Not that I'd like Stopwatch Meta, but we kind of also are in Flash Meta for years

I always found it weird how lack of diversity is tolerated with Summoner Spells.

I was recently watching Tobias and he got killed by TF who flashed and said: ,,But it's okay he doesn't have flash, so If he gets ganked he's dead." Like imagine how much more safe you feel in lane when you know you can safely flash the gank in most cases. And then there are champions who get very cancerous when they combine their combo with Flash like Annie, who might be better off being balanced around not having Flash available.

Flash is so much better that it is mandatory and there are only few special cases such as taking Ghost on some Juggernauts or Ignite on Shaco Jungle when it is not taken. To the point when you really only choose one other Summoner Spell. And yet there is no big uproar about that.

I realize the major differences, that with Flash, it costs you only SS slot, while with Stopwatch it costs you both Rune slot and you cannot choose the two other Runes and also Stopwatch can be sold for raw gold, but the recent video that made it high on Boards where there was teamfight and everyone was Stopwatching one moment or another makes me think If the same video would contain everyone flashing into safety instead, If there would be still the same uproar about it.

I won't mind Stopwatch being heavily nerfed or removed and If everyone likes Summoners this way I am not asking for changes, but I just wanted to share this food for thought, how we basically got used to Flash Meta, but complain about very similar case just because it's new.