(and Thad, but shh)
Instead of Bart being saved and sent to the past by Meloni and Iris, he instead stays in the future and under the rule of President Thawne.
He is then basically groomed and made into a super-soldier/mercenary for the government along side Thad (who is Barts' twin and not a clone). The two grow up in VR together and the simulation basically trained them to be said soldiers.
Then they two get sent back in time by President Thawne to kill Wally - who is their father, because we don't have Barry.
In the end, the two have a redemption arc and end up helping Wally while still having the skills and mindset of children who were groomed into soldiers.
Pure autism bellow;
The reason Bart and Thad grow up together in VR is to create a sense of only having each other. They won't be loyal to Thawne, only to each other simply because they are the only ones they've ever known. The lack of human contact in Barts' backstory always seemed weird to me, since it wasn't really explored, so having the two of them will allow them to still have the sense of humanity.
The ageing problem: For those unaware, Bart experienced rapid ageing dur to the speed force and was only able to start ageing normally when Wally fixed him. This gets changed to the scientist fixing them, but after a longer time - so Bart and Thad are both ~15-16 when they go to the past instead of being 12-15.
Wally being their dad is so they have more of a connection (also I think It'd be really cool if Wally didn't know and Bart and Thad used it against him once he found out). Also because, again, there is no Barry.
Lastly, the whole VR thing. I always found it weird that the VR was like a weird game/fever dream. Like, why would the government spend so much money and time on a child to get nothing out of it? So, having the VR actually be more similar to something like Elden Ring or Skyrim where it's opened world and they can talk to whoever - but they have to fight a bunch of big bads. It'll also be really intreating to explore the lack of care for other human life because they wouldn't realise that people aren't just code until later. (murder twins, and when Wally gets mad at them they get confused because they simply don't understand)
Uhhh... yeah. Bart and Thad being brother and child soldiers for the government sent back in time to kill their father is something I'd like to see.
(I just want to explore the consequences of children being raised in VR and not being socially conditioned properly... man, I have issues).
What's your favorite part of creating characters?
Fucking them up.
If Thad was to ever come back (and was characterised/written correctly), he should join the Outlaws to complete the set of Bat, Kryptonian, Speedster, and Amazon.
It would also be really funny to watch everyone else react to that (especially Bart and Tim)
You are the devil. I sat here for 20 minutes, debating which one to pick.
you know what I'm curious, for the duke girlies (gender neutral)
This is why I write him as a murderer that's done with everyone.
You know... to balance it out.
I love (hate) that Bart Allen really could be the walking embodiment of "if I started murdering people there would be none of you left" and he HAS gone down paths where killing is an option and yet some fandom circles insists he's UwU "so sweet baby innocent doesn't know what blood is"
He bought fake blood for dramatic effect...
Becuase he's just like that.
Just actually read the titans tower incident
WHERED HE GET ENOUGH BLOOD TO WRITE THAT
NEITHER OF THEM WERE BLEEDING THAT MUCH
Well, yea... she doesn't have any bones in her body... she's a puppet
ok but give me one good reason why you wouldn’t date Kermit the frog besides that he is a puppet and a frog
I headcannon that Bart was born before Owen, but due to time travel shenanigans Owen is older
Jenni is canonically older than Bart, so there are no options where she's the youngest
Bart also has a prosthetic knee after it got shot out by Deathstroke during a Teen Titans run (don't know if it's cannon anymore, but still)
Why do they deserve to win?
Bart Allen
Dick Grayson
Me: *sees this post*
Internal diolouge: Well, it really depends on how you define a-
External diologue: no, no! It Alfred because fuck you