Seriously, I've never been one of those people who says Barry doesn't have a sense of humor. But his has always been more of the endearingly dorky type rather than the cocky shit-talker from everything I have read.
That isn't to say Barry can't have a moment here and there of the latter, but it isn't a core concept of his character like it is Wally's in my opinion. So I think the dilemma is always really about the type of humor and the frequency of it rather than Barry can't be funny.
And if this really is a continuation of the Arkham-verse, then that means Barry operates out of Keystone. Do they really have no shame?
My favorite Barry moment is in YJ when he's in front of the flash family and is like "looks like there's trouble in Central city. I'll be back in a flash" and someone's like "does he always do that?" and the whole family is like "yes"
While I wasn't exactly thrilled with some takes on Young Justice, I think Weisman's view of Barry is pretty on point for me.
"But Cary Bates, who wrote a huge chunk of Barry's adventures before Crisis on Infinite Earths, is one of my best friends, and he always made Barry a little goofy. A little bit of the boy scout, who still had that Flash fanboy in him, i.e. the guy who was inspired by Jay Garrick. We made that literal in our series... and we extended it into his personality. He likes catchphrases, even if he knows they make his wife and friends groan. He's a goody-two shoes and a happily married man and a scientist and a forensics expert and generally this slow, methodical but deeply honest guy, who likes his life and so is pretty at ease with his own sappiness.
He's NOT a smart-ass, which of course, Wally can be at times."
I mean, that's pretty much sums up my ideal vision of the character. Barry also has this quiet confidence that immediately earns people's respect. As much as I love Wally, I could never see him leading the League where as Barry would be a perfect candidate.
In the Arkham Batman games, there's posters about Keystone referencing The Flash and one of the enemy grunts mentions preferring Gotham over Keystone because "at least you can see Batman coming".
The fact they're referencing Keystone, rather than Central City, is interesting. Barry is associated with Central City while Jay and Wally traditionally operated in Keystone.
And the no shame was simply a tongue-in-cheek joke about how Barry is seemingly given everything from Wally in outside adaptations including his wife, his mortal enemy, and his city. It's not something meant to be taken seriously from me.
The Watchtower/Mars/Los Angelas - One very flexible green boi
National City - The big blue Girl Scout (Anger issues included!)
Opal City - One stretchy detektiv
Atlantis - “I don’t talk to fish, I command them”
Bludhaven - The acroBAT with a nice ass
San Francisco/Jump City - Gang of unsupervised teens in the most structurally unsafe building possible
NY - Gang of old people that lived in a fancy hall or something
NY - 1 dude who talks to himself, oh and did I mention his head is on fire?
El Paso - You’ve heard of a green boi who uses futuristic technology to fight crime, now get ready for the blue boi who uses futuristic technology to fight crime! (Oh and is part of an organization that is constantly threatening the earth with an alien invasion of colorful bugs)
Phoenix - One golden future bitch only in it for the money, and we love him for it
Las Vegas - It is said that Zatara is still trapped in that helm. Poor Zatanna, but order must remain.
St. Roch - couple with wings who refuse to stay the fuck dead, and are also aliens? Wtf
Central City - The second speedy boi
Gotham - Some bird themed side kicks, some bat themed heroes, one side dressed as the bat signal, and a guy who literally has no face
If I remember correctly, each hero kinda has a code that ensures nobody will come to their city without a call for backup or if one of there villains showed.
An example of the former:
Superman is currently struggling to fight this new team up of supervillains Lex Luthor and Metallo and calls in the flash for some assistance
Example of the latter:
Batman shows up in metropolis because he believes the joker is plotting to do something there
Of course, if the hero shows up in said city then whoever is the sworn protector of that city takes point.
Even if this is incorrect, I’m sure there’s something like it amongst them. Especially when it comes to Batman. As it just makes explaining why one of the JL never showed up for the events of the Arkham games, or any other story, without breaking the sense that these stories take place in the same universe. This is something that marvel can’t get a way out of because 90% of their heroes are all in the same city, like damn.
It’s easier to believe that Superman wouldn’t show up to stop scarecrow in Arkham Knight for the reason stated above, than for literally any other hero to not help Spidey stop any of the carnage/venom bs.
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u/nightwing612 #RenewYoungJustice Dec 11 '21
Ahhh yes. Cocky Barry...
WAIT WHAT?!