User blog comment:Tortor/spitfire in 'Disordered'/@comment-4621444-20120112184520

Wally clearly blamed her at first for Red Arrow's absence, and thus animosity ensued from both sides. But you know, you just don't nag and mock and taunt somebody, if you are not having strong feeling towards said person. In Bereft, without their bad start, they not only got together well, the chemistry was nicely depicted between them. The constant "beautiful", and the "You know her?", with just that little hint of pseudo-jealousy, the way she agreed to let Megan in her mind after he comfortingly held her hand. And ever since then,there are a lot of fine little things that implies, that Wally IS in denial about his feelings. Artemis is a little less into him, seemingly, but girls are way better than boys in these subtle sign things. Haven't you noticed how many times they arrive into a room together? Or that most of the times, they are standing next to each other? Wally doesn't seems half as enthusiastic about Megan, since Bereft. Artemis having a spare set of water breathers with her, just in case...well, nobody else could need one, since Robin has his own. Artemis voice sometimes uncharacteristically tender, most notably when she makes that improvised... I'm lazy to look up the word... that thing when Wally breaks his arm. And of course there is Failsafe, that speaks volumes alone. Extreme reaction indeed, from Wally. And how he cheers up on the possibility that they are alive... How he refuses to accept her death. "She's alive! They're alive!" Little giveaways like that. I think he does know, how he feels for her but is in denial, in Disoriented he actually admits it. Artemis is similar, only she doesn't know it yet. Of course she didn't saw him dying, which as you can guess cleared up some fog in Wally's heart. Well, I think that's all, and it's quite a handful of reasons, that this is beyond a sibling-like affection.