Oooooooh! Your latest drawing reminded me of something I wanted to ask!
When would you say issue 53 takes place in your AU? Are Jinx and Kid Flash the IT couple yet, or are they still working out the kinks? They seem so close and in sync during the comic you'd kinda expect them to have no more secrets, but I can also picture Wally wouldn't feel comfortable sharing his identity with Jinx until after their first encounter with Magenta, which in your AU clearly takes place long after issue 53.
You know, that juxtaposition between the girl who loves all of him and the girl who only ever cared about one side of him being the wake up call he needs and encouraging him to take the plunge.
okay, to put it simply, in my AU, issue 53 took place after the air is cleared up around Jinx's jealousy and Kid Flash's flirty hero persona, and it happened after Jinx moved to Keystone as well (in a separate living space, of course), but its before Wally unmasks.
Wally unmasks during the Control Freak's AI girlfriend arc, and Magenta (and later, The Roguelites) would only appear after that haha. so actually, Wally unmasks before Magenta appears in the story.
why this is the case is so later Jinx can slap Magenta with the harsh reality that Frankie/Magenta's remaining "love" for Kid Flash and years of harassment and stalking were rooted in surface-level parasocialism; meanwhile, Jinx loves him both as Kid Flash and Wally West, since she'd seen him underneath the mask, unlike Frankie.
so what encouraged Wally in my AU was actually realizing that Jinx needed that final reassurance, he need to show how much he trust her with his true self. she felt fine and secure before and would wait for Kid Flash to unmask one day, but the AI girlfriend arc would showcase them both glimpses of different realities, how none of Wallys chose Jinx, vice versa.
can you imagine the scenario of seeing your significant other, your favorite person, choosing someone else in all alternate realities and never you?
that gotta screw you up over.
