Wally is not a child…
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Hulksmash247 — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 06:14 PM)
so why in the world do they keep treating him like one. He is a grown man.. Now I can understand his family caring about him, however there is caring about someone; then there is treating a young man like a little punk.. His father should at least act like he is proud of his son for wanting to be a hero.. Perhaps Wally needs to stop calling himself Kid Flash as well.
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Hulksmash247 — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 06:36 PM)
That in a nutshell is the my problem with Wally's whole story line. Everyone in the Hall of Justice, with the exception of Diggle and Professor Stein is between the ages of 21-28. That's Wally's age and are all taking the same risk and his family won't let him join the teamthat's stupid. Why don't they just chop his nads off.
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anidriX — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 07:48 PM)
Wally's character was wrong right off the bat. He is supposed to be Iris' nephew, not brother. He is supposed to be a lot younger. Keiynan Lonsdale is only 2 years younger than Grant Gustin. Wally should be 16 at the most. It needs to be clear that Wally is nowhere near Barry's speed so there's 0 chances of overshadowing. Having Wally be that much faster than Barry's level when he first started doesn't do any good to Barry's character.
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MasterMoron — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 08:02 PM)
Wally took down White Canary, Speedy, and Spartan in about two seconds. Yeah, I know, those three don't have powers. But, Barry has had trouble dealing with people without powers before, like Captain Cold and Heatwave. So, Wally should get credit where credit is due.
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chrisjozo — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 10:07 PM)
I agree. Wally is supposed to be a 19/20 yr old college student. Old enough to join the military if he wanted. If they are worried them help him train properly instead of just sending him away or running the same test over and over.
Ironically Barry hasn't even told them the one thing they should worry about which is Wally's inferior healing ability. Instead of speed tests they should be figuring out why Flashpoint Wally didn't heal as fast as Barry does.
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Pumpyjones — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 10:13 PM)
He has no idea how to fight, he hasn't been trained at all yet. He doesn't know how to control his powers. Just because he's fast, doesn't mean that's a good thing. A guy with no control can do more harm than good until he practices. Nobody's saying he's a baby or should never train to fight, but it's like giving a loaded gun to somebody who has never fired one before. They will probably end up shooting themselves in the face (which he kind of did?).
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Pumpyjones — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 03:21 AM)
Sure, but the situation isn't putting Wally against Captain Cold, he's fighting hard core aliens. Barry and Supergirl together can't really beat them, so what's Wally going to add to it? He's only going to get hurt. If it were just a regular meta human situation, I could see your point, but this is really dangerous and he's so out of his league.
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nostairwaydenied — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 05:00 PM)
I think it was interesting how strong he was on his first go outside the lab. He's a lot more advanced than Barry was at his level. Why they refuse to train him is just bad writing. I don't think the writers want anyone to outshine Barry yet. He is a lot like Barry was in Season 1, maybe that will change for the rest of the season.
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nostairwaydenied — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 10:38 PM)
He wants to help but he has no strategy before a fight. He just jumps in on a pure adrenaline rush he feels in the moment. That's how he gets hurt. He just needs training, it sounds like HR finally has something to do. Never really got why his family doesn't want him trained.