i really like wally west

There's lots of moments in the comics that show they DO get along and love each other despite their mutual frustrations with each other.

Again as always this is not exhaustive this is just what I can remember easily.

The Flash (1987) #140

Bart comforts Wally at Linda's funeral - they are also comforting each other because Bart also really loved Linda and she was one of his allies and mediators between him and Wally.

The Flash (1987) #140

Later in the same issue Wally takes Bart out for lunch and they do have a moment together. They're both still grieving and Bart brings up a very sad point about his life up until now...

The Flash (1987) #141

When Max declares that Wally committed suicide due to losing Linda (he didn't he just ripped her out of time) Bart overhears it and is naturally upset by it. Bart was right, Wally came back on the next page.

The Flash (1987) #141

Lmfao. "I wasn't THAT worried about you, good job man! Knew you had it under control 👍"

Impulse (1995) #22

Bart's 15th birthday party that Wally helps organize is a sweet issue and ends with both of them playing video games with all of Bart's civilian friends.

Impulse (1995) #24

When Bart's mother Meloni comes back in time to bring him to live with her in their time in the 30th century, Wally attempts to make amends with Bart by giving him his Flash Ring. Bart never takes this off for the rest of his series.

The rest that come to mind I am not sure if I would really call them healthy as they are just fighting people (Superboy Prime) or Wally going ballistic over Bart dying when he turns Thad into a statue (not really healthy there.)

LINDA AND WALLY.... they are soulmates. arguably the best dc relationship i do NAWT care what anyone else says <3

(the flash 2024, #12)

ABSOLUTE FLASH !!!

I had to do dick justice and hide that enormous forehead

anyway here's my rendition of the cutest canon picture of the tween titans IT'S SO CUTE (if we ignore the context on why we see the picture)

Relay Race piece #2!

Rudy on some level is just so cartoony of a villain.

Like, the fanon version of Rudy is this bumbling angry alcoholic who hits his son because he needs someone smaller than him to take out his aggression on and that version of Rudy is very real. I think that's why fanon tends to view him that way. Because it's a more realistic characterization and it's easier for them to understand and portray.

But the truth of the matter is that Rudy is cold, calm and calculating. He's smart. And he doesn't care. Not about Wally and definitely not about Mary. Rudy doesn't see them as a family, he sees them as a long con. A get rich scheme in the making. Wally is supposed to be powerful so Rudy tries to 'shape' him. The abuse isn't out of anger, it's Rudy's misguided attempts to make him stronger.

Rudy also tries to bond with Wally. He knows he needs a good relationship with Wally to keep Wally in line when he gets older. That's why you see things like Rudy poisoning the little league coach to let Wally play and letting the air out of the other team's tires so Wally's team wins.

He was really fucking bad at it but he was attempting to make Wally an ultimate weapon that only listened to him. What he did instead was push his son away and teach him what not to do.

But that kind of calculated, off-the-wall mentality is so foreign. It's bad and we can recognize it but it's like something out of Criminal Minds. It's hard to see any part of that in our daily lives.

But Mary? Mary is something else. Mary is little comments about Wally's outfits. Mary is guilt tripping her son into spending time with her. Mary is being confidently incorrect about her son's wants and needs. Mary is discouraging comments when you just need a hug. Mary is so real it hurts.

So yeah, I can absolutely agree with you. Rudy is on another fucking level and he objectively does worse things (like murder and child labor camps and cult stuff). But Mary is so real in her abuse. She genuinely horrifies me.