A Flash-To-Flash Comparison
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woodwardiocom(Part of my continuing series of being cranky that DC Comics got rid of Wally West.)
Let's compare Barry Allen and Wally West as parents, shall we?
(This is the comics continuity here.)
Barry Allen took his wife to the 30th century, got her pregnant with twins, then came back in time to the 20th century, saved the universe, and died in the Crisis. It's not clear he ever met his kids (though he met his grandkids on a couple occasions, thanks to time travel). Then, of course, he comes back to life, he rewrites the universe in Flashpoint, unmaking his marriage, kids, and grandkids, like they'd never been.
Wally West gets his wife pregnant with twins, then she loses them to a miscarriage caused by one of his villains. He rewrites time to bring them back, and they get born. Because they inherited some aspects of his powers, he and his wife take them to an alien world to get the medical care they need, abandoning their lives and careers without hesitation. The kids grow up too darn fast, but he stays with them as they adapt to their powers. He tries to discourage them from becoming superheroes, but mentors them when it happens anyway. Last we saw, he and his wife were right by their side when Barry Allen erased all four of them from existence. The worst thing we can say about Wally is that there came a moment when he thought he'd have to choose which of his kids lived and which died, and he later admits to his wife that he made a choice in his heart, before finding a way to save them both.
So, hmm, remind me why DC Comics is all about Barry Allen these days?
Let's compare Barry Allen and Wally West as parents, shall we?
(This is the comics continuity here.)
Barry Allen took his wife to the 30th century, got her pregnant with twins, then came back in time to the 20th century, saved the universe, and died in the Crisis. It's not clear he ever met his kids (though he met his grandkids on a couple occasions, thanks to time travel). Then, of course, he comes back to life, he rewrites the universe in Flashpoint, unmaking his marriage, kids, and grandkids, like they'd never been.
Wally West gets his wife pregnant with twins, then she loses them to a miscarriage caused by one of his villains. He rewrites time to bring them back, and they get born. Because they inherited some aspects of his powers, he and his wife take them to an alien world to get the medical care they need, abandoning their lives and careers without hesitation. The kids grow up too darn fast, but he stays with them as they adapt to their powers. He tries to discourage them from becoming superheroes, but mentors them when it happens anyway. Last we saw, he and his wife were right by their side when Barry Allen erased all four of them from existence. The worst thing we can say about Wally is that there came a moment when he thought he'd have to choose which of his kids lived and which died, and he later admits to his wife that he made a choice in his heart, before finding a way to save them both.
So, hmm, remind me why DC Comics is all about Barry Allen these days?
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Date: 2014-03-14 05:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-14 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-14 06:06 pm (UTC)Because the people in charge grew up with Barry not Wally. I mean, aside from the usual Big Two problem of being slaves to their own continuity even when they supposedly "reboot" it.
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Tom
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Date: 2014-03-14 06:10 pm (UTC)no subject
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