#idk man just some random thoughts
Not to be overly optimistic but this is my blog so indulge me -
I kinda do get the storyline of Barry ‘leaving’ Iris after her time sickness revelation in their current growth evolvement
- Iris’s statement of “central city needs you” wasn’t said with a sense of devaluing of herself. She was genuinely like, “as much as I love you and want you to be here, you have a job to do that I respect and value too much for you to simply sit here with me when there’s no active issue to attend to.”
- Barry leaving said, “you’re not just this ‘thing I have to protect’ like the general population of this city. You’re my partner. My equal. So I trust and value your input in decision making and role as another person.”
- he can be there in the blink of an eye at any time so that def takes a risk out of any decision -
At the same time, I get the annoyance of the presentation of the strong black women trope, especially given the common trend of Iris keeping all of these issues from Barry over the last few seasons. She should be able to be sad and scared and vulnerable. And I hope the dialogue thats been opened allows that to happen moving forward. But until that stereotype is fully broken by the show, I can accept that they are putting some effort into giving Iris more agency in a way thats not attached to Barry. And I can accept that this show was never build to be “Superman and Lois” in terms of being about the familial journey of the two of them, as much as many of us may want it to have been.
