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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After Sara [[spoiler:kills Vanch, she was willing to accept an official reprimand for killing an unarmed man (albeit a criminal who she knew was willing to expose Oliver and Laurel's secret), but when the Internal Affairs investigation tried to edit the report to claim that Vanch had a knife in his hands when Sara killed him, Sara resigns from the police in disgust at how they're more concerned with looking good than seriously doing their jobs]].

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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Sara [[spoiler:kills Vanch, she was willing to accept an official reprimand for killing an unarmed man (albeit a criminal who she knew was willing to expose Oliver and Laurel's secret), but when the Internal Affairs investigation tried to edit the report to claim that Vanch had a knife in his hands when Sara killed him, Sara resigns from the police in disgust at how they're more concerned with looking good than seriously doing their jobs]].
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After Sara [[spoiler:kills Vanch, she was willing to accept an official reprimand for killing an unarmed man (albeit a criminal who she knew was willing to expose Oliver and Laurel's secret), but when the Internal Affairs investigation tried to edit the report to claim that Vanch had a knife in his hands when Sara killed him, Sara resigns from the police in disgust at how they're more concerned with looking good than seriously doing their jobs]].

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*** As a result of this, Dinah and Sara's relationship is heavily strained because Dinah believes Sara's decision to stay in Starling and become a detective is her choosing to "side" with her father. In exchange, it's Laurel that Dinah wants to reconnect with since she's the daughter Dinah lost. [[spoiler:This eventually culminates in Laurel visiting Central City the week of the Particle Accelerator Explosion to reconnect with her mother, which not only leads to her gaining the Canary Cry, but also learning about William, Oliver's son. And because their relationship is much better and they have no secrets between them, that means Oliver is set to learn about William two seasons early.]]



** [[spoiler:Because Laurel came home with Oliver, the League gets involved with the affairs of Starling City in Season One rather than Season Two, with Nyssa making an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance]].

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** [[spoiler:Because Laurel came home with Oliver, the League gets involved with the affairs of Starling City in Season One 1 rather than Season Two, 2, with Nyssa making an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance]].


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** Tommy never goes into the Glades during the Undertaking, and [[SparedByTheAdaptation thus lives on past his Arrowverse death]].
*** This gives him control of Merlyn Global, [[spoiler:which leads to him discovering the truth of Thea's parentage. And because he can control this information, it means it's not an accidental leak to break Thea.]]
** [[spoiler:After discovering her sonic scream power (i.e. the Canary Cry), Laurel decides to call in a favor from Nyssa in order to train this ability through control of her body. Nyssa assigns Lady Shiva (who never appeared in the Arrowverse proper) as her teacher.]]
** With the shuffled relationships, greater openness and more emotional intelligence from the both of them, at the halfway point of Season 2, Ollie and Laurel bring [[spoiler:Roy ''and'' Thea]] in on the secret. And because they want to protect the people who idolize them so much, they also aim for direct training under them to bring them up to snuff.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Ultimately [[spoiler:Vanch is killed because he assumed that Sara was too "good" to kill an unarmed man in cold blood no matter what he threatened to do to her sister and Oliver, even as his words ultimately push Sara to accept that she has to kill him now to stop him threatening the people she loves later]].

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Ultimately [[spoiler:Vanch is killed because he assumed that Sara was too "good" to kill an unarmed man in cold blood no matter what he threatened to do to her sister and Oliver, even as his words ultimately push Sara to accept that she has to kill him now to stop him from threatening the people she loves later]].



* RapeAsBackstory: Just like with Sara in canon, heavily [[ImpliedRape implied]] with Laurel.

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* PointOfDivergence: Switching Laurel with Sara initially seems to have caused only some minor changes, but the ripples eventually begin to snowball into greater changes.
** The most obvious change is that Laurel, not Sara, is the one who received training from the League of Assassins and becomes the first bearer of the Canary mantle. In exchange, Sara is the one to "run to the law", by becoming a detective like their father. Tommy also never develops feelings for Laurel, only seeing her as a good friend.
** The switch seems to imply that Laurel was given different missions from the League than Sara, leading to her last mission in Russia. During that mission she spotted Oliver, which prompted her to fake her death and ditch the League for him. Together, they easily managed to kill Kovar and then spent the rest of their time on Lian Yu while Anatoly arranged their "rescue".
** Since Laurel returned with Oliver, his relationships with his friends and family are considerably warmer since she is better able to act as his conscience and is not an ElephantInTheLivingRoom like Sara was. This especially applies to Quentin, who, in canon, took years to really soften on Oliver.
** Another vigilante means that Oliver is better able to balance between his civilian life and his vigilante life. For example, after Helena's assassination of Paul Copani, Oliver stays with Moira instead foisting the responsibility on Thea, thanks to Laurel taking care of the investigation for him.
** Since Laurel takes care of Helena, Oliver never meets nor becomes romantically involved with her, and kills off Frank Bertinelli a season prior to his canonical death. Helena also never receives any vigilante training, and the Triad remains untouched.
** A minor example: as Laurel never went to law school, she never met Joanna De La Vega. As a result, Joanna works at Merlyn Global and is better acquainted with Tommy (who she may or may not be romantically involved with).
** [[spoiler:Because Laurel came home with Oliver, the League gets involved with the affairs of Starling City in Season One rather than Season Two, with Nyssa making an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance]].
** Laurel and the Dark Archer immediately recognize each other as former members of the League, which gives Oliver and Laurel an early lead on his identity [[spoiler:after Nyssa enters the scene]].
** Laurel is there to provide backup for Oliver when he goes to interrogate his mother as the Hood, and thus after he is shot, Oliver escapes thanks to her help, not Felicity's.
** Rather than glomming onto the Hood for rescuing him from the Savior, Roy finds himself inspired by the Black Canary and wishes he could help her.
** Because of the changes to how the characters learn the details of the undertaking - mostly stemming from the good guys finding out that Merlyn is the Dark Archer early thanks to [[spoiler:Nyssa]] and the heroes' actions as a result - the Undertaking kills only [[spoiler:318 people all told]] instead of the canon 503.
* RapeAsBackstory: Just like with Sara in canon, heavily [[ImpliedRape implied]] {{implied|Rape}} with Laurel.



* ShoutOut: When training Roy in using swords, Laurel mentions that most people can use a sword on a basic level so long as they remember the rules such as "pointy end goes into the other man", and expresses surprise that Roy hasn't seen [[Film/TheMaskOfZorro that movie]].

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* ShoutOut: When training Roy in using swords, Laurel mentions that most people can use a sword on a basic level so long as they remember the rules such as "pointy end goes into the other man", and [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure expresses surprise that Roy hasn't seen seen]] [[Film/TheMaskOfZorro that movie]].
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* BrandishmentBluff: Vanch [[spoiler:is able to blackmail Sara into helping him for a time by claiming he has evidence of the vigilantes' true identities, but after he is attacked and most of his forces killed, even when he blames Oliver and Laurel for what happened Sara realises that he actually has ''no'' evidence because he would have released it by now if it was real]].


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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Ultimately [[spoiler:Vanch is killed because he assumed that Sara was too "good" to kill an unarmed man in cold blood no matter what he threatened to do to her sister and Oliver, even as his words ultimately push Sara to accept that she has to kill him now to stop him threatening the people she loves later]].
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* ShoutOut: When training Roy in using swords, Laurel mentions that most people can use a sword on a basic level so long as they remember the rules such as "pointy end goes into the other man", and expresses surprise that Roy hasn't seen [[Film/TheMaskOfZorro that movie]].
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* WhamEpisode: Revelations. After several arcs of Sara building tolerance to the Hood and the Black Canary, trying to figure out who they were and coming to a dark conclusion that they might be Laurel and Ollie, [[spoiler:Cyrus Vanch made a revenge play against the Lance family; he ended up kidnapping Laurel as a way to get Sara on his side. But Sara, in her anger and desperation, decided to try to put her suspicions into action, and directly reached out to Ollie, revealing that she knows his identity. They rescue Laurel without problem, but this was the push that brought Sara into Team Arrow, and her tearing down her wall of evidence.]]

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* WhamEpisode: Revelations. After several arcs of Sara building tolerance to the Hood and the Black Canary, trying to figure out who they were and coming to a dark conclusion that they might be Laurel and Ollie, [[spoiler:Cyrus Vanch made a revenge play against the Lance family; Sara for being the one to arrest him; he ended up kidnapping Laurel as a way to get to Sara on his side.and lure her into a trap. But Sara, in her anger and desperation, decided to try to put her suspicions into action, and directly reached out to Ollie, revealing that she knows his identity. They rescue Laurel without problem, but this was the push that brought Sara into Team Arrow, and her tearing down her wall of evidence.]]
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* WhamEpisode: Revelations. After several arcs of Sara building tolerance to the Hood and the Black Canary, trying to figure out who they were and coming to a dark conclusion that they might be Laurel and Ollie, Cyrus Vanch made a revenge play against the Lance family. He ended up kidnapping Dinah as a way to get Sara on side. But Sara, in her anger and desperation decided to try to put her suspicions into action, and directly reached out to Ollie telling him that she knows his identity. They rescue Laurel without problem, but this was the push that brought Sara into Team Arrow, and her tearing down her wall of evidence.

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* WhamEpisode: Revelations. After several arcs of Sara building tolerance to the Hood and the Black Canary, trying to figure out who they were and coming to a dark conclusion that they might be Laurel and Ollie, Cyrus [[spoiler:Cyrus Vanch made a revenge play against the Lance family. He family; he ended up kidnapping Dinah Laurel as a way to get Sara on his side. But Sara, in her anger and desperation desperation, decided to try to put her suspicions into action, and directly reached out to Ollie telling him Ollie, revealing that she knows his identity. They rescue Laurel without problem, but this was the push that brought Sara into Team Arrow, and her tearing down her wall of evidence.]]
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14164845 Vigilantes' Dawn]]'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12887327/1/Vigilantes-Dawn FFN Link]]) by Kylia is an ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' ForWantOfANail FanFic. The premise is simple: what if it was Laurel, not Sara, that went on the ''Queen's Gambit'' with Oliver?

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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14164845 Vigilantes' Dawn]]'' ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12887327/1/Vigilantes-Dawn FFN Link]]) by Kylia is an ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' ForWantOfANail WhatIf FanFic. The premise is simple: what if it was Laurel, not Sara, that went on the ''Queen's Gambit'' with Oliver?



* ForWantOfANail: [[ForWantOfANail/VigilantesDawn Has its own page.]]

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* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler:Once Ra's al Ghul learns that Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer is violating the ideals of the League, he tells Laurel via Nyssa that he knows the identity of the Dark Archer, but that he won't tell them -- the implication being that he wants to see who will emerge victorious from the conflict.]]

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[[spoiler:Once Ra's al Ghul learns that Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer is violating the ideals of the League, he tells Laurel via Nyssa that he knows the identity of the Dark Archer, but that he won't tell them -- the implication being that he wants to see who will emerge victorious from the conflict.]]]]
** Discussed in concept regarding [[spoiler:Vanch blackmailing Sara with his knowledge of Oliver and Laurel's identities; Laurel expresses concern that Vanch may be sending them into a trap when he provides a lead on the man in the skull mask, but Sara confirms that Vanch's ego means he wouldn't betray them like that when he still thinks he's basically in control of the situation]].


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* MortonsFork: As time goes on, [[spoiler:Tommy and Sara each adopt a particular view on whether or not to tell Thea that Malcolm Merlyn is her biological father, Tommy in favour of keeping it secret while Sara wants to tell Thea to stop someone else telling her first; each of them recognise that the other perspective is valid, but agree to keep the secret until they can both agree telling Thea is necessary]].
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the League of Assassins' old-school methods, they have explored modern technology, such as using Facebook and Twitter to research their targets.
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* BrainBleach: When Thea learns the true identities of the Arrow and Black Canary, she notes that she's going to have to block several people on Twitter if she wants to have peace of mind so that she doesn't have to read about them talking about what they want to do to her brother.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the League of Assassins' old-school methods, they have explored modern technology, such as using Facebook and Twitter to research their targets.


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* TrainingFromHell: After Laurel [[spoiler:gains her Canary Cry, Nyssa arranges for her to receive extensive training from Lady Shiva to gain the self-control necessary to avoid using her Cry by accident or using it at too powerful a blast]].
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Malcolm is killed at the end of ''Vigilantes' Dawn'', the equivalent of Season One, rather than surviving to continue plaguing Team Arrow for the years to come]].

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* AdaptationalContextChange: [[spoiler:Laurel's reaction to William's existence is remarkably different from canon. In canon, while she held nothing against William himself, she was understandably furious with Oliver for keeping his affair with Samantha a secret for so long. Here, because Laurel was already aware of the affair (and had already forgiven Oliver and Samantha for it) and found out about William on her own before Oliver did, she's not angry at him at all and instead angry at Samantha for keeping William a secret from him. She's also worried about how Oliver would take the news, knowing that he's not going to react well to learning he had a son without knowing it]].

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* AdaptationalContextChange: [[spoiler:Laurel's reaction to William's existence is remarkably different from canon. In canon, while she held nothing against William himself, she was understandably furious unhappy with Oliver for keeping his affair with Samantha a secret for so long. Here, because Laurel was already aware of the affair (and had already forgiven Oliver and Samantha for it) and found out about William on her own before Oliver did, she's not angry at him at all and instead angry at Samantha for keeping William a secret from him. She's also worried about how Oliver would take the news, knowing that he's not going to react well to learning he had a son without knowing it]].



* ShipTease: Despite Oliver/Laurel being set in stone at this point, there are some implications that Tommy felt something deeper for Laurel prior to the ''Gambit''. It seems, however, that he's given up on those feelings by the time his friends return home, and has a more serious amount with Joanna de la Vega, who works for Merlyn Global in this adaptation.

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Despite Oliver/Laurel being set in stone at this point, there are some implications that Tommy felt something deeper for Laurel prior to the ''Gambit''. It seems, however, that he's given up on those feelings by the time his friends return home, and has a more serious amount with Joanna de la Vega, who works for Merlyn Global in this adaptation.adaptation.
** Nyssa/Sara, basically every time Nyssa shows up. Even after learning Nyssa is an assassin that was sent to kill her sister if she didn't return to the League, Sara still can't help being attracted to her.


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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:The Lances are understandably furious with Oliver after learning he cheated on Laurel with her roommate and had a child with said roommate, even though Laurel has long since forgiven him for the affair. Ironically, Laurel herself has no anger towards Oliver at all, instead being offended on his behalf because he was denied the choice to be a father to his son]].
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* AdaptationalContextChange: [[spoiler:Laurel's reaction to William's existence is remarkably different from canon. In canon, while she held nothing against William himself, she was understandably furious with Oliver for keeping his affair with Samantha a secret for so long. Here, because Laurel was already aware of the affair (and had already forgiven Oliver and Samantha for it) and found out about William on her own before Oliver did, she's not angry at him at all and instead angry at Samantha for keeping William a secret from him. She's also worried about how Oliver would take the news, knowing that he's not going to react well to learning he had a son without knowing it]].
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Quentin is far less emotionally abusive, since he can't blame Sara for Laurel's death the same way he iplicitly blamed Laurel for Sara's like he did in canon, since she wasn't the one dating Oliver. He also gives up his grudge against Oliver much faster since he brought Laurel home back with him, and while he still thinks Oliver isn't good enough for Laurel, it's for the standard reason that he doesn't think ''anyone'' is good enough for either of his daughters.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Quentin is far less emotionally abusive, since he can't blame Sara for Laurel's death the same way he iplicitly implicitly blamed Laurel for Sara's like he did in canon, since she wasn't the one dating Oliver. He also gives up his grudge against Oliver much faster since he brought Laurel home back with him, and while he still thinks Oliver isn't good enough for Laurel, it's for the standard reason that he doesn't think ''anyone'' is good enough for either of his daughters.
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** Oliver choosing to take Laurel on the ''Gambit'' with them means they more-or-less never break up. Their trials over their five years away, in fact, strengthen their relationship to the point that they effectively have no romantic interest in anyone else besides each other. In addition, Laurel is well aware of all the secrets Oliver originally kept from her in canon, since she's now his most trustworthy confidant.

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** Oliver choosing to take Laurel on the ''Gambit'' with them him means they more-or-less never break up. Their trials over their five years away, in fact, strengthen their relationship to the point that they effectively have no romantic interest in anyone else besides each other. In addition, Laurel is well aware of all the secrets Oliver originally kept from her in canon, since she's now his most trustworthy confidant.



* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Quentin is far less emotionally abusive, since he can't blame Sara for Laurel's death the same way he blamed Laurel for Sara's like he did in canon, since she wasn't the one dating Oliver. He also gives up his grudge against Oliver much faster since he brought Laurel home back with him, and while he still thinks Oliver isn't good enough for Laurel, it's for the standard reason that he doesn't think ''anyone'' is good enough for either of his daughters.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Quentin is far less emotionally abusive, since he can't blame Sara for Laurel's death the same way he iplicitly blamed Laurel for Sara's like he did in canon, since she wasn't the one dating Oliver. He also gives up his grudge against Oliver much faster since he brought Laurel home back with him, and while he still thinks Oliver isn't good enough for Laurel, it's for the standard reason that he doesn't think ''anyone'' is good enough for either of his daughters.



** When Laurel hears that Vanch intends to kill Sara, she is so enraged that's she willing drop her no-killing policy.

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** When Laurel hears that Vanch intends to kill Sara, she is she's so enraged that's that she is willing to drop her no-killing policy.



* ClosestThingWeGot: When Felicity asks Sara to get Barry's help in treating Oliver's poisoning, the two women both agree that Barry's not a great choice but he's "safer" than taking Oliver to hospital.
* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler:Barton Mathias is taken out before he can mount his more elaborate plan for revenge against Quentin, as he tries to abduct Laurel and she knocks him out in a manner that she can pass off as a lucky shot rather than expose her training as the Black Canary]].

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* ClosestThingWeGot: When Felicity asks Sara to get Barry's help in treating Oliver's poisoning, the two women both agree that Barry's not a great choice but he's "safer" than taking Oliver to a hospital.
* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler:Barton Mathias Mathis is taken out before he can mount his more elaborate plan for revenge against Quentin, as he tries to abduct Laurel and she knocks him out in a manner that she can pass off as a lucky shot rather than expose her training as the Black Canary]].



** Felicity Smoak, while employed at Queen Consolidated will at some point develop revolutionary programs for data analysis that give her some small fame in the field of computer science.

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** Felicity Smoak, while employed at Queen Consolidated Consolidated, will at some point develop revolutionary programs for data analysis that give her some small fame in the field of computer science.



** Felicity Smoak still gets recruited to Team Arrow, and is ultimately interested in working with them for the same reason -- find Walter.

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** Felicity Smoak still gets recruited to into Team Arrow, and is ultimately interested in working with them for the same reason -- find Walter.



* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler:Once Ra's al Ghul learns that Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer is violating the ideals of the League he tells Laurel, via Nyssa, that he knows the identity of the Dark Archer, but that he won't tell them -- the implication being that he wants to see who will emerge victorious from the conflict.]]

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* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler:Once Ra's al Ghul learns that Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer is violating the ideals of the League League, he tells Laurel, Laurel via Nyssa, Nyssa that he knows the identity of the Dark Archer, but that he won't tell them -- the implication being that he wants to see who will emerge victorious from the conflict.]]



* YoureNotMyFather: A variation features when Sara and Tommy find evidence that Malcolm is Thea’s father. Despite the DNA test results confirming the biological link, both agree that Robert Queen was Thea’s true father in every way that matters, and telling her about her relationship with Malcolm will accomplish nothing.

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* YoureNotMyFather: A variation features when [[spoiler: Sara and Tommy find evidence that Malcolm is Thea’s father. Despite the DNA test results confirming the biological link, both agree that Robert Queen was Thea’s true father in every way that matters, and telling her about her relationship with Malcolm will accomplish nothing.]]
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* ActOfTrueLove: Rather than quit and find work elsewhere like the rest of her coworkers, Joanna de la Vega opts to keep working for Merlyn Global [[spoiler:even after the Undertaking is exposed and Malcolm Merlyn is killed]]. When Tommy wonders why, Sara flat-out tells him it's because Joanna loves him and wants to support him.


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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Quentin is far less emotionally abusive, since he can't blame Sara for Laurel's death the same way he blamed Laurel for Sara's like he did in canon, since she wasn't the one dating Oliver. He also gives up his grudge against Oliver much faster since he brought Laurel home back with him, and while he still thinks Oliver isn't good enough for Laurel, it's for the standard reason that he doesn't think ''anyone'' is good enough for either of his daughters.


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** Nyssa/Sara is the main secondary couple of the series, and they have a serious amount of ShipTease whenever they interact.
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** The Lances still get divorced, despite Dinah not having the angst of allowing Sara to go on the ''Gambit'' with Oliver and not telling anyone. Laurel even wonders at some point if there was something wrong in her parents' marriage that she didn't notice before she left.

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** The Lances still get divorced, despite Dinah not having the angst of allowing Sara to go on the ''Gambit'' with Oliver and not telling anyone. Laurel even wonders at some point if there was something wrong in her parents' marriage that she didn't notice before she left. More likely, it is because even without the guilt of letting Sara go, Dinah wasn't able to deal with Quentin's alcoholism.
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** While the Lances still get divorced, the overall dynamics of the Lance family are much healthier because Sara never betrayed Laurel by going on the ''Gambit'' with Oliver. Laurel and Sara are as tight as ever, and Quentin isn't verbally abusive and has more control over his alcoholism.

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** While the Lances still get divorced, the overall dynamics of the Lance family are much healthier because Sara never betrayed Laurel by going on the ''Gambit'' with Oliver. Laurel and Sara are as tight as ever, and Quentin isn't verbally abusive and has more control over his alcoholism. As a consequence, however, Dinah and Sara's relationship is strained because Dinah felt Sara becoming a cop was siding with her father during the couple's divorce.



** Oliver and Sara are still close friends, but never become romantically involved since Oliver chose not to blow up his relationship with Laurel and took her on the ''Gambit'' instead of Sara. That decision effectively ends the chances of relationships with his other love interests as well, including Isabel Rochev and Felicity Smoak.

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** Oliver and Sara are still close friends, but never become romantically involved since Oliver chose not to blow up his relationship with Laurel and took her on the ''Gambit'' instead of Sara. That decision effectively ends the chances of relationships with his other love interests as well, including [=McKenna=] Hall, Isabel Rochev and Felicity Smoak.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Laurel is far better trained than her canon counterpart due to having more time and more teachers. Accordingly, she's a overall better hand-to-hand combatant than Oliver is right now (and much better than Diggle is and could ever hope to be); Oliver, however, is the superior marksman.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Laurel is far better trained than her canon counterpart due to having more time and more teachers. Accordingly, she's a overall better hand-to-hand combatant than Oliver is right now (and much better than Diggle is and could ever hope to be); Oliver, however, is the superior marksman. [[spoiler:She later gets the Canary Cry thanks to the Particle Accelerator Explosion, something her canon counterpart never had]].

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** Oliver choosing to take Laurel on the ''Gambit'' with them means they more-or-less never break up. Their trials over their five years away, in fact, strengthen their relationship to the point that they effectively have no romantic interest in anyone else besides each other. In addition, Laurel is well aware of all the secrets Oliver originally kept from her in canon, since she's now his most trustworthy confidant.



** Oliver and Sara are still close friends, but never become romantically involved since Oliver chose not to blow up his relationship with Laurel and took her on the ''Gambit'' instead of Sara. That decision effectively cements his romantic relationship with Laurel and his decided lack of interest in any other woman.

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** Oliver and Sara are still close friends, but never become romantically involved since Oliver chose not to blow up his relationship with Laurel and took her on the ''Gambit'' instead of Sara. That decision effectively cements his romantic relationship ends the chances of relationships with Laurel and his decided lack of interest in any other woman.love interests as well, including Isabel Rochev and Felicity Smoak.

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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** While the Lances still get divorced, the overall dynamics of the Lance family are much healthier because Sara never betrayed Laurel by going on the ''Gambit'' with Oliver. Laurel and Sara are as tight as ever, and Quentin isn't verbally abusive and has more control over his alcoholism.
** In relation to that, Quentin softens up much faster on Oliver since he A) didn't cheat on Laurel, and B) brought Laurel back with him. He even states that if Oliver is the reason Laurel made it back home, then he's more than happy to eat crow about every bad thing he ever said about the younger man.
** Oliver and Sara are still close friends, but never become romantically involved since Oliver chose not to blow up his relationship with Laurel and took her on the ''Gambit'' instead of Sara. That decision effectively cements his romantic relationship with Laurel and his decided lack of interest in any other woman.



* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Not to say Laurel had it all that easy in canon, but this Laurel has it far worse, due to having (essentially) canon Sara's backstory. At the same time, her angst is a tad lighter than canon Sara because Laurel managed to reunite with Oliver and get out of the League earlier than she did.

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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Not to say Laurel had it all that easy in canon, but this Laurel has it far worse, due to having (essentially) canon Sara's backstory. At the same time, her angst is a tad lighter than canon Sara because Laurel managed to reunite with Oliver and get out of the League earlier than she her sister did.

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* ClosestThingWeGot: When Felicity asks Sara to get Barry's help in treating Oliver's poisoning, the two women both agree that Barry's not a great choice but he's "safer" than taking Oliver to hospital.



* SkewedPriorities: After the Undertaking, Captain Pike in particular has shown an attempt to focus on capturing the vigilantes rather than the outright criminals when the police intercept them, even if the criminals are [[spoiler:stealing medicine intended for the Glades]].

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* SkewedPriorities: SkewedPriorities:
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After the Undertaking, Captain Pike in particular has shown an attempt to focus on capturing the vigilantes rather than the outright criminals when the police intercept them, even if the criminals are [[spoiler:stealing medicine intended for the Glades]]. Glades]].
** On a more light-hearted note, when Barry confirms that Oliver trained in a jungle environment, his immediate reaction is to mock one of the other internet fanboys he was debating with about Oliver's tactics online, even if he obviously won't share that information with anyone outside the team.



* WatchingTheSunset: [[spoiler:After releasing Laurel from the League in exchange for her and Oliver bringing Merlyn to justice, Nyssa and Laurel watch the sunset for a moment while talking, Laurel's obligation to the League finally ended.]]
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:After saving Malcolm's life from the Triad's assassins, Laurel, Oliver and Sara return to the Foundry to find Nyssa waiting there. She points to the news broadcast saying the vigilantes saved Merlyn's life, and says this:]]

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* UnskilledButStrong: When Oliver faces the first Mirakuru warrior, he notes that where Slade was a trained soldier before he got the serum, this man just relies on brute force rather than any kind of combat strategy.
* WatchingTheSunset: [[spoiler:After releasing Laurel from the League in exchange for her and Oliver bringing Merlyn to justice, Nyssa and Laurel watch the sunset for a moment while talking, Laurel's obligation to the League finally ended.]]
ended]].
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:After saving Malcolm's life from the Triad's assassins, Laurel, Oliver and Sara return to the Foundry to find Nyssa waiting there. She points to the news broadcast saying the vigilantes saved Merlyn's life, and says this:]]this]]:
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* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]:

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* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: BigSisterInstinct:



** Also inverted, upon hearing the implications that Ivo raped Laurel, Sara wishes that he was still alive so she could kill him herself.

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** Also inverted, inverted; upon hearing the implications that Ivo raped Laurel, Sara wishes that he was still alive so she could kill him herself.



* INeedAFreakingDrink: [[spoiler:Tommy needs to drink a bottle of Scotch --- his typical drink when dealing with bad news -- when he finds Malcolm’s video message revealing that Thea is Malcolm’s daughter]].

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* INeedAFreakingDrink: [[spoiler:Tommy needs to drink a bottle of Scotch --- -- his typical drink when dealing with bad news -- when he finds Malcolm’s video message revealing that Thea is Malcolm’s daughter]].



* MistakenForRomance: In the backstory, Quentin assumed Tommy and Sara were shagging (or in some sort of romantic/sexual liason) to cope with their grief, and seeing the similarities between Tommy and Oliver, the latter of whom he blamed for Laurel's "death", threatened the former to stay away from his remaining daughter. According to Tommy, however, all they ever did was commiserate and get drunk together; while Tommy ''did'' recognize Sara's attractiveness, she wasn't his "type".

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* MistakenForRomance: In the backstory, Quentin assumed Tommy and Sara were shagging (or in some sort of romantic/sexual liason) liaison) to cope with their grief, and seeing the similarities between Tommy and Oliver, the latter of whom he blamed for Laurel's "death", threatened the former to stay away from his remaining daughter. According to Tommy, however, all they ever did was commiserate and get drunk together; while Tommy ''did'' recognize Sara's attractiveness, she wasn't his "type".



* NotSoStoic: When [[spoiler:watching a video where Malcolm admits his affair with Moira and expresses hope that Tommy won’t think less of him for it, Sara is struck by the notion that Malcolm seems to genuinely regret what he did and truly hopes that this won't impact Tommy's own feelings about him (although she also muses that by this point Malcolm’s done too many other things Tommy would hate him for that an affair with Moira Queen barely registers)]].

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* NotSoStoic: When [[spoiler:watching a video where Malcolm admits his affair with Moira and expresses hope that Tommy won’t think less of him for it, Sara is struck by the notion that Malcolm seems to genuinely regret what he did and truly hopes that this won't impact Tommy's own feelings about him (although she also muses that by this point point, Malcolm’s done too many other things Tommy would hate him for that an affair with Moira Queen barely registers)]].



* RapeAsBackstory: Just like with Sara in canon, heavily implied with Laurel.

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* RapeAsBackstory: Just like with Sara in canon, heavily implied [[ImpliedRape implied]] with Laurel.



* RulesLawyer: Laurel reflects at one point that Nyssa will not directly defy her father, but she is willing to creatively interpret his orders, such as making contact with Laurel to get help in an assignment since she wasn't explicitly ordered ''not'' to do so.

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* RulesLawyer: Laurel reflects at one point that Nyssa will not directly defy her father, but she is willing to creatively interpret his orders, such as making contact with Laurel to get help in on an assignment since she wasn't explicitly ordered ''not'' to do so.



* TokenGoodTeammate: Laurel reflects at one point that she trusts Nyssa because Nyssa is one of the few people in the League of Assassins who truly believe in its mission to do good, where the majority use its mission as basically an excuse to be a bully.

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* TokenGoodTeammate: Laurel reflects at one point that she trusts Nyssa because Nyssa is one of the few people in the League of Assassins who truly believe believes in its mission to do good, where whereas the majority use its mission as basically an excuse to be a bully.bullies.
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This or these examples of Surprisingly Realistic Outcome seem to violate at least one of these rules, which disqualifies them: No character reactions (characters get angry, don't forgive, don't change their personality instantly, etc.); Too fantastical (depends on the properties of magic, powers, sci-fi tech, monsters, etc.); Not surprising (a character was warned about the outcome, it's used to provide Karma or An Aesop, or it simply follows normal conventions for this genre or medium); Plot happens (the example only describes an event, but not why audiences would expect a different, unrealistic outcome); Not an outcome (a character just explains why something wouldn't work as expected, or something is just an innate aspect of the setting or character that has a logical reason for being present); More of a Deconstruction (the event has major, lasting effects on the plot, make something more realistic, but not completely realistic, or a parody/fanwork applies realistic consequences to the events of a different work); or fits better under a different trope. See the trope's definition for more details. If you believe a removal was a mistake, please bring it up in the cleanup thread.


* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The Lances' divorce. Even without the angst of indirectly causing one of her daughters' "deaths", one could hardly expect Dinah Lance to be willing to deal with Quentin's alcoholism while in the midst of dealing with her own grief.
** One of the epigraphs notes that vigilantes that lack powers often have to make unsavory deals for the sake of the greater good.
** Tommy and Joanna genuinely do like each other but have purposely and indefinitely stalled the progression of their relationship due to all the possible consequences that may come of a romantic affair if it doesn't work out.

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