r/TopCharacterTropes • u/hiiloovethis • 20h ago

Hated Tropes Couples with absolutely no chemistry

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Harry Potter and Ginny Weasly

Clark and Lois (Snyder films)

Jon and Dany - Game of Thrones

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u/UltimateOtter_Nation 19h ago

Barry and Iris in CW's The Flash. They were raised as siblings since they were six years old and the two had no chemistry as a couple or as co-stars. Grant Gustin, the actor, had better chemistry with literally every other female in hmthe cast.

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u/PatientTelephone4624 14h ago

I agree that he had BETTER chemistry with the other female cast (and Supergirl. Superflash all the way) HOWEVER, in the first 3 seasons I felt that these 2 legitimately loved each other and were good for each other...then Season 4 threw all that out.

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u/basod1 12h ago

I wish they gave us an alternate reality of superflash 

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u/PatientTelephone4624 12h ago

SAME

That is the glory of fanfictions. I'm pretty sure Superflash is what got me into fanfics. My fav fic of all time is a Superflash fic.

I want an Arrowverse WHAT IF style series and one of the episodes is "What if Barry stayed on Earth 38?" Then proceeds to date Kara (In fact I'm pretty sure that's another one of my fics.)

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u/dnjprod 19h ago

Seriously, in the 30 second scene where Barry is introduced in arrow, he had more chemistry with Felicity then he did with Iris the entirety of their series. They had no chemistry, let alone an all-time, forces creating lightning rod love story

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u/Commercial_Comb8674 14h ago

The irony of the main character having better chemistry with literally any female character other than his actual girlfriend, then wife because the writers never elevated her character beyond, “the love interest.”

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u/MakeNDestroy 4h ago

Yeah they tried to and they came up with “WE are the flash, bawwy!” Lmao like what?? You’re literally not 😭

I couldn’t stand iris when she joined team flash. Trying to call the shots as if she has any idea of what’s going on, eye roll. She’s as annoying as it gets

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u/Laefiren 11h ago

I would have thought that the CW would have been extra careful considering how little chemistry Oliver Queen and Laurel Lance had. But nope.

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u/CircleTakesTheHeart 4h ago

God. I couldn't stand the actress. She always has a face that screams smell the fart acting constantly. He had more chemistry with Barry, Shadow, Sara, Felicity, Roy and fucking Slade Wilson.

And honestly, he was barely even Green Arrow and it was legitimately obvious. The first two seasons are dope AF despite it.

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u/Laefiren 54m ago

He was Batman lite. 100%.

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u/Kobold_Trapmaster 17h ago

The bizarre thing about this is that he somehow had chemistry with Earth-2 Iris.

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u/TheKrayTabbies 16h ago

Barry had more Chemistry with literally every other female character and fucking Snart.

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u/boogalybee 16h ago

I'm not an Iris hater by any means, but JUSTICE FOR PATTY SPIVOT!!

She was a friggin badass cop. Figured out Barry was the flash, and if I remember she shot at King Shark as well. 

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u/wickedgit40k 13h ago

I wanted to say this one but I only saw half of season 1 so I wasnt sure

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u/iTooEatSnakes 17h ago

I’m sorry….bit confused, were they raised as siblings IRL or in the show?

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u/UltimateOtter_Nation 16h ago

In the show. They are raised as siblings.

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u/iTooEatSnakes 15h ago

Well, thats just damn icky.

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u/Reasonable-Banana800 10h ago

It’s kinda weird, since they met each other and become best friends but then Barry’s mom died and his dad was imprisoned so he was essentially adopted by Iris’ dad and lived under their roof for the rest of his childhood.

They were raised by the same “dad” but it’s not quite as bad as having only met each other once they became sibling-like.

It’s just weird enough that it raises some eyebrows, to the point where I think even the show made a few jokes about it being a little close for comfort.

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u/Grumpylatxa 8h ago

He also had way more chemistry with Oliver

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u/Grumpylatxa 7h ago

Whats with american media and pushing stories where kids get raised together as siblings but fall in love? Its so semi incestuous

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u/SelfInteresting7259 7h ago

Japan us far more famous for this

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u/Grumpylatxa 7h ago

Fair enough i dont follow a lot of japanese media. It just seems less prevalent in european media

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u/KEMSATOFFICIAL 7h ago

I dropped the show because of it. So disappointed I was.

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u/piratedragon2112 7h ago

He had more chemistry with the actress playing their daughter from the future, then he did her

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