Could not agree more! She's cringe-worthy, and there were so many times I wanted to just give up on the show 'cause of her. The annoyance with her character peaked with the whole "Why are you keeping a secret from me, Eddie; how dare you?!?!" towards the end of Season 1. Like seriously?? You know he's a cop, and there will honestly be times when he can't divulge details from his work (including working with the Flash) -- and you're going to have a hissy fit like some child because you're kept in the dark. And worst of all, SHE kept her meetings with the Flash secret from him for ages before revealing she met him in person! Like ughhhh, Eddie was such a sweetheart and could have done way better than her. But alas, I suppose it's too much to hope she'll be killed off sometime soon, since Iris West is apparently the main love interest of Barry Allen in the comics 😥
But seriously, what is up with the CW and it's horrible love interests in superhero shows? I recall the original debut of the annoying/b!tchy/cringe-worthy love interest with Lana Lang from Smallville. I would have hoped all the negative feedback for her character would inspire the CW to write better female leads, but nope, they just got more annoying as Arrow and the Flash came about. Pity.
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