Highlights
- Grant Gustin recreates the iconic Arrowverse meme at a fan event, reminding fans of better days in the franchise’s now-defunct state.
- Gustin’s recreation of the meme brings a refreshing and humorous twist to a serious moment from Arrow’s final season.
- Despite Gustin’s reprisal, Arrow star Stephen Amell does not produce a complementary meme-worthy moment, leaving fans disappointed.
The Flash star Grant Gustin recreated an iconic Arrowverse meme that took the internet by storm during the franchise’s high point.
Kicking off in 2014 on the CW, The Flash was a live-action adaptation of DC Comics’ popular Scarlet Speedster and centered on the Barry Allen version of the character, finally coming to an end in the first half of 2023. Since the show’s final season aired, series star Gustin has spoken about playing another superhero role, potentially even reprising his Arrowverse role.
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After The Flash‘s final pull on fans’ heartstrings in the wake of its last season, Gustin has finally given fans a reprisal of his Arrowverse-era roles, albeit not in the way fans might have expected. In a post to their Instagram account, Gary Lizaso shared a photo featuring Gustin at the recently concluded FanX Salt Lake Pop Culture & Comic Convention 2023. The actor and Lizaso recreated the iconic format tagged as Grant Gustin Next to Oliver Queen’s Grave by Know Your Meme. The meme features an image of Gustin kneeling beside Oliver Queen’s grave from the final season of Arrow.
The humorous meme template has been popular since it was first posted in 2020, with the somber tone of the episode (in which many Arrowverse stars cross over to Arrow for the titular hero’s funeral) contrasting perfectly with the silly behind-the-scene antics that led to the iconic photograph being taken. The meme has even gone beyond the fandom and will likely become more popular now that Gustin has graciously recreated it. Unfortunately for fans, Arrow leading man Stephen Amell (seen in the left-side margins of the original photo) didn’t produce a complimentary meme-worthy moment when he returned as Green Arrow for The Flash‘s curtain call.
Gustin’s refreshing antics at fan events serve to remind Arrowverse lovers of better days, as the franchise is now largely dead, with its last surviving show in Superman and Lois getting a disappointing update concerning its release date shortly after having to cut down on its main cast due to budget cuts required for renewal. While the best is behind them, fans can look forward to James Gunn and Peter Safran’s rebooted universe to potentially see Gustin and some of his contemporaries back in action.
The Flash is now available for streaming on Netflix.
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