#I also sometimes ship them with Julian but he doesn't cross my brain often enough for me to really feel like he qualifies as a shipmate

[vexic929]

i have a Barrisco question if you don't mind! so i think i remember you told me you hc them as polyam, right? if that's the case, who do you ship them with the most in a polyam relationship and what would be some of your hcs for it?

I do! who I ship them with depends on my mood and the day but it's usually Hartley, Harry (I know Harrisco is a trigger for you so I obvi won't go into detail on them), Iris, Lisa, and/or Eobard (as EoWells most often) I also sometimes ship them in a polycule with their Earth-2 selves and you got me shipping Savitar with them as well lol :)

regardless of who I ship them with I usually headcanon Cisco being the one to bring up opening up the relationship, I just can't see Barry doing so personally - I only ever hc Cisco not being the one to suggest it if one of them is in a relationship with someone else first (ie: Barry being with Iris or Cisco being with Hartley in which case I could see Iris or Hartley bringing it up first)

I also usually headcanon all parties being involved with each other, not just an open relationship where Cisco or Barry will be fine with the other person dating someone else but won't date them too, like if they're also dating Iris and Hartley then they're both dating Iris and Hartley (the exception obviously is for Hartley since he wouldn't be interested in dating any of their female partners)

I unfortunately don't have too many other headcanons for them as a polycule, I feel like they'd be very much the same with others as they are together, hopelessly devoted in a non-creepy non-Eobard-y kinda way lol