Hey everyone how's it going?

I have a special announcement to make. This latest fic of mine will be my 150th in terms of fic amounts and I'm grateful to have achieved that milestone. In light of that I've decided to mark it with something major and considering the recent news regarding "The Flash" conclusion I'll be using this to address it. And I'll be doing so by borrowing what my good friend and fellow author Aragorn II Elessar and some others in regards to using the fun interview format.

Xena the Warrior Princess and Gabriella will be my representatives for it since I'd used them before in another instance some years ago. I hope you'll all enjoy this and especially since this is my first try on doing something like this.

Disclaimer: I don't own "The Flash", the rest of the Arrowverse, or its characters.

Setting: Somewhere Outside The Vast Reaches Of Space, Time, And The Web Of Multiverses

Location: A Studio Located On A Plane Of Existence interconnected With Portals To Earth Prime, The Web Of Multiverses, And The Fourth Wall

Energetic cheers and claps from the audience seated within the stands were heard emanating throughout the studio as part time talk show host Xena, a former Warrior Princess who'd also made a name for herself on the other side of the Fourth Wall, and her co-host, Amazon Queen, and beloved girlfriend Gabriella prepared to address their audience and with bright smiles upon their faces.

"Greetings everyone and it's great to see you all present for our latest episode of the "Xena and Gabriella Talk Show" where we give it to you real," Xena began and then turned her attention towards your monitors and is looking directly at all of you.

"And I'd like to give a special shootout to all of you Fourth Wallers unable to attend my studio but are viewing today's episode through the internet of whatever electronic monitors you've elected to use," she added while she and Gabriella are giving you guys a big wave and warm smiles. They then turned back towards their audience and Gabriella was the next one to address them.

"Today we have a special treat for you all. Today's guests will consist of some prominent heroes you all are familiar with and who happen to hail from Earth Prime and have kindle agreed to grace us with our presence. And those people are the great Oliver Queen himself, the legendary and popular hero known as the Green Arrow and now a demigod known as the Spetre, Barry Allen, C.C.P.D.'s C.S.I. and the beloved hero known as the Flash, Sara Lance, former assassin turned hero in her own right and famed time traveler, Kara Danvers, the famed reporter turned Editor In Chief of Cat-co and inspirational heroine known as Supergirl, and finally Ryan Wilder herself who's also known as Batwoman, her city's latest hero who's also made a name for herself alongside her partner and brother in all but blood Luke Fox of the great Fox family. Let's give them all a hand shall we?"

Accompanying the announcement of each hero's name was heard the themes of their respective programs after which the audience answered Gabriella's words by giving the heroes a round of applause which they acknowledged with nods, warm smiles, big grins, and friendly waves.

Once the applause ceased Xena spoke once more.

"Sadly Jefferson Pearce, also known as Black Lighting and the pillar of his community under both identities, was unable to attend due to prior commitments but he sends his love. As for why the other heroes are in attendance but it pertains to the subject of "The Flash's" recent cancellation and what it means for the Arrowverse and especially on the heels of the reveal that "Superman and Lois" was a DC Universe series all along and in turn not connected to the wider universe of that franchise.

"Therefore I'd like to address you first Barry by asking about your emotions when you heard the news about your show's cancellation and what that means to you."

Barry smiled.

"Honestly I'm not fully surprised and frankly I can't say it was unexpected," he answered with a shrug before continuing. "In fact but I personally feel we're doing my program a disservice by saying it was cancelled. It's true I'll miss it and much of what we brought to the table. However and way I personally see it is that the series reached its natural and inevitable conclusion. And the reason I say it is because, among other reasons, the majority of my core loved ones and allies such as Cisco who I see as its heart, Joe who I see as its soul, and all of the Wells who I saw as its backbone have all exited the series along with their respective actors,

"Thawne also received his last hurrah before exiting while our ongoing rivalry, a rivalry which was not only one of my program's central driving forces but was also its origination, has concluded,

"And its new showrunner decided to cap off season 5 with what could be described as a trilogy which ended with season 8 not only being written as its final season and allowing us to see past season 1 characters in the form of Ronnie and Eddie but also presented us with the series highest stakes within each arc and it might be hard to top that though we'll see. And not to mention addressed a few dangling Arrowverse plot points such as updating the audience on Mia Quen's search for her brother and those who took them while also wrapping up Diggle's Green Lantern arc.

"Furthermore but the original endgame for the series as a whole pointed to a 10 year arc and receiving a ninth season has allowed us to get extremely close to that goal. And it's also an amazing blessing for me personally since its granted my show the grand honor of taking the franchise towards its tenth year milestone. Something which is even more special to me considering said franchise is about to conclude while allowing all of us involved in the show to go out on our own terms. And so that honor is a boon I'm deeply humbled by and I'll be forever grateful."

Hearing the young speedster's words and their emotional conclusion caused the audience to give him a warm applause of admiration over his wise words and mature perspective. Words they not only understood but fully agreed with. Barry on his part smiled at the praise in gratitude.

"That's an impressive and not to mention mature response from you Barry and I see our audience agrees with your words," Gabriella replied with a nod and smile. "And all I can say is that despite its highs and lows, in some cases a number of lows, witnessing your journey has been an wonderful adventure and inspirational for us all and I'm sure we'll all agree that you and your series will be greatly missed."

"That's very kind of you to say and my teammates past and present along with myself will miss all of you as well. More than you'll ever know," he replied with a grateful smile while lifting up a hand to wipe away a few unshed tears threatening to spill from his eyes.

Xena then resumed from where Gabriella left off.

"And now regarding how its conclusion impacts the wider Arrowverse I'd like to address you next Oliver but did you ever expect that your series would lead to the creation of a brand new universe and one that continued to expand over the years and adapt multiple players straight from the pages of DC? And what are your feelings regarding that?"

Oliver shook his head in wonder.

"Honestly I'm floored. My story originally started out as that of a former billionaire playboy striving to make amends for my family's sins while going through a learning curve on what it means to be a true hero. I never expected it to not only have such an impact upon the residences on the other side of the Fourth Wall but to this day I'm still a bit shocked my series unleashed not only a few spinoffs across different corners but that said spinoffs grew into a nearly massive universe that led to minor and major crossovers, integrations with two other originally separate universes in the form of Kara's and Jefferson's, and now fanfics, novels, and graphic novels including the most recent "Earth Prime" graphic novel series.

"Not to mention the fact that this franchise's chosen name was the name of my mantle? I mean it's absolutely astounding and all I can say is that I'm honored and humbled by it all and I thank everyone for such an incredible gift and notwithstanding the negative screenwriting issues my series regrettably received at times I nonetheless hope that each of you received joy witnessing my own journey."

His words also earned him a resounding applause plus a few cheers as the audience showed support for him and his show despite its flaws, some admittedly worse than others, and yet they still continued to show him their love and support to which he acknowledged with a nod of thankfulness.

His words about the flaws caused Gabriella to address something she'd been wanting to bring up during this interview.

"You know but what you just said about flaws is something I also wanted to address. As we know but the Arrowverse has not been without its controversies and at the times the subject of backlash and ridicule. And so I'd like to ask you and the others as to where each of you believe this universe went wrong."

Oliver chuckled good naturedly at Gabriella's question.

"To tell you the truth there are many who have their own perspective and so there's probably no real right or wrong answer. Some would probably say the writing became increasingly lazier and stale and especially as the franchise and its stories were stretched out. Others might suggest it was a reuse of plot points it and other unrelated franchises had already used. There might also be complaints ranging from an imbalance of attention between us and our teams and allies to our programs moving from our core roots to something we're not such as what transpired with my fourth season and what some also believe involving Barry's seventh season."

"For me but overall I think the heart of the matter as to why our shared franchise went south ultimately boils down to 4 issues," the aforementioned younger man picked up from where his friend left off. "Romance, ships, and even platonic yet excessive drama achieving precedence over the core plotlines. A combination of character assassinations plus other characters regressing into more self-righteous versions of themselves. The franchise regrettably following the wider entertainment industry's example of moving towards a more woke and social justice agenda which was probably the most problematic issue of all. And finally but also myself, Oliver, and at times Kara being sidelined from our own shows due to our teams and allies increasing in numbers and in turn more attention being relegated towards them."

Gabriella, Xena, and the majority of the audience found themselves nodding and in many ways agreeing with the two men's assessment.

"Frankly I agree with my two close friends and colleagues and especially in regards to Barry's 4 listed reasons. In fact I'd say they're the core reasons our shared universe went sideways to put it mildly," Sara stated. "But let's not forget my series also royally messed up by relegating it into the borderline territory of a comedic sitcom which got increasingly wilder as time passed with almost everything all over the place. Not to mention my being changed from the more heroic and compelling Canary you all knew and loved into more of a comedic version of myself before putting the cherry on top by transforming me into a part alien hybrid. Yeah. Go figure.

"I mean it gave me some awesome accessories such as invulnerability and borderline immortality which is totally cool and all but seriously?"

Loud boos were heard from many of the audience members over her treatment to which Sara used her hands to happily blow multiple kisses towards them in gratitude for their support which brought chuckles from everyone throughout the studio.

"I feel ya girl. And I think we can all agree there were a lot of issues which downgraded our universe though from what I've heard I'm also gonna go with Barry on those 4 aspects," Ryan spoke up next. "For my own show however I'd say it started off as a disaster since its very beginning. I mean it being structured as a woke centered series upon its conception? Miscasting for my predecessor? Three out of 6 of the core cast being unlikable from her and her dad being arrogant, her dad even more so, to her ex-girlfriend, and now my amazing girlfriend incidentally enough, being wishy washy over her sexuality at first and not being fair towards said predecessor, the latter's then husband, and later her future girlfriend Julia?

"And don't get me started on the alleged drama and accusations on set and especially since I don't know who to believe between my predecessor's actress Ruby and those overseeing the show. For all I know both sides were behaving terribly but regardless of which side was in the wrong I have no doubt it caused a toxic work environment for both the cast and the crew and you can't present your best in acting or anything else within that kind of environment.

"Of course things improved to some extent once I was introduced into the show from both the woke agenda and lesbian centered drama being removed while through me people were giving a new lead who was multi layered, deeply relatable, received a real learning curve and huge dose of character growth, and despite a few issues was mostly humble and at times was called out on my crap when needed. Plus it helped that my actress is a humble and down to earth person who also, unlike Ruby, has some martial arts skills and also a comedic background which I'd like to think livened my show a bit.

"Of course they couldn't let go of their social justice leaning agenda and so went from super gay to super black with Black Lives Matter although I'm thankful that was somewhat leveled down and not worse than it could've been. Then things of course further improved in the back half once I was established outside of Kate's legacy while we finally received our own separate instead of intertwined arcs, the latter a result of the transition between our actresses which regrettably in turn led to the story material being all over the place. But then our arcs being separated smoothed things out and finally allowed me to truly shine. And yes there were still certain issues screenwriting wise but overall the back half was an even further improvement in my opinion while moving further into the dark and gritty crime fighting genre greatly helped.

"With season 3 however and while also not without a few issues it was a tremendous improvement and which I'd consider to be my series true beginning. I could list the ways I feel it mostly redeemed the series but won't since that's not what we're here for. But all I'll say is that the first season was a mostly failed experiment better left forgotten, the second one was part introduction, part reconstruction, and part world building, and the third season was the proper first season and what a true superhero series should be. Not to mention it avoided some of the wider Arrowverse problems such as what Barry brought up about him and Kara and Oliver not always treated as their shows stars whereas that was avoided since my team maintained its very small and compact structure instead of overcrowded with heroes."

Her words brought a round of applause from the audience though some of it was not as enthusiastic as others. Not that the sources of the more watered down claps did not believe her words but her series was just not something they were really inclined towards watching. But they were objective enough to accept and be happy that while Ryan's show had started at borderline rock bottom lows it had upgraded into something significantly more worthwhile. Plus a few however admittedly found themselves intrigued and perhaps willing to watch some season 3 clips but that was it.

"First I'd like to say it's good to hear your show improved over time Ryan and anything that betters itself and learns from its mistakes is a win in my book," Kara spoke up next and with an approving smile. "And I'm also inclined towards Barry's 4 part explanation as to where our shared universe ultimately went wrong while my show displayed it quite clearly in terms of the social justice especially and the romance. Particularly with season 2 in terms of the latter. To be fair though but it was structured as a social justice show since its beginning while my first season and despite being a bit female empowerment centered was not as bad as it could've been and I'd say was actually more than decent as a series starter though the love square between myself, James, Lucy, and Winn was entirely unnecessary.

"And even when the woke got a bit heavy handed, sometimes even more at certain times than others, I'm thankful it never got as heavy handed as the first two seasons of your show Ryan. No offense I promise."

"None taken," the new Batwoman chuckled and waved her hand in dismissal.

"At least my third season overall and most of my fifth-sixth seasons took a break from the woke agenda. Plus one could say that had it not been for its politically driven angle my fourth season might've been the best one due to its unusually high stakes, increasing energy and intensity, equal respect for both genders, compelling and emotional arcs for the main antagonists such as Manchester Black, Ben Lockwood, and my Kasnian doppelganger and the especially strong arc my wonderful father figure J'onn while James was finally given stuff to do, and most importantly but yours truly having central focus and embodying what it meant to be Supergirl as the series established.

"As such and everyone can feel free to disagree but I'll go with the post Crisis half of season 5 being the best arc with season 4 in second place and season 3 in third place outside of my self-righteous arc which I'm honestly mortified by. Bad call from my showrunners. Very bad call," she finished with a head shake and disappointed sigh, feeling highly embarrassed by that particular element plus a bit peeved the writers did that to her.

Xena, Gabriella, and the audience on their part shared her sentiment and presented her with soft sympathetic expressions, also feeling displeased by that season 3 direction for Kara's arc.

"As you can all see here there's a lot of views on why the Arrowverse went on a downwards trend and regrettably soured for multiple fans and no one is truly right or wrong while each viewpoint has merit," Oliver picked up once more. "The point is however that mistakes were made by our showrunners, some more than others, and that it should've never happened. However it's an important lesson to be learned from and I encourage any aspiring writers out there and especially those who intend to join the entertainment industry in their futures to learn from their mistakes, questionable writing choices, and screw-ups so this mess doesn't happen again during the next generation's time period. And most importantly but keep away from the woke and sjw agenda for material meant to be entertainment centered only while always keeping your material fresh whenever you're able to."

Following his extremely wise words resulted in a standing ovation as thunderous applause was heard while Barry, Sara, Kara, and Ryan also joined in the applause and Gabriella with Xena gave him a big thumbs up. Oliver on his part bowed his head and smiled at the praise.

"I'm certain we'll all hold your words close to our hearts Oliver. And now the next question to you all is how you feel about the plug apparently being pulled from your franchise and how your storylines were ended. And how you Barry would like your series ended," Xena stated with certainty then questioned them curiously.

Oliver answered first.

"Honestly I'm satisfied with how my series ended. It allowed me to not just completely fulfill my father's mission but went beyond that by leaving my city entirely crime and corruption free plus as an added bonus erasing the dystopian future you'd all regrettably witnessed. Gave nearly all of my loved ones and allies happy endings and in some cases further improved ones such as allowing Diggle both his children while granting most of those who died such as my buddy Tommy, my mother, Quentin, and my sister Emiko a second chance at life.

"Not only that but I've been blessed with 2 children who'll carry on my bloodline while giving me one last action packed hurrah, albeit set in the past, was perfect touch.

"I do respect and even understand however that not everyone was pleased by my finale and presented understandable complaints such as Diggle performing my eulogy considering how he used to treat me back when he was once self-righteous, behavior I should've honestly nipped in the bud a long time ago. And also the fact that I didn't revive my Laurel or my son's mother and frankly but looking back I don't understand why Guggenheim and Beth didn't let me remember to do that.

"For the former I personally didn't mind Dig presenting the eulogy but like I said I do understand why some fans had issues with it. And for the latter but I suppose its another example of my writers being morons. And I'm aware there are other issues some fans had but I won't get into that. But nevertheless I'm happy with how my arc concluded and the reason being my aforementioned explanation and that's honestly all I have to say."

Sara was the next one to answer and did so with arms crossed and a bit of an annoyed pout upon her face.

"To tell the truth but my series final season would've been a fantastic and sensible sendoff had not my showrunner behaved idiotically by deciding to play chicken and give us a huge cliffhanger that's clearly going nowhere unless somebody else wraps it up. A game she lost. I mean my last season had so much going for it such as returning it back to its seasons 1-2 50/50 balanced sweet spot regarding comedy and seriousness, writing it as a very lean, streamlined, and compact season instead of it being all over the place like in some of the past seasons at times, and presented a potential ending resembling the one on "Agents Of Shield" in which the team dismantled but promised to stay in touch no matter where they were and have a fun get together ever so often. It was all so perfect and our going away party was so emotional and deeply touching it truly felt like the end of an era but nevertheless a very beautiful goodbye party.

"Plus we also got the added bonus of presenting our audiences with what our lives would be like in the future while a version of Gideon being our last big bad was a solid touch which took things full circle since our series began then ended with Gideon. We really had everything needed for season 7 as a whole to give our series a strong ending. And so I can't be entirely happy on how things turned out and am frankly a little annoyed. And you know what? If I could get my hands on my showrunner I would've totally given her the what for I mean come on ya'll. At least she gave my buddy Nate a decent ending and let him exit on his own terms. So yeah."

Once Sara concluded her rant the audience gave her an energetic applause while letting out boos over how her showrunner had chosen to end things at the last minute and hoping someone else would repair that mess and give her series a better wrap up.

Kara answered next.

"Honestly my final season, while decent enough and well written, could've been better and especially as a final season considering it not only used plot points we'd already seen with "Legends" and "Infinity War" regarding a scavenger hunt with the villain for precious stones granting its wielder tremendous power but its stakes were also not as high as what my team and I endured during seasons 4-5. And I also understand many fans feelings that Lex was being overused.

"However it worked great as a final season in other ways such as the final battle having nearly all of my teammates, the Superfriends, from across past, present, and future join forces while further exemplifying me as a symbol of hope and inspiration on Earth Prime. And as a bonus gave my sister and the rest of my friends and loved ones pretty positive happily ever afters. And best of all I received a solid ending in which I not only got promoted to a great job, which some might even see as my dream job, but with a full and content life while surrounded by those I love the most.

"I'm greatly disappointed however that my final arc didn't conclude with an endgame romantic partner like my fellow Arrowverse leads received including Jefferson. But I'm certain that someday I'll find my person whoever they are and that the two of us will have an amazing love story."

Xena and Gabriella nodded in response.

"Well we'll all be rooting for you to receive that romantic ending eventually and that you'll find what Xena and I have," the blonde co-host replied after which the two women emphasized it by squeezing each other's hands.

"Agreed and I hope you'll find that them just as I found my person with Sophie," Ryan wished for her. "As for my final season I won't lie and say I'm saddened and disappointed my series was cancelled and especially when it was finally getting good while beginning to finally show its potential after the major mess of the first season. And I would've loved for our audience to witness a conclusion for the will they or won't they arc my best friends Luke and Mary had going for them.

"I can't complain too much though since season 3, albeit with a lack of action in its final episode even though I wish it had been otherwise from an action standpoint, still ended with unusually high citywide stakes and after which provided a mostly satisfactory conclusion for myself and everyone else while neatly wrapping up the majority of the remaining plot threads. And it allowed me to have a relatively happy ending in that I now have a family with both my team and my biological family, a romantic partner to love, and a purpose I've fully embraced. And I wish Beth, once known as Alice, the very best in her journey towards redemption."

It was finally Barry's turn.

"First but from what I heard, my showrunner intends for my final season to be a romance comedy and so I'm not sure how to feel about that," he revealed then admitted with some apprehension. "I think I can understand why he'd want to go in that direction and especially since the 3 preceding seasons were horror/thriller since horror's his confirmed favorite genre except he might now want a break. For all I know he might be following the example of the "Thor" franchise in that after 3 significantly dark and edgy arcs in a row, 6 in my case for seasons 6-8, and each storyline increasingly darker than what came before it like those movies, he's now presenting us with something more comedic and romantic like with "Love and Thunder".

"Nevertheless my series is called "The Flash", not the romance series. But if he's still going to go through with it then I hope he gives season 9 a 50/50 balance between core plot and threat on one end and romance comedy on the other end.

"I've also heard that Mia and Darhk might be a part of the final season and Bloodwork will definitely be returning which should be good since he was a force to be reckoned with. Plus with certain hints my showrunner gave for the Negative Speed Force's next avatar many fans have surmised it will be Cobalt Blue. If so then it means he'll be my series final big bad. Either him or Red Death depending upon where they'll take Bloodwork's final arc.

"For how I want my final season to be written I just want it to be as strong and streamlined as possible, for myself and my loved ones and teammates to receive the justice and conclusions we deserve, and perhaps to have our last threats give us the highest stakes we've ever been given across this series run no pun intended, and to wrap up everything in a solid and satisfactory way.

"I'd also welcome it wrapping up remaining Arrowverse plot threads which have yet to be wrapped such as Mia solving the mystery of her brother missing and the perpetrators who took him and returned her fiancé's villainous memories and also perhaps my team and I rescuing the Legends from their current imprisonment.

"Regardless of what happens, I'd like to say this to all of you guys here in the audience and everyone from the Fourth Wall watching this interview through the internet services being provided by your chosen electronic devices. It's been a privilege and a blessing to entertain you with my journey and the many adventures I've had. And to all of you who found my story inspirational towards your lives, I'm deeply touched and humbly filled with gratitude that I could touch your hearts in such a way. I'll miss all of you so much for you are all, outside of the toxic fans and the stans especially that is, the best fans I could ever ask for. And as long as you keep the fun memories of my series and all of the good parts, not the bad parts screenwriting wise but only the good parts, near and dear to you I promise my journey and adventure will live on through each of you."

"I believe I also speak for everyone else seated here that we all concur with Barry's words and I want you to know that we'll miss all of you a great deal once our franchise comes to an end," Oliver added. "Of course it might not be the end of the Arrowverse since Dig might be getting his own series though only time will tell if it comes through or falls through.

"Plus there are rumors that DC might be planning to conduct a huge reboot for our franchise by perhaps changing up its content as we know it and integrating it into the DCEU but with each show in its own pocket universe while the wider DC Entertainment Franchise might also be rebooted then modeled after the current 10 year plan for the MCU and with a Kevin Feige type leader overseeing it all.

"But if this indeed the end for the Arrowverse and it appears so unless stated otherwise, we want you to know that we're forever grateful for your support during its good times, we love you all, and may our stories be a blessing and always live on through your minds and hearts."

Once he concluded the studio audience leapt upwards and gave him, Barry, and the other heroes their biggest standing ovation ever, hollering and clapping with tremendous enthusiasm. And there was not one dry eye present. It would be awhile before the applause subsided but once it did Gabriella spoke after she and Xena managed to get control of their own emotions.

"Thank you all so much for all of that and for your respective years of service to your communities on Earth Prime and especially towards the viewing audience from the Fourth Wall dimension. And thanks for being here and granting us this wonderful interview. And that's all the time we have for today on the "Xena and Gabriella Talk Show" and until next time we bid everyone a good night."

The audience clapped again as the Arrowverse heroes got up and shook hands with the two warrior women before slowly departing while the credits rolled on your screens.

The End

A/N And that's a wrap folks.

So what did you all think and for a 150th fic. And I'd also like to ask my fellow Fourth Waller residents but please let me know if this felt dragged on for too long.

And now like Gabriella said, I also bid you all a good night. Or evening depending upon where you are.