What's Your Deal?

Wally West is a student at Brentwood Academy. He recently moved to Gotham from Central City, where he has been Kid Flash for about the last four years (since he was 13). He is keen to strike out on his own, and build a reputation/identity for himself that isn't in The Flash's shadow, but at the same time he's a little worried about the fact that he was "sent" away, and feels like maybe his Uncle Barry was trying to get rid of him. Wally is an anxious little bean whose mind works so quickly that it can't help formulating fleshed out worst-case scenarios almost instantly, but in this instance, he's not entirely wrong: Barry is sending him away, but that has more to do with Barry's identity being compromised by the DEO, and him wanting to have Wally at a safe distance.

One of Wally's main arcs is the idea that he runs on fear, hence the yellow lightning. He is running away from his past, his inadequacies, his concerns and anxieties, and has a constant headlong forward motion that permeates everything he is and does, because he's frightened of what will happen if he ever stops. Even being a speedster feeds into this anxiety: unlike Barry, who was "chosen" when a bolt of lightning struck him, Wally forced the situation by screwing around trying to replicate the situation in a lab, so part of him feels as if he has stolen his speed, and doesn't truly deserve it.

Exposure to Frenzy will have introduced Wally to the idea that emotions and lightning are linked. This may be something he wants to study or experiment with, and may lead to some stories where situations cause his lightning to turn different colours (say, if Mia was in danger, and his lightning turns violet because he's running to save someone he loves). At some point - possibly with the help of Mirror Master? - I would like to have Wally split in two, transporter accident style: one half would be Dark Wally, a cooler, edgier version with all of his speedster powers, and the other would be Dork Wally, with all the bumbling awkward positivity that Wally sees as holding him back. The resolution would be that Wally realises that his powers aren't what makes him matter: he is what makes his powers matter (or something cheesy like that).

Long term, Wally has a potential romance with Mia, and a bromance with Connor. Longer term, we will be seeing glimpses of Wally from the Warworld future, where he has (like Earth-22) stepped up and become a Superman-like figure: although in this case, it may be the Flash that he was replacing. As things currently stand, the Future Flash has had his legs permanently broken to remove him as a threat, but if enough changes in the present to affect the future, this may be undone, allowing him to run back in time and contribute to that part of the story. One idea is that in the original future, Mia Dearden was the one who crippled Wally, but that changes in their relationship might prevent her from being able to follow through with that. Another complicating factor is that in both comics canon and Kingdom Come (Earth-22), Wally has a child with someone who isn't Mia, which may raise some "who are you meant to be with?" questions if/when Mia finds out.

Hector Hall is the eldest son of Hawkman and Hawkwoman, but he looks like the youngest, because for the last few decades he was "hijacked" by Doctor Fate as a glorified mystical hat stand. John Constantine (somehow) negotiated his release, and Hector has decided to become a cop with the GCPD. He's currently working alongside Constantine as the police officer with the misfortune of driving him around and keeping him out of trouble.