Iris West quotes from The Flash

You been hanging out here a lot lately.

Iris

Yeah, well, there's a lot of scared people with this monster running around the city.

Oh, we'll get him. We always do.

Iris

Oh, yeah? Is that a quote I can use for my article?

[emphatically] No!

Iris

All right, it was worth a try.

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Cisco

[after reviewing H.R.'s CV] Is any of what's on here true?

All of it.

How? You can barely turn on a computer.

There are two parts to every idea. There is the inception and the execution... I provide the former.

Iris

So you come up with the ideas.

Yeah. I don't know how to implement them. I'm the idea man.

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Iris

I hate that we have to do this. He so badly wanted powers, and now to keep him locked up so he doesn't get them, it's...

It's hard, I know.

Iris

I don't know if you actually do.

What does that mean?

Iris

All Wally wants to do is to help people. And to see you do that every day while all he can do is stand by and watch... it's hard being a bystander sometimes.

You don't... feel that way, too, do you?

Iris

Barry,... c'mon. My contributions here are limited. I don't know science. I don't have powers. I don't know how to help you.

I couldn't do this without you.

Iris

It's not true.

That is true. Whether you realize it or not, there is no Flash without Iris West.

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Iris

Barry, you are an incredible C.S.I. and no one in this building cares more about helping people find justice than you. And that was long before you were The Flash. This lab, it's your life.

You're my life. Both of you. And Wally and Caitlin and Cisco. If these past few months have taught me anything, it's that I would give up everything I have to keep you all safe. No regrets.

Every time I think you've run out of ways to be a hero, you show me another one.

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[speaking through Julian] Hello, Barry. It's been a while.

Savitar.

None of you are on your knees. It's a smart move to bow before a deity.

You're not a god.

To be a god, you just have to make people believe you are.

Iris

No one believes in you.

You should, Iris. I hold the power of life and death over all of you.

Caitlin

How do you know so much about us?

I know you, Caitlin. Cisco. Joe. Wally. The fake Wells. I know your fears, I know your weaknesses, I know you better than you know yourselves. I know your destinies. One shall betray you. One shall fall. One will suffer a fate far worse than death. This is the knowledge I have for you. About your everlasting damnation.

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[Barry has brought Iris to a new, empty apartment.]

Iris

I... I don't understand. Where are we?

Home.

Iris

What?

I couldn't sleep on Cisco's couch anymore, and your place is... sorta small for two. So I signed a lease and I put both of our names on it.

Iris

I got you a wallet.

I'm sure I'll love it.

Iris

Barry, this is a big step.

Not for me. [gives her a key and embraces her] I don't know what's gonna happen in the future. All I know is, right here, right now, I want to spend every moment I can with you. You're the first thing I want to see when I wake up, and the last thing I --

[Iris kisses Barry.]

Iris

I love you, Barry Allen.

I love you, Iris West.

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Did you ask Julian to join Team... Star Labs?

Caitlin

I know, he's an acquired taste, but–

Cisco

Yeah, well he is Doctor Alchemy, the big bad's little bad.

Iris

Yeah, he gave Wally his powers.

That I don't mind.

Caitlin

Guys, I need his help. I'm sorry Cisco, but these cuffs, they aren't cutting it. Every night when I go to bed, I'm afraid that I'll wake up... be her. Maybe Julian can think of something that we haven't. [pause] Barry, when your mom was murdered, Joe and Iris, they took you in. Cisco, when Dante died, I slept on your couch to keep you company. The things we see, the things that we face, no one can do this alone. Trying is the biggest mistake that you can make.

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Iris

Okay, look, I know everyone is working really hard to prevent Savitar from...

... Yeah.

Iris

But honestly, these could be my last few months on Earth.

Could you not talk like that?

Iris

I'm just being realistic, Wally. I get to do that. Look, I want my life to mean something. More than just as a daughter or as a sister, or as a girlfriend. But as a reporter. This story can do that. It can say that I, Iris West, mattered.

You know, my life was a lot easier before I had a sister.

Iris

It's a lot better now, isn't it?

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Iris

What is all this?

I've been really busy recently with trying to avoid the future, and I forgot that there's always another way.

Iris

What is that?

Making the future. [opens a box containing an antique engagement ring] Our future. [gets down on one knee] My great-grandfather gave this to my great-grandmother after World War Two. He wanted to propose before he was shipped out, but he didn't have the money. And he bought this three years later when he was stationed in London. Fought his way across France, all the way to Berlin, with this ring around his neck with his dog-tags. And when he got back, she was waiting for him in the dock of the Brooklyn Navy yards. He proposed on the spot. After my mom passed away, Joe held on to this for me. Until tonight.

Iris

Barry...

Iris West... will you marry me?

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Iris

I just want you to listen, okay? I need you to let me say what I need to say.

Okay.

Iris

I'm not angry at you. I understand that you... you want to keep me safe, and us getting engaged could change the future. I get all of that. Barry, when you proposed to me, I said "Yes" because I love you more than anything. And I want to be your wife. But I thought that you were asking me purely out of love, not fear. And Barry, whether you realize it or not, now there's always gonna be a part of us that's tainted

Iris, I'm trying to save your life.

Iris

I know, and that's the problem. I want to be your wife, Barry. I don't want to be someone that you're trying to save for the rest of eternity.

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You told me that you only wanted to marry someone because they love you and not because they were trying to save you. And I get that. I just... You know, I've lived with a lot of death, tragedy in my life, and seeing you die... it's impossible not to be consumed by that.

Iris

Yeah. No, I get that. I do. It just... it made me question if you were asking me for the right reasons, you know? If it was out of... love or... responsibility. But, look, while you were gone, I realized something. I don't have to doubt why you want to marry me. It's the same reason that I want to marry you. I want to be your wife, Barry.

Um.... I love you. But... uh... You were right. I proposed because I thought it would save you. I thought Wally would save you. I... I was wrong. I alone have to save you in the future, and I'm going to. But not by changing it. By embracing it.

Iris

Okay, um... what does that mean?

It means that... I think we need some space for a while.

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And the White Witch? I'm guessing you know why she's after me?

Iris

Well, she's teamed up with an evil speedster from the future, and apparently you develop the technology to trap him for an eternity. So...

You can't be serious.

Totally serious.

An evil speedster?

Flash

He calls himself Savitar.

Savitar? And he's from the future?

Iris

Yep.

And I build a trap for him? Me?

You.

Flash

He wants to kill you before you build it. That's why he sending Killer Frost after you.

Killer Frost? Her name... is Killer Frost?

Yeah.

We know it's a lot to take in.

Well, to be fair, you're basically telling me I'm Sarah Connor in Terminator.

Cisco

Eh, more like Miles Dyson.

Yeah. Good effort, though.

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Iris

What was he (Savitar) like?

Broken.

Iris

You know, all this time, I thought that Savitar is this... monster. It's hard to picture what might happen and... it being you, it... I know it's not you, I'm... [trails off]

Part of him is. He said it was like looking in a mirror, and he was right. But not just the way that he looked. It was... it was his eyes. The pain that was inside them. I've seen that in myself. When I think about how my parents died so violently. Sometimes I want to repay that violence with more violence. I wanna make someone else hurt as much as I do.

Iris

But you don't ever do that. You're not him, you're a good person.

I know, but it's in there, you know. That's in me. That power, that pain. That's where Savitar comes from. From loss. From losing you.

Iris

You're not going to lose me. Do you hear me? And we are going to stop Savitar. You are not alone. He is. And he is not a god.

Jay told me that we're not gods. He was wrong. We could be. Any speedster, and it wouldn't take much. When the love in our hearts is drowned in anger, when the bad memories outweigh the good ones. [softly] What am I going to have to become to stop him?

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Why can't I remember anything? Why can't I remember my name?

Iris

Your name is Barry.

[searching his pockets] My name's not "Barry". I don't know what my name is, but my name's -- [reading his name off his driver's license] "Bartholomew Henry Allen". That's not a good name.

Iris

Look, Barry--

Are you sure I don't go by "Bart"? "Bart" feels more natural to me. Can we go with "Bart"?

"Bart's" kinda cool.

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You sure this is the me you want, with all the baggage?

Iris

Seeing you without the weight of everything that's happened, seeing you happy, like you were before your mother was killed. Without all that darkness haunting you, you were finally free. It was nice.

I did the same thing months ago.

Iris

What do you mean?

That freedom? I had that. When I was with my Mom and Dad again in Flashpoint. And I could've let it stay like that. I could have let the memories of this timeline fade, but if I'd done that, I would've lost Joe and Cisco and Wally and Caitlin and you. Pain and darkness, it's a part of me, and I need it to fuel me. To push me to be a better person, to be a better hero. Keep me from ever forgetting who I am.

Iris

Now that is the Barry Allen I know and love. [gives Barry a long, loving kiss]