#AND my halbarry playlist

[flashdoesahundredyarddash]

Stargazing Lovers

extra... made it my pfp...

kinda blurry...

it's okay...

[danothan]

shawngus 🤝 halbarry

person A is deeply in denial that his feelings reflect anything other than their loving friendship, person B knows they both have feelings for each other but has internal conflicts abt changing the dynamic. and still B gets frustrated that A won’t even acknowledge it. it’s “you love me” as a confession, accusation, and extension of their total trust

bonus: annoying each other as a love language + A putting B down as a dependent for his taxes + everyone else assuming there’s already smth going on between them

[halbarryweekfeed]

Halbarry Week 2023

Halbarry Week 2023 is August 25th through August 31st!

Post Week Edit:

Check out the Halbarry Week 2023 creations on Tumblr, on Ao3 at the Halbarry Week 2023 Collection, or on Instagram at #HalbarryWeek2023!

Halbarry Week is open to everyone! Participate in as many or few days as you like.  Prompts are meant as inspiration, so follow them in whatever direction is inspiring to you. 

Anything goes!  We look forward to your fanart, fanfic, gif sets, edits, headcanons, meta analyses, playlists, topiaries, and whatever else you want to create!  As always, please tag your content appropriately, and use #Halbarry Week and/or #Halbarry Week 2023 so we and other Halbarry fans can find your contributions!

Had an idea for the free day or Big Bang inspiration based on one of the prompts that didn’t make the final week prompts? You can find the full list here!  (There’s still time to fill out the Big Bang Interest Check ahead of sign ups starting June 1st!)

And in case you live out of your calendar like we do, here’s a link to add Halbarry Week on your calendar!  We’re also on Twitter and Instagram!  

For any other questions, check out the Halbarry Week FAQ or send us an Ask!

Prompts in text form under the cut!

August 25th - Opposites Attract/ Secret Relationship/ “You’ve never been good at keeping secrets.”

August 26th - Got Your Back/ Arranged Partnership/ “You think now is the time for this?”

August 27th - Hazards of the Job/ Inconvenient Attraction/ “You gotta carry me, don't you?” “Don't I always in one way or another?”

August 28th - Stars/ Fantasy/SciFi / “I know that if something bad happened to me, you’d be the first one on my side.”

August 29th - Through Your Eyes/ Third Wheel/ “You know I ramble when I’m nervous.”

August 30th - Caught in the Act/ Role Reversal/ “Thinking is overrated.”

August 31st - Meant to Be/ Found Family/ “Give me your hand. Let us both be saved.”

@dc-event-calendar @dcfandomevents @nonbatdcu

Art by Francis Manapul, with edits

[ketchup-monthly]

🎶 and ✅️ for the fanfic ask meme? :)

hehehe! into the fray i go again! thank you!!

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

-i dont necessarily listen to music when i write, like maybe i'll have some music going in the background because i need at least a low level of noise at all times or i'll go insane, but i know rn i'm listening to jazz radio on pandora because my brother put it on like 7 hours ago and its still going. i'm a huge fan of the classical composer Holst and his suite The Planets, and i'll listen to that when im writing or need to focus on whatever it is that i'm doing (Jupiter was my school song in high school and is actually one of my favorite classical songs because it's very lovely)(link here bc i have to share it)(this is a link to a playlist of the rest of the suite)

-i mostly just have the tv on if im writing at home, and then i'll usually put something like s1 of Lois and Clark, Green Lantern: the Animated Series, Tanked, some random cooking show, or Mysteries at the Museum. or whatever my youtube recommends. depends on how im feeling each day and how much i'll need to actually focus on my fic.

-i do listen to music when im driving for work, and currently im working my way through The Crane Wives and The Orion Experience's albums (i already finished Waterparks)

✅ What's something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don't mean to?

-Hal and Barry's cat, Goose. she's an orange kitten and Wally is allergic to her.

-kissies. lots of halbarry kissies

-guy gardner is really good with kids and also he has a dog named shark who is a retired k9 unit. also he watches soap operas and romance movies even tho hes totally aroace

-idk if its something that people even notice in my halbarry fics, but hal is jewish. tbh i think i mean to include it more but totally forget

-kryptonians are fucked up. so are speedsters. so are lanterns.

-hal is old-man core. he just is. its amazing and i love him. he also has a bad leg and has to use a cane sometimes bc he got an injury that healed very wrong when he was a young lantern

-also wally and kyle are basically always like...9 and 7 respectively in my fics about the halbarry family because idk. fun ages. theyre still little but they can talk and think. idk when they'll get older

-this is more in my aus that i haven't written but hopefully will eventually, but giving bruce's kids to literally anyone else. i have an au where the only kids bruce keeps are dick and damian and maybe duke. i have another where duke is trained/fostered by alan scott and his husband, and another where duke is trained/fostered by midnighter and eventually apollo. the au where the only kids bruce gets are dick and dami and duke is the same one where all the other batkids are taken in by various gotham rogues. i have aus where tim is trained/taken in by dinah lance and her mom dinah drake, kon is adopted by alan scott, roy is adopted by dinah and his her sidekick instead of olivers, billy is adopted by lex luthor, kon stays with lex luthor and is raised by him along with lexs daughter who is kons half twin, billy is adopted by clark and hal and sorta guy and the rest of the red lanterns that i like, clark is found by the gls when hes a baby and is raised by kilowog, etc etc etc. bestie i have so many aus and i could talk about them for ages (edit: i also have one where jason is adopted by john constantine and etrigan the demon without jason bloods knowledge)

-sorry most of those were about halbarry and their family lol. im writing a lot of that this year

thanks for the ask!!! <3

[toytle]

i’ve gotten some very kind and thought-provoking tags, and i thought i could respond in one big batch here! thank you for playing along in this au of mine ^__^

#very weird thing to say but i like how their faces r softer when they're older (@ceeloilights)

#i looooove the barry transition timeline sm there is so much love in his receding hairline and wrinkles <3 age that beast (@f0rvalaka)

i rly appreciate these tags bc i’ve been on an Aging Romanticization kick, and i’m so glad it shows. i have such a habit of drawing halbarry in their 20s, but they’re 30s-40s in my mind by default. it was a real treat finally getting to draw the wrinkles and softness that they deserve! they’re settling into themselves :”)

#FINALLY... TRANS BARRY TRUTHER #most unremarkable trans man in existence and I respect that #old man. delightful (@malganis)

you have no idea how thrilled these tags made me, it’s the trans experience of turning the mundane into the sublime. while i was adding gender songs to their playlists, i stumbled upon one for barry called man of my dreams by ezra michel that truly encompasses the serenity of post-transition unremarkable living. old man barry watering his house plants and cooking dinner for his loved ones… that’s the dream :”)

#and hal's gender journey! i don't usually see trans hcs with characters who realize a little later in life so this is so refreshing #such a fun glow-up! (@f0rvalaka)

it’s so nice for him too bc he’s matured and gotten more introspective with age. he’s still the most emotionally constipated lantern, but he also becomes a good mentor, a caring uncle, and a better brother, and i feel like this leaves room for him to be better to himself. hal is a rly interesting case study to me bc it’s not often i see characters make peace with their trauma so early on while continuing to struggle with it (as opposed to the trauma being their driving force or active conflict). none of it is linear ofc, but it’s that duality of knowing who he is/not knowing what he wants that makes his identity a playground to explore.

i’ve also just been rly into trans hcs that diverge from canon-current genders lately. it’s the reassurance that it’s never too late, the building on top of what’s already there, the privilege as a viewer to be able to experience their journey alongside them in real time,,, so underrated. i’m getting the best of both worlds with these two (pre-canon transitioning x post-canon transitioning <3)

#barry and hal going thru the same "i rlly just dont have time to cut my hair' and then went opposite directions #barry complains about his hair getting too long and in his face and hals like 'y dont u get a buzzcut' bec he went thru military #in return barry sometimes combs and styles hals hair like his mom used to do w him (@ceeloilights)

you get it! it’s the t4t of it all!! it plays into the halbarry dynamic of being foils (+ making up for each other’s blindspots) by having them bond because of—not despite—their differences. plus, i like pushing the visual contrast in their designs for that opposites attract theme. their journeys go in opposite directions but they’re helping each other find their way (god i love trans love). also, i may or may not have a hairstylist barry in the works… 👀

#nora put barrys hair in a ponytail Once and then found barry with it on his neck while playing scientist so they compromised w hairclips #EKDNDKFNSKSK barry including his earpieces on his suit and everyone thinks its to honor jay and copy hermes #but he also added them bec it reminded him of the clips his mom gave him when she accepted that he may be a little different (@ceeloilights)

this is so close to a future work i have scripted, i’m starting to feel seen rn and perhaps exposed (/lh). tho i would like to add that barry chose the hair clips himself! he wanted to look like his favorite comic book hero so he begged his mom to “get the ones the flash has!” T__T and the connection to his mom is still there bc she’s the one that introduced those comics to him in the first place!

on the topic of acceptance… i’m not sure if barry would have come out or even known he was trans before nora died. i think she could tell smth was up and waited on his terms, but he didn’t start transitioning until high school. she would have accepted him regardless and barry probably felt that unconditional love in his upbringing, but i imagine that he would have a lot of complicated feelings abt becoming someone his mom might not recognize. i try to make my aus generally canon-compliant (additional flavoring if you will), but i think one thing i would change is that barry’s middle name would take after nora instead of henry. and he would keep it ;__; bartholomew nora allen,,,

edit: wait remember how nora thought barry was gay and said she’d love him no matter what. yeahh she definitely knew that boy was trans

last but not least are the various bigender hal appreciation comments! shoutout to everyone that’s having some kind of gender awakening/euphoria bc of her 💚

the first installment of my t4t childhood friends halbarry au! haven’t quite introduced them to each other yet, but a hair journey is worth a thousand words for now 🏳️‍⚧️

hal is m/f bigender (he/her), barry is a trans man (he/him)

close-ups:

[superbatson]

zep characters as dc characters (2/?)

leif donnelly as barry allen

tobin batra as hal jordan

[emuchipmunk]

HalBarry Playlist

Vanilla Twilight // Owl City -  The stars lean down to kiss you / And I lie awake and miss you / Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere / 'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly / But I'll miss your arms around me

Soft To Be Strong // Marina -  I choose to love you without fear / No shame in being sincere / And I guess I've known it all along / The truth is you have to be soft to be strong / Finally, I feel the fear is gone / I found out love has to be soft to be strong

Up To You // Echosmith -  Don't wanna force you to be with me / I'll tell you the truth / But if there's too much to leave / Won't hold it against you / It’s all up to you 

Midnight Sun // Phillip Phillips -  Oh my friend / Look how time has changed / The cracks in our skin / Oh my friend / Let go of the fear that’s inside your head / So stay strong live on / And chase the midnight sun

When I’m Away // The Colourist -  When I'm away / You'll be all I ever think about / When I come home / You'll be all I ever talk about / When I'm away / You'll sing this song as you think of me / When I'm away, I'm away / Will you wait for me?

Happy HalBarry week y’all. This doesn’t go with any prompts but I don’t have a post for this playlist yet so...here we are. The YouTube playlist is here and the Spotify playlist is here. The rest of the songs are under the cut as usual!

Songs with lyrical relevance:

Human - dodie and Tom Walker

Co-Pilot - Andy Grammer

Dancing on My Own (Tiësto Remix) - Calum Scott

Someone To Stay - Vancouver Sleep Clinic

Come Down - Noah Kahan

Agape - Bear’s Den

Wake Me - Bleachers

Fallin’ For You - Colbie Caillat

I Like Me Better - Lauv

Would You Be So Kind - dodie

All of the Stars - Ed Sheeran

Better - OneRepublic

Only the Lonely Survive - Marianas Trench

Divide - Bastille

Oath - Cher Lloyd

Falling Like the Stars - James Arthur

I Don’t Wanna Break - Christina Perri

Fun songs to bop to

Timebomb - Walk The Moon

Want U Back - Cher Lloyd

There’s No Way - Lauv and Julia Michaels

Diplomat’s Son - Vampire Weekend

Worldwide - Big Time Rush

Heaven - OneRepublic

I Don’t Dance - Chad and Ryan (as it says on spotify)

You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids On The Block

Tunnel Lights - Ocean Park Standoff

One Foot - Walk The Moon

Let’s Get Married - Bleachers

Never Really Over - Katy Perry

You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes

Karaoke songs they embarrass each other with almost daily

Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys

Unbelievable - Owl City and Hanson

Potential New Boyfriend - Dolly Parton

You’re Beautiful - James Blunt

Different Colors - Walk The Moon

Marry You - Bruno Mars

Sad ones :(

Ruin My Life - Zara Larsson

Sick of Losing Soulmates - dodie

Talk Me Down - Troye Sivan

See You Soon - Jukebox the Ghost

Fear - OneRepublic

18 Years - Daughtry

Heartstrings - Jacob Lee

Tea’s childhood AU inspired

1,000 Light Years Away - Nick Popovich

Laughter Lines - Bastille

The Death of Me - Marianas Trench

Kids - OneRepublic

Why Don’t You Love Me - Hot Chelle Rae and Demi Lovato

Follow Your Fire - Kodaline

As usual, feel free to recommend songs for this playlist or any of the other ones I’ve made or just ask about my playlists. Enjoy!

[teatitty]

emuchipmunk replied to your video “said it once i’ll say it again this is halbarry”

I was adding this to my HalBarry playlist and I want you to know that on Spotify the artists are “Ryan” and “CHAD”

its bc ryan and chad are the real endgame ship that should’ve happened

[kingjem]

my halbarry playlist that y’all should absolutely check out

[strialternatives]

Get to know you better thread. Tagged by - @behindtherobinsmask

Top 10 Songs You Can’t Stop Listening To:

I swing between listening to something over and over like a madman and just letting my playlist go p-much

1. Nobody by Mitski

2. Midday Moon by Astronautalis

3. Ikanaide by Sohta

4. Shiki no Uta by MINMI (I have five different remixes of this song on my itunes bc i’m basic)

5. Rasputin by Boney M. (”--no, i don’t CARE that it’s a meme harold it’s still a BOP”) 

6. Tokyo Ghetto by Eve (also a bop)

7. The Case of William Smith by Astronautalis 

8. Lift the Curse by Astronautalis (listen, man, he’s my favorite indie artist)

9. Church by Fallout Boy

10. Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Cage the Elephant

Favourite colours: Maroon, orange, pastels 

Favourite ships: superbat, wonderbat, trinityshipping, jaydick, roydick, halbarry, donnastar, olliehal is neat there’s a lot of dc ships in general that are just Neat™ stony, mikorei, narusasu, kakaobi (i ship a lot of things, the easiest way to convert me is by way of fanfic)

Lipstick or chapstick: chapstick--lipstick is too dry ;v;

Tagging: hrmmm, i don’t know too many people on this blog but uh @cherrymiko-art

[jasonvtodd]

top 5 posts you reblogged or made

ask me my top 5 anything for 2017

oh... gees

i MEAN ok

 i guess starting up incorrectlanternquotes has been fun (though thats not original content per say but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

my gay halbarry post

majority of the playlists on first page in this tag (i have a batfam + jasontodd one finished just now too but idk if im gonna post them)

this is less of a post (i mean i made a few posts but ya) and more of a iM JUST SUPER GLAD I GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO READ THE CUT&RUN BOOK SERIES + THE RIFTER i think i got like 6 or so people for c&r (maybe more idk) and around the same for people into the rifter too so self five the power of yelling about books constantly at your pals and anyone who will listen pays off heh

lastly that time my gay ass girl made me a gay ass playlist before we even be dating

this wasnt rlly done properly but what the hey

[flashdoesahundredyarddash]

ok but what do you think of demiromantic hal?? someone mentioned that he's aro coded and it's something I didn't knew but needed it 😭

As someone who is on the ace spectrum (demiromantic and asexual), I really like when people write about some of my favorite characters having the same sexualities as me.

I do headcanon him as demiromantic, and also pansexual.

(Down below is me explaining him being demiromantic when it comes to his feelings and also Barry + Carol...)

HOWEVER, he is... as Ollie says a space tomcat, he takes on emotions much more seriously in my hc. He can do whatever, but when it comes to how he feels romantically it became a lot harder for him to express himself romantically too. <- Trouble with love genuinely but with trying to tell people anything related with love has been a topic for him. Which is also an explaination of the acts that he does for the people he cares about because it REPLACES him trying to explain his feelngs. When you think about it, the way Hal shows his love towards people or showing that he cares comes into a lot of wild acts or making sure that he'll come to the ends of the Earth when it comes to someone. (Like in your post, which I forgot to reblog and add to it :3, in DC vs Vampires, how Hal wanted to rule the world with Barry....) ------ Unrelated but related-- While yes, he does save people, Hal is deepened through emotional bonds both platonically and romantically... (I like to take this literal, as a form of being bonded by lantern ring emotion such as Carol with holding to Star Sapphire and Barry with being expressed by HAL to hold the mantle of hope, because it took years with these two for Hal to be linked with them in some type of way -> Sorry, I'm kinda normal about the bond Carol and Hal have, there's many levels of a relationship that these two have -- Including Barry and Hal together. There's a lot of things to talk about these two.)

This first occurs with Carol. As they grew older (Teen years to Adulthood <- Before JL), it gave Hal time of falling for her. Whether it was those long talks out on drives or opening up to each other about the deeper things. Plus, bringing in the things they face together and the collaborations these two agree on or disagree or OVERALL the way they communicate through different forms when it came to both in suit and out of suit. One of my thoughts for my Demiromantic Hal hc. Not only this but they also have a deep connection together later when it comes the Star Sapphire Possessions + Hal being Reborn in Spectre while Carol has presumably moved on. Although it took a bit to figure himself out, he both cares and loves Carol in impossible ways that could be explained. Which leads me to the next case...

(I had to ramble about them... They are like the best friends ever + including Barry and Iris when they come along.)

Sharing to add on for your post... But this is ALSO an idea I've been having for a fic... But I don't have time to write it ALL because I want to make it to many chapters. Be Prepared because I like when you mention HalBarry to me, I get happy because I don't talk about it to people. I also love to hear HalBarry thoughts because I project things that people don't get much like what I'm about to write..

The way Hal feels when it comes to being in love, is partially dumbfounded, it's something that sets him back when he realizes that there's an elephant in the room. One he describes as longing in a way where he didn't know he felt this fast. When in reality it has been years since this friendship. Yes, feelings for one of his best friends. One that he's been friends with since the beginning of the Justice League formation. Which was long... His hair is grey and the smile that was once without wrinkles now forms lines whenever he smiles or laughs.. In his mind, it feels that the feelings that are coming into play feel dangerous. How it makes his palms sweat just being near Barry. How when he isn't being occupied by anything busy, he's thinking about a fond memory with Barry. How Barry makes him smile, the way everything about his friend just makes him giddy like some teenage puppy love. Something he never got to experience but god, when he's with Barry, he feels so young. That even imagining them growing old together is just one step to keeping Hal feeling so young. It's like being awkward when you have no idea where to put your hands. Especially with a friend you've had for many years. A friend who's been there by his side that Hal now begins to think an eye for god knows how many minutes. The friendship teasing between the two and the playful chases that they would take on those evenings when everything just seemed perfect. How standing on that cliff when they were younger, the intimacy of the stare they held. Their deep connection that brings Hal to appreciate every moment he's had with him. How they're practically linked in color. How hope filled the willpower that settled in his personality. That when it came to Barry, it felt like he might have something to lose. Something and someone he's lost before. He knows what it felt to lose Barry. Which one proved his love for Barry to be a lot stronger than what he first thought when it came to the last glimpse of friendship. How that bond turned into a strong form for what Hal should keep fighting for. It was so unexpected. So unexpected to be in love with your best friend.

[danothan]

me when i’m having a breakdown so i decide to put my barry playlist on shuffle, having completely forgotten abt my newest addition weeks ago

well now i simply can’t cry

[barryyuths]

Get To Know Me Tag & Music Shuffle Tag

Thank you so much @plushxsims senpai has finally noticed XD  @nisuki @zlent24 @kitsunemido @tsutoki @mysims4screenshots for tag me♥ cus I want to know myself better too 

Rules: Tag 9 people you would like to know better.

Rules: You can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. Put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs.

- Relationship status: I can’t even lie, I’ve been Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely - Favorite color: Yellow - Lipstick or chapstick: Hmm, both. - Last song I listened to: Jakob Ogawa - You Might Be Sleeping - Last movie I watched: T2 Trainspotting - Top 3 fictional characters: Byun (Sadistic Beauty), Sangwoo (Killing Stalking), Seungbae (Killing Stalking) I’m really into manhwa boys help ㅠㅠ!

- Top 3 ships: Hartwin (Kingsman),  HalBarry (Justice League), My classmates lul  - Books I’m currently reading: A Street Cat Named Bob

List 10 songs you’re currently vibing to: (no particular order)

1. 오프온오프(offonoff) - Moon, 12:04AM 2. Nothing But Thieves - Sorry (Acoustic) 3. Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses 4. A$AP Ferg - East Coast Remix 5. Tyler, The Creator - Boredom 6. DIE ANTWOORD - STRUNK (Instrumental) 7. Hollywood Undead - Does Everybody In The World Have To Die 8. Blur - Sing 9. BILL STAX (빌스택스) - Sushi (Feat. C Jamm, 천재노창)  10. Kendrick Lamar - PRIDE.

I tag @riofabulousl @whimsims @vibrantpixels @susuleo @thecactus @gin-silversword @dyoreos @ruby-sims @maimouth ^o^

[flashdoesahundredyarddash]

A fanfic idea I've always had for HalBarry that I've BEEN WANTINGGG to write is a mission dealing with the Music Meister but the whole thing turns into confessing to each other about how they feel infront of everyone but through a musical style. Music Meister's power is being able to sing and control people to sing AND dance. I also want to mix the ability of CW Music Meister, his powers contain the ability of creating this figment that is like a sorta daydream sequence. (That's so silly and cool I love it and he's also my favorite villain in general but there's barely anything on him)

I'm still debating what songs they would sing but it would be based on how they feel INTERNALLY and through complex topics like what they are worried about. For example, from gaining the feeling that they'd lose the other if confessing was the way or being afraid of saying the truth directly to someone OR entering a relationship at all. ("What would they say? How would they react? What do I look like to them??" etc. etc.)

Give the other JL members little song sequences and singing. 'If Only He Can Love Me' duet between Dinah and Ollie in Brave and The Bold... OR BRUCE BEING ABLE TO SING. ARTHUR TOO, he's so silly in that episode.

I'm also including Music Meister HEAVILY from 'Mayhem of The Music Meister!' from Batman: The Brave And The Bold S1 E25. Having Neil Patrick Harris be Music Meister for that...I'm amazing. ANDDD AND, the fact that Neil also played Barry Allen in DC: The New Frontier film

[danothan]

i can’t believe that i’ve literally barry’d myself into this situation.

does anyone know what hal thinks abt jazz?

i associate the genre with him sm that it surprised me to see someone hc him actively disliking it

my only frame of reference could hardly be called evidence, but hey, he brought up the comparison himself

now i’m curious if there’s any reason to believe the opposite, would love to see any scenes for or against the hal jazz enjoyer headcanon