You said "Move on." They did, they've given him a costume. What else do you feel you need?

Mortal frienemies?

Presumably there's a chance one of the many people they'd need to make a rocket flight happen being influenced into opening it like Cisco was

Enough with the Wally will get hurt fear. We get it. Point made. Move on.

He's a forensic scientist; the dig was funded out of his own pocket

Considering The Flash is set in America, be thankful it wasn't the Sorcerer's Stone

Just repeat yourself: It's just a show,
I should really just relax - MST3K

Money off of the patents Star Labs still owns?

Well, the whole tied to a stone thing makes it a bit different. Plus, he's less 'really really fast' and more 'able to teleport' which adds a different challenge than a Zoom or Reverse-Flash does

Well, presumably there's a chance one of the many people who'd need to make a rocket flight happen being influenced into opening it like Cisco was

"At that stage"; pretty sure Barry, at the moment, is still faster.

That wasn't a fight though, it was a race and they've never established Kara as being faster than Barry.

Why, because he's black?

I think they live on the idea that there's the 'true' original timeline and everything else is 'fake.' So when you're told your son is a result of the fake timeline, and hence "not meant to be", I guess that's a bit of a gutpunch.

Plus: You know shit is fucked up when the Arrow of all people is trying to snap Barry (and his series) out of the emo fugue state it has been in

Considering all the episodes of Supergirl recently where she's been handily getting knocked around by the likes of Cyborg Superman, it's nice to see her portrayed as a true alpha badass again.

Makes it plausible that whilst Kara is more powerful, neither she nor Barry could kill the other without some sort of plan that goes beyond punching each other.

As you've probably already been told: Best to start with season 1 of the Flash. 2 was muddied and this one hasn't quite been firing on all cylinders.

Lips are more sensitive? I dunno

Only exposed part of Barry's body? Guessing it had to be skin-on-skin contact and the rest of the Flash's body is covered