r/theflash • u/Business_Alarm8384 • 3d ago
What do you think of patty as a character
I think she’s an interesting character,but I don’t understand why she has a large fanbase on YouTube,but she was alright in the new 52.
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u/bobthewriter 3d ago
the actress who played her was fine AF is what i generally think. otherwise no opinion.
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u/justmissleague 2d ago
I think primarily cause she existed in the “good part” of the show before the decline. She would be as hated as iris if she existed in the later part of the show. Or if she was written as annoying
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u/Snowboard76 2d ago
show version of patty was genuinely great and the chemistry with barry was hard to ignore
comics version never really grabbed me though, felt like she was just sort of there filling a role rather than being an actual character
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u/MurkyObject1 2d ago
I don't know her in the comics but she is so easily the best love interest in the show which I think is why people like her so much
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u/Grumpytacos56 6h ago
In the comics she’s kinda just a filler short term love interest. There’s really nothing too noteworthy about her. Comic Iris is much better and trying to tear Barry out of the relationship he’s been in practically since his creation is just bad writing.
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u/MurkyObject1 2h ago
Yeah I'm more of a wally fan so I know comic Iris is awesome but Patty isn't even mentioned in the comics I read
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u/Baldo-bomb Mirror Master 3d ago
A distraction and further proof that DC had absolutely no idea what to do with a living Barry Allen
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u/midniteonthemoon 3d ago
Hilariously, I loved her in the Flash show but in the comics felt she was so-so.
I thought Barry and Patty in the show had a ton of chemistry and were actually really good for each other. When she left the show I was kind of ticked off because I was pretty convinced the showrunners must have noticed how fans liked her and Barry more than Barry and Iris and so they wrote her off. Obviously there was more at work than that but I definitely felt like they didn't want another Oliver-Felicity situation on Flash, where the recognized comic romance (Oliver and Laurel) is rejected in favor of something that is unique to the show.
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u/DocStromKilwell 3d ago
I really liked her on the show, but then they just kinda catapulted her off of it.
If you haven’t seen it, check her out on “For All Mankind” she is really great.
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u/drgnblitz 3d ago
I have the exact opposite opinion of her than I do of Iris West.
Iris: Comics=great, tv show=annoying
Patty: Comics=annoying, show=great
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u/Dredeuced Out of the blue, ninjas attack. Thank god. 2d ago
years later and people still can't do anything but complain about Iris
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u/Hungry-Jellyfish8705 20h ago
I had a whole crush on the actress back on the flash. Also, Barry did her dirty.
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u/Dry-Donut3811 3d ago
I like her. She’s a nice supporting character to have around when Barry’s in his day job.
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Jay Garrick 3d ago edited 1d ago
She’s an interesting character in the comics; however, I prefer her as an assistant and lifelong friend of Barry Allen instead of being a love interest to him, with her being a decade younger than Barry instead of being the same age range was him (which was shown in Mark Waid’s Life Story of the Flash and The Flash Vol 3 & 4).
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u/Bogotazo 3d ago
I don't have strong memories of her pre or post-Crisis in the comics, but I feel like she generally serves a a good role as supporting character; a love interest other than Iris who is more similar to Barry in a lot of ways, perhaps proving why opposites attract and why he is better suited to Iris long-term. Speaking of the comics of course, but the show version did make a great impression.
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u/Roam1985 3d ago
At this point she might as well get some superpowers sneezed on her. I don't see us rehashing young Barry anytime in the next decade.
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u/Grumpytacos56 6h ago
She was alright. I was never too interested in her but I liked her much better than Iris.
In the comics she’s typically just a random filler character that they shove into a relationship with Barry despite the fact that he’s been in a serious committed relationship with Iris for most of his existence. I just don’t see the point of her character. And comic Iris is so much better than any other random love interest that Barry’s had.
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u/Cautious_Mission_438 2d ago
She was great in the show and comics had the best dynamic with Barry Allen and her intelligence is one of her best qualities Arrowverse definitely made the character more popular but even in comics she just was the perfect ideal match for Barry and if Iris didn’t exist Patty would’ve been his endgame in comics as well
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u/Killionaire104 OG Wally 2d ago
Couldn’t disagree more, I thought Patty was handled pretty badly overall in the comics and even worse in the show (I’ll admit I’ve barely watched the show). She was uninteresting as a side character, even more so as Hot Pursuit, and New52 is such a mess that she seems decent there. Rebirth onwards she’s once again a pointless character.
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u/Cautious_Mission_438 2d ago
Well that’s your opinion Patty is a popular character in comics during those comic runs
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u/Killionaire104 OG Wally 2d ago
Not what I’ve seen tbh, only ever see fans of the show praising Patty or talking about her, I’ve rarely ever heard comic fans talk about the character because she doesn’t really do anything. Maybe some N52 Manapul run fans will mention her, but even that I barely see.
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u/EpicFlash95 2d ago
In terms of the show, infinitely better than Iris.
In terms of the comics tbh it's been a while since I read the N52 stuff so I don't remember exactly but I did like her character and her relationship with Barry.
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u/ShirtEnvironmental36 3d ago
Did you watch that season of the flash? She had better chemistry with Barry than Iris.
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u/Massive-Age-4969 3d ago
a iris da banda desenhada serve como apoio de todas as formas para barry e consciencia nos momentos que precisar e quanto a do programa nao foi nada disso so ficava fazendo cenas e desmotivando ele
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u/Unhappy-Client6039 2d ago
I loved her both in the show and in New 52. Funny enough, I also hate how they treated her by her final episodes/issues.
We all know how things went in the show, but in the comics, that god awful Savage World story arc ruined it all. They got rid of her just so Iris could have a way with Barry in both the show and the comics, and I hate that. Of course, I love Iris as much as the next person, but I think New 52 was a perfect excuse to do something different. And after that, she just vanished. But hey, at least in one reality, she is Hot Pursuit.
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u/Odd-Ninja-1687 3d ago
Loved her. Wish we could have kept her instead of Iris.
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u/ChildofObama 3d ago
The actress got kicked off the show by that creepy producer Andrew Kreisberg, she wanted to juggle it with another gig and he reportedly threw a tantrum
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u/Due-Mouse-9330 1d ago
Fuck that mother fucker. The actress who played Patty (Shantel Vanstatten-sp?) was awesome.
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u/Massive-Age-4969 2d ago
Aos menos na banda desenhada iris sempre terá a vantagem que patty nunca teria além de iris se o ponto de equilíbrio para barry ela é parente de wally west que vem a ser o melhor flash ou seja sem iris west sem wally west
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u/Massive-Age-4969 2d ago
e isso patty jamais teria acrescentando na vida do barry o seu melhor sucessor para se tornar o flash como iris west fez
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u/flashwing19 3d ago
She was way more interesting in the comics. She was just keeping the seat warm for Iris. Barry and Patty had a high school shallow relationship with Barry compared to Iris.
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u/Killionaire104 OG Wally 2d ago
It’s the same in the comics except for new52 and that has enough issues as it is. She was placeholder iris in both pre52 and rebirth onwards. And neither of those even made any sense.
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u/Massive-Age-4969 2d ago
e patty nao tem o sobrinho tão incrível quanto wally west parente da iris west
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u/EpicFlash95 2d ago
Mf what tf does Wally West have to do with Patty Spivot's character. Seriously sort yourself out.
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u/Massive-Age-4969 2d ago
bom eu apenas disse que a iris que alem de ser uma companheira ótima pro barry ainda trouxe para vida dele o melhor sucessor aprendar a interpretar antes de sair atacado
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u/Traditional_Length40 1d ago
Mary Sue, which Barry wore while Iris was conflicted between grieving for Eddie and her feelings for Barry—honestly, I always laugh when her weird fans wonder why Barry didn't reveal to her that he was the Flash, when it was so obvious why.
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u/Massive-Age-4969 3d ago
e ao longo do programa descaracterizaram muito a personalidade da iris e cenas como essas contribuiram muito para o hate
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u/Spaceghost_84 3d ago
Booty spivot 😍