The Flash - Season 2 Spoilers 

snuffs and survives that singularity/black hole thingamabob that was threatening Central City (if not the world) at the close of Season 1, his reward will be a “familiar” yet brand-new love interest.

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TVLine has learned that for Season 2, the CW hit is casting the major recurring role of Wendy, a “spunky, fun and funny” romantic interest for one Barry Allen.

A cop for the Central City PD, Wendy is described as bright and scientific-minded — more specifically, “Think ‘Felicity Smoak’ from

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‘s freshman run drew to a close, Barry’s secret had once again but

been revealed to his longtime crush Iris, right before she and a “To heck with the future!” Eddie reconciled. Detective Thawne then died (“left us”?), meaning an Iris/Barry pairing, though fated, is probably “too soon” just yet.

will again airing Tuesdays at 8/7c; Wendy will be introduced in Episode 2.

What are your thoughts on Barry getting his own “Felicity”? Any casting ideas?

I was coming here to “ugh” too. We’ve got Barry/Iris(which worked often when they didn’t play out the “SECRET”) and Barry/Caitlin(which I’m not a fan of) but to bring in some Felicity clone when Caitlin was already turning into Felicity-lite. And poor Caitlin, this means even less of her to do.

It’s pointless. Focus on the two female characters they already neglect. Don’t write another Felicity clone.

And here’s the thing, this show thinks to make a female a good character she needs to be “spunky and nerdy”(aka the Manic Pixie Girl who is more of a fantasy than a reality)…It’s insulting. Spunky is such an overused, gross term to describe a woman. I liked Iris’ intelligence and Caitlin in the first half of the season before they decided to make her tie giver of hugs and asks questions like, “What’s a singularity?”

I was pretty upset when they had her ask, “What’s a singularity?” That was totally out-of-character for her. It was like they said, “We need this exposition to explain a black hole. Let’s pick a name out of a hat for who asks the question.” Lol.

Yes. I it would have made much more sense for Iris to ask, since she is not a scientist.

This means Iris is now more useless than she was before…

You wish. Wendy’s replacing Caitlin, Iris will still be Barry’s best friend.

That will be her only role…so I’m right, useless then!

You’re so right… Wendy will be there so Barry can have someone to kiss. While Iris will grieve, be reporting on metas, and helping out with The Flash. Cause you know…Wendy’s not going to learn he’s The Flash, especially since she’s “just a love interest”.

You’re probably right- but if she doesn’t know who he is I don’t see how their relationship can go anywhere. Can’t he not sleep with anyone without them knowing he’s The Flash?

It’s disappointing because I thought the flash would take a different route and have Barry and Iris work on their friendship. This is typical CW formula.

Not happy with this. I love him with Iris.

Yet seeing how she’s essentially his sister, having been raised together… Somewhat creepy.

Because Iris needs to continue to be marginalized, and now probably even more than she was before?! Jesus Christ.

I’d say Iris is safer but Caitlin is in trouble. Now she isn’t a love interest and here is a second science minded girl. Poor doctor neglected as is!

Not only is Wendy now set up to hoard Barry, but also Joe as a replacement for Eddie, WHILE Iris is grieving her dead fiance.

The Flash is no longer on season record for me either now. What awful, disrespectful directions they take.

In what way is this narrative choice “disrespectful”? Just because you don’t like it(after making presumptions about story-arcs that haven’t even happened yet) doesn’t mean that the choice was disrespectful.

but as a cop the new person isn’t going to change the team’s makeup: the doctor function is a necessity for Barry.

Caitlin is better off not being a love interest..not interested in another Olicity mess on The Flash.

Apparently something will happen to Ronnie next season…I’m not a comic book reader so I don’t know if it’s true or not

Of course she’s gonna be in trouble. Because Ronnie’s gonna die, she’ll discover her ice powers, and become Killer Frost. Which will cause distress to the team since they been through so much as a team.

If You are watching The Flash because of Barry and Iris then you probably should stop watching for real…

Wrong, Barry and Iris are a huge part of the flash comics. There’s nothing wrong with watching it solely for them.

Well stick to the comic books then, because I’m pretty sure TF is not going to be having WestAllen together anytime soon

at the rate the show has been going with their feelings for one another, and the outside forces basically screaming “its fate” I predict they will be together much sooner than you think. My bet is we get a repeat of their first kiss on the season finale of the 2 season. If not before.

No, I’m thinking mid season 3 or finale maybe… I’m guessing they’ll have part of season 2, Iris grieving for Eddie first then the rest of the season & next will be Iris pining for Barry as much as he did for her.

If YOU have a problem with Barry and Iris, then YOU are watching the wrong show. You need to stop watching right now. The little fantasy you have in your head that Iris is not pivotal in the development of Barry as The Flash, is just that… a fantasy.

I swear to God most CW viewers are preteens who cannot appreciate anything outside a ship! grow up will yah!

I don’t have a problem with Barry and Iris but you WestAllen fans are the ones who are petty enough to not want Barry to be with anyone else if he cannot be with Iris yet Iris was with Eddie even after Barry confessed his feelings.

This show does not revolve around Iris and Barry, this is Barry’s story and there’s more interesting aspects to his story than just his love life….

And not every woman that is cast on these shows needs to be a derivative of Felicity. The one that ate Arrow is more than enough.

I didn’t know they were making a replica of Laurel?

Cant they instead of creating replicas to just focus on the original one? THey have mistreated Felicity Smoak enough already as a character. Also i see another love triangle in the flash. Ugh

Except Felicity isn’t a Flash regular, yet that Barry-Felicity dynamic definitely works so TPTB want to bring it onboard permanently. has a certain sense.

Except that cheapens their writing because of how transparent a move it is. They need to come up with original characters and stop trying to replicate past successes. It just won’t work and will annoy us all.

Except it’s not a replication it’s a casting call shorthand.

I agree, why a Felicity replica, are they also planning on butchering her character like they did to the original Felicity.

I sure do hope she can be a whiny character….crying all the time. That would be great

Felicity is probably the most obnoxious character I have ever had to watch. I stopped watching Arrow because of her and now I have to watch her on The Flash when she ‘visits’ and turns everybody into stupid morons who know nothing about the world because she is so bright and wonderful and special, she always has the answers to every single problem Barry/his team have. Oh, AND she’s cute and funny and a nerd.

I almost stopped watching b/c of Laurel. and the fact they want to replica her makes this viewpoint a minority

Someone brings up felicity in a negative light so of course laurel is brought up lol

I’m OVER Felicity. Like enough is enough.

I would have preferred a cailtin and Barry coupling but whatever im down.

Hopefully this gives Iris more to do because she was a weak point of the show.

Someone brings up felicity in a negative light so of course laurel is brought up lol” Hahahahaha

I was also wondering how Laurel came to be mentioned when clearly this is a Felicity discussion. Poor Laurel, she can’t catch a break

Just waiting for the inevitable “but Felicity’s the worst!” comment onslaught…

Right? Comment sections are so negative these days.

And the backlash against Felicity’s character has been fascinating to watch this season. Yes, she was a lot more emotional and inconsistent in Arrow season 3, but so was Oliver and no one is whining about that…

Barry even gets kudos/praise (some from this very site) for crying so much and so openly :/

Yes! I never thought of that but it’s so true.

Nope, I don’t want a clone of any character (plus, I’d prefer if The Flash focused on fleshing out the two existing female characters instead of adding new ones). But I’m not naive enough to think that Barry will go an entire season without a love interest or that he and Iris will get together this quickly, so if we’re being saddled with someone new, I hope she’s a good character in her own right.

I don’t think Barry even needs a new love interest, because, for me, his most important relationships are with his dads. Also, the only way to copy Felicity is if you could clone Emily Bett Rickards, since it’s the actress that makes Felicity awesome, not the writing.

The difference was Felicity was pining over a man; a grown woman throwing tantrums and crying because she cannot be with a man, how ridiculous & degrading is that. And she used to throw herself at Oliver time and time again and Oliver never responded. How can anyone find that appealing

Oliver was emotional because of everything else that was going on around him e.g Sara, Thea, Malcolm, Ra’s and even Felicity as well. But at least Oliver could function well and stay focused.

I think felicity as a character is hilarious and cool, it’s just the romantic storylines with her involved that make the show unwatchable at times…

Felicity’s been unbearable all season long. In past seasons she used to steal every scene she was in but now goodness, what a mess they’ve done to that character.

Wonder if Wendy will be a mix of Patty Spivot (Barry’s girlfriend) and Angela Margolia, two female Central City Police Department members

Sick of everyone being like Felicity and sick of love triangles. Can’t Iris and Barry just be great friends and eventually realize it’s time to date? I’d rather watch that than invest in a temporary relationship meant to make Iris jealous.

I’m trying not to be annoyed, but it’s hard. Not here for third parties when we could be focusing on Iris and Barry growing closer instead. And there’s only one Felicity Smoak, c’mon.

Really? With this crap! A love interest? Like Felicity? No thank-you. I don’t expect Barry and Iris to be together right now but come on. Stop with the love interests.

they need to realise there’s only one felicity and isn’t he in love with iris already ? or isn’t the ship wars with westallen and snowbarry shippers enough for them ? lmao i feel bad for the people who watch the show

Agreed with the strong “ugh” sentiment in the comments.

Everybody wants a Felicity. Lmao!!! I love it. Go, Barry go!

Great just when we thought we were done with Barry/Iris/Eddie here comes Barry/Iris/Wendy. Love triangles suck. Let Barry and Iris slow burn without the extra high school love drama. And why does Felicity have to be the standard for these superhero shows? STOP.

Except not a triangle because Iris is going to be reacting to Eddie’s sacrifice for a LONG time….

I would actually prefer Barry and Felicity were together and had a long distance thing that they just dealt with and didn’t work and live and socialise together all the time. As people in the real world do.

Hopefully Wendy and Iris will actually be friends, rather than just involved in a love triangle. Would be a refreshing change.

Wow, like Felicity isn’t bad enough when destroying Arrow & randomly showing up on The Flash every three episodes. Now even guest stars have to be like her. I get that Barry & Iris have a long way to go before they get together for real- and I’m cool with whatever the writers have planned- but I feel like this will just be another poor attempt at a love triangle that no body wants to see. I’d rather have Barry grow up a little, realize he should be patient, be there for Iris as a friend and then we’ll see their relationship evolve & mature into the kind of romance we deserve.

CW needs to stop adding new love interests.Completely ruins the show. Just let Barry stay with Iris, We do not need a Felicity Smoak on The Flash

Frankly, as usual on things like this, I’m on the “I’ll wait and see how it works out” train as opposed to the “I must prejudge things as soon as they’re announced” train.

Me too. Looks like there is plenty of room in this train. Choose any seat you want!!

Move over, I want the window seat. Considering there is a few months to go before any new character sees the light of day. Why are people having mini-meltdowns? I prefer to watch something first before declaring it sucks. Sheesh…………

Yes I agree, best comment on this thread. I’m gonna stop reading on this high note!

Everybody needs a Felicity Smoak. Fortunately Oliver Queen gets to keep the original. ;)

Barry is a forensic scientist and has a doctor, a scientist and a cop helping him out. I’m pretty sure he’ll do without the nerdy pretty white girl cliché

uuuuuuuugh, just make barry and iris a thing already. nobody wants this ‘wendy’

Are you kidding me!?! How about neither Barry or Iris have a love interest for the first half of season 2 while they work things out. I’m so done with pointless love triangles its not even funny.

Oh my god ANOTHER love interest for Barry just Stahp

You’d think all TV women under 50 only come in sexy or nerdy options in cardboard boxes from a shelf. “Think Felicity”? We already have one, so how about we make a female character that’s her own person without having to be compared to a fan favourite.

the thing is, in Arrow the atmosphere is dark and twisted so fun and light Felicity is (or was?) like fresh air. Central City and Flash is lighter in general to quote Cisco “we gave bad guys nicknames” so I am not sure that’s what the show needs actually. I don’t say Barry needs dark and twisted love interest but this description fits a lot of character, specially Caitlyn and a female Cisco.

I’d like a show where someone who’s in love doesn’t get/want other love interests. Can’t expect that from a CW show, I know ;) Plus I think it’s a mistake to make carbon copies of Felicity, her overwhelming presence on Arrow and especially the Oliver/Felicity pairing dragged down the quality of the show, in my opinion.

I’ll take anyone but Iris. Dear God she’s insufferable.

Too bad or you, she’ll INEVITABLY date him, marry him and have his twin babies ;)))))))))

i honestly can’t imagine there are people who dont think Iris and Barry will be together…like is is sarcasm?

I understand why you wld say that, Characters that are cast solely for the purpose of being a love interest are the worst. Iris has been useless in season 1, she’s not even a good journalist. I hope they develop her character more in s2, maybe have her to cop school like she’s always wanted.

Yes …and thanks for going into detail about how useful she is on the show! smh

Why? Because they say so? I seriously need an explanation because all she’s done is be an idiot and a selfish little twerp.

If Iris was “useless”, it was only to play up the “drama” on the show, something you should blame the writers for and not the actual character. The tail end of the season showed her more than helping with all the cases and that proved her worth (when she was allowed to be in the A plot of the show). Plus I never understand why people say ‘oh and she’s a terrible reporter’ ……how? Because she’s inexperienced? This is an origin story–Barry’s not a full capacity Flash, Cisco isn’t Vibe yet, Caitlin isn’t Killerfrost yet, and Iris isn’t a well-known respected journalist yet. It’s about character development, and while they could have done better with hers (& Caitlin’s let’s be honest), she’s still a good character.

Had she not be on the show in s1 nothing would have changed. She did not add anything to any plot-line and whatever you are saying she contributed at the end is something that Caitlin and Cisco could otherwise get by themselves like they always did before she came into the fold.

She was useless in season 1; and yes even though all those characters you mentioned are not at their full capacity as yet, they were/are functional. They were interesting to watch, they all have a purpose unlike Iris (unless if you count being a love interest a purpose). The character of Iris has a lot of potential but none of that was developed in season 1, hope it’s realized in season 2

Exactly. She’s literally been a token object to lusted after and what little personality we got out of her tended to involve being incredibly selfish and making things all about her. The Grodd episode easily could have been the best plots of the season but her shoving herself in there in incredibly obnoxious and self-centered ways really helped tank that one.

Her connection to Barry contributed to the plot in a *big* way–she’s the reason why his powers even progressed to the levels they are at right now. He first realized his powers when he meet up with her after his coma; he broke the sound barrier when she was in trouble; he traveled back in time for the first time after her confession/kiss; even broke out of the psychic hold Grodd had on him when she talked him through it. All of that wasn’t just for shipping purposes–she’s his anchor and fuels his power (taken straight from the comics btw). The problem is that since it was all from Barry’s POV and she didn’t actively help until the end of the season (again not her fault since she was locked out of the loop), people are taking it as she has no value to the plot. She does though, and I hope the show does a better job at showing that (from her POV) this coming season.

@M that is very debatable there are a number of factors that have fueled Barry’s progress this past season.

The biggest factor being trying to find out who killed his mother and also wanting to exonerate his father. When he traveled back in time, yes he had kissed Iris but also the whole city was in immediate danger and so was Joe, so you cannot simply isolate that kissing Iris made him fast enough to go back in time when there was also the possibility of imminent death to consider.

Also most of the considerable progress he made was with the help of Dr Wells/Eobard. I have failed to find one major plot-line that really needed Iris this season.

And even if what you say is true that she’s Barry’s anchor…. that’s no better, being his anchor did nothing to develop her character; instead she served as a step-stool for Barry’s character progress and not hers.

Barry’s progression isn’t solely because of Iris but she has been a catalyst for him–a way of “kicking it up to the next level” as Eobard once said. Speaking of him, he has helped Barry in a tremendous way, but only because he was speaking from experience/knowledge of the future. Had he not been the Reverse Flash, he would have been as much help as Cisco & Caitlin (not downplaying their role at all but there’s a reason why they have to do so many tests and base things off of trial and error whereas Eobard just tells Barry what to do, i.e. fazing through the truck). I agree Iris has been used as a step stool for Barry’s own development which is a problem, but still no fault of the character since other characters have also been used that way and do not get nearly as much hate. Questioning her role is like questioning Henry Allen’s or Thea Queen’s in relation to Oliver on Arrow — her importance to him is essential to his character which in turn is essential to the story. She just needs more individual development. Besides, the world consist of non-powered heroes like Joe & Eddie. When they continue her journalism arc, she’ll become one of them.

The love he has for his family cannot be compared to that of a crush/ a love interest. But I do get your point. Just going by the TV series they have not done enough to convince most viewers that she is essential.

I have not read the comics so just going by the series I find it hard to place her, I feel she was not essential enough for any major plot.

They are repeating the mistakes they made with Laurel, not developing her character well enough and expecting the viewers to automatically love her because Oliver loves her…that simply does not fly.

Maybe my other issue was the way Joe and Barry sheltered her from the truth for the greater part of the season. It just made her seem weak & redundant.

But yeah here’s hoping she’s developed more in season 2 because I do like Candace P. Anyway we’ll have to wait until season 2.

Let’s see…she figured out EVERYTHING but Barry’s not so secret identity. The people she trusted purposefully led her astray EVERY time she guessed correctly. Hell, she even knew he was acting strange and something was up, but he threw a fit and first insulted, then stopped talking to her instead of telling the truth. Barry said without her there is no Flash. Her touch was the thing that triggered his realization of his ability. Her voice motivated him to defeat Grodd… yeah, Iris is sooooo fraking useless.

“Her touch was the thing that triggered his realization of his ability. Her voice motivated him to defeat Grodd”……hahaha goodness grief! so to you this spells useful!

So her only role is to be a step-stool for Barry’s character progression.

Ohh yes, I forgot… because she’s the love interest she cannot have any development that does not revolve around Barry…honestly! smh

Shame, because Iris is going NOWHERE. Yeah, she’s insufferable because she didn’t drop her boyfriend because of Barry’s ill-timed love declaration. OH WAIT, it’s because she didn’t flip flop to wanting her boyfriend dead, no she loves him, no she needs to give Barry a peek because he DESERVES it, no she loves her boyfriend, let me kiss fake Barry, oooh, now I’m married… Spare me your lame Iris hate.

Oh for crissake. Can they stop trying to replicate Felicity already? It won’t happen. Please stop. It only makes you seem foolish. Wasn’t Iris enough? It’s more or less set in stone that she’s the biggest LI for Barry, so let’s stop trying to milk for more freaking drama. This is ridiculous.

*oprah voice* And you get a Felicity Smoak! You get a Felicity Smoak! Everybody get’s a Felicity Smoak!

I dont see this lasting for a long time really. Barry gets a love interest while Iris grieves for Eddie (because it’s not healthy for westallen to get together now) And throughout the season barry x iris will grow closer, thus the exit of Wendy the Felicity Doppelganger. Or Wendy is a metahuman in league with the villain of the season, getting intel on Barry and the team.

*oprah voice* And you get a Felicity Smoak! You get a Felicity Smoak! Everybody get’s a Felicity Smoak!

LMAO where is the lie though? Supergirl seems a lot like Felicity. Cisco is basically a season 2 Felicity male. Now Barry’s new girl is gonna be a Felicity replica. Like jesus. FOCUS ON THE REAL ONE. Its like creating new spin offs instead of focusing on the original ones. Just because something worked once it doesnt mean its gonna work again. Also,they are gonna use the new character for a love triangle. Those writers will never understand. Greedy.

I wonder if Wendy will have a brother named Marvin?

why bother with this? we all know barry is going to end up with iris in the end, so why bother with this love interest since it’s ultimately not going to work out.

Apparently they haven’t learnt jacksh*t from the distaster of Ray’s insertion into the romantic subplot on Arrow. They want to do a love triangle for the sake of a love triangle, and sooner or later people will just be done with it (if they aren’t already). It was stupid enough to do it on Arrow, but to REPEAT the same thing with a Felicity clone a year later is plainly idiotic. Unless the character and her role is extremely different from what this article implies, it’s going to alienate pretty much everyone.

So, in other words this character is Patty Spivot.

Clearly either no one has watched smallville or just don’t remember it. Everyone knew Clark Kent ended up with Lois Lane but there were clearly girls that came before Lois which is why we got Lana, Alicia, Chloe, and a few more girls here and there. We already know that Barry and Iris are endgame so there is no need to throw them together at the beginning of the show and ignore that fact that maybe these two dated different people for years before ending up together. Barry and Iris are a love story we know how it begins and we know how it ends everyone just has to suck it up and quit being so impatient and watch how these two end up together. It’s way better to have different love interest than to have to keep having Barry and Iris break up and get back together over and over again(which we know the writers will do). So let’s watch this doomed relationship between Barry and Wendy because we never know if this is the push that lead to Barry and Iris ending up together. As for who should play Wendy I vote for Gage Golightly from Teen Wolf she’s pretty, plays geeky really well, and can pull off have a slight edge plus I want her back on my TV screen.

But why is it written on the wall, that they would have to repeatedly break up and get back together again, if they started dating already in season 2??? One of the couples from CW show One Tree Hill dated AND stayed together from season 1 to 10 ! If done well, they could write one of the most epic, romantic storylines ever.

But Barry clearly had other girlfriends in the comics. It wasn’t Barry found Iris and they just decided to date, marry, happily ever after. They had an actually story where they each had other love interest and their relationship was able to grow. And this isn’t One Tree Hill it’s The Flash which is based on the Comic of the same name and the writers will every so often throw in storylines that are similar to the comics. And Nathan and Haley was not all peaches and cream on One Tree Hill. In season 2 Chris Keller was introduced as a new love interest for Haley causing her to not only kiss him but Nathan and Haley to take a break from each other for a while. Then there was Haley’s sister Taylor, and then there was Rachel Gatina, and years later you had nanny Carrie. There were constantly other love interest introduced that had Nathan and Haley to fight, break up and get back together. They were not together for all 9 seasons they had mini break ups just like the other couples but you always knew they were going to wind up back together. So One Tree Hill was guilty of introducing other love interest for Nathan and Haley too, they were not immune to this at all.

AS much as I love Felicity, the worst of bad TV writing is to keep throwing other love interests in there to keep the OTP apart. It’s disrespectful to fans.

Also, they really messed themselves up with the Eddie/Iris relationship because it was so good. Even if Barry eventually gets together with Iris, I doubt I’ll like it nearly as much as I liked Eddie/Iris.

This is the most unnecessary thing ever. Weren’t Linda and Eddie enough? Why are we doing more love triangle crap? Why are they bringing on a poor man’s Felicity? I can’t see this being anything other than annoying.

When will they finally learn bringing characters just to be “spunky, fun and funny” romantic interests never works? Create characters, not love interests! You’ve already failed with Iris and Laurel so badly!

True… Iris & Laurel are a disaster, at least they are trying to salvage Laurel

Exactly! This is the biggest problem i have with Iris and Laurel. They cast 2 actress to play the main love interest of those comicbook heroes and little they care to actually develop them. We are just supposed to like and care for them for their names or their canon fates. Its ridiculous. Then as always CW bring pointless additonal love interests that has even less depth. Felicity was a exception but even now they were able to destroy her character on season 3.

Casting suggestion Cariba Heine, just so all the original australian mermaids have appeared onthe CW. ^^

The one thing that I wanted was NOT another horrible love triangle! God, why is this necessary? Give Cisco a love interest, not Barry. So she’s meant to make Iris jealous, right, because for some reason Barry has to have his own “Eddie” before they can get together. I’m sorry, but that sucks and nobody wants to see a Felicity clone.

On another note, unless this person is going to know he’s The Flash, can Barry actually be serious with anyone, really? I mean, he can’t actually sleep with anybody without them finding out who he is, right?

This character seems like an unnecessary attempt to showcase Barry’s desirability until he and Iris inevitably get together. Yawn. Why can’t Cisco get a proper love interest, or is “scientific-minded” only attractive when the character is a female?

hey hey. What if they’re actually being brilliant here? I would be overjoyed if she ends up being a Cisco LI after brief interactions with Barry. That would actually be brilliant.

Lisa Snart, Captain Cold’s sister, played by Peyton List of The Tomorrow People. She’s already showed a certain fascination with Cisco, and it made him VERY nervous, wise, very wise.

Cisco HAS a “love interest”, and he has no idea how to deal with her… lol

Felicity is so overrated. Is Iris not spunky, fun and funny? Are the writers forgetting what they wrote her to be? I seriously don’t understand. Leave Felicity and characters similar to her on the sinking ship that is Arrow.

Yeah, not like the original Felicity didn’t destroy her own show already -,-

Which would explain why Arrow just had the most consistent season despite a disaster of a big bad and an even bigger disaster of accelerated superhero-status for multiple characters. At least get the facts straight. (Also refer to literally any collection of fandom opinions and/or polls if you think Felicity is hated at large)

Yeah, because the fandom is 90% in love with Felicitys quirkyness we all need to agree?

I’m just saying, most people don’t agree that she “destroyed the show”. So treating that opinion like fact doesn’t help your case all that much.

I’m not treating it as a fact, I can always only speak from my perspective. As can you

Felicity certainly didn’t help Arrow this season, she was the weakest character by far this past season.

So, instead of using what little time the show has to showcase the character development and story arc for Iris West, Barry gets a new love interest, who will likely eat up much of that screentime. And Barry’s on his, what, 4th love interest, MEANWHILE Cisco hasn’t even had a proper, genuine love interest for his character.

NOT FEELING THIS AT ALL ! Especially since we all know, that this fling won’t last, since Barry will inevitably get together with Iris, his one true love.

All us Westallen and Iris West fans ever wanted, was season 2 starting with them rebuilding their relationship and friendship from all the lies and gas lighting. All Westallen and Iris West fans ever wanted, was for the show to finally explore Iris as a character down to her roots, showcasing her investigative skills and her journey through her journalism career at CCPN to the point, where we see her arrive to be the iconic reporter she’s known as in comic book canon.

The CW network and The Flash show runners, producers and writers better not sleep on Iris West or westallen! The better not sleep on their leading lady, Candice Patton! They truly have a gem in her, and they should and ought to be aware of the fact, that ALOT of women and poc watch solely for Candice and Iris.

There’s a reason, why it’s the number 1 show, and it’s their job to keep it as such.

Cisco has a love interest, one he’s going to have a challenge in dealing with. Remember the recent episode with Captain Cold and his sister, Lisa? She’s got a thing developing for our Cisco and what the Golden Glider wants she tends to get. lol

The fact that they treated the first and ONLY romantic “love interest”, if you can call it that, as a joke, a falsity, where the woman had no genuine, romantic feelings or interest towards Cisco, but instead just used him for criminal purposes shows, just how invested the writers have been in showcasing how desirable he is. And when Lisa Snart returned, her “flirtation” with Cisco was more like a mockery of him and his naivety !

No, the show should just focus on the characters they already have -especially their leading lady, and establish them better instead of taking more screentime away from already underdeveloped characters, who suffered from a lack of good writing in season 1.

Ummm good thing this isn’t the westallen show lol

Seriously iris can benefit from this. Get her out of the love relationship. Its a reason so many hated her.

They hated her because she was dating Eddie???????? Cause that’s the only LOVE relationship she was in. I’d think you all would be happy she picked Eddie in the end, but nope… what you’re mad about is that Barry loves her (and not the nearest white woman).

And sorry, but Barry and Iris’s relationship is the core of Barry Allen’s Flash and has been in 70+ years of comic history. So, this *IS* the westallen show (or will be)….

I just hope she’s not going to be a regular on The Flash but only around for an episode or two.

Wow. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that a slew of people would come out to hate on a character that no one has ever even met, or been cast yet. I know shippers can really be the worst, but this is just sickening. Literally, 80 comments of “Down with Felicity, don’t want another like her” or “why can’t Barry and Iris be togetherrrr.” The addition of this character is actual a fantastic thing, for females (as long as this character is written as something in addition to a ‘love interest.’). I mean, there are only two females that we ever even see or interact with, so why not add another? I’m a female that watches The Flash and I don’t like Iris, and a lot of the time I have a hard time connecting to Caitlin. I love the idea of them adding another girl because maybe this one will be easier for me to identify with. And I really question the thinking that some people seem to have that a guy like Barry would be single for the entire time it will take Iris to get over Eddie’s death. Barry is an extremely attractive, charming, intelligent, funny guy. Sitting around and waiting on a woman to finish grieving so that he can move right in are the actions of someone who doesn’t respect that woman, and Barry would never act like that. So, shippers, take a few deep breaths.

I’m all for adding a female character but not at the expense of development for other established characters on the show, and certainly not to be reduced to a love interest who we already know will not work out. It goes beyond shipping–there are characters on the show who need more individual development and this CW drama tactic is only going to eat up screen time. It won’t even be a triangle because Iris will be in full mourning (and I find it interesting that you don’t like Iris because of the LI role she was shoehorned in which is going to be the exact thing that happens with Wendy–locked out of the secret, only there to play up the hero’s desirability, etc). Plus why a “Felicity for the Flash?” Females are much more diverse than the show’s portraying. Why not make an original female character to broaden the view that you have to be a genius level ~science nerd~ in order to be relevant? Better yet, expand on the female characters who have come and gone–the DA, Cecille or Linda (who’s a big part of the Flash universe for Wally)

I don’t see why this is necessary. Why does he have to have a new love interest, he’s not Oliver Queen.

LOVE Iris/Barry…Candice and Grant. Not a happy fan. Why put off what is fated and should be? Ugh!

Does this mean Marvin & Wonder-dog will be soon to Follow?

Is this to imply that The Flash is turning into Arrow 2.0?…because if I wanted to watch Felicity I would be watching Arrow. Kreisberg & Berlanti need to stop thinking all Flash viewers watch or like Felicity, I don’t…I deliberately avoid episode 18 because she was promoted as some kind of saviour for Barry…now her character is being promoted as if Iris wasn’t good enough for Barry he needs his own Felicity-lite on The Flash.

But thanks anyway for the heads up regarding Season 2…my Tuesday at 8pm is once again free…bye CW

Wow, so based on one article about casting a new character you are tossing a show. Please, if this is how your brain works–leave now, obviously you are not mature enough to even like a show much less watch it……….SMDH

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