Chapter 1: Season 1 Changes
Hey everyone FalloutFan here welcome to 'Flash Rebirth' this is an Arrowverse story mostly about The Flash which is basically rewrites of The Flash season 3 onwards (not episode per episode though because I found season 3 alright). However the first couple of chapters will basically just bring you guys up to speed about what changed in Flash Season 1 and 2 however these changes will be small so multiple episode changes would be in one chapter, now obviously from the tags this is a Barry Allen and Kara Danvers pairing because...put simply Iris is Barry's foster sister and Iris and Barry doing the beast with two backs as foster siblings is pretty gross (might just be me who thinks that who knows?) and truthfully I never really saw the SnowBarry connection (I don't doubt that there is one it's just they never really clicked for me), I preferred Patty to both Iris and Caitlin but they wrote her off so Barry can pursue...legal incest I guess? I know they're not blood related but still they have the brother and sister connection and Barry refers to Joe as a second father and Joe refers to Barry as a son and this was way before Iris developed feelings for Barry so he breached family territory and hell even Iris had mentioned that he completed their family when he came to live with them.
The title is kinda temporary I couldn't think of a title which represents this I was going to call it 'Flash Rewritten' but that was close to 'Love Rewritten' by Lauriverfanboy1 and I feel like that Author has dibs on a title like that XD, so I decided to call it Rebirth because in the first Flash Rebirth comic Barry had said something about time being taken away from them kinda like reality has changed, so there's my reasoning behind this title...I don't know maybe I'll warm up to it. Anyway the point I'm trying to make is if you have title suggestions let me know I would love to hear them.
Just to reiterate the First few chapters will be changes to Season 1 and 2 then onto the Season 3 rewrite. I plan to expand Flashpoint, keep Savitar but make him comic book accurate, begin Kara and Barry's relationship, keep the Invasion story with a few tweaks and more changes. Overall I enjoyed Season 3 I'd give it like a 6/10 because it is definitely not as bad as season 4 and season 5. If you're an Olicity fan and expecting Olicity to be a thing in this fanfic then you're going to be sorely disappointed because I'm not doing that I'm doing Oliver and Laurel. in fact Felicity will definitely be one of the people to die at the end of Arrow's season 5 for this fanfic.
This rewrite is heavily inspired by Justice League, Justice League Unlimited and Young Justice so characters might change to fit these counter parts. I plan on doing Justice League storylines and Young Justice storylines so Crisis on infinite earths for me will take place in 2024 at the lastest (not in real life...hopefully) because there is a quite a large amount of Justice league storylines I want to do. I will be using comic book storylines as well so if you read comic books and dialogue is similar or something it's because i'm using that comic book and incorporating it into the Arrowverse.
Please do note that this is my first fanfic and my first ever writing endeavour so I guess bare with me while I go through this improving process which will take a long time but please do leave suggestions and criticize my work so be brutal...but not harsh just get your suggestion improvements across and I will try to learn from my mistakes and adapt.
Anyway let's get this story underway.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything all characters and plots from comics go to their respective companies CW, CBS, DC.
1x08
It had been a day since Barry and Oliver had caught Bivalo, Barry was sulking in Jitters by it's entrance and doing what he has been doing for the better part of 15 years: pining over Iris as she hugs her boyfriend Eddie Thawne. Unaware that Oliver and Felicity had entered and were standing right next to him due to him being so deep in...pining.
Releasing Eddie from a hug Iris realises that The Oliver Queen and his friend Felicity who seems to like Barry, hopefully Barry would be able to see something in her but Iris decided not to push that idea.
"Hey you guys heading home?"
"Yeah we could use some Javas for the road."
"I will hook you up."
Both Starling City residents thanking Iris and Felicity going to follow Iris to collect the Java's; Oliver decided to join Barry at his table putting his phone on the desk and Oliver decides to give him some hard truths about the superhero business.
"Urm so listen, I'm really sorry for what I said in the field and last night in the street. I wish I could say it was all because of whatever Bivalo did to me, but I guess I had more feelings bottled up than I thought." Barry tells Oliver rather apologetically
"You can always talk to me Barry."
"Yeah. Thank you, and you were right I still have...a lot to learn."
"There's one more thing and you're not going to like it."
"Does it involve you shooting me in the back?" Barry quips back at Oliver trying to lighten the mood.
The mood being briefly lightened Oliver chuckles but then regains his seriousness "No...No the heart." Oliver glances towards Iris "That's not going to work out for you, and you need to let her go. For both of your sakes." momentarily breaking both men out of their brooding Oliver's phone bings with a text message from Laurel, Oliver stares longingly at her name then looks back up at Barry "Guys like us don't get the girl."
1x18
Felicity had just arrived at S.T.A.R Labs and brang Barry, Cisco, Caitlin and outside to 'Show them something'. They stood outside S.T.A.R Labs waiting with Felicity anxiously staring into the air bouncing on her feet, it had been minutes and everyone was losing their patience.
"What exactly are we waiting for ?" finally asks the question on everyone's minds.
"Up there!" Felicity excitedly points to a rather large object unsteadily flying in the sky coming towards them albeit very slowly and ungracefully.
"Is that a bird?" Caitlin asks
"It's a plane." Cisco points out rather confidently
The bird...plane...thing crashes into the ground breaking the fine tile pavement leading to S.T.A.R Labs. The thing looked to be flying with wings that retracted into it's back as it landed. Looking more deeply at it the thing that Felicity wanted to show them, they saw that It was coloured light and dark blue, the dark blue parts looked reinforced with armour plating which covered it's head, chest, wrists and shins and the light blue parts seemed to be least defended which covered it's abdomen, biceps and thighs. It's head however kinda looked like Barry's cowl minus the lighting bolts on the side, the chin strap and it's more bulkier obviously reinforced like all the other dark blue parts but not as reinforced but the big change came with its eyes, it had yellow lenses covering the eye holes giving it a bug eye feel.
"It's my boyfriend." Felicity proving both scientists wrong.
Felicity's boyfriend pulls back his cowl to reveal a caucasian black haired man "Hi i'm Ted Kord also known as the Blue Beetle."
1x22
Iris walks into her and Eddies house to recollect her belongings and move them back to Joe's but as she enters the bedroom her attention is drawn to the bed with a note from Eddie. Opening it, she mentally prepares herself to read it.
"Dear Iris,
If you're reading this then I am most likely gone. All of my stuff has been packed up and is being moved back to my parents house in Keystone, so there is no reason why you should move out of here as well; the house is yours. I know you love Barry and the future news article that Wells showed me proves it and truthfully Barry's life is just too crazy and I don't want any part of it and i'm not giving you an ultimatum between me and him because I want completely out of his life meaning no contact with anyone involved including Joe so it would be foolish of me to even ask you. Don't try to contact me.
Kind Regards,
Eddie Thawne"
After reading his letter Iris collapses onto the bed crying; she had genuinely thought Eddie was the one and she had planned to convince him but now? Knowing the only way to have him was to never see her father again, Eddie was right. It would of been pointless because she would have picked Joe and maybe Barry but that doesn't mean she loves Barry more than Eddie...because she doesn't.
1x23
Barry had finally caught him. The Reverse Flash, the man who murdered his mother. Today was the day he finally gets justice for his mother's death, Barry knew it in his bones that his dad's prison sentence is coming to an end. Now staring at the murderer locked in the pipeline all he just needs is to try to get a confession out of Wells or Eobard, whatever this lunatic decides to call himself.
"What? No Big Belly Burger? It's one of the few perks living in this time; we're out of cows where I come from. You don't care about that, you have questions. Go ahead."
"I'm not sure where to start...Thawne." Eobard looks at Barry like he had just reminded him of something. Eobard Thawne, that is his name, after 15 years of being called Harrison Wells, hearing the name Eobard made Thawne feel...happy inside knowing that finally he can get out of the body and become himself again...back in the 25th century. "That is your real name? Eobard Thawne."
"Since the day I was born."
"And when was that?"
"436 years from now."
Barry thinks he's time travelling safely...I mean he must be but all around him is blue, showing him glimpses of his past, his present and his future. Seeing what presumably is his future Barry closes his eyes to concentrate on his mother. He's so close to finally saving her, a fantasy he has had since her murder and now finally it's all coming true. Before he is vaulted back in time to the night of his mother's death he hears something which is very similar to what G.I.D.E.O.N had said when they discovered her.
"I am very pleased to introduce to you...The Justice League."
Having heard that Barry wondered what this Justice league was and how and why he becomes a 'founding member' (Which is what G.I.D.E.O.N had said before he cut her off before she could tell him what founding member he is apart of.) but that wouldn't distract. Not now anyway, he's so close he can't be distracted.
"That's my cue to leave" Thawne says looking at a shiny helmet with gold wings that burst out of the time portal that was opened a minute ago. He gets in his time machine and begins to activate it, the machine levitates and as Thawne looks into the abyss of the portal he whispers "Home" but he sees a red streak making a beeline straight towards him. Thawne has a knowing smirk on his face knowing that Barry would try something like this and being faster than Barry and naturally more intelligent than Barry, Thawne had time to see him coming.
Thawne pulls up his cowl and phases out of the time machine jumping towards Barry, he grabs him by the throat and pins him to the ground repeatedly punching him before Joe could even aim his gun. Thawne picks Barry up like a ragdoll and launches him at both Joe and Cisco with speed and force knocking Cisco and Joe into the wall.
In the Cortex Team Flash sees what's going on "We've got to shut down the wormhole quickly!" Martin orders and Caitlin and Ronnie take off sprinting to go turn it off.
Back in the Particle accelerator Thawne picks up a bloody beaten Barry by the throat "You didn't save her? You could of had the life you wanted, You could of had everything you ever wanted! And you threw that all away to do what? Catch me? You fool." Thawne punches Barry in the gut and knees him straight in the face dazing the man. While the fight had been going on the time machine was picking up speed and was close to entering the Wormhole. "See you soon Flash." Thawne runs back to the time machine and phasing back inside it before it enters the wormhole lost forever.
Barry realising the time machine is about to enter the portal he runs to try to get to it but as soon as it enters the wormhole,the wormhole closes; Caitlin and Ronnie had just managed to shut the wormhole down after Thawne escapes heading back to the 25th century.
"NO!" Barry screams at the space where the wormhole was. He was so close he had the man who killed his mother...well the man had him but still he was sure he could beat him but now he's gone Barry most likely never seeing him again, wishing his older self back when his mother died hadn't told him no because now? He failed. He failed himself, his father and his mother...He failed.
Authors Notes
Right so Season 1 changes are officially done, quick and simple one-shot. Sorry about no Barry and Kara even though it's in this story's tags. I'm going to explain to you some of the changes and why I did it and also explain my gameplan for this story so...once again sorry for the long Author's notes but I promise the Author's notes will decrease as the story continues so don't worry.
Now let's explain my changes shall we?
1x08
Oliver and Laurel instead of Felicity because...Olicity killed the show I don't really need to elaborate more on that one...oh and also Black Canary and Green Arrow are a pretty big Comic book couple so there is another reason.
A hint of West-Allen, don't worry West-Allen is not happening but i'm not ignoring Barry's feelings for Iris completely no matter how creepy it is that he wants to 'date' his foster sister. Like I said Barry and Kara is the couple for this story.
1x18
Ok Ted Kord instead of Ray Palmer. Brandon Routh would be playing Ted instead of Ray and apparently it was supposed to be Ted Kord instead of Ray Palmer but DC had told them no or something and that kinda does make sense considering Ray Palmer doesn't have a flying exosuit with energy weapons...I don't think so anyway I'm not that into The Atom but I'm pretty sure The Atom is just DCs version of Ant-Man or Ant-Man is Marvel's version of The Atom, I don't know which one came first. Anyway watching Ray in Arrow you can definitely see scenes where Blue Beetle should of happened instead (well it looked like it to me. Maybe i'm wrong but I'm still doing Ted Kord which also could bring in Booster Gold for Legends.)
1x22
Eddie leaving. Should of seen this coming, them killing off Reverse-Flash was a bad move in my mind because now they keep bringing him back with the reason for him coming back is simply just "Hey it's time travel." So this is to try to make his return easier to understand because he's not dead and Eobard never told Eddie that they are family which covers the whole 'Eddie should get a vasectomy' plot hole because for this story Eddie actually doesn't know him and Eobard are related and Eddie loses contact with Team Flash, never to see any of them again...well until Cobalt Blue ooooooo will I go that route? Even I don't know.
1x23
Lot to unpack here. Comic book Eobard is from the 25th century and in the show and according to the .com he is from the 22nd century so this change is just to make it more comic book accurate and that fact that...I might be overestimating the length of 100 years but I feel like cows being extinct in 100 years is too soon but cows being extinct in 400 years sounds about right.
The legends clip when Barry is in the speedforce was just to promote Legends I believe so this was switched with a clip from Justice League war just to announce the Justice League and bring the Justice league into the Arrowverse in it's full name and glory.
Eobard surviving...obviously so he can come back and be a villain in the future.
Ok now onto my plan. I plan to do a sort of story like Karry Universe. I'll do up to Flash season 4 and Supergirl season 3 (but that's kind of a guideline I don't want to do season 5 because I'm on the fence about doing their kids from the future and it will just make time travel messy as well and I actually haven't watched any of the arrowverse shows after season 4 of the flash excluding season 5 of the flash,hell I haven't even finished watching season 4 and I don't intend to but a future kids storyline isn't completely off the table.) and then I'll get into Justice League stories: Blackest Night, Darkseid War, Final Crisis etc and into many more stories that will probably not focus on Kara and Barry so much. Speaking about Barry and Kara, chapters 1-3 won't be Barry and Kara, chapter 4 will be basically what happened during Barry's visit to earth 38 (Entirely Barry and Kara). Then chapter 5 will just finish what happened during season 2, then onto the season 3 semi rewrite starting with a bigger flashpoint.
Anyway next chapter will actually be a one shot story that took place between season 1 and 2 (in this AU anyway) called 'The Quick and The Green' I'll let you try to find that DC Comic book BUT updates will probably be slow for a little while because life. so please just be patient with me.
