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caiusbackup) wrote2004-08-09 01:54 am
caiusbackup) wrote2004-08-09 01:54 am
Barry Allen drabble
Well. I recently read through about #315-350 of Flash v.1 (i.e., the end of Barry's run). And really liked them, though there were times I was torn between feeling sorry for Barry and seriously wanting to shake him, especially over Fiona.
And then![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
papercranes requested songs featuring Superheroes, and derryderrydown and I suggested "The Ballad of Barry Allen." Which she obtained. And loved. And proceeded to ask for Flash Family drabbles.
Thus, this, originally posted as a comment inpapercranes's lj. Set sometime during the Flash's trial, after he abandonned the Barry Allen identity but before he reencountered Iris.
Drabble, 100 words:
The Flash is the Fastest Man alive.
Barry Allen was the Slowest Man Alive. Barry had a wife. Barry had a fiancée, and a life. When the Flash was Barry, he had reasons to slow down.
But Barry died on his wedding day.
The Flash is alone, his fate in the hands of those who cannot comprehend method (the Flash had killed too swiftly even for his own notice) or motive (for the Flash is no longer Fiona's bridegroom nor Iris's widower).
The Flash can save a hundred lives a second, but not Eobard's or Iris's or Fiona's.
Not Barry's.
And then
papercranes requested songs featuring Superheroes, and derryderrydown and I suggested "The Ballad of Barry Allen." Which she obtained. And loved. And proceeded to ask for Flash Family drabbles.Thus, this, originally posted as a comment in
papercranes's lj. Set sometime during the Flash's trial, after he abandonned the Barry Allen identity but before he reencountered Iris.Drabble, 100 words:
The Flash is the Fastest Man alive.
Barry Allen was the Slowest Man Alive. Barry had a wife. Barry had a fiancée, and a life. When the Flash was Barry, he had reasons to slow down.
But Barry died on his wedding day.
The Flash is alone, his fate in the hands of those who cannot comprehend method (the Flash had killed too swiftly even for his own notice) or motive (for the Flash is no longer Fiona's bridegroom nor Iris's widower).
The Flash can save a hundred lives a second, but not Eobard's or Iris's or Fiona's.
Not Barry's.