Talk:Flash Sentry/@comment-15629929-20151108160437/@comment-10390252-20151108163418

The character of Flash Sentry was in his conception one of the dozens of creative mistakes that were made in developing the Equestria Girls sub-franchise, aimed as it was at an older audience. Hasbro knew that shipping was a thing and, lacking a plausible existing romantic interest for Twilight, created one specially for the feature. Unfortunatley, they then proceeded to fail to characterise him properly or even use him properly. What resulted was a badly-realised walking-talking High School Cute Boy cliché that sets a lot of fans' teeth on edge.

This is a shame because, in a way, he could have been so much more if they'd decided to give him a lot more depth and on-screen time. For example: Why was he hanging out with Lyra and Bonbon so much in Friendship Games? Cue Sunset recalling that he was the first person to reach out to her when she arrived in the human world and that he'd started hanging around Lyra and Bonbon protectively ever since someone started (unspecified) rumours about them. It just turns out that he's nice that way; he reaches out to people who seem isolated and without friends. It really would be that simple to make him more interesting.

Personally, I'd love for there to be a Flash/Sci-Twi/Princess Twilight triangle sub-plot in EqG. Basically, Princess Twilight and Sunset set him up with Sci-Twi so he won't be pining after alien girls anymore; this has the effect of moving him into the second layer of the Mane grouping along with the Shadow Five as regular sidekick characters in any shorts they do.