Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-9346948-20170503000247/@comment-27700324-20170505152638

Andytrenom wrote: This season didn't sacrifice enjoyability for excessive darkness, it kept a lot of the lightheartedness and humour the show had in previous seasons. A lot of superhero shows try to present a clear villain but now, superhero shows that actually explore the villain's perspective are becoming more popular than ever. The idea of Barry becoming a ruthless villain like Savitar wasn't used as a desperate way of making the show darker, and the writers put a lot of effort in making a season that would compliment such a plot point. The show has always used tragedy and human flaws as part of its narrative. Season 3 just takes this to new heights.

Well Savitar wasn't out of desperation of getting darker. It was desperation to make the ok villain Savitar into an amazing one. This isn't working because he still is just an ok villain, now it is just Barry who is an ok villain. So nothing changed with him and it wasn't the need for a dark show. Also the characters have these dark moments in their life as progression to their characters which is what DC movies don't get right now. Cisco became darker a little after Dante's death because tragedy and loss makes a superhero. However he still is who he is after going out the other side as Vibe. DC movies have characters forever taken by darkness and never learning a thing from the needless tragedy the writers make them suffer through.