Eternal Flame

You always cite the same link to that Fimfiction thread to justify your arguments, you're always claiming the very same thing you're claiming just now.And you say that THE DIFFERENCE between us is that I "use the same old-as-dirt excuse to justify hating him while pretending any argument in his defense is objectively wrong."? I mean, I'm not gonna deny I'm as stubborn as it gets, but if there's one difference between us, it's that one of us isn't a hypocrete.And I mean, you can come up with a lot of ways of making him interesting, making your own headcanons to view him in a better light, sure, that's all fine and dandy, and all the more power to you, but none of that is going to be Canon just because it's in your head. Believe it or not, I've actually done the same! Just so that his presence around would infuriate me less. But here's the thing, partner, it doesn't matter how many headcanons and interpretations we come up with, because his canon self is still gonna be the same bland same. It's not me who's lazy for just calling him bland, it's the writing team who were lazy as fuck with his characterization and just went for the most stereotypical thing they could find for a male love interest. Am I lazy for not investing energy and effort in viewing him in a better way? Answer me this then: Why should in the first place, when the writing's given me basically no reason to invest myself in the character? They've done great for making me invested in the Mane 6, in Sunset, in Spike, and even some side characters like Discord, Celestia, and others, but Flash? Again, it's them who put absolutely no effort into his character, let alone his "romance" with Princess Twilight, and no amount of headcanons we make, or details we pick, is gonna change that.I mean, forget about whether he's interesting or not. That may be subjective, yeah, but here's one thing you can't possibly debate: He's nowhere as developed, characterized or explored as any of the protagonists, let alone given their depth. If anything, I feel like the only way he can be interesting (for some people) is precisely as the blank slate that he is, so that viewers may project on him, but then it means the writers have probably realized that and decided to keep it so, which only means they're gonna keep characterizing Flash as minimalistically as possible. In other words, they've justifed themselves being as lazy as they can possibly be with his writing.