If you come to the dash, welcome to the world of random landings! Wet runway dry runway, crosswind/no crosswind, small flare, long flare, it's in the lap of the gods whether you get a smooth landing or not!!!
MVE - Not necessarily, those of us that prefer to use flap 15 (and the correct technique of course) manage to nail it 90% of the time. Flap 35 = lap of the gods as you say.
Sorry to be off topic by the way.