#dorado flash

[kidflashimpulse]

mini random photo dump

why is this still kind of hilarious

the way our boy edu puffs up his chest with pride when he tells cassie his hero name yes king

meanwhile she’s like sir this is the drive thru (a mission same thing)

there’s literally no reason for someone to be this unhinged over Klamulons yet here we r

the change up from the previous still to this 😭 whyd u have to do him like that jaime

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Bart & Eduardo in Young Justice

[devilishbunnyv]

I am so happy with how they turned out 💕💕

Definitely worth the effort for my favourite ship~ Everytime I watch back yj, they just get cuter 🥰

[msweebyness]

Bart In Glee Club (A Random Young Justice Thought I Had)

So I just had the most random thought ever, but then I kept thinking about and it was beautiful. I suddenly remembered that Jason Marsden is an awesome singer, and then it occurred to me: BART JOINING HIS HIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB. (Because that boy would definitely love to sing, try to tell me I’m wrong.) He’s definitely mid tenor range I would say, and one of the frontmen. Jay, Barry and Iris come to any show they can, and let everyone know he’s theirs. I think he’d at first be worried to tell the other members of his team, because he’s not sure what they’ll think, superheroes are tough stigma and all that. But you can’t convince me that on the night of his first major solo (Runnin’ by Adam Lambert, because you know he can’t resist the puns), that as soon as the song finishes, he doesn’t look out in the crowd and see all of the Outsiders, I’m talking Cassie, Virgil, Jaime, Gar, Tara, Tim, Forager, Wendy, Courtney, Lia, along with Vic, Violet, and Traci. Hell, throw in Artemis, M’gann, Dick and Conner! And the whole lot of them are cheering like crazy people. But cheering louder than any of them with an uncharacteristically huge smile is obviously his loving boyfriend, one Eduardo Dorado Jr. Who may or may not have brought flowers to give him after the show. And death-glared his speedster’s various admirers (who doesn’t like a guy who can sing?)

What do you guys think?

[fortressofserenity]

A typology of indigenous character stereotypical roles

This may not always be the case for every fictional indigenous character in North American stories, not even consistently so, but it's kind of evident in the way they're portrayed. It's kind of evident in the way they're written in comparison to the white characters and non-indigenous characters in general, while it's getting better these days, it's still far from perfect.

Stuck in the past: While this is changing for the better, some North Americans (irrespective of ethnicity, unless if they're indigenous themselves) think that indigenous people only exist in the past. To the point where they kind of appropriate indigenous cultures, yet show no real interest in indigenous cultures and peoples themselves, due to this mentality that comes off as performative.

This is evident whenever there's a cowboy or colonialism themed story, oftentimes perpetuated by stories like almost any fictionalised take on Matoaka's story, The Road To El Dorado and possibly a few more. Like I said before, this is changing for the better. We're starting to have more stories featuring indigenous characters living in the present and even in the future like everybody else. These include Marvel's Dani Moonstar and DC's Dawnstar.

This is also evident in some romance novels featuring indigenous heroes at all, where it's almost always set in the past. They are unfortunately also sexualised and fetishised but that's for another topic.

The Sidekick: It seems until now, indigenous characters are only good if they are sidekicks to their white counterparts. I guess this is because if they ever show a backbone and stand up to white colonialism, they'll be immediately villainised if they do. This is the case with the earlier cowboy stories, most notably the Lone Ranger and its character Tonto. His real life female counterpart would be Sacagawea, especially in relation to Lewis and Clark.

This is unmistakably not a very threatening role, given the nature of settler colonialism where it seems indigenous people are only good if they kowtow to the settlers. This is beginning to decline in some later stories, though I'm afraid others still default to this portrayal. Like I said before that if Tonto's the preeminent fictional example of an indigenous sidekick to white people, Sacagawea could be seen as the real world indigenous sidekick to Lewis and Clark.

Even fictionalised portrayals of Matoaka fall into this in a way, where she's portrayed as being not too confrontational towards white settler colonialism. No wonder why she persists in the popular imagination and not Weetamoo.

The Enemy: The exact opposite of the sidekick where indigenous people are demonised if they don't kowtow to settler colonialism, it's also kind of demeaning because indigenous people are tired of racist mistreatment. It's kind of like this in some cowboy stories where if indigenous people do stand up to settler colonialism, they'll be maligned right away if they do. Not a good look when it comes to how Black Bison's portrayed in the Flash.

But this is not an isolated incident, since it kind of reflects white unease with indigenous people standing up to settler colonialism. It's not surprising how and why white cowboys are portrayed as getting rid of indigenous people, as if they don't deserve to live here even if they got there first. L Frank Baum, the creator of the Oz stories, has this mindset especially in nonfiction, where he demanded that Lakota people be killed. Terrible isn't it?

The Sex Object: One early encounter with this was in a short story anthology where this white female character makes out with an indigenous man, but this isn't an isolated case. It's like that with a number of romance novels featuring indigenous men at all, or more infamously their female counterparts in other stories. I remember somebody saying that white women fetishise indigenous men in a braves story of way.

Or for another another matter, Bernardo Spotted-Horse in the Anita Blake stories as pointed out by somebody else. It isn't just that they're scantily clad or whatever, but how they're fetishised for looking indigenous. This is the case in that story I mentioned, where the indigenous man is hot with his long hair down. This has unfortunately led to a lot of rape for many indigenous women and girls, including two that I know of online, which means this isn't good at all.

The way indigenous characters are fetishised for being indigenous is kind of disgusting, since this is one of the leading causes of MMIW. Another, better known, example is how Chel is portrayed in The Road To El Dorado where she's something of a sexualised accomplice to white colonisers. But you could also find this in romance novels featuring indigenous men at all.

The Plot Device: Cultural appropriation in action whenever somebody wants to either do pilgrims, cowboys or in the case with The Sentinel, get their powers from. It's a persistent problem that carries out in the real world where non-indigenous people appropriate bits and pieces of indigenous cultures and peoples, yet show no real interest in them themselves. Kind of performative, considering how indigenous people feel about this.

The Sentinel is one such example of this in speculative fiction, though one that also went largely unnoticed. The story involves some police officer who gains enhanced senses from an undisclosed indigenous community in South America, along with totem animals or something, but it's shocking how and why so little people talk about this. One would only wonder if this furthers the dehumanisation of indigenous cultures.

In the sense of their cultures being reduced to props for non-indigenous people to use, instead of something belonging to a living and breathing culture. This ties up with the stuck in the past meme, in the sense of treating indigenous people as artefacts. Rather than those who persist to the present day.

[aria-baerose]

The Year After

Traveling back in time to save the world was easy for Bart, now the real struggle begins after he must put himself in the shoes of one of the most beloved members of the team who recently passed away, while trying to find what else is out there outside of being a hero. Getting kidnapped and experimented on was one of the most terrible experiences for Ed, and now he just wants a normal teenage life. But wouldn't it also be great to help the kids that were once in the same place as him? Will Bart be up for the challenge? Can Ed really help others? Or will they require to get to really know themselves to be able to face all the changes in their lives?

Read it on: Archive of our own | The Year After

[trobednation]

sillies :3

[ufonaut]

You think life is easy because I’m Aquaman now? The world may never accept me, and I’m still expected to save everyone. Not Xebelian enough for the Xebel, not human enough for the surface. My mentions are mostly death threats and slurs. And yeah, I don’t look like Arthur or Garth. I look like you.

The full Aquaman & Kid Flash story in DC Power: A Celebration (2023) #1

(Dorado Quick & Jordan Clark, Clayton Henry)

[sosoribro]

the cutes

since i havent seen a name for jaime x jenny i vote we officially call it jingle fringle

[azurecanary]

Zetaflash only having two episodes of canon content is outrageous. I need more of my gay superheroes.

[kidflashimpulse]

Really interested to hear your thoughts on how meeting the flashfam for Ed would go. Like he could be charming and a good speaker but I'd also feel like he'd be shy and a little embarrassed and constantly wondering if he's saying and doing the right things because, well, Bart's family is quite a unique one (and not to mention white)

And also vice versa of course, Bart "properly" meeting Eduardo Sr., never having done this kind of thing before, I'm really wondering how he would act

honestly because bart and ed were friends before they started dating i’d say they’ve gotten to know each others families over the years fairly well. Not extremely well, but to a friendly level where there isn’t that anxiety from the dating perspective, u knw?

whilst i characterise zetaflash as ppl with anxieties and self consciousness i think it’s important to remember that they’re still both really out going people with strong personalities, especially relative to others

so like u mentioned with Ed being well spoken and charming i don’t think he’d have a hard time at all and i don’t think he’d second guess himself too much because i do think he’s a pretty confident guy in the grand scheme of things (with a lot of pride !), because if that weren’t the case i don’t think he would’ve joined the Runaways and the Outsiders especially the way he did, or have the internal stability to become the guidance counsellor that he is. Doesn’t mean he gets along with them perfectly or there aren’t moments where he doesn’t go like 🙄 americans (derogatory) (looking at u barry) but i like to think that iris and the garricks (and u can argue for barry as a result of joining the diverse world of heroics 😂) are educated people when it comes to having an open world view that it doesn’t set them up as ppl for ed to have too much problems with, if at all

also i do agree that when they start dating the typical dating woes and anxieties might pop up whenever he would have to interact with them, but because i think they’d at the very least vaguely know eachother from the time that he’s friend with bart and because of his personality, i don’t think he’d have too hard of a time. maybe him having such a strong personality could create some problems but i don’t think he’d feel self conscious about it specifically in that case

and it’s pretty similar vice versa for bart, if not even more pronounced because Ed Sr is very established with the League as a Star Labs connect and in the MHYC, so i’d say bart knows him pretty well. the only time he’d have any anxieties is when Ed Sr plays up being a parent, but again i don’t see bart second guessing himself too much there either

great question and insights ! thank u for sharing ur thoughts with us anon <3

[thingsasbarcodes]

Young Justice 3x24 - Into the Breach

[lily-s-world]

For some reason, I woke up with the need to write some Bartuardo fic about them getting together between season 2 and 3 of Young Justice... It is probably my brain reminding me that I promise to practice some teen romance writing, so I guess I will need to do it.

[dcs-gay-archives]

I crave a bart x Eduardo fanfic where Ed is talking bout barts disappearence in s4 plsssss

Ur literal ask is this whole fic and I love that for u so please read and enjoy

[yjwhatif]

Last set of variations…

LB

[aria-baerose]

Hi! I finally finished my Bartuardo fic. I did this to practice writing teen romance, and because I believe they deserved a story in Young Justice. 

Chapters: 8/8 Fandom: Young Justice - All Media Types, Young Justice (Cartoon), Justice League - All Media Types, Young Justice (Comics), DCU (Comics), DCU, DC - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bart Allen/Eduardo Dorado Jr., Bart Allen & Eduardo Dorado Jr., Eduardo Dorado Jr. & Eduardo Dorado Sr., Eduardo Dorado Jr. & Virgil "Static" Hawkins & Asami Koizumi & Tye Longshadow, Eduardo Dorado Jr. & Virgil "Static" Hawkins, Bart Allen/Jaime Reyes Characters: Bart Allen, Kid Flash, Eduardo Dorado Jr., El Dorado (DCU), Jay Garrick, Joan Garrick, Eduardo Dorado Sr., Kaldur'ahm, Aqualad (DCU), Jaime Reyes, Wally West Additional Tags: Young Justice Season 2, Young Justice Season 3, Bart Allen is Kid Flash, Set Between Young Justice Season 2 and Season 3, Eduardo Dorado Jr. - Freeform, Young Justice Spoilers Summary:

Traveling back in time to save the world was easy for Bart, now the real struggle begins after he must put himself in the shoes of one of the most beloved members of the team who recently passed away, while trying to find what else is out there outside of being a hero.

Getting kidnapped and experimented on was one of the most terrible experiences for Ed, and now he just wants a normal teenage life. But wouldn't it also be great to help the kids that were once in the same place as him?

Will Bart be up for the challenge? Can Ed really help others? Or will they require to get to really know themselves to be able to face all the changes in their lives?