History Heartwarming / Arrow

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[EarnYourHappyEnding "It's a long story. Lucky for us, we have all the time in the world for me to tell it to you."]]'']]

** It's been twenty years since she decided to become a hero, and Laurel has not veered into the dark side even once, showing how Felicity's efforts to redeem her pays greatly.

* Despite it being established that many members of the SCPD aren’t ecstatic to say the least to be working with Oliver officially when Sam demands that one of the Officers shoot an kill Queen or risk all dying of electrocution no one but ''one'' attempts to do it and said officer himself is unable to go through with it after Oliver talks him down.

* Emiko telling Oliver she’s willing to give him a chance after his admitting to his father's murder of Sam Hackett's father.

* Team Arrow reuniting to help Oliver capture the vigilante killer Chimera even if it risks them going to prison because as they point out Oliver already did the same thing for all of them.
* When Mayor Pollard has Curtis, Diggle, and Rene locked up even after they helped save her life Oliver and Dinah confront her. The former to have himself arrested because if his friends go down he goes down with them and the latter to quit her position as captain as she wont work for a police force that arrest her friends.
** Mayor Pollard on the other end while still hating the ideas of vigilantes shows a little bit of a soft side and not only decides to not press charges against Rene, Diggle, and Curtis but deputizes them alongside Oliver.
* William and Zoe bonding with Zoe telling him he can talk to her about anything.
* The Documentary showing that Oliver and his allies despite a lot of detractors still have people who appreciate their efforts.

* In-Universe HeartwarmingInHindsight as while it took them entering their adulthood’s, Oliver and Felicity’s hope that William and Mia will be able to rely on each other does come true.
* Rene assure Dinah that with or without her Canary Cry she is still a hero and the Black Canary.

* Felicity refusing to give up on redeeming Laurel, even as everyone is turning against her, believing that there is still some good in her. A notable contrast to when they first met in season 5, since Felicity was the one member of Team Arrow who didn't believe she could become a hero.
* When Dinah is attempting to dissuade Mia from charging the Zeta, who has killed many Canaries, she tells her a story about how she made a mistake of not believing that a person could change for a long time. By the end of the episode, it becomes clear that she was talking about her previous experience with Laurel, whom she contacted to save Mia from the Zeta.

* Laurel's and Sara's conversation in Quentin's grave in the end, in which Laurel expresses regret at not thanking Quentin for all the help he gave to redeem her. Sara responds that he already knew she would.

---> '''Laurel:''' ''You still have a long way to go to prove that you're a hero. Take it from someone who knows how hard it can be, and don't screw it up.''

* Then it turns out to be 'his' Diggle after all, having loyally followed his friend knowing Oliver would need him.

* Thea's quick acceptance of Oliver's fated death is equally BlackComedy and this -- because she knows her brother ''will'' be able to find a way to escape it, just as he had done many times before. She then makes Oliver promise to stay alive for her.

* Anatoly having genuinely turned over a new leaf. He and Oliver rekindle their brotherhood, he takes a liking to his kids and he even tells Laurel at the end that he was wrong about her. He really came a long way.

* Laurel not giving into the Monitor's offer to reconstruct Earth-2, stating that if she has to betray people who trust her, there is no point to even consider it. Just to prove how far she has gone from her Black Siren days.

* After initially acting like an OverprotectiveDad, Oliver decides to finally treat his kids as equals and share everything with them, even the stuff from his life that he isn't proud about.

* The reveal that in the future, Felicity goes to Oliver's personal heaven, which he chose to make a shining bright Star City, so that they could be reunited forever. More specifically, Oliver chose the moment he first saw Felicity in his father’s office while working for Argus as his personal afterlife.

* While most others would have been heartbroken to discover that their entire past was erased and the future has no record of them, Dinah Drake accepts this as a chance to start over, becoming much calmer and mellower and seeing this as a chance to live a new life.

* Time-displaced Laurel and Dinah becoming a Stern Mom and Cool Mom to Mia is adorable.

* When [[BigBad Malcolm]] [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Merlyn]] realizes people are attacking, the first thing he does is look for his son. He treats Tommy like crap and takes glee from tearing him down, but at the end of the day, he loves Tommy, and was even willing to reveal he's the Dark Archer to him. In the end, the two have a heart to heart, and Malcolm explains a bit of his backstory.

** For William, considering how he became tragically estranged from Oliver and Felicity in the previous universe, it's heartening that this time around, he able to grow up surrounded by them and Team Arrow.

!!Meta
* [[http://www.mobypicture.com/user/colindonnell/view/15297914 This video posted on Twitter and Facebook by Colin Donnell]] following Tommy's death. Doubles as a TearJerker.
* Both the videos Creator/JohnBarrowman uploaded of the cast hanging out (as seen in the [[Funny/{{Arrow}} Funny page]]), especially since the actors involved (Barrowman and Colton Haynes) never interact on screen.
* [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=534920459926559 Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, and Emily Bett Rickards]] recording a video as part of the "Batkid" Make-A-Wish project (a heartwarming story in it's own right). Add to that the fact that, unlike other videos from the set which are little more than Stephen Amell goofing around with his smartphone, this was a professionally done scene, meaning that at least part of the crew also volunteered their time to record it.
* A young girl and a massive Arrow fan invited Stephen Amell to her Arrow themed twelfth birthday party. While Stephen couldn't show up, due to filming ''Arrow'', she did receive the next best thing, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoa2wJ1Vbcg a video message]]
* A somewhat minor example, but it's great to see how the early FandomRivalry between this show and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is being quashed by two major things: 1) Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity) and Chloe Bennett (Skye/ Daisy on AoS) are friends in real life, and 2) Kevin Tancharoen, brother of AoS showrunner Maurissa Tancharoen and recurring director on the show finally directing [[Recap/ArrowS4E21MonumentPoint an Arrow episode]] in late season 4.
* The whole cast showing some form of bitterness towards Laurel's death and Katie Cassidy's atrocious treatment from the writers since season 1 shows that the cast are still a huge family, even if members of it have left. Additionally, when discussing her death,[[https://twitter.com/TheJklay/status/1000834907772522496?s=19 Katie Cassidy cited fan outcry]] as one the biggest reasons she was able to come back.
* When asked if he'd pick either Oliver or Nyssa to be the next Ra's al Ghul, actor Matt Nable chose Nyssa. Why? Because he has a daughter of his own.
* Stephen Amell at Comic Con 2017 Giving a young girl who is a cancer fighter his arrow necklace to keep until she returns next year.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oM8U7oPD2YQ After the announcement that Arrow would end after eight seasons, Stephen Amell went online and gave an emotional speech about his love for the show, the cast, the crew, and for all the opportunities it gave him.]]

* The revelation that in the new universe Mia and William grew up together in the Queen Mansion, with Mia becoming best friends with Zoe, who is still alive, since JJ never became evil. Mia is now "Mia Queen", since her paternity is publicly known and Oliver is recognized as a hero.
* Because in this alternate reality John and Lyla were there more for their kids. JJ never became Deathstroke and instead became a businessman who is Mia's love interest.

* While most others would have been heartbroken to discover that their entire past was erased and the future has no record of them, Dinah Drake accepts this as a chance to start over, becoming much calmer and mellow and seeing this as a chance to live a new life.

* Time displaced Laurel and Dinah becoming Stern Mom and Cool Mom to Mia.

* William was able to be raised by Felicity alongside Mia. Considering how he became tragically estranged from his father and stepmother in the previous timeline, it's heartening to know that even without his father, he was still able to grow up with his half-sister, stepmother, and Team Arrow.