cupid's bonbons (1/2)

[shokora_kafe]

warning: mentions of sex pollen, masturbation, incest, handjobs, and sex in general
word: 1564
rating: mature
pairing: flash/barry & kid flash/wally, flash/barry & iris, and a few side pairings
genre: angst, drama, family, general, romance, smut
character: albert desmond, barry allen, bruce wayne, hal jordan, hartley rathaway, iris west-allen, jay

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[shokora_kafe]

Yeah, pretty much. Barry became a police scientist in order to prove his father's innocence. At least, that was part of the reason. It later changed to a forsenic scientist. Uh, he is also a slow person compared to Wally, always late for appointments and such. Because of that, I think Wally is the reverse, who is always on time (but not early?).

I'm not sure if Hartley is the exact age, but he is around Wally's age group. I just figured I would throw him in there, it's not like villains have a minimum age to become one.

Barry is pretty easygoing, easy to get along with, thinks before he acts (usually), is a likeable guy in general (but I don't think he has a lot of close friends, mostly friends and acquaintances). I guess that depends. In the Justice League he's pretty respected and friendly, so it makes him likable. I think at his workplace, people like him, but don't know him very well. He can also be a workaholic at times (if it's a personal matter, like with his parents' cold case), which makes him distant. Before he was the Flash, I think he was very focused on trying to figure out his parents' cold case, because they were the two most important people in his life. Didn't really bother with dating (didn't interest him). Which is why Patty gave him space and didn't go after him right away (she was waiting for him to get over his parents' death and open up a little, since he was a pretty private guy). But then he met Iris (who apparently had a lot of bad dates in the past), enjoyed her company, and gave him a sense of stability I think. She's also the reason why he wears bowties instead of ties back then.

He was bullied when he was younger I remembered (and his mom would cheer him up by taking him to the comic store and buy Flash comics). I don't know too much of his relationship with his dad, but I think it became strained after the incident. Barry became maybe an orphan and went into foster care (since mother died, father is in jail, has no known relatives at the time), and shaped him into this guy who later went into law enforcement field.

Does that give you a better picture? I read a few Flash issues (the more recent arcs, rather than the Silver Age stuff), but that's how I interpreted it. As well as referring to wikia and wiki pages too.

Although, I am downloading Silver Age stuff to read, after that one prompt you've posted on yj_anon_meme (Prompt Post #10) with that one image where Barry has to carry Wally to places so he could regain his memory again. I'm curious of their dynamics back then, since they don't seem to write dynamic duos anymore. Only really with Batman and Robin franchise (and Batgirl sometimes).

Back in the day comics are hard to get into for me, since they're not as artsy as today's standards. That and the language back then was kind of silly. Some of the events and ideas were silly too. But I'll try! I'm trying to catch up on the Question comics, since I'm sort of planning to write a fanfic between the Question and (not so) Kid Flash.

[flashadmirer11]

I've read a little of the silver age (before I got bored with it) and I found out that Barry actually didn't have all those problems in his life. In fact, he had the best childhood out of all the heroes (Superman's debatable, but the Man of Steel did lose his entire world). Both of his parents were around all the way to when he had to leave to the future and be with Iris. All of that changed when Zoom freaking changed history and created the Rebirth timeline. I don't get why Barry destroyed the timeline when he went back in time, because, technically, he was fixing it and returning it to the way it used to be before any change happened. Again, time travel is so confusing.

lol I still can't believe that was said. Sure, it wouldn't be taken in that regard (as much) if we had read the comics itself. But, seriously, Barry's holding Wally bridal style while thinking about taking Wally to the places where they "experienced exciting times together" and that it will "arouse him". Barry and Wally had great dynamics back then. They were on par with the Dynamic Duo themselves. Heck, perhaps even better. Well, at least relationship wise since Bruce and Dick had a lot of differences when Dick grew older.

I know, the art feels all washed out and boring compared to today's standard. That, and the stories seem to be going so fast. I believe that they did that because they had to get a whole story done in one issue; they really didn't create story arcs until the Modern Age came around. And, lol, their whole linguistics are so hilarous. I mean, they were great during tha time period, but saying things like "Cool Cats" and the like is just so silly nowadays. And, ooh, that sounds interesting. VIc/Wally stories are very interesting to read.