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word of advice ! spoiler forwards for The Flash # 3!TheFlash’snew powers have put him through the ringer and revealed his most heartbreaking desire . While investigating the anomalies within the Speed Force , Wally West discovers a paradise that he ’s always longed for and subtly hint why the Fastest Man Alive is never conk out to be at pacification .
InThe Flash # 3by Si Spurrier and Mike Deodato Jr. , Wally and Mister Terrific are investigating the’spooky Speed Force hooey ' that ’s been endanger Central City . Max Mercury comes by and add Wally a hand to examineFlash ’s late glitching world power . Max couple his aura with Wally ’s and the two start shifting through unlike stratum of realness .
After travel multiple head - bend layer , the Flash winds up in a calm environment fill up with statues of his loved unity , a " art gallery of second " . Wally marvels at the tranquility of the gallery , noting that there ’s no stress or anxiousness here . Just a profound serenity that is so powerfulit brings a tear to Flash ’s eye .
Flash’s Dreams of Slowing Down Come True in the Gallery of Moments
The Flash is used to seeing bizarre thing , but it ’s become an all - too - common happening ever since he started know his glitching visions . At random intervals , Wally start out seeing alternate layer of reality , many of which often have terrifying entity lurking within them . The Flash come face - to - face with these horror when he faced off with the Uncoiled , a sinister being with spikes all over its trunk that could step in and out of realism . While Flash has been able to use some of these glitches to his advantage , like develop new superpower , they ’ve mostlybeen cause Wally distress .
Part of the understanding Flash started glitching in the first place was because Wally keep racing off to fight offense , only to fall through an nuclear mirror that opened his center to the hidden layers of reality . Flash is so used to run nonstop that the idea of standing still has practically become strange to him . When he met the cosmic explorers sleep with as the Stillness , he marveled at how peaceable it was to stand still for even just a abbreviated few import . The gallery that Wally stumbled upon here demonstrates that on some level , Flash just wants to pauseand enjoy the moments rather than let them pass him by .
Flash Knows He Can Never Stop Running
Thanks to his muscular focal ratio , Flash is driven to do as much as he can . And while that ’s a baronial endeavor , it does n’t leave him with second to pause , reflect or simply enjoy life . It ’s no wonder the art gallery brings Wally to rip or his coming upon with the Stillness was so serene . The Flash on the QT yearns to discontinue running and be in the bit . But due to the nature of his powers and his inscription to justice , Wally simply ca n’t . While theFlashis one of the bang-up champion around , his innermost desire touch that he ’s never going to find the pacification he truly lust .
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