Bart Allen is a character that is so often badly characterized that most people out there have no idea what he’s like. He’s constantly characterized as essentially a 7-year-old, and was even believed by some fans to be only 10-years-old to 12-years-old when his solo started. This is not the case, as while he arrived as a 12-year-old at the very beginning of his first appearance, his struggle was that he aged rapidly, meaning that by the end of that fiasco, his age settled at the age of 15-years-old.
This isn’t even close to the only misconception about Mister Bartholomew Henry Allen the second. As due to later writers consistently infantilizing this once magnificent representation of a teenager with ADHD, that had fun dynamics as a fish out of water, his original personality is something that many Bart Allen fans wish would come back from the war once again. It was what allowed Bart to be an initially popular character, that had a decently lasting solo series, that was eventually slowly killed by bad characterization and infantilization.
Heck, it’s hard to begin to know where to start since there’s so many misconceptions about what was intended by his creator. I’m going to do my best, though, as I am one of those many that wish for Bart’s original characterization to come back. He’s not a hyper little boy as people think (Again, he was never 10-years-old. They just didn’t care to draw him properly when he returned. And his return panel is so widely shared these days). He’s actually the most teenagery teenager that’s ever existed.
So I’m going to start with the first issue of his solo series and go from there. I’m using the first ten issues of his solo as my line of research, since by then his characterization is readily fleshed out, and you can understand a lot of his true depth.
Also, this is going to be super long, but if you want to know Bart’s character like a pro-Bart-Allen-Er (?) this is the post for you.
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Okay I saw @sippingteainurhood’s reply and wanted to give it its own post because it brings up a topic most fans look over. I’m not bringing in any personal opinions to this, I’m just stating what happens in the end of SotLK, and trust me, it will ruin your day.
So I know most people believe Bloom earned her full Enchantix after freeing everyone in Obsidian, but we never hear anyone confirm that in the movie (I’m going off the English dub — not the Nick English dub). It’s something viewers just kind of took at face value. Which is understandable because Bloom’s whole journey was about saving her planet and her birth parents, right?
But what I would like to point out is this: Bloom never saved anyone in Obsidian or restored Sparx, so it’s impossible for her to have earned her full Enchantix. And let me tell you the infuriating story as to why that is.
If you break down the battle on Obsidian, Bloom was going to die. Sky was believed to be dead from trying to take Oritel’s sword, and the Ancestral Witches fused themselves into Mandragora to enhance her power and was choking the life out of Bloom. Bloom only broke free of them because Sky wasn’t actually dead. Why did Sky not die? Because of a lovely little prophecy casually thrown into the film: “A king without a crown will save a king of a lost kingdom and what was lost will be again.” And guess who just so happened to be secretly crowned king of Eraklyon earlier in the movie? So Sky sneaks up behind Mandragora, and stabs her in the back with Oritel’s sword. And because of this, Obsidian is destroyed and Sparx is restored.
Bloom didn’t destroy Obsidian. Bloom didn’t save her people. And Bloom didn’t restore Sparx. Sky did.
We spent three seasons of this show that centered around girl power knowing Bloom’s destiny was to save her birth parents and restore Sparx just to have that be ripped away from her and given to her boyfriend.
She should have earned her full Enchantix then. But the plot was literally set up to where that could never happen because we had to have Sky swoop in and save the day and save his “princess” to remind everyone that he’s her “hero” (a theme that pops up quite frequently in this movie).
So yeah. I hope that ruined everyone’s day as much as it ruined mine.
(Minor blood/wound warning!)
Just trying to heal your wounded teammate, nothing much 🤷 *cough* except when you like that teammate very much *cough*
going crazy over these two lately
Confession #18
“my very first and main otp is and always will be gambit/wolverine”
-gekkyandproud
commission for Swingfox! Logan with Remy, I figure whats more fluffy then Logan being tsun?? I love the challenge that is Wolverine’s entire everything. And of course my first time drawing Gambit ahaha~ hope its okay!
commissions are still open!
🏳️🌈 for dan pierce and/or noah marshall, either works ^^
Have drawn Noah with Pride flags before, so Dan it is! I headcanon that he is Gay, because why not
they/he - nom nom nom - - multifandom- sorry if i like spam, just means i enjoy your content :P
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