#iwds

took Barry’s room to sneak out

removed tattoo of ex

stink bomb in bathroom prank

giggling like a cutie with flash powers

funeral crashing

singing “running home to you” and laughing like a pure cupcake

“you smell that Barry? That’s the smell of defeat”

“eh, I’ll just make it up”

“I thought journalism would be fun... I’m bored, Barry... I blame you”

dating Eddie secretly

couple’s therapy humor

schway jokes with Nora

“you get behind me!!”

i can’t believe the writers would do this to iris’ child. like she’s really this naive and childish. i just, i don’t understand. and can we please have an apology issued to iris because she came for you and that seems to be forgotten because your even more childish father wasn’t there? what about the person who’s never wavered in their support for you? i. can. not.

idk how many times iris gotta be right for people to stop yelling at her and treating her like she’s dumb. this is why iris is a good team leader, she looks at the bigger picture and not just “oh this affects me right now so get rid of it”. she’s level headed and tries to look at both sides before making decisions.

barry’s gonna say “i thought we went through this already” or something to that effect and yes barry, we agreed that you need to chill the fuck out and think and MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER! like how fucking hardheaded can you be? this is why your daughter is hardheaded. she took everything from you and not a damn thing from her mother. i’m sick!

once again, barry has worked with thawne many times! in episode 10, they went as far as to make barry say even thawne deserves redemption.

i’m not sure why the writers don’t watch past episodes but the way they have iris going to bat for thawne and having barry yell at her at every turn is fucking ugly. y’all the ones that said he deserves a second chance so why y’all have iris looking like a dumb bitch for saying the same shit barry said?

we’re all in agreement that thawne is not to be trusted. we all know nora is part of a bigger plan. but the ends sometimes justifies the means. that’s literally what iris has been saying since the beginning. we have to just get what we want then fuck thawne shit up. bring nora home and then go on from there. how hard is that? jeezus

are we mad at barry now because he’s decided to work “with” thawne or was that energy only for iris? barry yelled at iris last week, he yelled at her this week, only to then follow exactly what the fuck she’s been saying. so what is the reeaaassoooonnnnn????

and there’s been no apologies. that’s what got me so fucked up. they were cute or whatever last week but he didn’t actually apologize for the stupid shit he said. then he comes back this week, doing the same thing which would’ve invalidated his apology last week ANYWAY. the best apology is changed behavior and barry has not even budged.

A. They haven’t written in “romantic” moments anymore and I can understand why

B. They are married, they’ve been married for a year now, they are no longer in the “honeymoon” period or the fresh dating period we are seeing them act and function like a married couple with a kid

C. Westallen has already hit all the big milestones for couples (marriage, kids, moving in together)

it will never be season 3 level Romance, we were spoiled then, but we are now moving on to a happy mature couple it’s just realistic they’re not going to be romantic and touchy as when they started(not saying they couldn’t add in a couple of little moments but anyway)

We finally got a West Allen family centric episode, with development, a POV for iris, a beginning for Iris’s journalism Nora finally coming around and acknowledging her mom is actually an amazing woman, Barry lifting Iris up/ giving her a pep talk, and the main story was pushed forward

As an Iris fan, we are finally getting somewhere with her arcs, Candice is getting some amazing material to work with, and once again proving how talented she is

I love that once again the writers acknowledged that Barry and Iris as a team are a force to reckoned with. It’s amazing how much better episodes are when they remember that little fact. 

What’s great about the conflict between Barry and Iris (especially when they’re centered around them) is that it never has a malicious undercurrent. It’s not about one of them hiding information from the other or choosing to do something that could potentially cause harm. They love each other but they don’t always agree so they have to make the choice to work until they get on the same page.

What was especially important about their interaction in the last episode is that even though he had his concerns, and rightfully so, he trusted her. Done wrong she could have easily thrown the city into a panic but instead she spurred them into action. She gave the citizens of Central City the tools to help save their own lives. 

The best part was when Barry told her that she was right and he gave his blessing (i refuse to say permission) to release the article. It was important for him to do that because it was affirmation for Iris, that yes, she was doing the right thing and her words were powerful and would make a difference. His opinion means the world to her and you cold tell by the tears in her eyes that his support was everything. 

Season 1 was the last time the pursuit of her journalism career was in the forefront and back then she was constantly thwarted and discouraged by Barry, Joe, and Eddie so it’s especially nice that this time around even though Barry was hesitant ultimately his confidence in her, her abilities, and her plan was enough to push him to fully get on the same page as Iris. 

This man made a 13 minute video on how Iris was the worst part of S4. When confronted by Iris fans who disagreed, he said his tipping point was Iris knowing about adrenal glands (4x19). According to him, Iris shouldn't know about that because she wasn't a scientist.

The irony is what he considered a tipping point is actually grade school level science. He's triggered because Iris demonstrated knowledge a middle schooler would have. How embarrassing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It makes me question their level of education. But moreover this what Iris Antis in a nutshell. Apparently Iris can't know anything beyond 2+2 otherwise these fanboys are triggered and claiming Iris is sprouting knowledge beyond her means.

But they'll roll with Cisco/Caitlin telling Barry about the SpeedForce. They'll roll with Caitlin specializing in whatever science the plot calls for even though she only has a MD.

It's no wonder writers ignore people like this.

It’s actually a series of articles about DCTV fandom and shipping, you can find all of them here