’ll tell me.” 

I nodded, speechless, as I watched her walk away. I finished my ice cream and stared up at the clouds. Something about that exchange felt so genuine and intimate. I didn’t want to forget, so I went over it in my head a million times. After several minutes, I decided to take the streetcar home. 

I liked the scenery. The trees and the sunlight through the dirty windows. It was a pretty picture of home. My parents were American, but we grew up in another country, Interla. I’d never known any other place. I watched the city unfold in colors. Blurs of lavender, pink, and greens. I saw murals and beautiful bricks. I saw my world at over one hundred miles an hour… And it was lovely. Meeting that young woman felt like riding in the streetcar. I met her when my mind was going one hundred miles an hour, and before I knew it, our interaction was over. 

How do you forget someone who makes you feel that way? How do you go on walking around after meeting someone so uniquely beautiful? There was no one like her. No one that I could think of. It isn’t every day you meet someone who gives you a task you want to follow through on. Not out of mere duty to someone… No.

I wanted to remember childhood in the purest sense to understand her. If I could return to the things that made me smile and laugh as a child, I could understand what she asked of me. I took it seriously. I had to. I was convinced she was curious and that I could win her affection —or attention— by giving her words honest consideration. It was my semi-scientific approach to a peculiar crush. I knew nothing about her outside of the things I observed. She was considerably wealthy. She was a college student… And she was kind. I didn’t know her name, dreams, or aspirations, but I wanted to know. I wanted to know everything there was to learn about her. I desired to unfold her bit by bit like a story. First, I became interested in the look. Then, I noticed the outward quality… And I would later fall in love with the everything. The truth. The person. The flaws that hid behind the cover. I’d never been more in love in my life.

[singledadkuroo]

I can’t stop thinking about Barry jogging with Iris to be nice and spend time with her like....it’s like a normal person keeping pace w a baby who just learned how to walk

[bluboothalassophile]

oh blu, please make more jayrae's fanfic in young justice universe please? it's so good!! ahh!

Hello,

I have two Young Justice, long piece, fanfics coming out as soon as I finish A Weekend We’ll Never Forget is completed.

A Precious Gem & Parent Trap

A Precious Gem is set in the Young Justice universe. Jason has outgrown Robin and is trying to make a new identity for himself, while Tim is Robin. The YJ team stumbles onto Klarion battling a mysterious young sorceress who is badly wounded, so they help her out. They take her back and discover she’s the Gem of Scath, adopted daughter of John Constantine, granddaughter of Lucifer, and niece of Mazikeen and she’s looking for her missing father.

Pairings:

Jason Todd/Raven

Dick Grayson/Zatanna Zatara

Timothy Drake/Conner Kent

Characters included:

Jason Todd

Raven

Timothy Drake

Dick Grayson

Bruce Wayne

Lucifer Morningstar

Mazikeen

John Constantine

Young Justice Team

Parent Trap is set in the HfaB universe. Nine year old Irey West took a dare from her brother, Jai West, to run the fastest she could go, and accidentally ran twelve years into the past. Now she’s stuck in the past and her parents don’t even like each other! Now stuck, she’s got to get them together before she doesn’t exist, then she’ll try to return home.

Pairings:

Wally West I/Artemis Crock

Dick Grayson/Koriand’r

Barry Allen/Iris West

Characters included:

Irey West

Wally West I

Artemis Crock

Damian Wayne

Jon Kent

Zoe Lawton

Dick Grayson

Koriand’r

Roy Harper

Lian Harper

Jason Todd

Raven

Bart Allen

Barry Allen

Iris West

Wally West II

I also have the current on going piece Things Found in the Dark. And yes, it’s slow on the updates but I am working on it.

Things Found in the Dark is set in the Young Justice universe. Jason Todd and Raven have returned to Gotham after Jason’s supposed death. Due to circumstances they have joined forces with the Young Justice team while still implementing their own schemes.

Pairings:

Jason Todd/Raven

Timothy Drake/Stephanie Brown

Characters included:

Jason Todd

Raven

Dick Grayson

Timothy Drake

Stephanie Brown

Barbara Gordon

Bruce Wayne

Cassandra Cain

Damian Wayne

Alfred Pennyworth

Young Justice Team

[fictionalpoem]

DC mood board// Barry Allen x Iris West Requested by @beaurozguru Requests are open.

[reginaking]

Iris West Week Day 2 ♥ Iris + Barry

“Barry, what happens, it will never change how I feel about you.”