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@febuwhump day 14: hanahaki a valentines day gift for @frostythekillerdoll !!

Iris. How ironic that the center of Caitlin's desire and disease, was named after a flower.

fandom: the flash (tv 2014) pairing: caitlin snow/iris west (unrequited), background westallen, caitlin snow & cisco ramon main tags: hanahaki, chronic illness, pov caitlin snow, hurt semi comfort. (warning for throw up descriptions, its hanahaki after all) rating: T word count: 701

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☆ Olivarry (Oliver Queen/Barry Allen): This is one of my favorite ships of The Flash. Not because it's a mlm ship, but because of all their scenes. How Barry goes to Oliver after discovering his powers. How Oliver defends Barry in front of everyone during the Dominators Invasion. How he sacrifices himself to make Barry live. This Quote: "Are you Oliver Queen?" "Yes" "Then I trust you with every cell of my body". They're just one of the best things of The Flash, and their care for each other is incredibly clear. 12/10.

☆ Coldflash (Leonard Snart/Barry Allen): I love them. Part of the reason is because they're enemies, but there's more than that. Not only they make a good team, but also the person who made Leonard change was Barry. And Barry was the one who inspired Leonard to be better, to be a hero. Leonard told Barry "Maybe that's why we get along, you see the good in me, I see the bad in you", and for me that proves that they balance each other, like the Ying and Yang. 12/10.

☆ Thallen (Eddie Thawne/Barry Allen): They're "love rivals", but I can't help falling in love with them. Not only because the Iris/Eddie/Barry love triangle could be solved very easily this way, but because of some scenes they shared through season 1 and the ending of season 2. Besides, Eddie kills himself in season 1 to make Eobard disappear because the Reverse was attacking Barry, so that sold the ship for me too. 10/10.

☆ Allenbert (Julian Albert/Barry Allen): Another rivals-to-lovers ships, and I like them so much. At first, Julian was just someone Barry disliked because of Flashpoint, but later that changes. Julian changes and eventually becomes a part of team Flash, and during the whole season there are some moments between them that I found so cute. Even if they didn't have so many scenes (at least not like Oliver and Barry had), I love their potential. 11/10.

☆ Flashvibe (Cisco Ramon/Barry Allen). I'm kinda neutral on this one. I see why some people ship it, but my biggest problem with this ship is how Cisco acted at the beginning of season 3. Yeah, it was horrible what happened with Flashpoint, but Barry didn't have control of the changes Flashpoint would make. And despite I understand Cisco, I feel like he held a grudge for too long. 7/10.

☆ Bartley (Barry Allen/Hartley Rathaway). At first, they were enemies, but later, when Barry traveled back in time in Flashback (s02e17), Hartley became part of the team momentarily. I liked that scene the first time I saw it, but I didn't know back then that one day I would like Bartley. When Hartley's boyfriend was in danger and Barry helped him (in one of the next seasons), I became interested in the ship. But what definitely sold me the ship is how Hartley helped Barry in season 9 without a second thought. 11/10.

☆ Elongated Flash (Ralph Dibny/Barry Allen). It gives me Allenbert vibes, but Julian is far more interesting and charismatic for me. Having said that, I kinda like It. 7/10.

☆ Eobarry (Eobard Thawne/Barry Allen). I know this is one of the most problematic ships in the fandom. A lot of people hate it and find it disgusting, but I love this pairing. Not because they are enemies and hate each other, but because of the potential of be more. The potential of Eobard being human, the potential of Eobard seeing how much he hurt Barry and fix it, even the potential of another universe when they never hated each other. 11/10.

☆ Zoomflash (Hunter Zolomon/Barry Allen). Like the previous ship, I don't love it because they are enemies and hate each other. I love it for the potential. Hunter was a bad man, but what would have happened if he fell in love with Barry instead of Caitlin? What would have happened if Barry was the key to redeem Hunter? It's so nice to imagine Hunter being in Earth-1 to manipulate the team… Only for the team, especially Barry, treating him as if he was a human and not a monster, and that making him eventually change. 11/10.

☆ Harrisco (Earth-2 Harry Wells/Cisco Ramon): I like them, mostly because of the rivals-to-lovers vibes they give, but they're not my favorite ship. But that's only because Barry is my favorite character and I'm more interested in Barry's ships. 8/10.

☆ Hartmon (Hartley Rathaway/Cisco Ramon). I like them for the rivals-to-lovers vibes, but I feel like they could make a better couple than Harrisco. Mostly because they spent more time working together than Harry and Cisco did. 9/10

☆ Smoaking West (Felicity Smoak/Iris West). As well as Olivarry, they make a good team, and although their relationship wasn't perfect (because of that moment where Barry and Iris were going to marry and Felicity asked John if he could marry Oliver and her too), they have a good friendship. A friendship that could have perfectly evolved into love. 9/10.

☆ Snowest (Iris West/Caitlin Snow). I see the potential of them being together. But the writers were so centered on making WestAllen canon that they forgot to give Iris female friends (and not just female teammates that she talked once in a while). Iris was part of the team, but during the whole show she didn't have many scenes with Caitlin. And they wasted a perfect opportunity to make Iris and Caitlin best friends. 8/10.

☆ Weatherwest (Joss Jackam/Nora West-Allen). Again, this is an enemies-to-lovers ship. I love enemies-to-lovers ships, so I very much see the appeal of them. Besides, I also like them because of the foe romance subtext between them. But that just might be me and not something the writers did on purpose. 9/10.

☆ Westpark (Linda Park/Iris West). They were both periodists and their friendship was so cute for me. I think they could have worked in another universe where a relationship with Barry was impossible. But even without them dating, I feel like their friendship could have been more developed. 8/10.

Ship It

1.) What made you ship it?

Iris and Caitlin are both gorgeous, smart, and their interactions are often really sweet. (Though the show would make them friends, forget to have them interact more after promising to do so, call itself out on this, and then rinse/repeat.) And they have so much in common. Also they kinda get treated as prizes to be won sometimes (Iris more than Caitlin, but still very much both) which made we want to play with non-canon ships for them. So at first I was just kind of playing around with it because I wanted to see what their dynamic would be like together and, honestly, writing that first Snowest fic had me going 'AHA! this is the cute shit right here'.

2.) What are your favorite things about the ship?

They really get each other, especially post S1. They've both lost someone they loved and wanted to spend their lives with and can't... so the idea of them healing together and finding love again as they do is just super appealing to me.

3.) Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?