Flash is all very nice - but the whole point of it is that it SHOULD LOOK like it is all very offhand - telling everybody beforehand that you are going to do something Flash will most likely be taken as part of a Comic Routine.

The word to remember is 'Elegant' - Apparent simplicity on the surface which hides all the hard work beneath.

Think of the Swan - an elegant looking creature, but below the surface of the water, those tiny little feet are going like the clappers - paddling as hard as they can!