I just noticed that at the end of Flash 189 when Piper is sitting at Trickster’s FBI desk, Trickster’s papers appear to say, among other things, “comics are cool!” (Fourth paragraph on the right-hand-side paper.) Looks like James was really hard at work at the FBI!
On an unrelated note, that last Roy fanfic is charming. If only he’d had more Bob Ross in his life.
[Oh wow, I can’t say I ever looked at those papers before, but you’re right! Nice catch :) And does it say “But I kick butt(s)!” in the third paragraph? Imagine all the stuff his superiors found once he’d gone missing from the FBI, like his documents and an entire drawer of extra-loud whoopie cushions. Plus it’s very interesting that the artist put at least some actual text in there, including some relevant words like “Pied Piper” and “DC comics” and they’re not just scribbles as I’d presumed.
And thank you so much for your kind words! Roy could definitely have used the influence of Bob Ross, as could most of us, TBH. His gentle positivity is to be admired. – Lia]