#vexic

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

LEGITIMATELY I could write whole essays on Barry's mental health in season 3 ALONE the man was most of the time passively suicidal but there were times where he was legitimately actively planning his own death it's alarming and it is NEVER ADDRESSED (you best believe I'm addressing the hell out of it in every fic I write lol)

AS YOU SHOULD

It’s one of the reasons I’m so angry about season four. Yes, there were funny moments in the season; but it undercut SO MUCH to do that. In this case, I’m referring to the fucking therapy arc/whatever

All the mental health stuff was turned into a joke and I still have to rewatch it (don’t want to…) but I’m 80% sure this is accurate.

[whump-is-love-whump-is-life]

okay SO the premise, Eobard establishes himself as a new speedster and ally when Barry and co first start looking for metas and becomes besties with Barry, meanwhile the Man in Yellow is wreaking havoc and Barry is having The Worst "luck" (Joe loses the house somehow, Iris is upset with him, he's hanging on to his day job by a thread, Linda isn't returning his calls or texts) but at least he has Eo who seems to be picking up this speedster thing just a bit faster than him but is more than willing to help him learn and lend an ear and a word of "advice"

he definitely rescues Barry from sticky situations more than once (Barry's just not quite fast enough, but Eo's nice enough about it and Barry's glad since he keeps screwing it up) at some point Barry definitely develops a crush on him and Eo gets to string him along

Oh I have my evil little gremlin hands together right now, this is PERFECT

Oh ho HO— THE ANGST. Man, Barry’s confidence is definitely going to take a hit in this one and that’s always fun :>

And the inevitable reveal?! That’s gonna hurt so much more for him than canon…

Will be looking forward to this if you end up writing it :]

[vexic929]

I think the funniest thing about Animal Crossing is that everyone who's played Animal Crossing has beef with at least one villager

they're all just Little Guys™ but it doesn't matter, sometimes a mouse comes to your domain and fills you with primal rage

[vexicwrites]

Worship

Warnings: deification and religious themes

Thanks to @ftl-faster-than-life for inspiring this ficlet!

The word of the day on the kitschy calendar on the desk was 'worship'. Noun: from the Old English 'weorthscipe.' The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity. Synonymous with veneration, reverence, or adoration.

How topical, Wells thought wryly, watching the object of his obsession flit out the door, no doubt late to something important. The boy could move faster than Hermes himself when motivated.

Barry Allen was no god.

Eobard tried to remind himself of this, tried to hold on to the loathing he had for the man and remind himself why he'd returned to the 21st century in the first place, but as he mentored Barry under the guise of Dr. Harrison Wells it was hard not to fall for him all over again. It was hard not to watch Barry's abilities grow and flourish, to watch him save life after life, to witness his drive and determination, without being reminded of his previous adorations. It was hard not to let the affection he'd once felt for his past self's mentor and friend take on a life of its own again, to let it rekindle the spark.

Barry was the only person Eobard had ever felt...well, anything for really. For so long, he'd seemed untouchable and unattainable - a god he could only pray to and hope he answered without ever knowing if he'd even heard. From a young age, Eobard had been Barry Allen's most loyal acolyte; hopelessly devoted before he'd ever met the man, and meeting him hadn't changed that, not initially. If anything, perhaps it had made his devotion stronger - now he could say his prayers to his god's face and Barry would answer immediately. It was everything he'd ever dreamed.

But now...now, something had changed. He didn't view Barry as his god anymore, not really. Eobard's powers were stronger, better, how could his god be weaker than him?

Maybe that was it. Eobard didn't have his powers in this century, not at this moment, not for the last 15 years. Yes, that had to be it, that had to be the reason - Eobard had simply forgotten what it was like to be so painfully weak and human and when Barry was honing his powers so rapidly it was hard not to think of him as something greater. He seemed god-like but it was all perspective, of course.

And yet, it was still hard to look at him and not feel...something. It wasn't a worshipful love anymore nor a quiet reverence, it was something more intense, more possessive - the need to protect Barry and make sure no harm ever came to him that wasn't of his own creation filled Eobard's very being. He knew, deep down, that it was more than mere obsession now.

Regardless of how much he tried to deny it, Eobard knew that Barry would always be his personal deity, no matter when or where he existed.

Barry was no god. But Eobard still loved him, nonetheless.

[zeroducks-2]

🧡 and Sladick if you please <3333

🧡 kissing in bed / lazy kiss / cuddling

Dick smiles at the grumbling noise he definitely heard, emboldened instead of deterred and starting to leave little kisses on the man's nape. His smile grows the moment he sees the skin rising in goosebumps.

«Grayson.» Slade groans, his tone the perfect combination between sleepy and warning.

«Wilson.» Dick echoes, mimicking it in the best way he can. «It's way past sunrise, soldier. Being in bed at this hour is unacceptable.»

Another grumble. Slade turns face up and pulls him closer, smushing Dick against his own chest in an obvious attempt to pacify him.

«I know, the sun doesn't really set in these parts, not at this time of the year anyway...» Dick observes, mindlessly tracing lines on the man's bare chest. Their trip to Alaska wasn't exactly a leisure one but they sort of made it so. «But staying in bed past nine is unbecoming.» He tuts, now tapping on Slade's sternum.

«Is it past nine...?» Slade asks, opening both eyes and giving him an almost started look, to which Dick snorts and reaches up to kiss his stupid face. It looks especially soft without the eye patch or so Dick has found himself thinking lately.

«It's twelve minutes to five in the morning.» He purrs, caressing both sides of the man's head, then kisses him again.

Surprisingly he feels Slade smile, then a broad palm squeezes the upper bits of his thighs. «I'm going to make you regret not letting me sleep, little bird.» He says without any animosity, nuzzling their noses together before biting his lower lip, and Dick doesn't really say anything even if he had been kind of hoping that this was going to be the reaction.

kiss ask game here!

[negative-speedforce]

kinda proud of this Jessie edit I'm working on so thought I'd share it <3333

Ooh she's hot...

[practically-an-x-man]

happy birthday! here's a soft domestic Nikoletta and Abner for you <3333

AHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! <3333 Oh my gosh they're ADORABLE!! This is the cutest thing, I can't stop smiling! Thank you thank you thank you!!

[shrinkthisviolet]

time for a sisters day! Morgan, Beth, Iris, and Jesse have the day to do whatever they want, what do they do? :)

*Note: Beth Allen is @vexic929’s OC! Find out more about her here (and in the “beth allen” tag)

Oooh honestly they'd probably all go for a mani-pedi, and probably for brunch...and a movie (they'd all fight about which move to see though 😂 especially Morgan and Jesse). Morgan and Beth in particular would bond over being Barry's baby sisters and swap stories about them, and Beth would fiercely reassure Morgan that not being blood-related to Barry doesn't make her any less deserving of that title (which Morgan doubts on occasion, though when she hears that from Beth, it's hard to deny). And ofc Morgan, Beth, and Jesse would all swap stories about their different Earths.

Naturally, in between it all, they'd find time to mess with Barry 😉 with Beth ofc not existing in my AU’s E1, Barry wouldn't know her, so they'd have fun at his expense, jokingly asking why he doesn't remember his "adorable sister" (Beth) 😂 of course, they'd come clean before it went too far though—they want to tease him, not distress him. But he's familiar enough with multiverse shenanigans that he's not too bothered and even teases them for giving up the game early.

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[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

if you had to choose only ONE way to whump Barry what would it be? :)

WHY WHO WOULD POSSIBLY CURSE ME LIKE THIS?! ONLY ONE?!?! Sigh. I won't cheat and say 'torture' as a blanket term so.

Gotta go with some sort of captivity. Speedsters in general don't like to be stuck in one place, and even without some form of physical torture :( , it's a good psychological whump strategy. It proves extremely effective for him specifically because while he's trapped, he'll be constantly worrying about his loved ones and Central City in general because in this situation, he doesn't know anything happening outside of wherever he's being kept :)

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

☕️the most egregious problem The Flash has is that it literally NEVER ADDRESSES ANY of the trauma it consistently puts Barry and co through, like it has other problems but I think that's the worst lol

1000000% and I will die mad about it.

Since it’s (always) on my mind, let’s take season 2 for example shall we?

If I had a nickel for everytime Post-Zoom-trauma just disappeared at the drop of a hat, I’d have four nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s fucking INFURIATING THAT IT HAPPENED F O U R TIMES

The four (for lack of a better word) victims in question: Caitlin, Barry, Jesse, and Jay.

Caitlin: kidnapped and held against her will for (I believe) two weeks (that’s putting it simply but we’ve all seen the show so🤷‍♀️). The show gives her one single episode to deal with it, during which she shows very real symptoms of PTSD— solved and therefore ignored and glossed over entirely with a single pep talk. I would also like to add that she showed NO fear of him in the season finale which makes no fucking sense with what the show established only an episode earlier. But tbh, this is the best one because at least the show ACKNOWLEDGED that trauma; if only for one episode.

Barry: Back broken during first encounter (among other severe injuries), humiliated by being dragged around the city to show he wasn’t strong enough to stop Zoom, confidence shattered from the experience. Like Caitlin, we got one episode to deal with this trauma and in that episode, Barry also showed signs and symptoms of PTSD (the entire season is evidence tbh). But of course, one pep talk from his dad and everything’s magically ok :-D !!!!!! I’m going to eat glass (also I will definitely make a post on that fucking episode because I hate it). As mentioned; he continues to have PTSD symptoms throughout the season but it’s glossed over so much and attributed to generic-superhero-stuff™️ that it really doesn’t matter. Gods, I could go on all day about Barry’s post-Zoom AND post-Thawne trauma. (Oh, he was also kidnapped, threatened, and {borderline} tortured by Zoom in the Earth-2 episodes; but that’s all normal superhero stuff ofc so it doesn’t matter right :-D !!! gnawing at the bars of my enclosure)

Jesse: Good gods where do I even start. Kidnapped by a known serial killer, tortured by said serial killer, repeatedly and (probably) constantly threatened with death, and held captive for around 9-10 months. Mm also, she was clearly terrified of Zoom every time he showed up prior to her rescue. Sounds like an extremely traumatic experience with multiple opportunities and instances to develop PTSD right? WRONG! According to the lovely writers; people are completely fine after a traumatic experience is over! What’s PTSD??? chewing glass chewing glass chewing glass. They didn’t even TRY with her, at least with Barry and Caitlin they pretended to give a shit about what they went through but Jesse makes two things crystal clear. 1) The writers don’t care about your trauma unless you’re an MC. 2) The writers put minimal effort into trauma if any; MC or not. It’s like they said ‘Ooo, we should have Caitlin kidnapped by Zoom!’ ‘Won’t that have some sort of effect on her? Being kidnapped is a terrifying experience’ ‘Ah fuck you’re right… eh, we’ll give her one episode ig’ ‘What about Jesse?’ ‘Who?’

Jay: Fucking. Hell. I ordered this in what I consider best handled to worst. Jay is by far— handled worst. Let’s see here *checks notes* Ah yes. Kidnapped and taken to a completely different Earth, an attempted theft of his powers, imprisoned and put in a mask so he can’t speak, {not confirmed but very likely with Zoom’s track record and somewhat implied} tortured, had his identity stolen and {likely} mocked and tormented about the subject, and the ~delightful~ cherry on top— held captive in this situation for at least one year. Fuck I’m so tired. Anyways; there’s not much to say. He got rescued (off-screen ofc), was able to access his powers instantly with no problems, and left to go back to his Earth. Trauma? What trauma? *gestures wildly at said trauma posted above* That’s not traumatic at all! *screams* I don’t care how much experience you have as a superhero— that doesn’t just GO AWAY! PTSD, FLASH WRITERS. LOOK INTO IT P L E A S E fuck I just remembered the show is over now ALL YOUR MC’S HAVE IT! EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. Sigh. In the end of *gestures at said trauma* all that, Jay was just used to cause Barry more greif from his father’s death. Obviously he gets roles in later seasons but (as far as I can remember) this whole thing was never brought up again. Sigh.

I COULD GO ON

I COULD GO ON FOR DAYS

but I won’t cause dear gods I’ve been typing forever now

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

eowells getting caught because he references a meme from 2023 instead of 2013 XD

WAIT

HIM GETTING CAUGHT BECAUSE HE MADE THIS

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

okay queen of Barry whump, I have a fun question (no pressure at all of course! <3333) I'm curious how you would whump his Earth-63 counterpart Barbara :)

Queen of Barry whump?? I’m honored🥹

Ooooo, well two things to start with:

1. Any and every version of Barry is kidnapable, I do not make the rules. and

2. I am incredibly fond of this that you wrote already (love creepy/intimate whumpers, what can I say and ofc I love it; it’s Eoland) *Ngl that one’s already pretty damn perfect so let me try to come up with something elseeeeee

Ooo ok, I noted she’s a science professor, which would probably mean she’s more well known than a CSI would be (I think) and therefore more of a potential target outside of Flash duty. So what if she’s kidnapped {alongside other scientists} by some organization or just misc. bad guys to work on some sort of weapon. Considering her and the others were taken from Central City; the bad guys would likely use some sort of meta-dampener on all of them, so she can’t use her powers to get herself and everyone else out. Personally, I’d have her refuse to help make the weapon so the bad guys can give her a nice little beatdown before everything starts, oh and then threaten her life to remind her how “expendable” she is. Assuming Cisca has vibe powers {if it was mentioned and I missed it; apologies} (and if she doesn’t; there’s plenty of other ways), it’s safe to say Barbara will be found/rescued at some point. The problem, rescue was a little too late and the weapon is now finished and able to hurt people. Guilt ensues as Barbara (but as The Flash this time), has to fight against something she herself helped create.

Wanted to come up with something a little different than what I normally do, hope you like it :)

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

Character: Barry or Dick ?

Pairing: Kara x Iris or Caitlin x Felicity ?

Anything: sleep-deprived whumpee or drugged whumpee ?

Ooo thank you!

Barry forever and always. Love Dick but Barry is my blorbo to end all blorbos.

Ohhhh I never considered either of those pairings before! I’ll go Kara x Iris because I think they’d work really well as a couple.

Ohhhhhhhh both of those are so so good in so many ways. I’ll go drugged whumpee because of the potential fight against the initial drugging. Like trying to get away from the approaching needle; they can be already restrained or not (not is fun because then whumper can pin them{on the floor, against the wall— it’s all fun}) but either way they can’t escape. It’s just fun :>

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

🐑Barry Allen needs a hug, smoking, possessive behavior, mood swings

This ended up being more of a ficlet than summary lmao sorry. Inspiration train hit. Fake fic ask game

Barry had a stalker. He’d known that for a while now but it appeared to be getting progressively worse as time went on.

It may have just been paranoia, but he could’ve sworn a figure appeared in the corner of his eye sometimes, and every time he looked back— it was gone. He’d shrugged it off at first, then the first note came. A little yellow card made from folded construction paper had been waiting on his desk. Intrigued, Barry had picked it up, notcing the faint smell of cigarettes. One word had been neatly written in large letters:

“Hi”

Since then, he’d been more cautious. Only using his speed after triple checking the surrounding area to ensure he was really alone. He should have told someone, the team, Joe— but he didn’t want them to worry. He was the Flash. He could handle this.

In the present, Barry was in an excellent mood. He’d just been on a date and it had gone very well. Humming to himself with a small stride in his step, he unlocked his apartment and entered. Nothing out of the ordinary. I’m just being paranoid. Why would there be anything unusual in his apartment? Nevertheless, a weird feeling crept in the corner of his mind. With a glance around, he flashed through the entire apartment, looking for something, anything wrong. He pursed his lips after coming up empty. I’m just being paranoid. The thought came a second too soon.

A little red card sat on the floor in front of him. His heart rate tripled as he bent down to pick it up. Why was he so scared? But when Barry opened it— that fear solidified with new meaning. The card fell back to the ground and he fumbled for the phone in his jacket with trembling hands. On the paper, in that same neat writing as before:

“No one else gets to have you. You’re mine, Flash ♡”

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

please share your westhallen thoughts! (if you want to, no pressure <3333)

As with most my thoughts— tis fic related

Thinking about the Eobard kidnaps Barry instead of Eddie AU (yet to be named) and how fun it would be if all three of them got smacked in the face with their feelings after Barry’s kidnapped :)

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

💙💗💕💑 (platonic) <3333

💙 We're actually just good friends, but I would die for you

💕 You're my dear old friend (homosexual undertones)

💑 Let's be roommates😉

Right back at you! <333

💗 I want to start an intense platonic friendship with you

Let’s do it then! :D