#Preston Lindsay

[radioactive-earthshine]

Impulse (1995) #59

There so much in this shot I love.

Ayana - hopelessly crushing on Bart Mike - Hopelessly crushing on Carol Carol - Wondering what sorts of feelings she should have about Cissie Cissie - Wondering why Carol is lookin' at her like that Bart and Preston - exchanging fucking rings for this dance and it's very gay looking

Wade - being the aroace rep out of all of this and just having a blast playing Zelda and ignoring all this damn teenage nonsense.

#orla reads impulse #bart allen #preston lindsay #god i don't want to tag everyone #but #mike ringer #carol bucklen #cissie king jones #ayana #wade

[bobbinalong]

day 2.

#dc #dc comics #fanart #bobbinart #bart allen #preston lindsay #prestonbart #impulse

[spookyprime]

Headbutta you headbutta you headbutta you headbutta you

#bonk #bump #doodles #Bart Allen #Preston Lindsay

[iahr-khighi]

Bart Allen week, day 1 - Impulse '95 Cast

Today is a warm up for me, after a long time of no fanart :]

#dc comics #bart allen #preston lindsay #carol bucklen #impulse #bartallenweek #bart allen week

[honoure-1]

recent bart stuff (ft. preston)

#dc #bart allen #preston lindsay #impulse #reappearance of my heterochromia preston #my art

[franollie]

prestonbart brainworms persist

#bart allen #preston lindsay #prestonbart #bartpreston

[dcsnextgaycharacter]

#jay garrick #the flash #alan scott #green lantern #bart allen #impulse #preston lindsay #jayalan #bartpres #flashfam #lanternfam #young justice #jsa #justice society #justice society of america #dc #dcu #dc comics #poll #old man yaoi

[plutoslvr]

i don't think dc could ever release anything better than impulse 1995 like that was their best nothing can touch it in my eyes. like the intricate and personal relationships between bart and the people around him like max, helen, preston, carol etc him just BEING a kid whilst also being impulse and eventually settling down into a strange unfamiliar world and like even the relationship between him and thad because each of barts relationships goes further than skin deep and because he doesn't think too much about them either but he does at the same time too and it's just something to special to me that i fear nobody understands because bart allen impulse is such a complex character i could talk about forever about his relationships between each of the people in his lives cuz even if they seem insignificant bart makes them significant and i'll just shut up now.

#bart allen my guy of forever my eeper #bart allen #impulse #max mercury #carol bucklen #preston lindsay #helen claiborne #wally west

[toastsartcorner]

I’m kidding do konbart or Bart and Preston (Part? Breston?)

I've drawn too many Kon and Bart pieces for my own good, so may PrestonBart be upon ye

#toast's art #bart allen #preston lindsay #do they have a ship name?

[duke-nitro]

I get a kick out of the idea of Bart trying to set up a double date with Tim and Bernard and everyone is like ??? with who???

And Bart is like “With Preston? My Boyfriend?” and everyone starts ribbing him for getting a blond civilian BF right after Tim did.

Bart just responds with “Yo I’ve been dating him for like 4 years, I swear I’ve brought it up multiple times”, to which everybody gets Real Quiet. Bart, naturally, decides to choose violence and enter Roast Mode to basically shame Tim into agreeing to the double date, now with the express purpose of sharing this incredibly embarrassing incident with Bernard.

#DC comics #bart allen #tim drake #bernard dowd #preston lindsay #timber #Fastest Man Alive presumably didn't happen in this timeline #yes the inspiration for this is that Preston was introduced an entire decade before Bernard #and was a mainstay for Bart's entire comic #while on the other hand I just learned that Bernard was only in like 6 issues before he was Tim's BF

[radioactive-earthshine]

Bart's relationship to all of his civilian friends is really something that is god-tier, but his relationship to Preston really gets to me. Particularly when Bart really does go above and beyond just to make him happy.

I think back to Impulse #51 where we see Bart become interested in comics through Preston, and we also see Bart being a great friend by being attentive and just wanting to make Preston happy.

We find out that After-Life Avenger is a major fictional super-hero and comic in their world with Cherub as the main sidekick, it is Preston's favorite. Preston doesn't have issue #16 and he says he would do anything to have it. It is listed with a price of a whopping $23 in 1999 which in today's money is $30.72 - that's pretty steep for a single issue.

When asked what he was going to get Preston for his birthday he at first was completely blank until Helen helped him remember the conversation from earlier and he tears off of a mission with only one end game; to get Preston that rare comic only because he knows it will make him happy.

Look at how happy Bart is at having been successful in finding this comic, look at his face, look at his little daydream. He literally only wants to make Preston happy.

Also a side note we never find out how much Bart actually paid for this comic (or if he exchanged any cash for it). Bart's strongly hinted through his comics that Max does give him an allowance and Bart is shown buying things like snacks, games etc so he likely would have enough to buy it.

Also, as I like to say. "There's a lotta loose change in the world."

Either way Bart spent a long time finding it having had to go all the way to Seattle, WA from Manchester, AL to find it.

There comes a point in the comic where Bart is left with an opportunity to impress Preston by providing him with an even rarer Cherub figure when he finds it while cleaning up after a heist he apprehended. Instead of thinking about keeping it for himself due to its high collectable value, Bart's immediate thought is giving it to Preston and how much that would make him happy.

Ultimately Bart decides against it, as it would not be fair, but he did in fact think about it at first.

Bart does so much for Preston in his comic; everything from being willing to out himself as Impulse to report his abuse, performing petty crime, running around everywhere to find a comic he knows he will like and being tempted to blatantly steal for him.

Bart loves his friends so much.

#bart allen #impulse #flashfam #preston lindsay #okay to tag as ship #bart/preston #bartpreston #mine

[bobbinalong]

felt like drawing a baby today, so they're crossing over into the kid au.

#dc #dc comics #fanart #bobbinart #preston lindsay #bart allen #impulse #prestonbart #presbart #steph keeps the kid au #oc allie brown

[buniyaad]

preston and carol rolling up just to dress him in different variations of clown 😂😂🤡🤡🤡

#bart allen #carol bucklen #preston lindsay #impulse #dc comics #real talk

[catwouthats]

I see your “Bart Allen is straight” and I raise you a “Bart Allen is aroace, dating no one”

I see your “Bart Allen is aroace, dating no one” and I raise you a “Bart Allen is gay aroace spec but forgot to tell everyone about his boyfriend (Preston) back home”

I see your “Bart Allen is aroace spec but forgot to tell everyone about his boyfriend (Preston) back home” and I counter with a “Bart Allen is gay aroace and dating Kon”

I see your “boyfriend (Preston)” and “dating Kon” and I raise you both a “Bart Allen doesn’t really know romantic and platonic differences. He has no idea if he is dating multiple guys or if he is just friends with all them. It’s never even crossed his mind to ask. He just loves the cuddles.”

I see all your cards and put down a “Bart Allen doesn’t have to be aroace. People need to stop seeing autistics/adhd-ers as innocent/pure, unloveable, and only good as a friend. (But yes, he is gay)” for consideration.

#we’ve gone full circle #(basically) #but it was for a reason #konbart #bartkon #Bart Allen and Preston #prestonbart #bartpreston #bart allen #preston lindsay #conner kent #kon el #I do believe in either polyamorous in a romantic sense Bart tho #or a has a shit ton of cuddly QPRs Bart #queer #aroace #gay

[honoure-1]

oh yea, preston

#preston lindsay #bart allen #impulse #gave him heterochromia bc of how often his eye color changes #my art

[plutonicbees]

impulse '95 is a really good comic run bc the homies r just out here having mommy issues

#its good for other reasons too and all #but the way the series portrays complex familial relationships strikes something within me fr #thinking abt preston recognizing the generational cycle of abuse w his mom and just being relieved that nothing was his fault #there are a million things i could say abt cissie and her mom in these tags rn #but her being told 'you look like you know how it feels to have someone put you down all the time' in her first appearance sticks w me #bart who looks just like his mom but barely gets to spend time with her or know much about her #do u think he ever just looks in the mirror and remembers what it felt like to be called sunshine #bart allen #impulse #dc comics #cissie king jones #preston lindsay #impulse 1995 #meloni thawne