Quote Originally Posted by lancerman View Post
Spoilers from the leaked pilot. Don't read if you want to be surprised.

spoilers:
Barry was adopted by Iris West's father, who is an authority on the police force. Barry is pretty much a son to him. Iris views Barry as a brother, does not view him as a potential romantic interest. Mr West was also one of the detectives who arrived on Barry's mom's murder scene.
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I got to see this during upfronts but since people have seen the pilot now and are talking about it, I'd like to clarify once again that

spoilers:
Barry was NOT adopted by Iris's dad, he 'took him in' which is totally different, and Iris, while clearly not viewing Barry romantically, also makes a point to say 'its not like we're brother and sister, so I get that its weird talking to me about girls you like' and there was a very pointed effort to convey that while extremely close, the two do not view each other as sharing a sibling bond.
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