#flash aus

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

AU where Savitar, being Barry Allen's variant, kicks Zoom and Eobard's butts in the s9 finale

Better idea than canon ffs. Also, I do not know Sav as well as I know normal Barry so I apologize if I get his characterization wrong

He does side with the bad guys at first (I am not calling them the Legion of Zoom. who approved that shit) but ultimately plans to betray them soon as he gets what he wants/needs; changing the future enough to bring himself back into existence (idk how it would work but alas, neither did the writers).

The betrayal would probably come a little early, working on the same side as those who killed his dad and mom respectively would understandably be diffcult; and Savitar doesn't hold back like Barry. I actually think it would happen when Thawne goes after Nora (XS), I say that cause I really don't think even Savitar would try to kill his own daughter without reason; so when everyone runs off to fight, he would go after *checks notes* Allegra instead (as someone he has no connections/attachment to) and put her out of commission one way or another since it's confirmed (how? WHO KNOWS *screams*) that he knew who she was.

So Thawne goes after Nora and Sav decides he won't let that banana bastard hurt or kill anymore of his family (whether she's technically his kid or not) and stops him. Thawne of course gloats about how he {as a version Barry Allen} won't kill him. They fight and he lets Thawne get a few hits in for fun-- then Savitar gets to see that sweet look on his nemesis's face when he realizes who's faster, and stops holding back. The first 'fight' between Savitar and Barry in season 3? Yeah picture that but a lot more brutal and somehow more personal. Then, once Thawne is thoroughly beat to hell; Sav reverse flashes him and runs off to fight the other person who once destroyed his life.

He runs through the tunnel just before Zoom would have killed all the officers (since Khione and Mark are already knocked out if not dead-- this is what happened. don't even.), and does it without his suit so Zoom will chase him (cause all he'll see is yellow lightning). Of course, once they get to a new location and see each other face to face; Zoom gets in a quick gloat about how they really were the same after all. Savitar lets him have that; it's not true + will make it all the better in a few seconds. Same with Thawne, he lets Zoom get a few hits in, maybe even feigns fear-- and then Sav fucking obliterates him in a 'fight' that parallels the one in Enter Zoom. Hell, he should break Zoom's back for extra funsies. We get a scene similar to 2x23 where Zoom says Sav won't kill him; but this time, he does.

Things go mostly according to canon from here. Eddie absorbs all the NSF users lifeforce (or smth idk what that was man), and Savitar ends up going with it. He doesn't accept this 'death', but there is a brief moment of catharsis with the revenge before he's once again erased from existence.

[purpleyin]

Art for @shyesplease's fic “some like it striped”

one day Savitar shows up to the labs looking a little different and Caitlin is determined to know why.

Made as part of the @snowbarryspot April Minibang 2023.

[kineticallyanywhere]

Ayyy idk if you saw my reply on your drawing of caboose running with everyone on him or not but i was wondering if youd like to be interested in hearing about a Flash!AU in which Caboose is the Flash??

I HAD NOT [post x]

NOW I HAVE AND I AM VERY MUCH INTERESTED

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DCTV moodboards: Snowbarry - Christmas Charity Baking Contest AU

Made for @snowbarryspot Snowbarry Holidays 2022 event. A 600-ish word ficlet to go with the moodboard is behind the read more. Warning for brief mentions of canonical character deaths (for their parents).

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Barry and Caitlin enter a baking contest over the Christmas holidays to raise money for their respective choices of charities. Barry gets in on the strength of his cookies, the family recipe he cherishes as a reminder of his mom, who also encouraged his talent for baking before she passed away. Meanwhile, Caitlin's specialty is ornate pies and though neither of her parents taught her to bake, she got very good at it with her habit of stress baking.

They both do well over the intense few days of the first several challenges, and then for a change, the contest has people team up for the next several. Caitlin is nervous about being paired up with a random stranger, worried it's going to scupper her chances of winning. To her surprise, Barry and her work really well as a team. When the next team-ups are announced, she's a little sad to not work with Barry again – and the viewers at home apparently agree. That disappointment has her heading to rather boldly knock on his hotel door one evening. They end up having dinner together in his room, rather cozy and intimate as they hide out from the spectacle of the fans camped out in the lobby who would have a field day with any attempt to dine in the restaurant downstairs. Each night after that they hang out, chatting about anything and everything and often staying up far too late, not wanting to end their conversations.

Somehow, despite less than stellar pair-ups for them after their initial one together, they both make it through the increasingly tough rounds until they are head to head. The final challenge has them pitted against each other, each trying to compete in the arena of the other person's strength, which happens to be a weakness for each of them the producers are taking advantage of for the show, to ramp up tension. Barry's pie is tasty but lacks the finesse of Caitlin's creations, and Caitlin's cookies look amazing but have a certain something lacking in texture and bite. The judges can't agree and they go away for an hour of intense deliberation that has everyone in the studio on tenterhooks.

When they finally come back, the decision is to split the prize money, joint winners. But Barry looks at Caitlin and thinks of her competitive streak and all the hopes she'd shared with him about what that money could mean for the charity she'd picked.

“You should give it all to Caitlin,” he says. Turning to her, he adds, “I know what it means to you, to raise money for your dad.”

“Barry, no! You can't do that,” she admonishes. “I know what it means to you, to raise money in honor of your mom, to help out kids like you.”

They stare at each other for a long moment before they break out laughing at how intent they both were to sacrifice for the other.

“Fine, we both win,” Caitlin admits and he knows it must be difficult to say that, not quite the win for her cause she imagined. But his worries all melt away when she takes his hand in hers and raises it in triumph above their heads. The aftermath of their win goes past in a haze as Barry's focused entirely too much on the way it feels to hold her hand and how she doesn't let go even when she drops their hands back down to their sides. When he looks to her, her cheeks are blushed like he imagines his are too and he knows there's something there he doesn't want to lose. Something meant to last for more than just this whirlwind Christmas contest that's thrown them together.

It's a while before the attention from fans dies down, allowing them to go out on a proper date in public without causing a stir, but Barry and Caitlin don't really mind being forced to stay in in the meantime.

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DCTV moodboards: Flashfrost - Christmastime date

Made for @snowbarryspot Snowbarry Holidays 2022 event

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cisco Ramon/Hartley Rathaway Characters: Cisco Ramon, Hartley Rathaway Additional Tags: Emotionally Constipated Hartley Rathaway, Cisco Ramon's Hair, Getting Together, Light Angst, First Kiss Series: Part 135 of Arrowverse fanworks Summary:

Cisco has to cut his hair and Hartley's world is turned metaphorically upside down by this change.

On Ao3, FF.net or Wattpad.

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DCTV moodboards: Snowestallen - Gods/Demigods AU

A slightly late entry for @polyamships Polyam Shipping Day prompt ‘devotion’

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Caitlin thinks she's cursed with her cold powers and becomes a devotee of the somewhat forgotten God of Speed, seeking his lightning to warm her. He eventually visits her, confused as to why she prays to be normal. He becomes her lover and tries to get her to understand she's special, a demigod like he once was.

Iris is another demigod, descended from a muse, who travels far and wide to find other demigods and inspire them to tell their story. She heard of the priestess who survived countless lightning strikes and seeks out Caitlin, bonding with her as Caitlin opens up about her life. Despite the risk to her from Caitlin's powers, Iris doesn't shy away from their connection and they become involved too, with Caitlin gaining confidence in her abilities as they grow closer.

At first, the God of Speed is wary of Iris, of her influence on Caitlin, and they end up antagonizing each other when they meet. However, they come to realize after spending time together that they both want the same for Caitlin, to understand and believe in herself. And they also can't deny there's plenty of passion between them as well. They discover the three of them work well together, providing support but also pushing them to be better versions of themselves at the same time.

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DCTV moodboards: Snowbarry family Christmas