That is... awful. Man, please tell me that a bugbear is not some kind of horrible mix of a cockroach and a grizzly because if it is, I'm definitely having nightmares, and I ain't even seen one.
[ He jokes, in part, because the thought of Taako getting tossed around like that and hurt really badly is actually kind of awful, and Cisco doesn't really want to linger on that too long if he can help it. It was bad enough hearing when Barry got hurt, and he has freaky super healing that can mend a broken bone in an hour or two. ]
Is there a reason you don't wear armor?
[ Maybe it blocks his magic, or something? But he ought to have armor. Armor is important. Cisco knows that; Taako might think superhero gear is mostly for the aesthetics, but in the case of Barry's suit, Cisco had poured hours and hours into finding ways to make it bullet-proof, into threading tiny heat-ribbons through the whole thing so that the next time Captain Cold tried some shit, Cisco could save Barry even from miles away. Taako might not need to be walking around with a built-in defibrillator, but he ought to have something! ]
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[ He jokes, in part, because the thought of Taako getting tossed around like that and hurt really badly is actually kind of awful, and Cisco doesn't really want to linger on that too long if he can help it. It was bad enough hearing when Barry got hurt, and he has freaky super healing that can mend a broken bone in an hour or two. ]
Is there a reason you don't wear armor?
[ Maybe it blocks his magic, or something? But he ought to have armor. Armor is important. Cisco knows that; Taako might think superhero gear is mostly for the aesthetics, but in the case of Barry's suit, Cisco had poured hours and hours into finding ways to make it bullet-proof, into threading tiny heat-ribbons through the whole thing so that the next time Captain Cold tried some shit, Cisco could save Barry even from miles away. Taako might not need to be walking around with a built-in defibrillator, but he ought to have something! ]