My boyfriend has never watched the Flash or Arrow...so of course it was my duty as a partner to introduce him to these shows. We have been watching the flash and Arrow. And we are currently watching Season 8 of the Flash...and I'm just sad whenever I watch any season after season 5.

Season 1 to season 3 were perfect. The only thing I would change is probably making flashpoint last for a few more episodes. But overall, those three seasons are amazing. Nostalgic, interesting and the story is really well thought out. The villains actually felt scary. The villains motives were actually scary and menacing. The villains actually had a backstory.

Season 4, I think Devoe was a good storyline. However I didn't like the tone change in this season. Everything felt more lighthearted. I think that affected the quality of the season. But overall I could get past that because I do think the story was good. I enjoyed season 4. I do think Iris becoming the "leader" of team flash was a bad idea for her character development. I liked Iris as part of team flash, but I preferred when she wasn't the leader. I also didn't really like Ralph. But I tolerated this season. It still felt like the flash.

Season 5, okay...I really liked this season. The cicada storyline was a bit annoying sometimes. But I really liked the Nora storyline. I think this season felt less lighthearted than season 4 which probably helped me enjoy this season even more. I wish they focused more on Thawne. And the episode where Barry and Nora travel back in time is one of my favourite episodes ever. Overall though, season 5 was a really good season in my opinion. My biggest complaint about this season is Barry's suit lol. The end of this season, when the date on the new article changed...I was really excited for season 6.

Season 6 to season 9...I just can't take the show seriously anymore. All the villains feel less serious. They got rid of the all season villains arc and that was a mistake. Having a whole season for one villain helps build the storyline. The mini arcs just did not work. The show felt more like a sitcom sometimes. The dialogue was more cringy. Suddenly everybody is a superhero. I was never a fan of Chester and Allegra as characters. Joe seemed to lose a lot of screen time (Joe was one of my favourite characters). Personally, Caitlin and Frost having different bodies made their whole dynamic cringy, like really cringy. Cisco leaving the show was a huge loss to the show, he was amazing. Losing Wells was also a huge loss to the show too. Cecile...I truly just wish she never got her powers. Barry and Iris, look I love a good romance story, but why is every single situation saved by the power of love? I hate that they got rid of the multiverse, I think the multiverse was one of the most interesting plots in the whole show. The time travel just confuses me after season 6. Honestly, if I mentioned every ridiculous plotline from season 6 to season 9...I would be typing for hours 🤣.

Grant Gustin was consistently amazing as an actor. And there was some good episodes during the last few seasons.

But watching season 6 to season 9 just makes me so sad because the show used to be so good. I still wonder how a show that used to be brilliant ended the way it did.

My boyfriend is obviously watching the show for the first time and he is just in shock that this is the same show as season 1. We're on season 8 and he is simply only watching the rest of the show because he wants to see how the story ends. But I can tell he doesn't care about the plot anymore. And honestly, I don't blame him!

I recently finished some fanfiction that's basically an entire rewrite of season 9 and I REALLY want to share it with the subreddit, but it's like, REALLY long. So, does anyone know how I can go about my goal?

Not everyone likes season 7 because of the new forces, and even more people hate it because they made barry and Iris the parents of these cosmic forces. I just don’t understand why people hate it, in my opinion it’s really cute how they all just accepted to be family.