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• Even in Justice League: Doom, an animated adaption of a JLA storyline wherein the Flash was Wally, the Flash is Barry. The plot would be no different if the Flash was classic Wally (in contrast to switching Kyle out for Hal, which at least made sense with the villainous counterpart they used).
• Between 2011 and 2016, the other Flashes were completely different characters with only a few similarities with their pre-New 52 counterparts, while Barry's character remains mostly intact. That alone speaks volumes about the favoritism to Barry.
• Until DC Rebirth, written by Geoff Johns himself, brought Wally back.

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• Interestingly, a few writers did make Kyle work for his place in the DC Universe. A number of writers, like Grant Morrison, had characters like Wally West look down on the rookie Lantern for just being there and made to bust his chops to earn his place in the greater scheme of things.
• Geoff Johns' Hal Jordan can come off as this at times. He's the Greatest of Green Lanterns, and constantly told so, even though the bulk of his accomplishments are only achieved through dumb luck; he can be as much a Jerkass as Guy Gardner, yet rarely be called on it, because the Parallax fiasco was retconned into being him possessed by a giant bug, that was apparently inhabiting him for years without any real change to his personality until he went nuts; his record is now spotless and he's somehow so important to the Universe that he's been able to sample the entire Emotional Spectrum, just because he's Hal Jordan.

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