Crashcitycentral - Bitch, It’s Impulse

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.

L I S T E N

Tim 500% calls coffee "Anti-Murder Juice" and with every cup is another dodged attempt at everyone around him ending up in some type of harm. Depends on his mood.

If he's really pissed, broken sOmetHing.

If he's a controlled level of pissed, bruises. Don't get in his way.

If he's paranoid, probably some accidental bruise infliction.

If he's annoyed, he'll kill you emotionally.

Those cups of coffee saved lives.

Inaccurate Batfam quotes #14

Batfam on a rollar coaster:

Dick: Screaming in joy

Jason: Screaming in fear

Tim: Bored af

Damian: Pouting but secretly enjoying it

Bruce: Sitting stiff, internally screaming

Alfred: Sipping tea somehow without spilling

inaccurate Batfam quotes #3

Dick, running away with arms full of cereal boxes: Stay away from me!

Tim, running after him: YOU HAVE AN ADDICTION!!

Jason, running after Tim: HE TOOK MY GUN!

Dick: Cereal is my soulmate!

Tim: Get a life!

Dick: I'd die without my Frosted Flakes!

Jason: At least you won't be eating that junk!

Dick: I'll be burried with a box of Froot Loops!

Tim: Give it up! It's an unhealthy obsession!

Dick: hisses in raisin bran

Bang

Dick: YOU JUST SHOT ME!

Tim: Oh shit, I'm so sorry!

Jason: What have I told you about running with guns?!

Damian: I'm gonna put myself up for adoption.

It has occurred to me that my Instagram is probably the one place on the internet with the most gathered photos of Bart Allen. 373 posts, all of Bart, mostly his comic form but also fanart all credited- I swear I’m not obsessed, I just really love his character.

MISHAPOCALYPSE

Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha MishaMisha Misha Misha Misha Misha Misha

WAIT I JUST READ YOUR TAGS WHATS YOUR THREE LIGHTNING RODS THEORY?

I AM SO GLAD SOMEONE ASKED THIS I WANTED TO RAMBLE ABOUT IT SO BADLY. I’m not sure how canon this is but it’s kind of based around the first issue of rebirth where Linda can’t pull Wally back from the speed force but Barry could and it got me thinking.

So there’s three types of love: romantic, platonic, and familial. Since each character that a speedster has had as a lightning rod could be connected through love in one of those forms, I sort of made up this theory around it. For example: Wally’s three lightning rods are Linda (romantic), Dick (platonic), and Barry (familial). Barry’s would be Iris, Hal, and Wally for the same reasons.

Obviously it doesn’t work for everyone (as far as I know, Bart barely has a love interest outside of that one girl from the Impulse comics forever ago), and it can absolutely change based on what you ship for the most part (Wally having Barry and Linda as lightning rods is canon lol), so they don’t HAVE to have three: if you want, they can have only one or two or three of the same kind etc but you get the picture. But it’s a really interesting theory to me mostly because of that fact that love of ALL types is such an important of what makes all of the speedsters heroes. I’ve been saying forever that their true power is love and friendship, but you know, it’s all just a theory. A really, really cool one. So yeah.

The team suffered the wrath of Batman, but not his protege... Until now.

Dick Always seemed to keep his cool with any situation, which is why everyone was surprised that day they learned not to get on his bad side. He was tired from late night training, a fight with two-face and trying to keep his brothers from killing each other and was only running on one cup of coffee since that’s all he had time for before school. Not to mention he was called to the mountain immediately after the bell rang so he didn’t even have a moment to rest.

Back to the present, Artimus and Wally were at each other's throats and their leader wasn’t there to defuse the situation. Robin was in the executive chair in front of the dozen screens surrounding him, rubbing his temple as the shouting made his headache spike. M’gann felt his agony and wanted to go to him but was too caught up making sure Artimus didn’t get a hold of her arrows. Conner was on the other end, holding Wally back but the speedster was struggling so much he let out a frustrated growl. In other words, chaos had broken loose.

Dick’s ‘tough love’ persona came out as he slammed his fist on the surveillance desk making everything on it clatter. “Enough!” He screamed, catching everyone off guard. Wally stopped struggling, staring at his best friend wide-eyed, Conner was surprised but more so focused on his hold of the speedster. Artimus stopped struggling as well, even though M'gann’s telekinetic hold of her released as the martian let out a surprised gasp, widening her eyes as a surge of emotions hit her all at once from everyone. “That’s it, all of you. No wonder We aren’t given any important missions when you are too immature to act like a team! Whether you like it or not, that’s what we are. I don’t care if you aren’t happy about it or don’t want to be friends, fine. But it isn’t fair for all of us to suffer from your ineptitude.” Robin crossed his arms and gave a glare daring anyone to defy him.

Wally and Artimus glance at each other before looking away quickly, one with a scowl and the other in shame. “Pull yourselves together and find mutual ground or the title of ‘young justice league’ will be ripped away from us and we’ll be put back with our mentors as nothing but a sidekick to the public’s eyes. Which defeats the purpose of this team entirely. If you have a problem with that, you might as well leave.” Dick’s gaze hardened, even through his mask everyone could feel his icy gaze. M’gann shuttered, Artimus was scared as hell but covered it in a scowl, Conner found a newfound respect for the teammate he once thought never stuck up for themselves, and Wally was shaking with a blank stare. The ebony huffed, dropping his demeanor for a much more tired expression that they all had failed to notice earlier.

“Robin, buddy, maybe you should go lay down. When was the last time you slept?” Wally quickly forgot his fear and turned into the stoic best friend he’d always been with the other.

“I’m fine, Wally.” Dick shot him a look that spoke ‘touch me if you dare’. The ginger heard the message loud and clear before backing off. The protege of the bat heaved a sigh of frustration before taking his USB from the computer and leaving the team to talk things out without him.

“Robin has a point. We don’t act like a team.” M’gann whispered quietly, on the verge of tears at the thought of being taken away from her friends. Conner stepped to her side with a comforting arm over her shoulder.

“I hate to admit it but he’s right. We screw up on so many missions and for what— arguing with each other?” Artimus grumbled, arms crossed over her chest.

“What are we gonna do about it?” Wally said, being sure to keep his distance from the archer to not spring yet another argument.

Needless to say, Kaldur was pleasantly surprised on his return from Atlantis that his team were doing the bonding exercises he had suggested months ago but was shot down with disgust. He didn’t know what happened but those who were there for the events made a silent promise. Do not make Robin mad.

Me too.

“Destiel” happened to me

Same 😅

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