#then came back to a civilization in shambles that had clung to his legacy like a security blanket

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

It's so unmistakenly Wally that when faced with a civilization like Savoth that idolizes Jay Garrick and Barry Allen as gods and based their entire constitution & democratic system around Jay and Barry, Wally just goes 'Sounds about right. Carry on 👍' but when he's faced with the exact same situation but he's the one being worshipped, he starts throwing books at them and freaks out.

The parallels between Savoth and the 64th century and the differences in how Wally handles them are just so him.

Savoth is a planet whose civilization was rescued by Jay Garrick. Jay helped free them from their oppressors and later Barry did the same. As a result the residents of Savoth regard the Flash family as gods and have entire religious ceremonies based around them. They even attempted to connect their people to the speedforce. Everyone there wears Flash based clothing and the buildings are all decked out in red and yellow and lighting bolts. The people of Savoth originally accidentally called the Flash to them with a speedforce machine.

Now, the 64th century has a civilization that was rescued by Wally West. Wally helped free them from their oppressors. As a result the residents of the 64th century regard the Flash family as gods and have entire religious ceremonies based around them. They even attempted to connect their people to the speedforce. Everyone there wears Flash based clothing and the buildings are all decked out in red and yellow and lighting bolts. The people of the 64th century originally accidentally called the Flash to them with a speedforce machine.

Seems pretty similar, right? Seems like Wally should react to them in the same way, right? Wrong.

Wally also idolizes Jay and Barry and he also thinks of them as gods in a way so he had absolutely no problem with Savoth at all. Even when he became the Flash and started receiving the same treatment he didn't mind because in his mind they weren't idolizing him, they were idolizing Jay and Barry's legacy.

He even introduced them to Bart because it was important to him that Jay and Barry's legacy lived on to the next generation.

But with the 64th century, it was just Wally's Flash legacy being worshipped.

And he could not handle that

Savoth bowed to the Flash and that was fine with Wally. Savoth wore Flash clothing and that was fine with Wally. Savoth had Flash symbols and Flash statues everywhere and that was fine with Wally. But make it about him instead of Barry and Jay? Suddenly it's a problem.

Wally threw a library's worth of books at them in hopes that they'd base their civilization around someone else. He told them that he wasn't a god and then ran like hell. He also trashed their speedforce machine on the way out so that they couldn't call him back or give themselves superspeed.

If you worship Barry or Jay then Wally will join you and have a blast. If you worship Wally then Wally will have an existential crisis, break your society/belief system and never return ever again.

#i will say that Jay set up Savoth to thrive as a society #and Jay and Barry set up in the constitution that a Flash can never interfere with Savoth's laws #so Savoth was fairly independent and put together #meanwhile wally just kinda toppled and authoritarian dictatorship and left #then came back to a civilization in shambles that had clung to his legacy like a security blanket #and took his every word as law #so there were definitely differences and Wally was right to be concerned #but ditching them and leaving them with another power vacuum because you can't handle the pressure was not the solution wally #kid flash #the flash #dc #wally west #dc comics