Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-27700324-20180314054422/@comment-33745238-20180314230832

Ninja72 wrote: Dragonfly82 wrote: Ninja72 wrote:

Xandermcc wrote: Barry was never the leader. Plus this season, they decided she would lead the team when Barry was in the Speed Force. However the "We are the Flash" nonsense finally ends this episode. Nope, they didnt decide she would lead them. She just made herself the leader. And are you sure it ends? How did she believe that was a good idea? I cant say she is useless. Last episode was when she finally did somehing useful. But that doesnt change the fact that she shouldnt be the leader. A leader isn't just made up of brawn and powers. A leader also has to know how to think, encourage the rest of the team, make decisions with the rest of the team, teach others, and communicate with, by, for, and to the team. I know this is irrelevant, but a study conducted at Google showed that one of the most successful departments was made of people who had effective social and communicative skills. You can't have power or brawns without knowing how to use them effectively and efficiently. You can know how to use them, but still not have them. However, you also can't try to know how to use them or just have knowledge about them, without actually gaining those abilities. You can't have one or the other, you have to have both. That's why the show has a mix of characters, personalities, and abilities. You have people like Cisco, Caitlin, and Harry who have high intellect, but you also have Iris and Barry who know how to execute those intellects. Barry, Cisco, Caitlin, and Ralph have powers so they have brawns, but they also went through periods of training to know how to use those powers. You have people like Joe who are useful, because even though he doesn't have as high of an intellect or brawns as the others, he has skills that can be helpful. Same with Ralph-even though he isn't as developed as a character-he has skills that can be useful. Iris has the brains on how to utilize every teammates skills efficiently and she knows how to communicate actions, think quickly, and make decisions. She also knows how to encourage others, shown by her encouraging Barry throughout the series. Also, part of the reason why Barry is the leader-leader and Iris is the co-leader/ leader, is that when it comes to metahumans, science, tactics, and more complex situations, Barry is more familiar in that area, because he has powers and he is generally smart. Also, he was educated by Wellsobard during Season 1 for which the majority Iris wasn't part of Team Flash and therefore she didn't get an early start as being a teammate and eventually a co-leader. Iris is the leader when it comes to things that can be dealt with on a legal, normal, not-as-catastrophic, not-as-obvious, somewhat dangerous, and routine level. When it starts to get out of the boundaries, it mainly depends on the others' skills, because it usually involves them for the complexity of the situation. Also, you have seen how well she has been as a commanding voice throughout Season 4. She did better than Barry at the monitor, because she has had experience in that position. In conclusion, Iris is actually one of the more useful members of the team, due to her unique and prominent social and communicative skills. She knows how to think and think quickly, encourage the others, make decisions along with the team and by herself, communicate with, by, for, and to the team, stay focused, and assign each teammate to tasks based on his or her skills.