@The Twelfth Doctor Whoof  
Pffffffft

Awww, they’re so cute together, even if it’s not canon.

@Itsthinking  
Well, I for one liked his presentation so far. There have always been way too many jerkwads and fools in high schools.

I like “over-protective, big brother, best friend forever,” Shining Armor.

@Millennial Dan  
Most I’ve heard either didn’t “get” it or didn’t even remember who he was. I don’t think they got the reaction they expected from any audience.

@Itsthinking  
Mixed bag. Only a portion of us older grumps really complained about him. The kids were mostly either positive or indifferent.

@Itsthinking  
It’s still not definitive because neither series hasn’t bloody ended. <_<;

@Millennial Dan  
Toys seem to be a result of fan response, Flash probably wasn’t designed to be a toy. His appearance was probably designed to test the waters for male characters in EqG. We all know how that turned out.

@Itsthinking  
Also correct. I like Flash, and I could care less for toy version. All in all, he’d do best as a in-show personality. :)

@Itsthinking  
There has at times been noticeably little merchandise for certain longstanding main characters too (especially show accurate ones). He’s only had one significant appearance so far, so the toys may still come later, if he continues to show up in EqG stuff.

@thps48  
Why would anyone?

@Itsthinking  
Hm, I see. I guess neither party is interested enough to spam FB for Flash toy requests. :(

@thps48  
Pretty much. The problem is that the target audience apparently didn’t have much of a reaction. There’s not even a doll or any merch of him outside a blindbag.

@Itsthinking  
Forever? Maybe in your universe. <_<

@Millennial Dan  
People just plain dislike the concept of him, they basically blew it.

@Millennial Dan  
What Thinking endearingly dubbed the “Anon Play” in EG.

@thps48  
What theory?

@Ridley Wolf  

@Ridley Wolf  
Plus, EQA should delve into that sort of thing as well. And then The One and Time Cop parodies shall jut out of the woodwork. (Cannot think of better examples. Apologies. :P )

@Itsthinking  

This is your problem right here. Flash hasn’t really been developed so much as merely introduced. He has a personality, but he hasn’t had time for a tremendous degree of growth and dynamic changes. It was exactly the same for every other character after their introductions.

@PonyPon  
In the beginning, Twilight started out as the typical overachieving loner.  
As the show progressed, she made good friends, learned a lot about herself, completed her schooling, and discovered what she was meant to do.  
That in and of itself is a level of character development almost unheard of in a cartoon.  
Bringing in a possible romantic interest adds a whole new layer to the character, and shows that she has interests outside of her friends and responsibilities.
 
I’m not saying that she should develop a relationship with Flash on the show, but I’m not opposed to the possibility.

My theory gets ignored once more. Forever alone. :I

@Millennial Dan  
I’m using it like this.

@Itsthinking  
I’ve never really agreed with that assessment. What do you mean by “flat”, or “round” anyway? It doesn’t make much sense. He didn’t exist only to move the plot along. Heck, many people have argued the plot could’ve gotten by without him. In essence, it would seem he’s actually there to add a little something extra to the story, as it were.

@Millennial Dan  
I do it in good fun. The jokes where Applejack is actively trying to not be seen as a background pony, like these, are fucking hilarious.
 
I think when it all boils down to it, we’re conditioned to expect characters in shows to be overly special, and when there’s one who isn’t, everyone’s like “ooooh boring” like with AJ and Flash.
 
Funnily enough, when an OC is made out to be special, the cries of “DO NOT STEAL” are heard drifting on the wind.
 
@Itsthinking  
Case in point. Honestly, though, I think we overestimate Flash’s influence on the show as a whole. He has like, 5 minutes of total screen time in Equestria Girls. When I did those Flash Sentry edits, I actually had trouble scrounging up enough footage to actually do the pictures and had to vector a lot of them from absolute scratch. Hell, the body I used for him in the centaur pic is actually recolored from Thunderlane; there’s no full body shots of him that were useable. What I’m getting at, is the guy is a background character at best; of course he’s flat and has no real personality at all. He doesn’t need it.