That Bart and Thad thread was going shockingly well and then...

I was actually thinking up what i thought was a funny little post, before I got to the part where Bart was like "We're family", and I was literally like "fuuuuuuuuck"

Like Bart, buddy, I get what you're going for and it's super sweet but...

Yeah, I knew it was going to backfire.

Thad saying that he has a family HURTS.

Except for Max, Bart gets passed around like a puppy who refuses to be housebroken.

And considering that Max could have potentially come back in Flash:Rebirth and DIDN'T?

Yeeeeaaah. A fact Thad has no clue about.
Fuck. When did Max come back? I know he did eventually because they have that whole talk about how Bart read the library. But then he also doesn't take Bart back in just boggles my mind

Why does dc just want to hurt us?

I don't recall exactly. I just remember he had a cameo inside the Speed Force when Barry came back right before Blackest Night.

I think it was stupid close to before the reboot.

And yeah, I remember Bart being upset everyone was excitedly celebrating Barry coming back when Max hadn't come back with him.

It was...awful.

And then they go and make Bart IMPULSE again.

I'm okay with it, only because I never jived with him being Kid Flash. They only managed to make me care about it in Kid Flash lost and then they killed him off again. Impulse just feels like an inbetween (hopefully).

I'm hoping they'll let him grow out of being Impulse eventually.

Like, let the boy make his own identity or have him follow in Max's footsteps.

I've actually had Bart consider it.

I headcanon he definitely will never wear speedster scarlet again.

That would be cool. And yeah, I can't see Bart ever wanting to be Flash again. (And I can't see DC letting him)

I've thought of doing that with Thad in a few RP's, too. Having him leave Inertia behind him. But I never worked up to it all the way

We'll see what happens if/when you app?

Do you need an invite?

I'm still working on Thad's app, but I'm hoping to have it done in time. I could use an invite

added for this month. Will do again if needful.

Eee! Thank you!

I know how stressful app stuff can be. But I can't wait to have Bart have to leave messages to everyone that Thad is here. And not currently seeking his death.

"Not currently seeking his death" So very reassuring I'm sure

I'm looking forward to seeing that play out

Hey, he's not exactly optimistic...

Although Thad doesn't know that his current iteration of the Flash costume ring happens to have biotelemetry feeds that certain people like Prodigy and Robin have access to.

Thad's gonna waltz into the game like "It's a beautiful day, and you are a horrible clone"

And yeah, Bart has every right to not be optimistic, thad isn't giving him a whole lot of reasons to be

And ooo, I also had no idea that was a thing. That's gonna be fun!

Kat-El can do his velcro routine on Thad to try to win him over. Bart had to put a mirror by the door to check for the furry hitchhiker when he was tiny.

It's mostly a thing he did because he has friends who are worriers and would want to know if he vanished or was injured or something.

Or if the Guild Alliance is even more hinky than they all think it is.

Oh noooo! That's gonna be cute! I think Thad would take to cats

Luckily, he weighs enough NOW that you can't accidentally miss the beast.

The beast! XD

I think Thad is going to stay unaligned. I can't see him trusting either guild.

Well, Kat-El has a trauma background. He was rescued by a Kon in Mask or Menace found wedged in a pipe in an abandoned site and got really attached to the pair of them since they were rooming together. But he has separation anxiety and stuff.

The guilds have a history of treating clones as non-people, too.

Oh no! Poor baby cat!

And oof! Yeah, all the more reason he'd avoid them

He was their first and only foster fail. Literally would not let go when they tried to give him the shelter.