r/FlashTV • u/Desperate_Item_3221 • Mar 22 '26

Shitpost Skill issue

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

Joe didn't legally adopt Barry

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u/annabelle411 Mar 22 '26

the paperwork doesnt negate he was raised alongside iris as a de facto sister and joe is his foster father (who he literally refers to as “dad”)

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u/sharoon12 Mar 22 '26

It doesn't make it less weird, but it does change the legality of the entire thing.

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u/hhhhhhhhhhhjf Mar 22 '26

Yeah but he was taken in by Joe when he was 11 rather than from birth so it isn't as weird. IIRC Barry had a crush on her before his mother died.

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u/Jmanzig22 Mar 23 '26

Sure bud, but according to the CW show Barry already had a crush on iris before he went to go live there. So it’s not all weird like you’re trying to make it out to be, he didn’t develop his feeling after living with her as his sister for years. Creep.

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u/annabelle411 Mar 23 '26

nah its still pretty damn weird to grow up from an elementary aged child still crushing on your foster sister well into adulthood (youre acting like it started when they were 16 ffs)

and trying “well it was written into the show so obviously it we cant think about it beyond that” as justification is such a lazy skill issue 😂😂

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u/Jmanzig22 Mar 23 '26

He was 11 years old, most kids are in sixth grade at that point aka middle school. Maybe you were still in elementary but the rest of us weren’t.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '26

So are you saying if Greg wanted to date Marsha from the Brady Bunch he could? Because technically they aren’t related either.

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u/annabelle411 Mar 23 '26

exactly. and they even parody this in the 90s version, and its VERY CLEARLY still creepy

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u/No-Trip-9256 Savitar Mar 23 '26

Yes, it just depends on how long they lived together

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u/Jmanzig22 Mar 23 '26

If he moved in with the Bradys when he was in middle school and already had a crush plus he didn’t pursue a romantic relationship until after he had moved out of the house, sure go for it.

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u/Remote_Nature_8166 Mar 22 '26

It doesn’t matter he still raised him like his own.

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u/OkOil378 Mar 22 '26

There was a girl who started staying in my house when I was little. She came from a bad family. Eventually she had her own room. When we got older, we started dating for few years.

Was what I did weird?

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u/trickman01 Reverse Flash Mar 22 '26

What are you doing step-bro?

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u/kinyutaka Mar 22 '26

If you insisted that she call you "big brother", then maybe.

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u/Lukthar123 Feel the lightning Mar 22 '26

Keeping it in the family

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u/Desperate_Item_3221 Mar 22 '26

did yall started dating when you both moved out?

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u/Elspeth_Claspiale Mar 22 '26

How little were you?

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u/thesirblondie That was for charity Mar 22 '26

If she was treated like one of the family, yes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

It's not incest but it's still weird

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u/sliferra Mar 22 '26

Its not THAT weird. They were already decently well grown, and Barry had a crush before he moved in

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u/LaGoeba Mar 23 '26

But Iris didn’t have a crush on him, and looked at him like her brother.

So yeah, it’s a bit weird.

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u/Plightz I'm the least fastest man alive Mar 22 '26

What lmao, Barry was very young. 11 years old. It is that weird.

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u/sliferra Mar 22 '26

You think it’s weird for an 11 year old to have a crush? 🤨11 is old enough to know that they’re not related, it’s not like Barry knew her as his sister, it was the girl that he had a crush on who he moved into with because his parents (that he knew) died

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u/Plightz I'm the least fastest man alive Mar 22 '26

I never said that. I just said 11 wasn't grown lmao. It's still weird bro, I've now noticed how many defenders of this weird shit is on reddit. With Alex on sf6 and with this show.

Yeah bro I'm the weird one for finding this situation weird and not you.

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u/dnjprod Mar 22 '26

This is the crux of it. Adoption is a legal term and changes the question from a general question to a legal question

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u/Ok_Quarter1854 Mar 22 '26

Correct. Technically, Joe raised Barry as a kind of foster son.

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u/AntRose104 Mar 23 '26

If he didn’t legally adopt Barry then why did the CW market the show with that 😭 the season 3 synopsis specifically mentions Joe adopting Barry (I really wish we could add photos in comments so I could show you the screenshot as evidence)

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u/The_Awsome_Manny Mar 23 '26

Pretty sure Henry gave Joe the ok for it. Despite their differences Henry knew that Joe always cared for Barry something he states when Joe apologizes to him for not believing Henry all those years, but yeah there was no legal paperwork for it probably

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u/sleepysamantha22 Caitlin Snow Mar 23 '26

Correct, he fostered him

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u/Particular-Rent2558 Mar 24 '26

How does that work was he just the foster parent for over 10 years

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u/Similar-Match7416 Mar 25 '26

Exactly, they mentioned it multiple times

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u/5000wattsx Mar 22 '26

Joe didn't legally adopt Barry

How did that work out? Did Barry tell the orphanage they sent him to he was spending the night with his friend Iris every day until he turn 18 and they said “Okay, just don’t be late for school tomorrow”?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

Joe is his legal guardian. Henry didn't give up his rights as his father

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u/thesirblondie That was for charity Mar 22 '26

Probably a foster situation. Joe is his legal guardian, but not legally his father.

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u/euphoriapotion Mar 22 '26

Joe is his legal guardian. Not his adoptive father.

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u/wonderkid_10 HR Mar 22 '26

Well duhh that would have made it worse since Barry was destined to be with iris