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psocopteraHow great was the exchange between Barry and Joe when Joe tells Barry he knows he's in love with Iris? The way they did the whole thing with their faces, Joe's meaningful eyebrows, Barry's double-take, his widening eyes, the way he has to look away. (I almost wish I had any idea how to use the tumblr so that I could see if someone had giffed that scene.) And I like that their potential relationship seems to have Joe's seal of approval, not because Iris should need his permission but because I think it helps to dispel any concerns about incestuousness.
On another topic entirely, there is something really unsettling and unpleasant about Harrison as the big bad, so, I mean, good work there, show, if what you wanted was for me to wince every time he comes onscreen. I kind of wish they were doing something more interesting with his pretending to disability in order to access and control meta-ability - actually I wish they were just doing a little more to dig into the whole trope of able-bodied bad guys pretending to disability for nefarious purposes, rather than just using it straightforwardly. Like, what about an actual pwd noticing that something's a little off there? Maybe a wheelchair-using colleague of Harrison's is coming in to town to present at a big meeting or receive a big award, and he's like, fuck, the airline lost my luggage, hey, Harrison, I urgently need a local tailor who can tailor for the seated silhouette, who do you use. And Harrison is like... no idea. And colleague is like "also I need to take ten people out to dinner afterwards, where do you recommend that's accessible, someone recommended Tamarind Bay last time I was here and it was four steps down from the street and the johns were, like, triangular broom closets," and Harrison is like ... I don't get out much. And the colleague is all, hey, dude, are you adjusting okay? And Harrison is like *I'm fine*, but then the colleague notices that something's seriously wrong with his wheelchair, like, something doesn't show signs of use, or is adjusted completely wrong, and probably then Harrison shanks him, but maybe the guy manages to get Caitlin or Cisco suspicious first. I don't know. Possibly this is an ableist plot idea for assuming two wheelchair users would talk about wheelchair use, but, I don't know, it feels naively plausible to me that in a generally ableist world, out-of-town pwd might want some tips from the locals? Anyways, I guess I feel like if you're going to have a fake-disabled bad guy, you need a real-disabled good guy for contrast.
On another topic entirely, there is something really unsettling and unpleasant about Harrison as the big bad, so, I mean, good work there, show, if what you wanted was for me to wince every time he comes onscreen. I kind of wish they were doing something more interesting with his pretending to disability in order to access and control meta-ability - actually I wish they were just doing a little more to dig into the whole trope of able-bodied bad guys pretending to disability for nefarious purposes, rather than just using it straightforwardly. Like, what about an actual pwd noticing that something's a little off there? Maybe a wheelchair-using colleague of Harrison's is coming in to town to present at a big meeting or receive a big award, and he's like, fuck, the airline lost my luggage, hey, Harrison, I urgently need a local tailor who can tailor for the seated silhouette, who do you use. And Harrison is like... no idea. And colleague is like "also I need to take ten people out to dinner afterwards, where do you recommend that's accessible, someone recommended Tamarind Bay last time I was here and it was four steps down from the street and the johns were, like, triangular broom closets," and Harrison is like ... I don't get out much. And the colleague is all, hey, dude, are you adjusting okay? And Harrison is like *I'm fine*, but then the colleague notices that something's seriously wrong with his wheelchair, like, something doesn't show signs of use, or is adjusted completely wrong, and probably then Harrison shanks him, but maybe the guy manages to get Caitlin or Cisco suspicious first. I don't know. Possibly this is an ableist plot idea for assuming two wheelchair users would talk about wheelchair use, but, I don't know, it feels naively plausible to me that in a generally ableist world, out-of-town pwd might want some tips from the locals? Anyways, I guess I feel like if you're going to have a fake-disabled bad guy, you need a real-disabled good guy for contrast.
