#boopmcrantypants

I expect quite a few people (readers and characters alike) are varying degrees of annoyed with Wally at the moment.  And fairly so - he is being unreasonable.

That said, think about how things look from Wally’s point of view right now.  Not just what Phantom’s “ghost” status means for his existential insecurities, but also how Robin’s been treating this case and what new-kid here potentially represents for their dynamic.  Watch how he’s reacting even before he’s told what Phantom supposedly is.  I promise it’s a lot more complicated than just knee-jerk paranomal-phobia.

As for why Rob’s not stepping in, well, to start with, Kid Flash is his best friend.  He’s not exactly keen to be chipping him as their first interaction after nearly a month of radio-silence.  Plus, this is Wally “Insult the concept of magic to Kent Nelson’s own face” West they’re dealing with - Dick saw this reaction coming a mile away, and knows how KF goes with these things.  Or, at least, he thinks he does.  It’s one of the traps of knowing someone very well - once you think you’ve got them figured out you tend to trust that your judgement’s correct rather than second guessing and reevaluating in the same way you would if it were someone else. 

Our boys will figure it out eventually but it’s gonna get worse before it gets better.

(Bold of you to assume that articles on ecto-biology would have any validity at all in Wally’s eyes…)

Meh, I don’t think it’s going to effect me much.

HOW? HOW THE F WHAT TF DO YOU MEAN IT WON’T EFFECT YOU?

They were like yeah well I pretty much just use a flip phone and I’ll just go to the library.

Bitch, how???

Your healthcare? Basically only accessible online, or wading hours and hours on the hellscape that is the telephone. Pretty sure you’re going to have to pay a fee for the “privilege” of using the “quicker, easier” website.

Like, the internet that our job uses? Where we clock in and out every day? Our employers are going to have to pay providers so the employees can access it? That’s going to cut into bottom line and I’m pretty sure it’ll translate into our hours.

Refill a prescription? Gonna need to do that in person, or by fax through your doctor’s office so you’re going to have to call all the damn time to make sure everybody’s actually doing their job with refilling that prescription, because for some reason that gets lost way easier than when it’s through the doctor/pharmacy’s website, which you’re now going to pay a fee for the “privilege” of access.

Oh, you want to pay your bills? Gotta pay a fee to access the city electrics website, then a separate one for gas. Nah, you’ll just use the phone. Ok??? Do you have the right extension? Do you know your account number off the top of your head?

Go to the library. They aren’t doing much because all their budget is trying to keep you accessing the internet, and the books they purchased before the net access thing went into effect. Wanna place a book on hold? Gotta pay a convenience fee to access the public library website, or go in person to request a book. That’s not making libraries into a privilege or anything... (Sarcasm)

Plus nearly every institution of everything is already on the internet. Your university if you’re lucky enough to already be attending? Guarantee the price is going to go up to suddenly cover the price of having to pay internet providers to make it easier for students to access their website.

Lose your job? Hey, it’s cool, just go to each potential employer’s website... oh wait you have to pay a fee to access each of those potential employers’ websites using money you don’t have because—oh yeah you don’t have a job so no income, to try to get a job you probably aren’t going to get, because you have to apply to WAY more jobs than you’re going to hear back from, much less get hired by. Wait, you say, you should be able to go to these companies and hand them your resume. Sorry, they say, we only take online applications through our website. If you’re lucky enough they’re “understanding” how can you guarantee you’re going to be mentally and physically well enough to even get to the potential employer’s to drop off that application?

Won’t effect you much?

Ok cute ice power headcanons?

-Danny Fenton gets a job at a snow cone booth during the summer, and naturally one day there is a) such a huge rush he ends up using his ice powers because it's faster than scooping the ice/waiting for the ice machine to grind the ice down to shavings or b) the machine breaks and there's too big a line so Fenton's just like "heck it" and uses his ice powers instead.

-It's too hot so Sam and Tucker demand popsicles--cue Fenton's ice powers freezing popsicles in popsicle molds super fast