History Heartwarming / TheFlash

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--> '''Flash''': You did good Goldface.
--> '''Goldface''': We both did.

-->'''Barry''': And I want you to know, son, just how proud I am.

---> '''Barry''': I'm a Flash. You're a Flash. You've got nothing to prove in my eyes. You're not my protégé.
---> '''Wally''': But I am your legacy.

-->'''Kid Flash''': Before he was sent to prison...Daniel was around. He'd visit, and we'd hang out. I...I idolized him. So why didn't he just tell me?
-->'''Flash''': Kid Flash...
-->'''Kid Flash''': Why didn't he...Why didn't he want to be my ''father''? Was there something wrong with me?
-->'''Flash''': Wally, look at me. ''(pulls down cowl)'' There is ''nothing'' wrong with you.
-->''[they [[CooldownHug hug]]]''

-->'''Wally''': You trusted me once. To know your identity before anyone else. To carry on your legacy. When did you stop trusting me?
-->'''Barry''': ''I never did.'' O-Okay...what do you want to do?
-->'''Wally''': We race into the Speed Force ''together'' and smash through the other side!
-->'''Barry''': We’ve both gotten lost in the Speed Force before, Wally.
-->'''Wally''': That’s because we were ''alone''. But ''now'' we’ll stay ''grounded''. Because the truth is, Barry, ''we’re each other’s lightning rods!''

* [[spoiler: Pre-52 Bart is back!]]

* Issue 759. After using the Negative Speed Force to literally possess Barry's body in yet another attempt to live his life, Thawne encounters Bart/Impulse hanging out with Young Justice and insults him for "being soft on criminals". [[spoiler:When Barry!Thawne tries to pass himself off as Barry to Iris, Avery and Wallace, Bart rushes into the scene to beat up the imposter because, while Bart didn't know his grandfather too well before, he knows that he would never act like Thawne did and is an imposter. Initially, Wallace is suspicious of Bart (since they had never met), once again, Iris proves to have remembered her grandson and they share a hug for the first time in years and continuities. And while Barry tries to escape the Speed Force within himself with the help of Max Mercury and Jesse Quick, the Flash family outside is protected by none other than Jay Garrick, freed from his prison since the last we had seen him]].

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* Barry and his grandson Bart don't know each other for long unlike Wally but during the Blackest Night when Barry becomes a Blue Lantern he decides to save Bart and after he managed to reach to him he shows everyone why people like his nephew Wally and some people out of universe like him by being a {{Nice Guy}} towards Bart and he helps him get free of the Black Lantern Ring that took him over and Barry didn't need to do the I know you in there somewhere fight it speech he only did it by his nature of being {{Nice Guy}} which proves no matter how Darker and Edger he gets. Barry will always be one of the nicest people on the planet no matter how dark things get.

** Wally and Piper's friendship, which started off when Piper found Wally while he was homeless and, despite his past animosity with the Flash as well as their vastly different political beliefs, he helps him survive the night. This leads the two to slowly develop a close working relationship, and a genuine friendship, which culminates in Piper coming out to Wally, who while initially being taken aback by it, makes it clear that it changes nothing about their friendship and he continues to work with him. All the while, Piper, without judgement, informs and educates Wally on his privilege and helps him grow out of the less-than-progressive beliefs he picked up from his own father.

* Barry and his grandson Bart don't know each other for long unlike Wally but during the Blackest Night when Barry becomes a Blue Lantern he decides to save Bart and after he managed to reach to him he shows everyone why people like his nephew Wally and some people out of universe like him by being a {{Nice Guy}} towards Bart and he helps him get free of the Black Lantern Ring that took him over and Barry didn't need to do the I know you in there somewhere fight it speech he only did by his nature of being {{Nice Guy}} which proves no matter how Darker and Edger he gets. Barry will always be one of the nicest people on the planet no matter how dark things get.

* Barry and his grandson Bart don't know each other for long unlike Wally but during the Blackest Night when Barry becomes a Blue Lantern he decides to save Bart and after he managed to reach to him he shows everyone why people like his nephew Wally and some people out of universe like him by being a {{Nice Guy}} towards Bart and he helps him get free of the Black Lantern Ring that took him over and Barry didn't need to do the {{ I know you in there somewhere fight it}} speech he only did by his nature of being {{Nice Guy}} which proves no matter how Darker and Edger he gets. Barry will always be one of the nicest people on the planet no matter how dark things get.

* Barry and his grandson Bart don't know each other for long unlike Wally but during the Blackest Night when Barry becomes a Blue Lantern he decides to save Bart after he managed to reach to him he shows everyone why people like his nephew Wally and some people out of universe like him by being a {{Nice Guy}} towards Bart and he helps him get free of the Black Lantern Ring that took him over and Barry didn't need to do the {{ I know you in there somewhere fight it}} speech he only did by his nature of being {{Nice Guy}} which proves no matter how Darker and Edger he gets. Barry will always be one of the nicest people on the planet no matter how dark things get.

* Barry and his grandson Bart don't know each other for long unlike Wally but during the {{Blackest Night}} when Barry becomes a Blue Lantern he decides to save Bart after he managed to reach to him he shows everyone why people like his nephew Wally and some people out of universe like him by being a {{Nice Guy}} towards Bart and he helps him get free of the Black Lantern Ring that took him over and Barry didn't need to do the {{ I know you in there somewhere fight it}} speech he only did by his nature of being {{Nice Guy}} which proves no matter how {{Darker and Edger}} he gets. Barry will always be one of the nicest people on the planet no matter how dark things get.

* In Crossfire, Goldface, a former villain, shows up as a Union man. He claims to stick up for the fellow man, but despite his superpowers, he bails on Wally when the current Rogues begin beating him. Blacksmith then reveals her army of Henchmen and claims they will take the city. They are then stopped when Goldface comes back, leading all of the workers and citizens of the town against the villains. When Blacksmith runs to Central City (where more henchmen are located), Goldface reveals that the white collar businessmen have taken up arms as well and standing up. Seeing her plans failed, and cornered on the bridge between cities, Blacksmith tries to make the bridge collapse, only to be stopped by Wally who reads up on bridge building, and repairs (and improves) the bridge all under a [[http://maswartz.tumblr.com/post/127743700832/so-weve-all-seen-the-post-of-barry-rebuilding minute]]. The bridge now represents the union of the two cities, together in the face of danger.

* A lot of Wally and Linda's relationship involves moments like this, as generally, his most impressive feats are only possible because of the love they have. The lightning rod idea noted above first became a thing with these two, and pretty much the key aspect to defeating their biggest foes has been because they're able to overcome any obstacle so long as they're together. Beating Thawne and surpassing Barry's maximum speed? Overcoming the pull of the Speed Force? Getting back to the present after being lost in time fighting Savitar? Overpowering Neron's corruption of the Rogues and his centuries of evil deeds? Outracing death itself when the Black Flash comes for him? Overcoming Kadabra's spell to erase Linda from everyone's memories, and return Wally to existence after he ran Cobalt Blue into the Speed Force? Every single one, its because they loved each other too much to lose.

* Per the backstory after Post Crisis, Wally's bond with Iris and Barry. Wally's own parents hated each other and were overall ''terrible'' parents, and Wally was often subject to emotional and verbal abuse (and occasionally physical[[note]]ValuesDissonance is in play though; when depicted initially, they were meant to be bad parents but not actually ''abusive'', but more awareness of different forms of abuse as well as changing attitudes to what is considered ''OK'' discipline makes Rudy's tendency to smack Wally across the head for being absent-minded now looks like serious physical abuse[[/note]]). Iris was his OnlyFriend and she adored her nephew like he was her own son, so she often took him in during the summer, and after Wally was accidentally given super speed in an identical accident, Barry took him on as a protege. At some point, Wally moved in with Iris and Barry permanently, and though Wally wasn't ''actually'' their son, they both saw him as that, and he in-turn saw them as his ''real'' parents.

** Wally's PowerOfFriendship came to a head when he first moved to Keystone and was kidnapped by The Turtle and the Turtle Man; when they realised he was missing, Mason Tollbridge (his roommate and surrogate father figure), assembled everyone who had any connection with Wally. This included all the above, plus the [=McGees=], Elongated Man, and many others. In fact it actually lead to a ''problem''; so many people came to help Wally that they all ended up tripping over each other, until they got organised. Afterwards, Wally thanked them for their help by throwing a barbecue, to show how much he appreciated their friendship.
*** Also during that story, Wally learns that the Turtle Man has been taken advantage of by The Turtle, who bullies him into being a servant while taking credit for everything he's accomplished, which has resulted in Turtle Man having very low self-esteem and see himself as a loser. After defeating them both, Wally singles out Turtle Man and convinces the arresting law enforcement that Turtle Man was behind everything - so now, they all think ''he's'' the mastermind who deserves fear and respect. Turtle Man goes off to jail sharing a smile with Wally, quietly thanking him for making everyone treat him like the big bad he wanted to be.

* In ComicBook/TheFlash Crossfire: Goldface, a former villain, shows up as a Union man. He claims to stick up for the fellow man, but despite his super powers, he bails on Wally, when the current Rogues begin beating him. Blacksmith then reveals her army of Henchmen and claims they will take the city. They are then stopped when Goldface comes back, leading all of the workers and citizens of the town against the villains. When Blacksmith runs to central (where more henchmen are located), Goldface reveals that the white collar businessmen have taken up arms as well and standing up.
* Seeing her plans failed, and cornered on the bridge between cities, Blacksmith tries to make the bridge collapse, only to be stopped by Wally who reads up on bridge building, and repairs (and improves) the bridge all under a [[http://maswartz.tumblr.com/post/127743700832/so-weve-all-seen-the-post-of-barry-rebuilding minute.]] The bridge now represents the union of the two cities, together in the face of danger.

* In DC Rebirth, Barry and Wally, as in Pre-Flashpoint Wally, reunite. Cue TearsOfJoy.
** By extension, Titans: Rebirth #1 is a whole ''issue'' of heartwarming, as Wally sparks the memories of his former teammates and they remember him. Excuse me, [[SandInMyEyes I think I need a moment.]]

* Barry and Wally’s bond [[spoiler: did not break]] in Issue 49 as it looked like it did in the previous issue (Remember Wally threatened to take Barry’s ability to run, AFateWorseThanDeath for a speedster, just to save his kids when Barry tried to stop him.) Instead they [[spoiler: reaffirm their bond and unite against their common enemy Zoom.]]

* Before Wally leaves for [[spoiler: Sanctuary]], Barry hugs him goodbye and tells him that he is Barry’s hero.

** Jesse and Linda deserve special mention because Jesse actually had a thing for Wally, and carried a torch for him for a ''very'' long time. Despite that, she was never ''anything'' but nice to Linda, and during moments where Linda was out of the picture, such as everyone believing she was dead or when memory of her was erased, she didn't make a move on Wally because she had become a ShipperOnDeck for them in-spite of her own feelings. Linda for her part was ''never'' jealous or catty about Jesse's feelings, even after finding out she kissed Wally, and happily embraced her as essentially Wally's PlatonicLifePartner. There were times they even treated Jesse as something of a 'third member' of their relationship, even if just platonically, and she shared Wally's concern for Jesse's social life.

* In DC Rebirth,Barry and Wally, as in Pre-Flashpoint Wally, reunite. Cue TearsOfJoy.

* [[spoiler: Pre-52 Bart is back!]]

* [[spoiler: Bart is [[AndTheFandomRejoiced back!]]]]

* In Issue 49, Barry affirms that Linda, Irey, and Jai are just as much as his family as they are Wally’s and apologizes to Wally that he wasn’t there for them and him.

* Barry affirms that Linda, Irey, and Jai are just as much as his family as they are Wally’s and apologizes to Wally that he wasn’t there for them and him.