#ships: coldflash

[kacchanot-fucking-deal-with-this]

So you know when you're writing a scene where the hero is carrying an injured person and you realize you've never been in this situation and have no idea how accurate the method of transportation actually is?

Oh boy, do I have a valuable resource for you!

Here is a PDF of the best ways to carry people depending on the situation and how conscious the injured person needs to be for the carrying position.

Literally a life saver.

(No pun intended.)

[a-sky-full-of-ideas]

Why do you even ship them?

In the past couple of months I’ve seen a lot of people genuinely confused about one or the other ship existing, so I wanted to explain some common reasons characters might get shipped.

But before we get into it: The point is usually just good, plain old fun! The entertainment of them being together !

And for entertainment and fun, it doesn’t matter whether they’ve even been in the same room or not! Hell, it doesn’t even matter if they’ve been in the same universe or not! Basically: It’s all not that serious and the ppl harassing creators/actors/fans about said ships are usually the minority and frowned upon!

First of all, there are different ways in which people enjoy that ship:

In canon, aka it either is canon or they want it to be canon

Half canon, this means either post canon or if a very specific thing would have happened differently within canon

Canon divergent, aka it’s only enjoyable in theory or alternative universes and they don’t actually want it to happen within canon

In other words, there are different ways in which people support this type of relationship

It is the perfect relationship and everyone should strive to find and be this kind of love

While they have their flaws, this is a realistic way a healthy(ish) relationship can come out on the other end of all the horrors tm

This is (somewhat) toxic but in the universe/story line it makes sense and is the best possible outcome for them

This is the truly worst thing that could come out of it for the both of them but that’s why it is so interesting

Usually it boils down to these emotions:

It would be funny if they go together.

It would shift the impact of all that angst and trauma

It would be super cute. Plain old romcom vibes. Specially if the of story is not that at all and you just want something good for them.

Some basic reasons, that are more about the concept of them than actually them: :

They are fan favourites

They are both hot

Everyone else in the group is coupled up

They fit a certain stereotype/common trope

They resemble another popular ship juuuuust enough

The actors have played a couple/ship in another show

Spite! To annoy the author/other fans

Some personal reasons of the individual fan:

Reminds fan of their own crush

Fan relates to some aspects of their story

Fan relates to some aspects of the characteristics

Character looks like them/ like their crush

Based on the characters/stories design

They claim to hate/dislike/annoy each other but are somehow always found in each others business (willingly or not)

Opposites attract: They have opposing color schemes, personalities and/or views. The more differences the better.

Parallels: They have the same color schemes, personalities and/or views. The more similarities the better.

Based on their relations

You just want something good for this character and they (other character(s)) ARE that something good.

You just want something annoying for this character and they (other character(s)) ARE that something annoying.

Them being together would annoy this other character to noooo end

Even tho they don’t interact on screen (often), there is evidence that they did so off screen: they keep up a certain level of relationship (good or bad) despite everything else going on

Purely about the characters

They don’t pay attention to anything or anyone else nearly as much as they do about each other, especially ppl they should objectively care more about.

They’re the only ones who survived/left to deal with the aftermath. Even if they didn’t talk much prior to this, this is something to bond over. To keep the memory alive.

The expectations set on them are/were the same. And despite the different support systems and coping mechanisms… the other is truly the only one who could even find a glimpse of understanding of what they’re going through.

Yin and yang: a perfect mixture of parallels and opposites: They’ve gone through the same thing but deal with it widely differently. OR They come from widely different backgrounds and reasoning but end up at the same conclusion.

BECAUSE they’re so codependent they just wouldn’t make sense with anyone else, regardless of wether they themselves make sense

BECAUSE it is unhealthy and toxic and it’s interesting to explore such a relationship

BECAUSE if they’d be in literally any other genre/time they’d be fine. Nothing this bad would’ve ever happened if they’d just lived in another universe.

Why not ? It’s fiction.

These are all the reasons I can come up with at the top of my head but feel free to add!

Alas I want to encourage everyone to be open minded! Either to genuinely try to understand why a ship exists or, if you don’t want to waste your time on sth. you’re sure you don’t like, just filter and block the ship and their fans!

None of us can afford to waste our very limited free time on arguing with and harassing others about something FICTIONAL …that we don’t even like. Instead, please focus on making and/or supporting art about YOUR ship! This is not only much nicer to the fans you don’t support but also to yourself! Positive interactions will result in more positive interactions after all! Mostly.

[kathrahender]

"You want to make everything LGBT" "They are married and with children" "They're enemies/rivals, wth?" "They don't see each other like that" "They are just friends" "They are like brothers/sisters" "They are in love with another person" "X character is straight" "Why can't two girls/two boys be friends?"

Those are only a few examples of comments people has done about shipping two girls/two boys together. And I'm so tired of reading again and again and again the same things. I'm not gonna lie, I tried to hold back my anger towards this topic, but I need to talk about this to feel better.

First, about the "You want to make everything LGBT". No, no. That's not true. We don't want to make everything LGBT. You are the one who wants to make everything straight. In every single show/movie I've watched there is at least one straight couple (most of the times there is more than one). And you know how many LGBT ships are in the same show? Yes? Exactly. Zero. One or two if the show is good enough to be inclusive. So please, stop with the "You want to make everything LGBT" argument because it's stupid and it makes no sense.

Secondly, about the "They are married and with children". So? What does that mean to you? Why does that matter? Last time I checked, divorce existed. And there are straight couples that divorced in real life, so I don't see a problem if the straight couples divorces in the show/movie. Is it a big deal in reality? No. Or you just don't like the "breaking up because falling in love with someone of the same sex" thing? Huh?

In third place, the "They're enemies/rivals". Ever heard about the enemies/rivals to lovers trope? And about the redemption/corruption arc? Because those are ways a ship like that can happen. And last time I checked, people don't care about the "enemy/rival" thing if the ship is straight. No one cared about the "enemies to lovers" in books like Shadow and Bone, Folk of the Air, Shatter Me or others. So that only matters if the ship is LGBT or what?

"They don't see each other like that". Well. You always saw your lover as your lover? Or first it was your rival, your friend, or someone who wasn't even in your inner circle? You saw them and you inmediatly became lovers or what? Because two characters can be rivals, friends, or people who don't know each other at first and then learn to love each other. Just. Exactly. Like. A. Straight. Couple. So, again, this is a dumb argument.

"They are just friends". Just like I said in the previous point, a boy/boy or girl/girl friendship can turn into love just like a boy/girl friendship can.

"They are like brothers/sisters". Let me ask you a question. They canonically said "I see you as a sister/as a brother"? Because if they didn't, you're just asuming things. You're just assuming they see each other as sisters/brothers because you don't bear them seeing each other romantically.

"They are in love with another person". Agaaaain. Were you always in love with one person? Did you marry the first person you loved or what? Or you liked/loved people until you found the person you actually wanted to be by your side forever? And just as you can fall in love with someone, you can stop loving them. So once again, this argument makes no sense.

"X character is straight". Well. I myself thought I was straight. My best female friend thought she was straight herself. My two best male friends thought they were straight themselves. And I ended up being pansexual, my best female friend turned out to be bisexual, and my two best male friends turned out to be bisexual/gay. Being married to a woman being a man or being married to a man being a woman doesn't mean they're straight. They could realize they are not straight but bisexual. Or pansexual. Or ace. Or whatever you want. But it's not something that cannot change. It's not something written in stone.

"Why can't two girls/two boys be friends?". And why a girl and a boy can't be just friends? Because almost every show has a main straight canon couple. Westallen, Olicity (The Flash, Arrow), Charles/Moira, Peter/MJ (Marvel), Darklina (Shadow and Bone), Stydia, Scallison (Teen Wolf), Deckerstar (Lucifer TV), Hinny (Harry Potter), Mileven (Stranger Things), Anidala, Obitine (Star Wars), Leorai, Apriltello (TMNT 2012)... And I could continue. And it is always the main couple. The main couple is always a girl and a boy. So I don't understand why can't you see that the ones that can't be just friends aren't two boys or two girls. The ones that always have to be romantically involved are a boy and a girl.

If you read this to the end, thank you. I hope you think the same as me. And if you don't, read it again and see some of the shows I mentioned. And please, think about what I said instead of being a close-minded person.

[owchie-wowchie]

Barry said "I could fix him" and Leonard said "I can make him worse" and they were both right

[lukas-dusk]

Barry : Hey I'm about to get in the shower, you wanna join me?

Snart : there's a pistolet taped underneath the island in the kitchen. If I ever say no to that question, I want you to shoot me. Aim for the head, don't stop until I'm dead.

[empty-promises-too-much-to-count]

"I love you"

"Why?"

"Because you're... you"

[arrow-v-flash-polls]

Following the results of the first poll which of these two already winning ships of Barry's is your favourite?

[coldflash-corner]

I have created an entire au in my mind where cisco and lisa had two kids (dante "danny" and nelly aka nell), and barry & leonard (+mick but he's not like, married and coldflash are) are The Best uncles

then additional au where snart still dies with the legends but like, later in the General Hypothetical Timeline, so the main uncle Danny and Nell know is Uncle Barry, even tho he's not really related bc Uncle Lenny died b4 their wedding

Then this spiraled into Snart coming from early in his legends timeline to this future and witnessing barry being like, an awesome role model and family member to lisa's kids

cue split-second panic that barry and lisa somehow got together while he was gone, before realizing that almost certainly did not happen, and if those were barry and lisa's kids, they definitely would not have just called him Uncle Barry

Then that made me think about Lisa and Barry becoming friends and Lisa insisting on calling Barry her brother-in-law, despite the wedding never being able to happen

so, uh, yeah. i have adhd.

have these thoughts, as a gift

[mushi-shield]

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

I've decided to start categorising my pairings.

Pairings that are canon in the source material. Ex: Timbern, Harlivy,

Pairings that aren't officially recognised in current canon but A-are canon in another universe, B- are supported by the writers if not the publishers, and C- have been written as if canon OR is canon, but one-sided. Ex: HalBarry, Boostle, TimKon, Aquamanhunter

Pairings that aren't canon romantically, but the characters still love one another. Ex: JayRoy, BruHarvey, StephCass

Pairings that aren't canon, but have great chemistry and I like to rotate them in my head and squish them together while going 'Now kiss!' Ex: ColdFlash, WallyPiper, TimOwen

I don't actually ship them, but their portmanteau is funny and that's good enough for me. Ex: DickStroke, DickJokes

[miss-eli-starfleet]

I like how WestAllen ended in the Flash with Nora's birth. The part where they're holding hands right before her birth and yellow and purple lightning zaps between them is done really well... Now, I don't particularly ship SnowBarry, but I do find the idea cute sometimes because of the Frost sisters, and how well done the writers wrote her scripts. I'm gonna disregard the whole Khione thing in my comparison of both ships which is canon WestAllen and AU SnowBarry from my perspective.

In a SnowBarry AU, Caitlin would be Barry’s “lightning rod”.

Barry would've been married to OG Caitlin (if you know what I mean) by the time they split in S6. At least following the timeline of how WestAllen generally progressed throughout the show. Like, as in, Barry's proposal of "Running Home to You" would be directed towards Caitlin instead of Iris in S3, SnowBarry marriage in S4, etc etc... Maybe it would be Caitlin SnowAllen if they decide to hyphenate?

Anyways, AU SnowBarry or canon WestAllen, I do wish they gave Caitlin/Frost more screentime especially after they split in S6. I would take the Frost sisters in a heartbeat instead of Cecile or Allegra.

S2 Barry and Jay would be “fighting” over Caitlin lol. Or maybe not. But he would be hella protective when Zoom kidnaps her.

In S3, Caitlin turned Killer Frost does end up working with Savitar.. imagine just how desperate Barry would be to keep her from going all "Frosty" because Caitlin is his fiancee, just as desperate as he was with trying to save Iris from Savitar in canon. I think instead of the focus on Iris, a majority of SnowBarry AU’s base plot line would include Barry trying to save Caitlin from her evil self? Like in that one episode where he spoke to Frost, and allowed her to try to kill him because he knows she’s still Caitlin deep down. OR it could be both: Savitar’s tryna kill her because she’s Barry’s “lightning rod” in this SnowBarry AU instead of them joining up.

Let’s say Barry still goes into the Speedforce in this SnowBary AU. Her heartbreak would be another catalyst/reason as to why Caitlin turned into her Frosty self between S3 and S4 to work for Amunet. In canon 4x01, Killer Frost does come back to the team as Caitlin to help Barry come out of the Speedforce so don't gotta "AU" that part. I know they "balanced out" the whole Caitlin/Frost thing in S4, and that was awesome to watch.

Loved the cuteness where “Caity” and Frost would communicate with each other in little sticky notes. Since Barry and Caitlin would be married by that time, maybe Frost writes sticky notes to Barry too?

Moving onto S5.. How would it go with Caitlin raising Nora alone in the future? Caitlin is a geneticist/doctor whereas Iris is a news reporter.. I think with Caitlin’s doctor/biochemist, I don't think she'd put a power dampening chip inside Nora. Nora would have Frost (split or not) to protect/guide her as well as the rest of the team. Maybe in SnowBarry S5, Nora would've grown up knowing that her father is the Flash from the start. 5x18 would've shown Caitlin and Nora having a better mother-daughter relationship than 5x18 canon Iris and Nora. Would she still go to Thawne then? Maybe so because of godspeed and he’s the only other speedster around and then after what happened to Lia? Maybe so.

Since Nora still wouldn’t have ever met Barry, Thawne could’ve still manipulated her with the whole Cicada dagger thing so she travels back in time. One thing for sure: she wouldn’t be all pissy towards Iris lol. But my poor girl Nora would’ve still vanished in S5 finale :(

When Caitlin splits in S6, imagine how happy Frost would be have her own body, but also to be there to support SnowBarry marriage in person, and be able to interact with both Barry and Caitlin at the same time. Speaking of the Frost sisters, what would Nora call Frost? Aunt Frost? Something like that?

Yep, Caitlin and Frost never dies in this particular SnowBarry AU. It was the only stupid thing the writers did for her character.

[andraedevane]

Multifandom Ships

Repeat after me:

❄️Shipping Charry, Hansy, Harmony, Huna, Hedric, Drarry, Fredarry, Garry, Nevarry or/and Rarry (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Hinny.

❄️Shipping Perachel, Pipercy, Percico, Jercy, Perleo and/or Willercy (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Percabeth.

❄️Shipping Stalia, Stallison, Stira, Stora, Sterek, Sciles, Stackson or/and Steo (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Stydia.

❄️ Shipping Balinda, Barricity, Snowbarry, Spallen, SuperFlash, Allenbert, Bartley, ColdFlash, Elongated Flash, Flashvibe, Flashwave, Olivarry or/and Thallen (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Westallen.

❄️ Shipping Marigami/Kagaminette, Chloenette, Lilanette, Zoenette, Alyanette, Lukanette or/and Felinette (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Adrinette/Ladynoir/Marichat/Ladrien.

❄️ Shipping Ajim, Jimary, Jimci, Jimxie, Hammerhunter, Krelake, Jeves or/and Jimeli (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Jlaire.

❄️ Shipping Shallow Sapphire, Gray Ghost, Phantom Satellite, Phantom Rocker, Savant Par or/and Swagger Bishie (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Amethyst Ocean.

❄️ Shipping Adorista, Glimadora, Huntadora, Perfumadora, Scorpiadora, Entrapdora or/and Adorabow (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Catradora.

❄️ Shipping Harutara, Zutara, Jetara, Azutara, Katoph, Maitara, Sukara, Ty Lara or/and Yutara (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Kataraang.

❄️ Shipping Lunter, Lus, BoschLuz or/and Willuz (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Lumity.

❄️ Shipping Plance, Romance, Hance, Klance or/and Lancelot (and more ships) is as valid as shipping Allurance.

Every one of these ships is valid, so please, stop fighting for them. Life is so short to live it fighting over a ship. There are things more important than shipping a couple in a fictional story. So if you don't like a ship, don't criticize it. Just ignore it. Let people ship it if they want and don't fight for it. It's not worth it.

[kathrahender]

X random person: Calm down, it's just a show/ship. Me: No, no. You don't understand. These things here are my reason to live.

[dcu-events-by-kav]

Valentine's Prompt Week!

hello! howdy!

voting is still open! (for the next two weeks!)

feel free to fill out the form and let me know which prompts you like best

[lukas-dusk]

Barry : What are you in the mood for?

Snart : World domination.

Barry : That's a bit ambitious.

Snart : You are my world.

Barry : Aww...

Snart :

Barry :

Snart :

Barry : OH!

[tiny-pun]

Homemade mysteries

A and their bestie C share an interest in watching mysteries, conspiracies and most of all making fun of people believing all of that CLEARLY FAKE “evidence “. Another thing they share is a job so boring it’s as exhausting as running a marathon everyday.

So the only logical solution to these commonalities is of course…. Finding an ongoing “mystery”, gathering all of the important facts, coming up with some “theories” and put it all in a neat little bow called “a published book”

What they don’t expect is, for it to garner so much attention, it becomes a bestseller. Least of all attention by the people involved in the case. And certainly not B, the actual perpetrator, who is suddenly sitting in As living room, sipping on some freshly made hot cocoa and ready to make a deal.

(To make it more intense on A, you can choose to have C dip out of having their name as a co author mentioned only as a thank you etc.)