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** Similarly, why did Oliver constantly trust Slade, even when it might have been risky? Because he knows Slade wants to get to his son Joe, and will do ''anything'' to either help his loved ones...or ''avenge'' them, as he was on the recieving end in Season 2.

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** Similarly, why did Oliver constantly trust Slade, even when it might have been risky? Because he knows Slade wants to get to his son Joe, and will do ''anything'' to either help his loved ones...or ''avenge'' them, as he was on the recieving receiving end in Season 2.

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** It's also entirely possible, though there's no hint either way, that he learned self-defense or martial arts before joining the League. While of course that's nowhere near the same as League training, it would mean that he didn't have to start from the beginning when he joined them.



* Barry Allen's FreakLabAccident is turned up to eleven in this. First, the power in his lab shorts out, then lightning takes out a particle accelerator, and as he goes to shut the skylight all the nearby chemicals start rattling and the liquid in them starts floating up. Then a bolt of lightning basically defies natural laws when it ignores any nearby metal, water, or tall buildings and aims right for Barry, knocking him back into the shelf of chemicals. If you're going for the "Speed Force" explanation on how Barry got his powers, the whole build-up is there to make it clear that this is not a normal lightning bolt.

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* Barry Allen's FreakLabAccident is turned up to eleven in this. First, the power in his lab shorts out, then lightning takes out a particle accelerator, and as he goes to shut the skylight all the nearby chemicals start rattling and the liquid in them starts floating up. Then a bolt of lightning basically defies natural laws when it ignores any nearby metal, water, or tall buildings and aims right for Barry, knocking him back into the shelf of chemicals. If you're going for the "Speed Force" explanation on how Barry got his powers, powers (as confirmed in the spin-off), the whole build-up is there to make it clear that this is not a normal lightning bolt.



* Oliver being terrible at training the new recruits makes sense: he has never really trained anyone to be a superhero before. Diggle, Roy, Helena, Sara, and Thea already knew how to fight by the time any of them joined up with Oliver; Felicity is mostly tech support and doesn't really need to go out in the field; Ray mostly used his suit; Oliver refused to train Laurel, and she had to go elsewhere as a result. He did try to train Roy at one point, but that was mostly to get his Mirakuru-induced anger under control, and that quickly went off the rails. Same thing with Helena. Finally, his attempt to train Barry ended quickly after Barry was hit with an anger-inducing blast, and he also turned out to be a different hero from Oliver. In short, Oliver has no real experience training people. There's also who has trained ''Oliver'': assassins, morally ambiguous mercenaries, mobsters, criminals, and cold-blooded black-ops operators. With very few exceptions, the people who have taught him are the people a superhero would normally be expected to fight ''against''.

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* Oliver being terrible at training the new recruits makes sense: he has never really trained anyone to be a superhero before. Diggle, Roy, Helena, Sara, and Thea already knew how to fight by the time any of them joined up with Oliver; Felicity is mostly tech support and doesn't really need to go out in the field; Ray mostly used his suit; Oliver refused to train Laurel, and she had to go elsewhere as a result. He did try to train Roy at one point, but that was mostly to get his Mirakuru-induced anger under control, and that quickly went off the rails. Same thing with Helena. Finally, his attempt to train Barry ended quickly after Barry was hit with an anger-inducing blast, and he also turned out to be a different hero from Oliver.Oliver, with a very different skillset. In short, Oliver has no real experience training people. There's also who has trained ''Oliver'': assassins, morally ambiguous mercenaries, mobsters, criminals, and cold-blooded black-ops operators. With very few exceptions, the people who have taught him are the people a superhero would normally be expected to fight ''against''.
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* Barry Allen's FreakLabAccident is turned UpToEleven in this. First, the power in his lab shorts out, then lightning takes out a particle accelerator, and as he goes to shut the skylight all the nearby chemicals start rattling and the liquid in them starts floating up. Then a bolt of lightning basically defies natural laws when it ignores any nearby metal, water, or tall buildings and aims right for Barry, knocking him back into the shelf of chemicals. If you're going for the "Speed Force" explanation on how Barry got his powers, the whole build-up is there to make it clear that this is not a normal lightning bolt.

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* Barry Allen's FreakLabAccident is turned UpToEleven up to eleven in this. First, the power in his lab shorts out, then lightning takes out a particle accelerator, and as he goes to shut the skylight all the nearby chemicals start rattling and the liquid in them starts floating up. Then a bolt of lightning basically defies natural laws when it ignores any nearby metal, water, or tall buildings and aims right for Barry, knocking him back into the shelf of chemicals. If you're going for the "Speed Force" explanation on how Barry got his powers, the whole build-up is there to make it clear that this is not a normal lightning bolt.

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* As an above post mentioned, to ascend to the title of Ra's Al Ghul, you have to cut off all ties to your previous life and destroy your home. Considering this, it's possible the Ra's portrayed by Matt Nable killed his previous family that he mentioned to Felicity.

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* As an above post mentioned, to ascend to the title of Ra's Al Ghul, you have to cut off all ties to your previous life and destroy your home. Considering this, it's possible possible, if not probable, the Ra's portrayed by Matt Nable killed his previous family that he mentioned to Felicity.


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* When Lian Yu blows up at the end of Season 5, it's mentioned that none of the main characters were killed in the explosion. ''However,'' what happened to that ARGUS guard Oliver knocked out? Hopefully, either he would've been underground far enough that the explosions didn't hurt him, or else he could've taken the boat when he woke up and saw that his prisoner was gone, but there's also a possibility that he was killed, and no one from the main cast noticed or remembered.
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* People complain that, during the final duel, it's hard to tell who's who: Both men are wearing their League garb, wielding similar-looking swords, and the lighting isn't the greatest. However, it's not poor cinematography, it's actually great: Because Oliver is the next in line to be Ra's al Ghul. The duel is deliberately set up that way to emphasize their similarities.
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* Dark Archer and Hood aren't just archetype counterparts of each other. Their lives and histories are that as well. [[spoiler: Malcolm lost his wife, an unequivocally good person, and became a dark vigilante. Ollie lost his father, an morally grey person, and become a good one. Their family members who aren't in on the secret are, in many ways, angry and upset about all the secrets. And so on and so forth.]]

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* Dark Archer and Hood aren't just archetype counterparts of each other. Their lives and histories are that as well. [[spoiler: Malcolm lost his wife, an unequivocally good person, and became a dark vigilante. Ollie lost his father, an a morally grey person, and become a good one. Their family members who aren't in on the secret are, in many ways, angry and upset about all the secrets. And so on and so forth.]]



* Malcolm needed both Earthquake Devices and element of suprise to fully destroy The Glades, as he intented to. So he succeded only partially.

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* Malcolm needed both Earthquake Devices earthquake devices and element of suprise surprise to fully destroy The Glades, as he intented intended to. So he succeded succeeded only partially.



* "State v. Queen" reveals Moira's case is unwinnable when Laurel discovers Adam's trump card against the defence. After revealing it to Moira, Moira comes clean to her children [[spoiler:about her one-time affair with Malcolm Merlyn years prior]], after which she admits it in the trial and it becomes the main focus of the prosecution's cross-examination. However, the information about the [[spoiler:affair]] doesn't appear as earth-shattering a reveal as we're led to believe, maybe because it was Moira who chose to reveal it prior to the testimony... [[spoiler:That is, until the end, when Malcolm reveals that Moira had been hiding the fact that Thea was ''his'' daughter, and therefore Oliver's half-sister]]. Whilst "Tremors" would later confirm that [[spoiler:only Moira, Walter & her OB[=/=]GYN knew the truth]], it stands to reason that the damaging information Adam had uncovered on Moira and would have used had he remained on the case [[spoiler:was that the timetable for the affair made it a very real possibility that Thea was Malcolm's daughter. Out of the family's best interest Laurel focused her cross-examination on the affair alone, knowing that this fact would hurt Oliver and Thea]]. This also provides a new depth to [[spoiler:her actions after the cross-examination, particularly her reaction when Oliver tries to check if she's okay]].
* Why was Laurel made assistant and then lead counsel for the prosecution in Moira's case despite being a clear violation of legal ethics and protocol? [[spoiler:Malcolm Merlyn arranged it as a backup plan to ensure Moira's acquittal. It would have created reversible legal error on appeal if he hadn't been able to sway the jury.]]

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* "State v. Queen" reveals Moira's case is unwinnable when Laurel discovers Adam's trump card against the defence.defense. After revealing it to Moira, Moira comes clean to her children [[spoiler:about her one-time affair with Malcolm Merlyn years prior]], after which she admits it in the trial and it becomes the main focus of the prosecution's cross-examination. However, the information about the [[spoiler:affair]] doesn't appear as earth-shattering a reveal as we're led to believe, maybe because it was Moira who chose to reveal it prior to the testimony... [[spoiler:That is, until the end, when Malcolm reveals that Moira had been hiding the fact that Thea was ''his'' daughter, and therefore Oliver's half-sister]]. Whilst "Tremors" would later confirm that [[spoiler:only Moira, Walter & and her OB[=/=]GYN knew the truth]], it stands to reason that the damaging information Adam had uncovered on Moira and would have used had he remained on the case [[spoiler:was that the timetable for the affair made it a very real possibility that Thea was Malcolm's daughter. Out of the family's best interest interest, Laurel focused her cross-examination on the affair alone, knowing that this fact would hurt Oliver and Thea]]. This also provides a new depth to [[spoiler:her actions after the cross-examination, particularly her reaction when Oliver tries to check if she's okay]].
* Why was Laurel made assistant and then lead counsel for the prosecution in Moira's case despite being a clear violation of legal ethics and protocol? [[spoiler:Malcolm Merlyn arranged it as a backup plan to ensure Moira's acquittal. It would have created reversible legal error on appeal if he hadn't been able to sway the jury.]]



* If you pay attention in "Three Ghosts," you'll see that Slade doesn't have his swords when he wakes up in the submarine, but he does when running to save Sara, Oliver, and Shado. Perhaps his hate towards Oliver is less InsaneTrollLogic and more ForWantOfANail.

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* If you pay attention in "Three Ghosts," you'll see that Slade doesn't have his swords when he wakes up in the submarine, but he does when running to save Sara, Oliver, and Shado. Perhaps his hate hatred towards Oliver is less InsaneTrollLogic and more ForWantOfANail.



* The idea of Mirakuru's insanity coming from a LadyMacbeth hallucination makes a lot of sense when seeing Roy experience Mirakuru rage in "Seeing Red." The hallucination starts off with relatively light demands, which means Roy does things like flipping a table or just beating people, leaving them injured but alive. Then, the hallucination starts goading him further, making him injure them severely or straight up kill them. Eventually, the hallucination will tell him to kill everything he sees. After kneecapping Oliver, Roy looks back, almost like he's thinking, "OhCrap, I just broke my girlfriend's brother's leg!" before being reassured by the hallucination that it's alright. Then later on, when he stabs a police officer, there's an almost relieved look on his face, like he's been being pressured from the moment the cops got out of the car. This could also explain why he's never seen attacking inanimate objects-they can't bother him, so the hallucination's saying there's no point.

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* The idea of Mirakuru's insanity coming from a LadyMacbeth hallucination makes a lot of sense when seeing Roy experience Mirakuru rage in "Seeing Red." The hallucination starts off with relatively light demands, which means Roy does things like flipping a table or just beating people, people up, leaving them injured but alive. Then, the hallucination starts goading him further, making him injure them severely or straight up kill them.people. Eventually, the hallucination will tell him to kill everything he sees. After kneecapping Oliver, Roy looks back, almost like he's thinking, "OhCrap, I just broke my girlfriend's brother's leg!" before being reassured by the hallucination that it's alright. Then later on, when he stabs a police officer, there's an almost relieved look on his face, like he's been being pressured from the moment the cops got out of the car. This could also explain why he's never seen attacking inanimate objects-they objects - they can't bother him, so the hallucination's saying there's no point.



* In "City of Blood" Felicity reveals that she worked her ass off to avoid becoming rich men's eye candy, which explains why she got so pissed when Oliver made her his EA. Everything she had ever done was undone in that one move.
* The familiarity Felicity displayed with card counting in "The Undertaking" makes a lot more sense once we found out in "City of Blood" that she grew up in Las Vegas.

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* In "City of Blood" Blood", Felicity reveals that she worked her ass off to avoid becoming rich men's eye candy, which explains why she got so pissed when Oliver made her his EA. Everything she had ever done was undone in that one move.
* The familiarity Felicity displayed with card counting in "The Undertaking" makes a lot more sense once we found find out in "City of Blood" that she grew up in Las Vegas. And being raised by a single mother who worked as a cocktail waitress would allow her to spend a lot of time at casinos.



* Throughout "Sara", we see Oliver being completely focused and driven [[spoiler: not sparing a moment to actually grieve for Sara]]. The other characters, especially Felicity, comment on his lack of emotion and Felicity comes close to calling him 'inhuman'. But look at it from Oliver's POV. [[spoiler: As far as he's concerned, this is the THIRD time Sara has died. Having already seen her 'die' twice, and already seen her come back from the 'dead' twice; Oliver in all likelihood just cannot process the fact that this woman, who has cheated death twice already, is lying as a corpse on his table...this time dead without a shadow of a doubt. In a sense he's become numb to the idea of Sara being dead]]. Might double as FridgeHorror too.
* The revelation in "The Magician" that Amanda Waller [[spoiler: was Edward Fyers' Benefactor, and therefore the GreaterScopeVillain of the Season 1 island flashbacks]] puts all her actions in Season 2 relating to Slade Wilson and the Mirakuru in a whole new light: [[spoiler: Her determination to make sure Slade definitively dies could be a case of self preservation. Kill him before he gets a chance to find out she was responsible for a significant portion of the crap Slade and Shado went through]]. There's also the fact she [[spoiler: watched their whole exploits on the island via ARGUS satellites; in other words, ''she's seen Slade in action'', and knows ''exactly'' what he can do.]]

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* Throughout "Sara", we see Oliver being completely focused and driven driven, [[spoiler: not sparing a moment to actually grieve for Sara]]. The other characters, especially Felicity, comment on his lack of emotion and Felicity comes close to calling him 'inhuman'.inhuman. But look at it from Oliver's POV. [[spoiler: As far as he's concerned, this is the THIRD time Sara has died. Having already seen her 'die' "die" twice, and already seen her come back from the 'dead' "dead" twice; Oliver in all likelihood just cannot process the fact that this woman, who has cheated death twice already, is lying as a corpse on his table...this time dead without a shadow of a doubt. In a sense he's become numb to the idea of Sara being dead]]. Might double as FridgeHorror too.
* The revelation in "The Magician" that Amanda Waller [[spoiler: was Edward Fyers' Benefactor, and therefore the GreaterScopeVillain of the Season 1 island flashbacks]] puts all her actions in Season 2 relating to Slade Wilson and the Mirakuru in a whole new light: [[spoiler: Her determination to make sure Slade definitively dies could be a case of self preservation. Kill self-preservation; kill him before he gets a chance to find out she was responsible for a significant portion of the crap Slade he and Shado went through]]. There's also the fact she Amanda [[spoiler: watched their whole exploits on the island via ARGUS satellites; in other words, ''she's seen Slade in action'', and knows ''exactly'' what he can do.]]



* At the end of 'The Calm' and again during Roy's dream in "The Secret Origin Of Felicity Smoak," we hear the sound of a bow firing when [[spoiler: Sara is killed]]. That wouldn't have been present if [[spoiler: Roy had thrown the arrows via Mirakuru induced strength, foreshadowing that he didn't do it.]]
* Felicity joining Team Arrow actually makes a LOT more sense when you consider her backstory in "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak". It may have seemed a bit strange to some how a quirky IT girl leading a fairly normal life decides to get involved in a vigilante's crusade, routinely breaking dozens of laws by hacking into secure databases and what-not. But considering the fact that [[spoiler: we learn that Felicity was a 'hacktivist' who actually wrote a 'super-virus' to hack into the Department of Education]], it really doesn't at all seem surprising that she's the kind of person who'd get involved with Oliver's crusade.

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* At the end of 'The Calm' "The Calm" and again during Roy's dream in "The Secret Origin Of Felicity Smoak," we hear the sound of a bow firing when [[spoiler: Sara is killed]]. That wouldn't have been present if [[spoiler: Roy had thrown the arrows via Mirakuru induced Mirakuru-induced strength, foreshadowing that he didn't do it.]]
* Felicity joining Team Arrow actually makes a LOT more sense when you consider her backstory in "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak". It may have seemed a bit strange to some how a quirky IT girl leading a fairly normal life decides to get involved in a vigilante's crusade, routinely breaking dozens of laws by hacking into secure databases and what-not. But considering the fact that [[spoiler: we learn that Felicity was a 'hacktivist' "hacktivist" who actually wrote a 'super-virus' "super-virus" to hack into the Department of Education]], it really doesn't at all seem surprising that she's the kind of person who'd get involved with Oliver's crusade.



* The Mirakuru users. For a drug that's supposed to kill almost anyone, their seems to be a lot of users. Yet almost all of them get it from Slade, who is an example of a Success. Quite a few people die, but about 3 people survive his treatment. Then he has Roy use it on the prisoners, having them become Mirakuru users. Had Slade used the drug, maybe 1 or 2 would make it out, if they had Slade give them blood, maybe half of them. With Roy, most likely all of them survived.
** It also explains why they were so easy for Oliver and Co. to take down in the Siege, while Slade and Roy were absolute beasts: They got the dulled down version. Your chances of getting to live are increased, but the strength and other powers and decreased.

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* The Mirakuru users. For a drug that's supposed to kill almost anyone, their there seems to be a lot of users. Yet almost all of them get it from Slade, who is an example of a Success.success. Quite a few people die, but about 3 people survive his treatment. Then he has Roy use it uses Roy's blood on the prisoners, having them become Mirakuru users. Had Slade used the drug, maybe 1 or 2 would make it out, if they had Slade give them blood, maybe half of them. With Roy, most likely all of them survived.
** It also explains why they the Mirakuru soldiers were so easy for Oliver and Co. to take down in the Siege, while Slade and Roy were absolute beasts: They got the dulled down dulled-down version. Your chances of getting to live are increased, but the strength and other powers and decreased.



* The prophecy referred to several times is that the man who survives Ra's Al-Ghul's blade will become the next Ra's Al-Ghul. At first, the reveal that [[spoiler: ''Malcolm'' takes the title because he survived being tortured by Ra's]] seems like a standard ProphecyTwist because it means there were really two people it could refer to. However, [[spoiler: Tatsu never exactly explained ''how'' Oliver survived after being defeated by Ra's and tossed off a cliff, so it's entirely possible that she somehow brought him back from the dead, a possibility that's increased with the webseries ''Vixen'', the season 4 premiere of Arrow, and the announcement that John Constatine has been added to the Arrowverse that magic is a real thing. Which means he ''didn't'' survive Ra's Al-Ghul's blade, so Malcolm is truly the sole person who could claim that.]]

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* The prophecy referred to several times is that the man who survives Ra's Al-Ghul's blade will become the next Ra's Al-Ghul. At first, the reveal that [[spoiler: ''Malcolm'' takes the title because he survived being tortured by Ra's]] seems like a standard ProphecyTwist because it means there were really two people it could refer to. However, [[spoiler: Tatsu never exactly explained ''how'' Oliver survived after being defeated by Ra's and tossed off a cliff, so it's entirely possible that she somehow brought him back from the dead, a possibility that's increased with the webseries web series ''Vixen'', the season 4 premiere of Arrow, and the announcement that John Constatine has been added to the Arrowverse that magic is a real thing. Which means he ''didn't'' survive Ra's Al-Ghul's blade, so Malcolm is truly the sole person who could claim that.]]



* In the last crossover of the season, on ''Series/TheFlash2014'' the Reverse-Flash tells Oliver that the history books say he lives to a eighty-six. Back in ''Arrow'', he says that he always expected his crusade to end with his death, [[spoiler:before retiring with Felicity]]. RF's mocking might have been the first time he even ''considered'' he might be able to have a life beyond a few years as a vigilante followed by a shallow grave.

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* In the last crossover of the season, on Season 3 with ''Series/TheFlash2014'' the Reverse-Flash tells Oliver that the history books say he lives to a eighty-six.be 86. Back in ''Arrow'', he says that he always expected his crusade to end with his death, [[spoiler:before retiring with Felicity]]. RF's mocking might have been the first time he even ''considered'' he might be able to have a life beyond a few years as a vigilante followed by a shallow grave.



* [[spoiler:The reveal that Artemis is secretly working for Prometheus explains how she was able to give him a decent fight despite him being more skilled than her. He was pulling the fight and allowed himself to get cut. Also it could be that she is secretly more skilled than she lets on to the team by possibly having been trained by him, and it would also explain her new skill with a bow besides Oliver training her with this skill. It also implies that Prometheus getting cut and Quentin waking up with a cut in the same place wasn't Prometheus taking advantage of an injury to attempt to frame Quentin, but that it was ''planned'' for him to receive a recognizable injury.]]

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* [[spoiler:The reveal that Artemis is secretly working for Prometheus explains how she was able to give him a decent fight despite him being more skilled than her. He was pulling the fight and allowed himself to get cut. Also it could be that she is secretly more skilled than she lets on to the team by possibly having been trained by him, and it would also explain her new skill with a bow besides Oliver training her with this skill. It also implies that Prometheus getting cut and Quentin waking up with a cut in the same place wasn't Prometheus taking advantage of an injury to attempt to frame Quentin, but that it was ''planned'' for him to receive a recognizable injury.]]



* TheReveal in season 5 that [[spoiler: Adrian Chase is ''not'' Vigilanate, [[NotHisSled unlike in the comics]]]]. Most fans familiar with the main DCU lore were waiting for the inevitable reveal that the two are one and the same, but realistically, if we consider their actions separately over the course of the season up until this point, it is virtually impossible to reconcile these two characters being one and the same, based on their different personalities. Vigilante is an extremely deranged man who believes that AllCrimesAreEqual and punishable by death, with him being the judge, jury and executioner. There is absolutely ''no'' way at all someone like that could have a MaskOfSanity as the friendly and helpful district attorney that we've seen throughout season 5, particularly when he's been willing to do relatively shady things himself in order to help Oliver. [[spoiler: The reveal that Adrian is Prometheus makes sense, because Prometheus is a flat-out liar and [[TheSociopath sociopath]]; thus, much like [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago]], Adrian was simply pretending to be Oliver's ally in order to get close to him]]. While WordOfGod is that Vigilante is indeed a character we've seen before, it will likely have to be someone whose personality we know can be successfully reconciled with what we've seen of Vigilante's behaviour and characterization thus far.

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* TheReveal in season 5 that [[spoiler: Adrian Chase is ''not'' Vigilanate, Vigilante, [[NotHisSled unlike in the comics]]]]. Most fans familiar with the main DCU lore were waiting for the inevitable reveal that the two are one and the same, but realistically, if we consider their actions separately over the course of the season up until this point, it is virtually impossible to reconcile these two characters being one and the same, based on their different personalities. Vigilante is an extremely deranged man who believes that AllCrimesAreEqual and punishable by death, with him being the judge, jury and executioner. There is absolutely ''no'' way at all someone like that could have a MaskOfSanity as the friendly and helpful district attorney that we've seen throughout season 5, particularly when he's been willing to do relatively shady things himself in order to help Oliver. [[spoiler: The reveal that Adrian is Prometheus makes sense, because Prometheus is a flat-out liar and [[TheSociopath sociopath]]; thus, much like [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago]], Adrian was simply pretending to be Oliver's ally in order to get close to him]]. While WordOfGod is that Vigilante is indeed a character we've seen before, it will likely have to be someone whose personality we know can be successfully reconciled with what we've seen of Vigilante's behaviour and characterization thus far.



** Similarly, why did Oliver constantly trust Slade, even when it might have been risky? Because he knows Slade wants to get to his son Joe, and will do ''anything'' to either help his loved ones...or ''avenge'' them, as he was on the recieveing end in Season 2.

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* Remember when Tommy insinuated that Thea was hot? Well, as of "State V. Queen", [[spoiler: [[{{Squick}} he's her half-brother.]] Could double back into [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_sexual_attraction Fridge Brilliance]]]].
* A lot of people were mad at Malcolm Merlyn because of The Undertaking, so imagine the reactions of some outraged people/victims when [[spoiler: Tommy is among the casualties. A possible InUniverse AndThereWasMuchRejoicing for a death of a genuinely good person just because many of them might have thought that it's LaserGuidedKarma for his father]].

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* Remember when Tommy insinuated that Thea was hot? Well, as of "State V. Queen", [[spoiler: [[{{Squick}} he's revealed to be her half-brother.]] Could double back into [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_sexual_attraction Fridge Brilliance]]]].
* A lot of people were mad at Malcolm Merlyn because of The Undertaking, so imagine the reactions of some outraged people/victims when [[spoiler: Tommy is was among the casualties. A possible InUniverse AndThereWasMuchRejoicing for a death of a genuinely good person just because many of them might have thought that it's LaserGuidedKarma for his father]].



* Slade isn't an archer. So when he [[spoiler:puts arrows through peoples' eyes]], does that mean he manually shoves it in?

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* It's discussed in "The Brave and the Bold" how Caitlin and Cisco feel like their adventures are a game. One reason for this is that at this point, neither of them has been out in the field. They've been playing MissionControl for the guy with the HealingFactor, so of course they've never seen how bad it gets!
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* In the series finale, [[spoiler: Robert Queen wasn't one of the ones Oliver arranged to live]] because, as [[spoiler: Moira]] points out, Robert's death was necessary for Oliver to begin his journey to be a hero. However, there's another factor that's different between Robert and the others [[spoiler: that did get a chance to live again]]: Robert's death wasn't due to Oliver's actions. Moira and Quentin were killed by enemies of Oliver as a way of striking at him, Tommy died because Oliver underestimated Malcolm Merlyn's preparations for the Undertaking, and Emiko died as a result of her conflict with Oliver.
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* Thea mistrusts Malcolm and Slade because they made her and Oliver orphans. Thea preferring Robert Queen as a father by blaming Malcolm for his part in his death? Easiest interpretation. {{Foreshadowing}} that Malcolm would pull a HeroicSacrifice later and officially orphaning her? Fridge Brilliance at its finest.
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** Not exactly. Since in that other future, Oliver is still alive, he was outted by Grant Wilson instead of publicly confessing, and Conner Hawke and John Diggle, Jr. are the same person and the new Green Arrow.
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* Following the ending scene episode 5x18 "Disbanded" (whereby Prometheus/Adrian Chase gleefully slaughters the witness protection agents in charge of him and then drives off [[SoundtrackDissonance singing along with]] "It's A Beautiful Morning" while covered in blood), a number of fans made the remark that he appeared eerily similar to Patrick Bateman in ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'', due to both his physical resemblance to Creator/ChristianBale as well as the character's [[AxCrazy deme]][[SlasherSmile anor]] in the film. Now I have to wonder if in fact Josh Segarra was originally cast as Adrian Chase for precisely that reason. Christian Bale, of course, is also very famous for ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy another]]'' [[Franchise/{{Batman}} particular role]], one which has always been noted to be a direct inspiration for much of ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Prometheus is noted to be a [[EvilCounterpart dark mirror]] of the Green Arrow, so it almost seems fitting that they essentially cast an "Evil Batman" for the role.

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* Following the ending scene episode 5x18 "Disbanded" (whereby Prometheus/Adrian Chase gleefully slaughters the witness protection agents in charge of him and then drives off [[SoundtrackDissonance singing along with]] "It's A Beautiful Morning" while covered in blood), a number of fans made the remark that he appeared eerily similar to Patrick Bateman in ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'', due to both his physical resemblance to Creator/ChristianBale as well as the character's [[AxCrazy deme]][[SlasherSmile anor]] in the film. Now I have to wonder if in fact It's possible that Josh Segarra was originally cast as Adrian Chase for precisely that reason. Christian Bale, of course, is also very famous for ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy another]]'' [[Franchise/{{Batman}} particular role]], one which has always been noted to be a direct inspiration for much of ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Prometheus is noted to be a [[EvilCounterpart dark mirror]] of the Green Arrow, so it almost seems fitting that they essentially cast an "Evil Batman" for the role.
* In the season 7 finale, [[spoiler:the Monitor arrives to collect Oliver, and Oliver says "I thought I'd have more time." He ''did'' have more time... until Nora's time travel antics over in ''Series/TheFlash2014'' accidentally moved up the date of the Crisis]]. Which means that once again [[JokingMode everything is ultimately Barry's fault]].
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* The simple fact that as of WordOfGod the state that team Arrow will find itself in along with Star City 20 years into the future is set in stone and nothing can be done to change it and it’s becoming frightingly clear that this future is the one that The Legends fisted In season one.

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* The simple fact that as of WordOfGod the state that team Team Arrow will find itself in along with Star City 20 years into the future is set in stone and nothing can be done to change it and it’s becoming frightingly frighteningly clear that this future is the one that The Legends fisted visited In season one.
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* The simple fact that as of WordOfGod the state that team Arrow will find itself in along with Star City 20 years into the future is set in stone and nothing can be done to change it and it’s becoming frightingly clear that this future is the one that The Legends fisted In season one.
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** Why does Oliver have a DominoMask painted on? So it doesn't fall off or block his vision in the heat of combat. Oliver would later state this as the reason upon being questioned on the matter by [[Series/{{TheFlash|2014}} BarryAllen]] in season 2's "Three Ghosts", who proceeds to design & fabricate a domino mask with those reasons as goals in mind.

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** Why does Oliver have a DominoMask painted on? So it doesn't fall off or block his vision in the heat of combat. Oliver would later state this as the reason upon being questioned on the matter by [[Series/{{TheFlash|2014}} BarryAllen]] Barry Allen]] in season 2's "Three Ghosts", who proceeds to design & fabricate a domino mask with those reasons as goals in mind.

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