#hartley x wally

[spinnertop]

We as a community need more Hartley x Wally fics. For the gays.

[lousypotatoes]

WIPS

"We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?"

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Your Love Is My Drug - Blitzo x Reader

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"I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna bash your brains in."

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yes, i know there are so many, but once i get ideas, i write them down, or in this case, type them out.

I GRADUATED GUYS OMG

never thought i would get this far tbh

stay safe and drink lots of water <33

xoxo, Izzy

[gorogues]

Spoilers for comics in April!

These are from the official solicits for that month, which you can see in full at Adventures In Poor Taste.

SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL ARKHAM ASYLUM #4 Written by JOHN LAYMAN Art by JESÚS HERVÁS Cover by DAN PANOSIAN Variant cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI Variant cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA $4.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 5 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 5/7/24 It takes more than a boomerang to survive a riot at Arkham Asylum, and all its super-powered rioters. This in particular sucks if a boomerang is your weapon of choice, and your name is Captain Boomerang. So, to survive you join up with some allies. But be careful who you join with, because nobody is to be trusted, and your allies just might be worse than your enemies. Presenting the most brain-bending, backstabbing, boomeranging-est episode yet of Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League! Each print issue includes a redeemable code for a bonus weapon doll digital token in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League inspired by the comics. Get the new Mad Hatter weapon doll digital token with issue #4. Paying subscribers with a DC Universe Infinite Annual or Ultra subscription (U.S. only) who read the digital issues of Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum will also receive these bonus digital codes.* *Terms Apply. See dc.com/suicide-squad-faq for details. DC UNIVERSE INFINITE is not intended for children.

Ah Digger, never change.

This next book reprints some Webtoons strips, which has a new Mirror Master.

RED HOOD: OUTLAWS VOLUME TWO Written by PATRICK R. YOUNG Art by NICO BASCUÑÁN, JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ VÉJARES, and SEBASTIÁN FRANCHINI Cover by VASCO GEORGIEV $14.99 US | 208 pages | Softcover | 6″ x 9″ | ISBN: 978-1-77952-689-2 ON SALE 7/2/24 Jason Todd, Bizarro, and Artemis know what it means to play second fiddle to the Justice League…but now, that is even more the case as they’ve been contracted into work-for-hire duty by none other than Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. All aboard the Watchtower as the new Outlaws tackle a meddling Medusa and take a trip to the Mirror Dimension to face Mirror Master himself (along with some other Bizarro versions of our great trio). Can the Outlaws handle the twisted reflections of themselves? Or will they succumb to pressure from all (literal) angles?! Collecting episodes 12-22 of WEBTOON’s smash-hit series, optimized for a brand-new reading experience in print. Your new favorite series continues!

And we're finally getting a William Messner-Loebs Omnibus! For those not familiar with it, this (partially) covers the run which introduced Hartley's reform and coming out. However, this particular volume won't contain the coming out issue; that'll probably be in the next one.

THE FLASH BY WILLIAM MESSNER-LOEBS AND GREG LaROCQUE OMNIBUS VOL. 1 Written by WILLIAM MESSNER-LOEBS and MIKE BARON Art by GREG LaROCQUE, BUTCH GUICE, and others Cover by GREG LaROCQUE $125.00 US | 986 pages | 7 1/16″ x 10 7/8″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-581-9 ON SALE 6/18/24 Following the death of Barry Allen, Wally West will don the red suit and become the new Fastest Man Alive. Kid Flash no more, Wally must pave his own path forward and live up to the legacy of the man who saved the universe. Collects The Flash #1-28, The Flash Annual #1-3, Manhunter #8-9, Secret Origins Annual #2, and pages from Invasion! #2-3, featuring over a dozen never-before-collected issues.

[arandomaquarius]

~Request Rules!~

Please read all of this post thoroughly before you request anything, thx much appreciated <3

Fandoms I will write for now

•DC (I won’t go by canon often though, and I won’t do Arrowverse)

•Transformers (Bayverse, ROTB/Knightverse and TFP)

•Undertale AUs

•Gravity Falls

•FNAF (only 1, 2, 4, and SB. Maybe movie when the sequel comes out)

DC Characters I will write for now (main characters not side characters)

•Pied Piper/Hartley Rathaway

•Trickster I/James Jesse

•Captain Cold/Leonard Snart

•Wally West/Flash III/Kid Flash

•Triplicate Girl

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Transformers Characters (No Comics!)

•Knockout (Tfp)

•Breakdown (Tfp)

•Wildbreak (RiD15)

•Soundwave (Tfp, RiD15)

•Starscream (Tfp, RiD15)

•Megatron (Tfp)

•Dreadwing (Tfp)

•Skyquake (Tfp)

•Shockwave (Tfp)

•Predaking

•Darksteel

•Skylynx

•Optimus Prime (Bay, Knight/ROTB, Tfp, RiD15)

•Bumblebee (Bay, Knight/ROTB, Tfp, RiD15)

•Ratchet (Bay, Tfp, RiD15)

•Ironhide (Bay)

•Jazz (Bay, RiD15)

•Bulkhead (Tfp, RiD15)

•Crosshairs (Bay)

•Drift (Bay, RiD15)

•Slipstream (RiD15)

•Jetstorm (RiD15)

•Mirage (ROTB/Knight)

•Hotrod (Bay)

•Hound (Bay)

•Grimlock (RiD15)

•Wheeljack (Tfp)

•Ultra Magnus (Tfp)

•Smokescreen (Tfp)

•Windblade (RiD15)

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I'll pretty much do any Undertale AU, preferably Sans but other characters are welcome!

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Gravity Falls Characters

•Grunkle Stan

•Mabel Pines

•Dipper Pines

•Bill Cipher

•Rev!Dipper (Mason Gleeful)

•Rev!Mabel (Mabel Gleeful)

•Rev!Bill Cipher (Will Cipher)

•FightFalls!Dipper

•FightFalls!Mabel

•FightFalls!Bill Cipher (Kill Cipher)

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What I Will Write

•Fluff

•Hurt/No Comfort

•Angst (character death included)

•Hurt/Comfort

•Headcanons

•Drabbles

•Scenarios

•One-shots

•Platonic

•Romantic (depends on the character, but I’ll do it for most)

•Crackfics

•character x reader

•character x character

•m/m, f/f, m/f etc

•gn reader

•fem reader

•Cybertronian reader

•specific species reader

•some dark topics (I’ll let you know if it’s too much)

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What I Will Not Write

•NSFW (there are plenty of other blogs for this, do not ask me. However, I might put a few suggestive things in)

•Rape/assault (I am willing to write reactions to it in hcs or imply it, but I won’t explicitly state it)

•character x oc

•uhhh I forget what it’s called but like cyborg reader or like half-human-half-cybertronian reader

I am willing to write characters being sexist, racist, transphobic, homophobic, and overall bigots. I DO NOT support it. However, I strive to keep things real in my writing, and those things do unfortunately occur. It is something I face every day, and I’m sure you do too. These people exist and I am simply acknowledging that.

You may request now! Remember to be specific when you do! Thank you for reading! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me! <3

Edit: some requests won’t get done, simply because I can’t think of anything for it. I’ll try to let you know if that’s the case but no guarantees

Masterlist!

[crashcitycentral]

ListEn y’all, my best friend got me into this ship so I blame @piedpipersupremacy for this.

WE ARE SLEEPING ON HARTLEY x SNART

Hartley is canonically Gay and Snart is canonically Bi.

In this house, we live laugh love Hartley, but if y’all know his character from like the 90s to now, him dating a cop really just doesn’t make sense?? Like we KNOW he supports ACAB and defund the police campaigns. This mans is a socialist justice protester and he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty to fight for civil rights. HE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATING A POLITICAL CAMPAIGNER BECAUSE OF HIS FUCKED POLICIES I MEAN COME ON!!

He’s as morally grey as they come, and he doesn’t really play into the good/bad stereotypes. He picks whatever side will help his goals meet, whatever the cost. Even at risk of his own sanity in some cases. His best friends are Wally West, Linda West, and James Jesse. Even though his bestie is a Flash, he STILL joined the rogues and to this day he uses his powers and technology to help whatever cause he deems worthy of helping.

He sends his rats out to find missing persons. He steals money from corporations stealing the livelihood of lower class working people. He advocates for homeless, LGBTQ+, POC, pro choice, renewable energy, etc etc. He is a good person that sometimes does bad things for good reasons.

So yeah, him and David? Not a great match.

ON THE OTHER HAND!!

Leonard freaking Snart. Where to begin with this. Leader of the rogues and devout older brother. His little sister comes first, always, Just like Hartley’s little sister does for him.

Even though he starts a whole gang just to send a huge middle finger to the justice system that failed him time and time again, he sets up these rules that all of the rogues must follow or there will be severe punishment.

No killing supers or flashes. No killing women or children (generally all civilians are off limits). Don’t betray your fellow rogue.

He hand picked not only a highly skilled team of super criminals, but he also created a family.

Snart’s best friend, Mick Rory, for all the arsonist tendencies and gruff exterior he exudes, still has a soft touch. Later on in the comics, he’s even seen turning a new leaf and going on the good side, helping Hartley and James keep their friends from making a huge ass mistake. If that doesn’t tell you their judge of character, I don’t know what will.

Not only that, but Snart spends holidays DELIVERING PRESENTS TO ORPHANAGES DRESSED AS SANTA! Tell me he’s “cold hearted” after that. You can’t.

He truly does care for his community, and by having the most well respected and feared gang, he simultaneously keeps the streets clean of normal gang activity you might see because they claimed most of the terf on Central City and no one wants to mess with the crazy super powered team.

Sometimes it feels like they rob someplace just for the kick of it, or to keep up appearances. They don’t really need any more money, they’ve stolen A LOT of it and we don’t necessarily see em use it much besides when Hartley is donating it anonymously to charity.

Despite Hartley’s “betrayal” to the rogues, Snart and him still seem relatively friendly with each other. Here is a panel where Hartley is helping Wally clean up some of the chaos in the city the Rogues and instigating, and Snart even calls him “old friend” despite him working with the supposed enemy.

And, despite Hartley leaving his rogue legacy behind and he and James leave for good, there are moments where Hartley shows a bit of regret for leaving them like that and implies that he even misses them.

Snart sought out Piper because he was the first person to break out of Iron Heights, unaided. The original escapee. Both of them are wicked smart and clever, use dry humour and sarcasm, create their own weapons and keep their secrets close to their chest with hearts of bleeding gold. They do what’s right by their own accounts, even if they have to do something wrong to make ends meet.

[vexic929]

T, U, V?

oh this is gonna be a long one lol I'm gonna stick with DC for now since that's what I post about the most, answers under the cut

T: What are your favorite male/male ships or female/female ships?

male/male:

Hartley x Eddie Hartley x EoWells Hartley x Harry Hartley x Barry Hartley x Cisco Hartley x David Hartley x Roderick Hartley x Bernard Barry x Cisco Barry x Eddie Barry x Eobard Barry x Harry Barry x Winn Barry x Clark Barry x Ollie Cisco x Harry Cisco x Winn Joe x Henry Winn x James Winn x Querl Bruce x Clark Gar x Jason Gar x Conner Hank x Jason Hank x Dick Roy x Jason Roy x Dick Roy x Garth Dick x Joey Dick x Slade Dick x Wally Tim x Bernard Tim x Conner Tim x Bart Bart x Conner Bizarro x Jason Bruce x Harvey Nygma x Crane Constantine x King Shark (I know it's stupid and from a throwaway line but it captivated me okay? lol)

female/female:

Iris x Caitlin Iris x Linda Kara x Lena Kara x Nia Kara x Iris Kara x Babs Dinah x Babs Alex x Maggie Alex x Kelly Alex x Caitlin Alex x Iris Alex x Nia Donna x Kori Donna x Dawn Harley x Ivy Talia x Selina Cissie x Cassie Stephanie x Cassandra

U: What are your favorite male/female ships?

Barry x Iris Barry x Patty Caitlin x Ronnie Cisco x Lisa Cisco x Patty Harrison x Tess Eddie x Iris Henry x Nora Wally x Linda Wally x Jinx Kara x Mon El Kara x Winn Kara x James Nia x Querl Lois x Clark Dick x Kori Dick x Dawn Dick x Babs Dick x Jinx Donna x Garth Dawn x Hank Gar x Rachel Gar x Terra Jason x Rose Conner x Komand'r Klarion x Rachel Klarion x Jinx Bruce x Selina Bruce x Talia Constantine x Zatanna

V: Do you have any 3-way ships? If so, what?

Hartley x Barry x Cisco Hartley x Harry x Cisco Hartley x EoWells x Cisco Hartley x Eobard x Barry Hartley x Barry x Eddie Barry x Iris x Cisco Barry x Iris x Eddie Barry x Iris x Kara Barry x Iris x Clark Barry x Harry x Cisco Barry x Eobard x Cisco Barry x E2-Barry x Cisco Barry x E2-Barry x E2-Iris Barry x Cisco x Eddie Caitlin x Iris x Linda Kara x Nia x Querl Kara x Winn x James Kara x Lena x Nia Kara x Mon El x Winn Gar x Jason x Rose Gar x Jason x Conner Dick x Hank x Garth Dick x Hank x Dawn Dick x Hank x Babs Dick x Kori x Dawn Dick x Kori x Donna Dick x Kori x Babs Dick x Kori x Roy Dick x Dawn x Babs Dick x Garth x Roy Dawn x Donna x Babs Jason x Rose x Roy Tim x Bernard x Conner Tim x Bernard x Bart Tim x Conner x Bart Clark x Lois x Diana Clark x Bruce x Diana Bruce x Selina x Talia

[madcaprainbow]

I’m still rightly miffed that The Flash brought back my favourite cute gay villain and my favourite headcanon-bisexual superhero... but did it on subsequent episodes so they never got to meet each other and interact.

Is it too much to ask to give me the possibility of Hartley Rathaway being all flirty and getting Wally all flustered when Wally returns to Central City to foil his thievery?

[jasxntxddx]

“that twink bouta pounce”

[ccrogues]

The Flash (v1987) #127 — Hell Breaks Loose

[shrinkthisviolet]

7 and 12?

7: what is you favourite sentence/paragraph? read it to us!

“Well, you’re still in school. There’s time for you to grow up and do something with your life.”

“You’re not in school anymore, but I’d say the same for you, Hartley.”

Morgan sassing Hartley is the best thing!! I love her 🥰

We haven’t even gotten to her meeting Jesse and Harry yet, the snark levels will be off the charts

12: what headcanon will you keep implementing in your fics, even if canon ends up contradicting it?

I’ve talked about my CK and ATLA headcanons here, so let’s get into some Flash headcanons!

I have a whole list of birthdays 😂 mostly that Hartley is a few years younger than the Team and born on March 15th (Cisco jokes that it’s a bad omen, since it’s the Ides of March). Eliza is a couple years younger than Caitlin, but they’re birthday twins. Nora is 18, not 28, because it makes more sense narratively.

Also, the whole deleted scene with Thawne explaining that he “stole” Harrison’s love? Yeah, that’s canon in my head. Gives him some more depth.

Malcolm Thawne exists, and he’s Eobard’s real ancestor, which is how Eobard was able to live on after S1. The timeline got confused for a hot second with Eobard saying Eddie was his ancestor so they accidentally erased him then went “whoops, our mistake! You still have a living ancestor!” 😂

Cisco and all iterations of Harrison Wells have autism. Barry, Jesse, Morgan, and Nora West-Allen have ADHD. (Nora might have autism instead...? TBD). Basically everyone is bisexual. Hunter’s straight though, so are the DeVoes, and there are other non-villain exceptions that I’ll figure out eventually. Morgan’s aroace, but she hasn’t quite figured that out yet 😂

Tina is single and in love with Henry. In canon, they don’t get to date/get married because Henry dies. In my AU...👀

I also have a headcanon that Jesse had a girlfriend at some point! And I’m going to implement that 🥰

OH ALSO WALLINDA! That happens too! I headcanon it happens offscreen after Wally leaves the Team to join the Legends, and the Legends all know. They’re actually the ones who tell Team Flash, who feel bad for not trying to keep in touch with Wally (as they should!). Oh also, Jesse and Wally are friends after their breakup, and she actually is part of the group encouraging Wally to ask out Linda!

In my AU, it happens differently, but it does happen! Wallinda/Wallylinda is too iconic in the comics to pass up 🥰

questions are from here!

[kitkatt0430]

In which Hartley visits his smoke-scented apartment, survives another attack from the silent meta, and his lungs decide its time for an asthma attack.  Meanwhile Cisco suspects he might have a teeny tiny little (massive) crush on Hartley, Wally contemplates the possibility that he’s not happy in Central City, and Tina would like it if there wasn’t evidence of yet more industrial espionage happening at Mercury Labs.  Two embezzlers and one case of espionage was enough, she really didn’t need a potential conspiracy to pop up too.

[spinnertop]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Flash - All Media Types, The Flash (Comics) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hartley Rathaway/Wally West Characters: Hartley Rathaway, Wally West Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Bad Parent Rudolph West, Panic Attacks, Mentioned Wally West II, Wally West Whump, Hurt Wally West, POV Hartley Rathaway, Good Hartley Rathaway, mary west isn't innocent either, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse Series: Part 2 of If DC can make up stuff, so can I Summary:

When Hartley came home, he expected to be met with a hyper speedster and watch movies or make dinner together before going to bed. He couldn't say he expected to find Wally curled up in the corner of their room in the midst of a panic attack.

[purpleyin]

DCTV moodboards: Multiamory March 2019: Hartley/Wally/Cisco - memories and moments

Quote on middle left panel by Alek Wek and on bottom right panel by Marcus Aurelius.

[fezwearingjellybananas]

Paper Cups

AO3

An unknown force is creating more meta-humans, leaving husks in their wake, and that means Team Labs is back with their mystery-solving, crime-fighting hats on, ready to put a stop to this "Alchemy". Also, there's time travel. Boy, does time travel cause problems. [Part Seven of the Milk and Sugar 'verse]

The Flash (TV 2014)

[Iris West, Caitlin Snow], Wally West, [Barry Allen, Eddie Thawne], [Cisco Ramon, Hartley Rathaway], Lily Stein, Linda Park, Laurel Lance, Joe West, Henry Allen, Julian Albert

[hartrathaway]

Hii I'm interested in Hartley's story but I know literally nothing about him except that he was Wally's gay bestie in the 90s, what's his deal? Do you have any comic recs for him?

HI IM SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG!!!!!!!!

Okay, so really brief, his dealio is: born to ‘incredibly rich’ parents (we never get a specified ballpark, but Hartley states that he was ‘born with two silver spoons in [his] mouth’ if that helps context wise), Hartley’s deaf!  His parents had him get cochlear implants when he was a child, which ‘medically healed him’.  (His deafness has been treated extremely ablest by writers who actually remember he’s deaf, I need to warn you of this now.)  He’s a music and sound waves guy, a former villain (it’s an on again off again relationship, but a lot of his character is defined by his time as a hero) and he’s very leftist.  Gay best friend in the AIDS crisis turned Wally West from a midwestern conservative to a leftie as well.  (Wally’s wife, Linda Park, was a major contributing factor, but we’re focusing on Hartley for this, so I’m gonna talk about him.)

I’ve got a mix of good reading from all over, so I’m gonna break this into sections, and do my best to describe which is which.  (all my screencaps are from this website right here, because i do not own all the back issues and it would have taken much, much longer to do this post, and as such, some of them are not sized or formatted correctly)  Click the read more if you’re interested!  Please note: I am not a 100% authority figure on Hartley, and I know there’s a few stories I have left out (the story with Bart Allen’s first appearance is a good one that Hartley is in), but these are the gist of who is he, what he’s been up to, and what is the family drama.

So for New Earth (otherwise known as post-Crisis on Infinite Earths), is where Hartley actually becomes Wally’s friend, and is a hero!  I’m going to focus on this section first.  Unfortunately, due to being a minor character, a lot of stuff is broken into small stories, or things that are happening behind the scenes, so there’s no real issue x - y that’s gonna help much.

The Flash Vol 2 #31, #32 Quick summary: In issue 31, supervillain here is killing homeless people, Hartley has been helping these same people get up on their feet by helping them get squatter’s rights.  They skip the fighting because a kid asks if they’re going to fight for a half hour and then team up, and go right to the team up.  They get Linda Park in, supervillain ends up backfiring his powers.  In issue 32, Wally, Hartley, and their pal Mason officially move to Keystone city.  Hartley’s folks are in trouble while the three of them are trying to freeload (off of Hartley’s parents, his and his parents’ relationship is better now than it had been, for a multitude of reasons), Wally and Hartley rescue Hartley’s parents, we also meet Jerrie, Hartley’s sister, and all is resolved there.  Yay, the family loves each other again!

(issue 31)

(issue 32)

The Flash Vol 2 #53 Special mention this is the issue where Hartley comes out and also has to inform Wally that Wally cannot tell who is a homosexual.  Also Wally’s an IRS agent here, for shame Wallace.  At least Hartley gets to cosplay Wally at the end, so that’s fun.  Content warning for this issue specifically is some casual homophobia, just so you know that going in.

(issue 53)

The Flash Vol 2 #170 In 170, Hartley’s being contacted by his father to call in ‘a favor’ that Hartley owes him.  The main plot line includes (one of) Wally’s ex(es) showing up, a former hero and teammate, Frances Kane, otherwise known as Magneta.  A person has been found murdered at Keystone Motors, and supervillain Goldface begins rallying union workers (which seems to just be a poorly timed coincidence).  The story itself (170 - 173) in and of itself is really fun, but I’m only going to talk about Hartley, or else I’ll be here all day.

(issue 170)

The Flash Vol 2 #174, #175, #178, #179 And here we get some drama! I’m grouping all of these together, since it’s all the same chunk of the story for Hartley, but since it’s the Flash, Wally’s center stage.  In 174, the people who were living with the Rathaway family aren’t exactly big fans of Hartley.  They know he’s changed his ways, he’s a hero now, but it’s just…  something feels off.  There’s loud music sounds, and bam!  Suddenly Hartley’s there and oh boy is this gonna be a hot mess.  In issue 175, we see some footage, and Hartley’s the lead suspect in his parents’ murder, considering that the footage has Hartley onscreen.  178 rolls up, and after Wally’s getting Gorilla Grodd taken care of (and that fight is a doozy), Wally gets to find out Hartley’s been arrested for the murder of his own parents, and Hartley confesses on-screen to his parents’ murder  (Also Hartley’s got a beard now, that’s how you know he’s depressed.) 179 opens with Hartley being processed.  Linda and Wally go to see him, and although Hartley confessed, he said “I think I did.”  (emphasis is mine; in the panel Hartley says “I think I did.”) Joker?  He’s got some Joker-fied people, and poor Hartley gets it too :(  Hartley straight up nearly kills Captain Boomerang (it’s okay, Wally stops him), and surprise!  Welcome back to Iron Heights Hartley.  Gonna have a fun time :)

(issue 174; this is the least messy part of the panel, but it was intended to be that way)

(issue 175)

(issue 178)

(issue 179)

The Flash: Iron Heights Brief interlude from the main comic line, we’ve got a one-shot that’s taking place in Iron Heights.  This takes place before Hartley gets arrested, presumably (since, y’know, they’re breaking in and all).  Fun one-shot honestly, keeps me on my toes the whole time.  Hartley’s a main character, and it’s less personal drama and very story driven.  You don’t need this to enjoy Hartley regardless, but I enjoy it!

(The Flash: Iron Heights, which you can read here.)

The Flash Volume 2 #189, #190 189! Now we find out how Hartley’s parents were actually murdered!  No spoilers, but we do get a prison breakout.  This is where we get some origin story! Don’t read this first though, because you’re going to be spoiling yourself the plot of his arrest.  In 190 we get more origin, including the way DC treated his deafness. (It’s ablest, and I’m still mentally grappling how you wouldn’t notice your child being deaf for two years, but okay Rachel and Osgood, you keep being bad.)  The story goes on for now, with Hartley on the run from… well, everyone.

(issue 189)

(issue 190)

This is pretty much it for New Earth Hartley up until Countdown.

I don’t like Countdown at all.  I’m much happier pretending that Countdown doesn’t exist (both because of how it treats Hartley for a multitude of reasons, and how Thad Thawne is treated leading up to Countdown).  More happens with Hartley’s storyline in Countdown, but I hate it with such a passion that I wouldn’t recommend it at all.  Countdown leads into Final Crisis, and I’m not a fan of either.  However, should you wish to read and make your own opinions, here’s Countdown and here’s Final Crisis.  Please note, Countdown’s issues are done in reverse order (so from issue 51 to 1, rather than 1 to 51)

And now I’m going to tell you the gospel truth:

I do like New 52 Hartley!  A lot. Unfortunately, he’s not as much in the n52 Flash run as I would like (but I’m biased, as obvious by my url).  What you need to know is that Hartley’s a musician now, like orchestra director, and he’s in a relationship with Barry’s boss, David Singh. (power move, honestly)  Unfortunately, we don’t get a whole lot in the main line.  Also at this point, the Wally West of New Earth hasn’t transitioned to the n52.  Wallace West of n52 is an entirely different character, and that’s a whole other issue for another discussion.  Wally West as we know him from New Earth doesn’t come back for a while.  Wally and Hartley haven’t talked since before Flashpoint, and that’s a shame. 

So read the Crimes of Passion Anthology he’s got please I’m begging you.  The only downside is that the artist gave him a haircut.

(Crimes of Passion: Secret Admirer)

I haven’t read anything DCeased related, and while I know Hartley gets his time to shine and kiss David, I can’t tell you much beyond that.  I’m pretty sure there’s other people who can tell you more, but it’s not me I’m afraid.  (This is me saying guys, please tell me about Hartley in DCeased, someone tell me about my fictional lavender marriage husband.)

[babyflash]

I have so many thoughts about how Wally and Linda (plus a Linda x Wally x Harley friendship) could have totally have worked in yjtv…but it involves Wally falling ass backwards into his speedforce powers and screwing with time essentially trapping himself and others (almost all of central city) in his own time loop ala happy death day and Linda and Hartley help him work it all out.

Or the three them go out and look for cults to take down (keystone had SO many…)

HAPPY DEATH DAY AU HAPPY DEATH DAY AU

i know that's not the point of ur ask but YASSSSS i love that movie sm and ur absolutely right!!!

wally/hart/linda buddy cop movie with temporal hijinks and hurt/comfort aplenty!!! anon please follow up with more of your thoughts on linda in yj i would LOVE LOVE LOVE to hear what you think!!!

also as much as i love artemis i really would've liked for them to have worked linda into yj :( artemis can still be there and still be her own kickass character!!! they can and should coexist. my favorite kinds of fics are the ones that explore yj!wally's non-team friends and life!!! so good so fun. so hard to find </3