But that Cisco and Sara scene on the Waverider actually broke my heart
I mean they are on board the one and only device that can travel to the past and save their lost siblings and neither of them chose to do so.
They time travel to save the earth, no to fix their own life and bring back their loved ones, even when they have the means to.
So for everyone that dares to accuse Cisco of being hypocritical, childish, or unreasonable for staying mad at Barry, here’s what you should remember”
we have CISCO who:
- begged Barry to save Dante right after Dantes death (probably a few days after the event
- mad at Barry for refusing to do so, but stopped when being told the tragical consequences time travel could have brought
- also immediately stopped asking Barry to save Dante, gradually starting to come to terms with the fact that he would never have Dante back
- made amends with Barry, even bring him in as a roommate
- being on the Waverider, travel back sixty years to save the earth, not to sneak back a few months to save his own brother
- immediately taking responsibility for the mistake he made, even when it’s a group decision made in a situation where they have no other choice
and we have BARRY ALLEN who:
- time travelled multiple times and honestly is the only one that REALLY knows how big changes he can make by altering just an insignificant thing in the past
- being warned again and again by both eobard and Harry
- being traumatized by Nora’s death for 16 years
- refused Cisco’s request to save Dante many times and told him the dangers of time travel
- immediately travelled back in time 16 years without getting consent from anyone after Henry’s death, after rejecting Cisco’s request countless times (yes that’s the previous Barry in this new timeline, cuz now think of it the only reason we are not seeing a TIME REMNANT is because the previous Barry also went back in time, what a textbook definition of hypocricy
- try to keep flashpoint a secret until the differences and chaos ensued are simply too big
- continue to keep flashpoint a secret to the teammates he recruited, despite that 1. old Barry’s message was addressed to everyone, not theirs to hide 2. they’re about to embark a extremely mission and this might be a life saving information in someway
But what infuriates me most is him knowing the price Cisco payed for his time travel but still told Harry “nothing essential changes”. That’s probably why Cisco and the others never asked what was different, they just assumed it’s nothing important. But how could Barry live in Cisco’s apartment, see his grieving self everyday and keep this secret from him, and said nothing essential changed, while still be able to look at him in the eyes? Oh rights, nothing essential for Barry changed, he had his happy ending, everyone else be damned.
I don’t hate Barry, I used to love and admire what he did for other people, what he’s given up for a heroic cause. I saw in him what Cisco saw, but now those traits are outshone by his SELFISHNESS and STUPIDITY and HYPOCRISY because of bad writing. And I don’t understand why would someone still believe Barry is the more mature, responsible hero of them two, when all the evidence simply proved otherwise.