User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/I'm officially done with the Flash/@comment-3481504-20161009225033/@comment-27700324-20161010163521

But i feel that having a villian who was similar to Barry was interesting. Also found it great of the villian to give his victims false hope and take it from them.

Having Zoom who is a more iconic villian than the Rival makes him an iconic villian for the show.