Okay what the hell. T-T It sounds kinda funny, but more cheesy. I don't think it's going to happen for me. I already had to cut a lot of comic out of the list of one's I can affored. If I had the money to splurge, maybe I would pick this up, but honestly there are just too many better ones.
You can find a few fan art pictures on Deviantart.com but this is the only place I've found this many scans. Some times photobucket.com will have some but you have to be willing to shift though a lot of other stuff to find them.
I probably shouldn't be putting my opinion here. I know little about the original Barry Allen or the mythology of the speed force. Honestly what I do know all comes from "Impulse" comics, a very small amount of newer Flash and fanfiction. I've only ever known this Flash as "Saint Barry", and for me it's really nice to see the guy behind the legend and to find out he is indeed human, with flaws, feelings and regrets. I actually really appropriated the Barry flash-backs myself, since I knew so little about him. It helps me understand him better and draws me in to actually caring about what happens to him. Since I tend to be more compelled by character depth then story, I really liked those little moments like his first bow tie. I've found you tend to learn more about a character from things like that and it's little moments that so often tend to be pushed aside for the sake of story in comics. It's nice to see such detail and care put in to a character while still keeping a good compelling story going. And it's really refreshing compared to a lot of the other comics I've been reading lately where it's all just action and little to no substance. I'm actually bouncing on my heals waiting for the next issue, which is something I haven't done in the longest time.
I'm really enjoying the ride this story's taking me on and the way the character is going in this. But then I suppose that holds as much weight as some one saying they really liked Bart in the "Flash Fastest Man Alive" who never knew him as Impulse. I hated that version of Bart with a passion. I hated the little flash-backs he had that matched up very little or not at all with the Bart from Impulse. I hated how he seemed to look down on the way he use to be, and how much they had changed him (so much so that there were rumors that he wasn't Bart at all). And while I like how this story is coming along I'm a little afraid that for true Barry Allen Fan's this is the same torture that "FFMA" was for me. I wish I knew more about the old Barry so I could make a good comparison, but since I don't I just hope that this comic doesn't end in the same way "FFMA" did.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, I profit nothing. All characters are property of DC. Main Characters: Thad Thawne (Inertia). Explanation: These are the last thoughts of Thad Thawne before he died. They are confusing. Very possibly, seemingly random. Any one who doesn't know him from the Impulse comics is going to have a hard time following this. Just a few heads up; these thoughts probably came within a few seconds for him. Everything in this is in his head. The people he will see are not really there, he's dying and delusional. Rated: FR13 Author: Roach Beta: "Touch of Grey" Thank you. ^ ^
--------------------- Edit: Just noticed the rule on no swearing...that could be problematic... Anyway I went back and replaced the one curse word with comical symbols
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Flicker in.
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There is no bright light. No clouds. No pristine white heaven. No angels. No Gods. No fire and brimstone. No laughing devil. No demons licking rotting lips. No rushing speedforce to run into for the last time. Shouldn't there at least be that?
Not even a flashback. Wouldn't be much more then re-watching monitors anyway. No big loss there.
There is only this flickering dimness.
The pain is gone and soon that little light will go with it.
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Eyes fluttering, open and closed, can't stop them, can't control.... I hate not having control. I lost so much of that didn't I? Control. It was gone. Completely. And look what happened? Didn't plan. Lost sight. Lost control. Lost everything.
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Don't think I can't see you looking down on me you old %@$!@#. What are you glaring at? You're not the one with fried feet and a hole in his gut. What are you even doing here? You haven't even been born yet. You shouldn't be here. Get back in my head where you belong. A captain is supposed to go down with his ship after all.
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Little flickering lights. Flicker. Flicker. Light bugs. Just like light bugs. Little light bugs. No. Fireflies.
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So many fireflies. They're everywhere. In the air. Dancing with the stars and around the moon. Flickering in the grass where the crickets chirp. Flying up to the house light. Lighting up the shrubs. Wandering up my arm. Landing on my head. My hair... No Not my hair. Too long, too dark. Not my hair. This is-
"Bart?"
Max?
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Max. Smiling. At me. Why smiling at me?
You think I'm Bart.
You only ever think I'm Bart. You're smiling for Bart.
Of course.
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Watch the fireflies not the man. He's not important anymore. Let him go.
Crunching gravel. Why is he coming closer?
Go away old man. Can't you see I want to be alone?
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"You look like you've never seen them before."
I haven't.
"And here I thought you found them boring."
No. Bart does. I think they are beautiful.
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"You're very quiet."
Don't have anything to say to you.
"As nervous as that makes me, I suppose I know why."
You chose him over me. You still only see him.
"I'm sorry you had to find out about my condition the way you did. I should have told you myself, but I was having a hard enough time accepting it on my own. I hoped it wouldn't come to that."
Hand on my shoulder. Warm. Light. The rest of me is cold. When did it get so cold?
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"And though I appreciate what you've been doing, I'm a little worried about you."
Why? I think it's a little late for worry.
"You seem to be closing yourself off. Your friends need you too you know."
I don't care about them. "You need me more." Did... Did I say that?
He looks hurt... Why would that hurt him?
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Another smile. This one looks sad. I don't understand. Why did that hurt him?
"That's not necessarily true."
Yes it is. Those other people are useless.
"I'm very proud of you. For all the progress you've made. For pushing yourself so far. You have done...more then I could have asked for, and despite the odds. But with all these changes you've made, I'm a little afraid you might be losing yourself along the way."
What does he mean? I haven't changed. Have I?
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"I think you need to understand, that things may not go as planned."
Things always go as planned. I make sure of that.
"And if they don't,"
"Don't talk like that." Don't...
"You will need other people, your friends. And they'll need you to stay strong."
I tried! I did! Friends... But they... I...
"I want you to make me a promise."
...I'm not good with promises. "What kind of promise?"
"I want you to promise me, that if things don't turn out the way we plan, that you won't let it be the end of you. That you will move on, and keep living. That you will stay as strong as you are now."
I...I can't... "I...I promise Max."
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"Thank you."
A last smile. So many fireflies. They're everywhere.
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