#roaring rip

Romitri// for fans of...

In a fight they’re lethal, around each other they melt.

Rip Hunter (1x12 and 3x05) // Booster Gold (7x13)

having the run of the place while time is frozen

During his years at the Time Bureau (Rip landed in 2012), Rip set Nate up to join the Legends (this primarily would have been 2016). He had met Nate’s dad in Time Bureau business, and he realized that he was the son of the same Steel he worked with for the Spear (and who by this time had died in “Moonshot”) and so future Rip started off a causal loop by making sure that Nate would join the team and meet his grandfather/ become the hero he’d met in S2, by planting some of the evidence of the Legends where he knew Nate would find them (i.e. Ray being knighted, which he of course knew a lot about because of his brainwashed villainy in that ep).

And if he did that, I think it’s also reasonable to assume he set the Legends up to find Zari. A totem bearer, whom Amaya could help, who the Time Bureau had their eyes on, and Rip planned on the Legends taking on Mallus, so of course he would think to set them up with a new teammate who could help with that.

Rip & Ava’s conversation in 3x17

I don’t find it wrong that Rip kept recruiting Ava clones? His literal words to her were that she’s so special, and that she’s essentially irreplaceable- her skill set matters. And clearly, he likes who she is. Like, I don’t resent Ava at all for having hard feelings toward him right now, or an identity crisis, but I don’t get why fandom is mad at him? Maybe my feelings are tempered because I’m still waiting for a shoe to drop where she’s his Aunt Michelle, and the constant resurrection is him trying to hold on to another relative.

I haven’t watched the second season of LOT yet so forgive me if this sounds off, but I’d go with Jon = Rip, given he’s effectively a normal guy that’s fallen into a wild destiny (and at least in the comics has an infamous secret father). Maybe Caitlin for Dany? A big part of who Dany is, is tied up in the conflict of being a sincerely nice person, while also being constantly tempted to let loose years of pent up vengeance against a cruel unfair world

I can definitely see Rip for Jon, especially with the Booster paternity. Also him as the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and struggling with "should I do the larger right thing for humanity, or follow the rules of the order (Time Masters~ The Watch) with which I've aligned myself"- it's a really good fit.