#flash thoughts

"Yeah, but there are boners and there are boners."

"Are you trying to tell me my dick isn't normal?"

"Not by human standards."

Sunny shifted his hips, hooking his pink-tipped, clawed fingers into his boxer shorts.

"What're you doing!?"

"Showing you that my cock is nothing to be frightened of."

"Sunny!"

He stopped moving, picking up on the exacerbated tone of her voice.

"Well, okay, but look up some demon porn, then. There's absolutely nothing frightening about what I keep in my pants!"

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tumblr, do you call people who dont post/write and just repost, something?

it’s a good day.

please allow me to grace you with limitless conversation, thought, rabbit holes—— lucky you.

sometimes???

i think-

NOTHING MATTERS

none of it

So why am I holding on to it so tight?

fuck it ! Become a translucent being where every experience flows right through you.

emotions are the devil. no doubt.

I swear I don’t worship him 😌😹— for real — I have a good connection to a power higher than myself.

but the key to life is to also have a good relationship with the devil.

Okay now THAT one was top tier. Javicia Leslie was by far the MVP, she was KILLING it this episode. Her acting at the ending was a bit much, but still pretty solid. Still, it is clear she is not getting the quality of material or directing she got on Batwoman--and yet she’s STILL KILLING IT 99% of the time.

 tbh I hope they give her a lot more scenes out of the Red Death suit because it's an absolute crime to have her face and voice hidden or to give her classic Batman lines instead of her own. Actually on that note, lets talk about her origins

So, she’s not Armageddon Ryan, and tbh I think that’s a HUGE missed opportunity. But you know what? She’s still great. The idea that she was adopted by the Waynes is definitely an intriguing angle to play. This is a Ryan who grew up in privilege, who never had to deal with the things that made OUR Ryan a hero. this is also a Ryan who never had a Batfam, it seems--so no one to bring her back from the edge like they did when Earth Prime Ryan nearly killed Hush. I think it’s absolutely a mistake to make her not Armageddon Ryan, but I can accept that’s not the direction they wanted to go, and this could be still be plenty amazing--at least, we know Javicia will be.

That suit up scene in the West-Allen apartment was amazing tbh, and i’m intrigued by the twist that Red Death is NOT the new Negative Speed Force Avatar. I do like how she’s twisted what happened in her world in her head--that The Flash betrayed her, that he went crazy and became evil--to give herself the role of hero. I think that’s super interesting. Actually the entire Ryan/Iris standoff was great, from the acting to Iris’ journalistic instincts to the peek into Ryan Wayne's psychology, to the overall incredibly tense atmosphere--it was all really good. Definitely the highlight of the episode.

I have always had mixed feelings on Mark, so i can’t say i was particularly impacted by his sacrifice--but i do appreciate that he did change just enough with Frost that he couldn't completely commit to the betrayal. 

Also, red death’s line about “seeing the best in your enemies, but the worst in your allies” is really interesting, I like it a lot. That and her absolute contempt for criminals are great peeks into her psyche. 

Speaking of peeks into a characters psyche, i love how deeply that contrasts with Barry mourning the loss of Thawne’s life. Barry values all lives, even that of his greatest enemy, and he’s always going to wish a life wasn’t lost. Also it makes me feel better about what I felt was a pretty significant inconsistency with the saving of Thawne at the end of Armageddon. There’s still some inconsistencies and hypocrisies there, but I'm not too hung up on them.

Allegra and Chester FINALLY getting on the same page is nice. That’s about all I have to say about that. Still great chemistry between the actors.

And i really like Joe’s conflict. He has a chance to be a father again, and try to do things a little better this time--and whether central city is a place for that is a legitimate question. Even though he agreed to stay, the look on his face makes me think this conflict is not over. He still wants to leave, even if he doesn’t want to take away Cecile’s chance at being a superhero, or imply to Jenna she wasn’t capable of it.

And that’s about it. I’m excited for next week!

I remember in the animated feature The Death of Superman there was this guy and at some point superman had saved that guy, so he was a big fan of Superman. When Superman was defeated I think it really added to have a familiar face to bring home how much the general city felt the loss and not just a faceless the crowd.

On the show, I think it would also help to, as viewers, to get a better idea what Flash means for the city and how people view him and why the city builds a flash museum. Having a few familiar faces would ground that, rather than random citizens who we’ve never seen before who we’re told love the Flash

I’m not saying they should be in every episode or that they need lots of screentime, but having them appear a handful of times each season as a face in the crowd (and maybe once in a while a little backstory for 1 of them) would do a lot. Maybe, like in The Death of Superman, have The Flash save someone. And then once or twice a season have that person show up in the background, or with a few lines about the Flash. Or just them looking up when the flash races by and smiling or something. They know the city is in good hands.

It would also give a more personal face when other things happen regarding Central City. Like should the city turn against the Flash for some reason, does that person keep supporting the Flash? Or create an even bigger blow when even the biggest fan gives up on The Flash. Or when/if The Flash disappears. Of course Iris and the team will be devastated, but also having some familiar faces representing the people of central city being sad that the flash is gone would add to the larger impact.

With extras it would be enough just to have little reminders that they exist and are going about their business.

Or even with Iris’ newspaper. It’s written for the people of Central City, but who are these people that the team protects week after week. I think they could also use the paper to give us a better idea of the people of Central City. Maybe have one person (same username) who always writes in with funny comments on what happened in the city that week (aka what happened in the episode). Or have people comment on articles that Iris wrote about things that happened in other episodes. This could be used simply as humor with snarky comments from the public, but it would also help establish what some people in the city are feeling.