#goldvibe

Summary:

Barry and Len are on a three-week roll, but Barry doesn't know what it is that they're doing, exactly.

Besides sex. They're definitely doing that.

Thankfully, Clark Kent has some experience in the "sleeping with the arch-nemesis" department. Read it here

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More snippets:

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Lisa, sipping her margarita: y’know, Lenny and I never do things like this anymore.

Leo: he’s missing out.

Lisa: after this, d’you want to go to the racetrack?

Leo, shifting his feet for the pedicurist to work on his other foot, relaxing into the massage chair: you want to watch a horse race?”

Lisa, laughing a little despite herself, leaning back in her own chair as her toenails are painted a shiny gold: no no, darling. I want to steal from the racetrack. We know where they keep the cash from all the sunday bets. Easy pickings.

Leo: ...

Lisa: ...

Leo: I don’t know why I expected anything different.

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Leo, over cards: so your brother and Mick...

Lisa, slipping a king up her sleeve for later use: hm?

Leo, politely pretending not notice: they’re together, right?

Lisa, almost dropping her cards with a faux-gag: Lenny? And Micky?

Leo: uh... huh.

Lisa: ew they’re like family to me.

Leo: one is... literally your brother, yes.

Lisa: and don’t you dare ever make me think about his sex life again. Or Mick’s. If Lenny’s an item with anyone, I would rather not know.

Leo: I’m starting to think this entire world is hopeless.

Lisa: that’s just because you lost again. Three of a kind with kings.

Leo, refraining from calling her on cheating: hm.

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Leo: so Ramon is cute - 

Lisa, gun already drawn: if you come within ten feet of him so help me I will end yo -

Leo, hands up in surrender: whoa whoa whoa, I don’t want to hurt him -

Lisa, eyes narrowed: not what I’m worried about.

Leo, eyes wide: Lisa. I’m taken.

Lisa, lowering the weapon, holstering it, flipping her hair: oh. I see. Carry on then.

Leo, muttering under his breath: what is it with this earth and trigger happy Snarts?

Lisa: what was that?

Leo: I said what is it with this earth and tragic-at-romance-Snarts? Now, let’s figure out how to get you crazy kids together.

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Lisa: Leo darling?

Leo: hm?

Lisa: did you, by any small, insignificant chance, happen to, hm, create a um - puppet? Of my father? And my brother?

Leo, hopping up in delight: yes! they are therapy devices that I use for -

Lisa: yes, yes, great, okay. I’m going to need you to never do anything like that again.

Leo, face dropping, but galvanizing himself quickly with a smile: I understand, therapy can be hard - 

Lisa: oh no it’s not the therapy. It’s the puppets. They are the creepiest things I have ever seen and I broke into Star Labs and set them up in the Flash and Co’s little ‘cortex’ area to freak them out. Cisco found them this morning and texted me to say they scared him half to death.

Leo, spluttering: but I, those were for you to -

DCTV moodboards: Goldenvibe - Chrismukkah

Lisa celebrates Hanukkah and Cisco celebrates Christmas. They get a tree that ends up with an eclectic mix of ornaments; some are religious in theme, and others are more akin to mementos strung up and all the more appreciated for doing so.

This is for you @coldtomyflash, including absolutely NO actual spoilers for the real season, just an idea my husband and I had.

We don’t want another speedster villain any time soon, so what would be the best main villain for season 4? Why the Rogues of course, in their actual glory.

Imagine in the first half of the season, we get a focus on each of them separate - Shawna, Mark, Roy, Axel, Sam, Rosa, and Lisa. Add others as you like (I actually think Hartley MIGHT be back to being a villain because of Flashpoint, because Cisco made a comment about him being a dick, when in the previous iteration they seemed friendly).

Regardless of the members, Lisa is the one who tries to pull these Flash villains together, because obviously they suck at taking him down on their own. Why does she want to take down The Flash? Because she blames him for her brother’s death. 

But it’s a disaster when they try to team up. They are all even worse at working together, won’t listen to Lisa, no one can agree on who should actually lead, and whenever things are going well because Lisa is just as good of a planner as Len, one of them goes off script and ruins everything.

We’re hitting the mid-season finale when everything is just dissolving, the Rogues trying to oust or stage a coup over Lisa’s leadership, and she is holding her own despite being ganged up on, but well, guess she’s gonna have to kill someone (probably Mark) to get these idiots to listen, but before she can pull the trigger...there’s a blast of ice.

“Cool it, Lise. I’m sure we can come to an understanding.”

“...Lenny?”

Hiatus for the winter break hits just as Len steps into view, and we get the last half of the season with the Rogues kicking Barry’s ass because Lisa and Len running things together is far more efficient since they balance out each other’s weaknesses.

This is the REAL Len, somehow, I don’t care how, and he builds his Rogues to be the way they SHOULD be, getting the job done, but no innocents killed, and no killing The Flash.

Lisa would have this whole side story of hating Barry, not understanding why Len has a soft spot for him after what happened. It would be really angsty between her and Cisco at the start of the season too because they’d have to fight, and Cisco just wants her to understand that Barry meant well and never wanted Cold to get hurt.

“He died a hero!”

“He was only a hero because of you!”

But once Len is back, Lisa isn’t sure how she should feel.

Len wouldn’t try to change the other Rogues, just manage them to keep his city safe, but Lisa...Lisa he hopes he can help find what he found - balance, meaning, and who says they can’t have fun along the way and still be criminals?

Mick teams up with them when he finds out Len’s alive, but eventually goes back to the Waverider, while Len chooses to stay, so Mick bounces back and forth as needed. Maybe even Caitlin joins the Rogues, because she can let out her aggression while still following rules that keep her from being a killer.

As GoldenVibe trash, I would want there to be a sense of hope at the end for those two crazy kids to work things out once Lisa isn’t gunning for Barry anymore and forgives him.

But the important thing is that the Rogues aren’t really the main villain of the season. In the background the whole time would be Grodd, planning his vengeance on The Flash and Central City, and HE is the final boss, his appearance meaning that the Rogues would have to help The Flash or watch the city get destroyed.

When all is said and done, even if some Rogues are in jail, some splitting off because they don’t like the way Len and Lisa do things, Team Flash and the Rogues that remain have a rapport now, an understanding.

“Don’t think this means we’re friends, Flash,” Len says.

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