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* 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 tells them that Merlyn is the Dark Archer they need to kill for Laurel to be released from the League.]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:After saving Malcolm's life from the Triad's assassins , 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... life, and tells them says this:]].
-->"Because thatMerlyn man, Laurel, is the Dark Archer they need to kill for Laurel to be released from the League.]][[spoiler:Al-Saher]]."
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Tommy describes his relationship with Joanna as this. While they are close friends and recognize the romantic tension between them, they've yet to take the next step due to how Joanna's friends and coworkers would perceive the hypothetical relationship.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Tommy describes his relationship with Joanna as this. While they are close friends and recognize the romantic tension between them, they've yet to take the next step due to how Joanna's friends and coworkers would perceive the hypothetical relationship.relationship.
* 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 tells them that Merlyn is the Dark Archer they need to kill for Laurel to be released from the League.]]
* 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 tells them that Merlyn is the Dark Archer they need to kill for Laurel to be released from the League.]]
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* BiTheWay: Sara, of course. She admits to Laurel about [[MythologyGag having a crush on Oliver]] at one point, [[spoiler:and is instantly attracted to Nyssa the moment she sees her]].
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* IneffectualDeathThreat: When [[spoiler:the Dodger tries to use his explosive collars to make Oliver his current patsy, Oliver manages to turn the tables on the Dodger by threatening to march them both out into the main hall, pointing out that the Dodger currently can't use the collar without blowing ''himself'' up as well as Oliver]].
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* 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".
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Sara thinks Laurel's attempt to dissuade her from pursuing [[spoiler:Nyssa]] is this. As the readers know, Laurel has ''very'' legitimate reasons for wanting to nip Sara's interest in the bud.
* NonIndicativeName: Laurel notes the League of Assassins isn't a proper name for the organization, as they are essentially vigilantes, not hired killers.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Sara thinks Laurel's attempt to dissuade her from pursuing [[spoiler:Nyssa]] is this. As the readers know, Laurel has ''very'' legitimate reasons for wanting to nip Sara's interest in the bud.
* NonIndicativeName: Laurel notes the League of Assassins isn't a proper name for the organization, as they are essentially vigilantes, not hired killers.
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Sara thinks Laurel's attempt to dissuade her from pursuing [[spoiler:Nyssa]] is this. As the readers know, Laurel has ''very'' legitimate reasons for wanting to nip Sara's interest in the bud.
* NonIndicativeName: Laurel notes the League of Assassins isn't a proper name for the organization, as they are essentially vigilantes, not hired killers.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Sara thinks Laurel's attempt to dissuade her from pursuing [[spoiler:Nyssa]] is this. As the readers know, Laurel has ''very'' legitimate reasons for wanting to nip Sara's interest in the bud.
* NonIndicativeName: Laurel notes the League of Assassins isn't a proper name for the organization, as they are essentially vigilantes, not hired killers.
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* TooCleverByHalf: As the opening quote of one chapter notes, this applies to criminals who learn a superhero's identity to target their loved ones
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* EncyclopediaExposita: Every chapter starts with an {{Epigraph}} from a fictional book called ''Age of Superheroes: The Dawn of the Vigilante'', written by Diana Queen, one of Oliver and Laurel's descendants.
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* EncyclopediaExposita: Every chapter starts with an {{Epigraph}} from a fictional book work of history called ''Age of Superheroes: The Dawn of the Vigilante'', written by Diana Queen, one of Oliver and Laurel's descendants. The epigraphs explain that many of the more personal details discussed in the book come from the unfinished memoirs of Laurel Lance.
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** 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.
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** 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 still gets recruited to Team Arrow, and is ultimately interested in working with them for the same reason - find Walter.
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* AbusiveParents: Ra's al Ghul has yet to actually appear, but Laurel repeatedly states he's an awful father.
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* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: When Laurel hears that Vanch intends to kill Sara, she is so enraged that's she willing drop her no-killing policy.
** Also inverted, upon hearing the implications that Ivo raped Laurel, Sara wishes that he was still alive so she could kill him herself.
** 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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* NonIndicativeName: Laurel notes the League of Assassins isn't a proper name for the organization, as they are essentially vigilantes, not hired killers.
* RapeAsBackstory: Just like with Sara in canon, heavily implied with Laurel.
* RapeAsBackstory: Just like with Sara in canon, heavily implied with Laurel.
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* TooCleverByHalf: As the opening quote of one chapter notes, this applies to criminals who learn a superhero's identity to target their loved ones
-->"Do you do what criminals with just enough brains to get themselves into just a bit too much trouble do, and kidnap and threaten their loved ones?"
-->"Do you do what criminals with just enough brains to get themselves into just a bit too much trouble do, and kidnap and threaten their loved ones?"
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* BiTheWay: Sara, of course. She admits to Laurel about [[MythologyGag having a crush on Oliver]] at one point, [[spoiler:and is instantly attracted to Nyssa the moment she sees her]].
* InsecureLoveInterest: Oliver, as per canon. Laurel actual deconstructs the idea, calling it toxic; according to her, love isn't a "prize" to be "won" for being virtuous.
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* 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) to cope with their grief, and seeing the similarities between Tommy and Oliver, the latter of whom he blamed for Laurel's death, "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"."type".
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Sara thinks Laurel's attempt to dissuade her from pursuing [[spoiler:Nyssa]] is this. As the readers know, Laurel has ''very'' legitimate reasons for wanting to nip Sara's interest in the bud.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Sara thinks Laurel's attempt to dissuade her from pursuing [[spoiler:Nyssa]] is this. As the readers know, Laurel has ''very'' legitimate reasons for wanting to nip Sara's interest in the bud.
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** 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 their relationship if it doesn't work out.
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* 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.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Oliver and Laurel are borderline codependent on each other. After all the hardship they've gone through, including believing each other to be dead ''twice'', they hate being apart for too long. It's easier in Starling because they can at least call each other there, but even so, they spend most of their time together. It's obvious that if one of them were to die for real, the other would most likely break for good.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: After everything they've gone through the last five years, neither Oliver nor Laurel have any interest in being with anyone else.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: After everything they've gone through the last five years, neither Oliver nor Laurel have any interest in being with anyone else.else.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Tommy describes his relationship with Joanna as this. While they are close friends and recognize the romantic tension between them, they've yet to take the next step due to how Joanna's friends and coworkers would perceive the hypothetical relationship.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Tommy describes his relationship with Joanna as this. While they are close friends and recognize the romantic tension between them, they've yet to take the next step due to how Joanna's friends and coworkers would perceive the hypothetical relationship.
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* RealityEnsues:
** 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 note that vigilantes that lack powers often have to make unsavory deals for the sake of the greater good.
** 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 note that vigilantes that lack powers often have to make unsavory deals for the sake of the greater good.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Laurel fakes her own death in Russia to escape the League -- but then blows the ruse sky high when she very publicly returns from the dead by being rescued from Lian Yu alongside with Oliver Queen. Her internal monologues both before and immediately after the arrival of [[spoiler:Nyssa]] make it clear
that she really didn't have any sort of plan to deal with the the League, instead hoping that her very public return from the dead would make going after her too risky, for the sake of their anonymity. [[spoiler:It doesn't work. Thankfully, however, between Nyssa's desire to see Laurel alive and happy, and fortunate timing, Laurel manages to strike a deal that for an official release from her oath]].
that she really didn't have any sort of plan to deal with the the League, instead hoping that her very public return from the dead would make going after her too risky, for the sake of their anonymity. [[spoiler:It doesn't work. Thankfully, however, between Nyssa's desire to see Laurel alive and happy, and fortunate timing, Laurel manages to strike a deal that for an official release from her oath]].
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Laurel fakes her own death in Russia to escape the League -- but then blows the ruse sky high when she very publicly returns from the dead by being rescued from Lian Yu alongside with Oliver Queen. Her internal monologues both before and immediately after the arrival of [[spoiler:Nyssa]] make it clear
clear that she really didn't have any sort of plan to deal with the the League, instead hoping that her very public return from the dead would make going after her too risky, for the sake of their anonymity. [[spoiler:It doesn't work. Thankfully, however, between Nyssa's desire to see Laurel alive and happy, and fortunate timing, Laurel manages to strike a deal that for an official release from her oath]].
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** Oliver will be taken to trial three times on suspicions of his vigilante identity. He'll barely evade another two trials as well.
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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 victo.]]
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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 victo.victorious from the conflict.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Laurel fakes her own death in Russia to escape the League - but then blows that up when she very publicly returns from the dead by being rescued from Lian Yu along with Oliver Queen. Her internal monologues before and immediately after the arrival of [[spoiler: Nyssa]] make it clear she really didn't have any sort of plan for if the League decided her very public return from the dead made going after her too risky for their secrecy. [[spoiler: Thankfully, between Nyssa's desire to see Laurel alive and happy and fortunate timing, she finds a way to convince Ra's Al Ghul to give her a chance at official release from the league]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Laurel fakes her own death in Russia to escape the League - -- but then blows that up the ruse sky high when she very publicly returns from the dead by being rescued from Lian Yu along alongside with Oliver Queen. Her internal monologues both before and immediately after the arrival of [[spoiler: Nyssa]] [[spoiler:Nyssa]] make it clear clear
that she really didn't have any sort of planfor if to deal with the League decided the League, instead hoping that her very public return from the dead made would make going after her too risky risky, for the sake of their secrecy. [[spoiler: anonymity. [[spoiler:It doesn't work. Thankfully, however, between Nyssa's desire to see Laurel alive and happy happy, and fortunate timing, she finds a way Laurel manages to convince Ra's Al Ghul to give her strike a chance at deal that for an official release from her oath]].
* DramaticIrony: After [[spoiler:Nyssa]] gives Laurel some limited information about theleague]]Dark Archer, Oliver and Laurel try to use that to narrow his identity down. Oliver complains that the criteria is so vague that Malcolm Merlyn comes up as a hit -- something that Oliver and Laurel both appear to find absurd.
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** Because she was a member of the League, Laurel recognizes the Dark Archer's outfit and fighting style as being that of the League - and the Dark Archer recognizes immediately recognize each other as former members of the same of her.League, which gives Oliver and Laurel an early lead on his identity [[spoiler:after Nyssa enters the scene]].
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler: Once Ra's al Ghul learns that Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer is doing things in Starling City that violate 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 win in the fight.]]
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler: Once [[spoiler:Once Ra's al Ghul learns that Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer is doing things in Starling City that violate 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 win in the fight.emerge victo.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: [[Spoiler: After Nyssa, against her father's orders, gives Laurel some limited information about the Dark Archer, since Ra's does at least tell Nyssa that the Dark Archer is Al Sa-her, the Magician, based on what little she recalls from years ago, Oliver and Laurel try to use that to narrow his identity down. Oliver complains that the criteria is so vague that Malcolm Merlyn even comes up as a hit - something that Oliver and Laurel both appear to find absurd.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: [[Spoiler: After Nyssa, against her father's orders, gives Laurel some limited information about the Dark Archer, since Ra's does at least tell Nyssa that the Dark Archer is Al Sa-her, the Magician, based on what little she recalls from years ago, Oliver and Laurel try to use that to narrow his identity down. Oliver complains that the criteria is so vague that Malcolm Merlyn even comes up as a hit - something that Oliver and Laurel both appear to find absurd.]]
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler: Once Ra's al Ghul learns that Malcolm Merlyn/The Dark Archer is doing things in Starling City that violate 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 win in the fight.]]
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* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: Laurel fakes her own death in Russia to escape the League - but then blows that up when she very publicly returns from the dead by being rescued from Lian Yu along with Oliver Queen. Her internal monologues before and immediately after the arrival of [[spoiler: Nyssa]] make it clear she really didn't have any sort of plan for if the League decided her very public return from the dead made going after her too risky for their secrecy. [[spoiler: Thankfully, between Nyssa's desire to see Laurel alive and happy and fortunate timing, she finds a way to convince Ra's Al Ghul to give her a chance at official release from the league]]
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* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough: Laurel fakes her own death in Russia to escape the League - but then blows that up when she very publicly returns from the dead by being rescued from Lian Yu along with Oliver Queen. Her internal monologues before and immediately after the arrival of [[spoiler: Nyssa]] make it clear she really didn't have any sort of plan for if the League decided her very public return from the dead made going after her too risky for their secrecy. [[spoiler: Thankfully, between Nyssa's desire to see Laurel alive and happy and fortunate timing, she finds a way to convince Ra's Al Ghul to give her a chance at official release from the league]]
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* Didn't Think This Through: Laurel fakes her own death in Russia to escape the League - but then blows that up when she very publicly returns from the dead by being rescued from Lian Yu along with Oliver Queen. Her internal monologues before and immediately after the arrival of [[spoiler: Nyssa]] make it clear she really didn't have any sort of plan for if the League decided her very public return from the dead made going after her too risky for their secrecy. [[spoiler: Thankfully, between Nyssa's desire to see Laurel alive and happy and fortunate timing, she finds a way to convince Ra's Al Ghul to give her a chance at official release from the league]]
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* Didn't Think This Through: Didn'tThinkThisThrough: Laurel fakes her own death in Russia to escape the League - but then blows that up when she very publicly returns from the dead by being rescued from Lian Yu along with Oliver Queen. Her internal monologues before and immediately after the arrival of [[spoiler: Nyssa]] make it clear she really didn't have any sort of plan for if the League decided her very public return from the dead made going after her too risky for their secrecy. [[spoiler: Thankfully, between Nyssa's desire to see Laurel alive and happy and fortunate timing, she finds a way to convince Ra's Al Ghul to give her a chance at official release from the league]]
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* ForegoneConclusion: The epigraphs at the beginning of the chapter reveal some information of the future, making some things inevitable.
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* InSpiteOfANail:
** 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.
** Season One is mostly following StationsOfTheCanon, though there are noticeable differences that are beginning to build into bigger changes.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Sara gets an instant, massive crush on Nyssa the very moment she gets a good look at her. Laurel is mortified when she finds out]].
** 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.
** Season One is mostly following StationsOfTheCanon, though there are noticeable differences that are beginning to build into bigger changes.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Sara gets an instant, massive crush on Nyssa the very moment she gets a good look at her. Laurel is mortified when she finds out]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: Laurel is far better trained than her canon counterpart due to having more time and more teachers.
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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 did.
* 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.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
** Sara, technically. Sara did not make an in-person appearance (beyond flashbacks) until Season Two. However, since it was Laurel that went on the ''Gambit'', she's present from the beginning.
** [[spoiler:Nyssa also makes an early appearance, due to Laurel exposing her survival earlier than Sara did with hers in canon]].
* AdaptationalJobChange: Laurel never took the LSAT or went to law school, and thanks to being too busy with her vigilante activities, she has no inclination to deal with all that work when she gets back. She goes into charity work instead, figuring that if she can't help the world as a lawyer, then she'll help the world like this.
* 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.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
** Sara, technically. Sara did not make an in-person appearance (beyond flashbacks) until Season Two. However, since it was Laurel that went on the ''Gambit'', she's present from the beginning.
** [[spoiler:Nyssa also makes an early appearance, due to Laurel exposing her survival earlier than Sara did with hers in canon]].
* AdaptationalJobChange: Laurel never took the LSAT or went to law school, and thanks to being too busy with her vigilante activities, she has no inclination to deal with all that work when she gets back. She goes into charity work instead, figuring that if she can't help the world as a lawyer, then she'll help the world like this.
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** A minor example: since 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).
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* ForegoneConclusion: The epigraphs at the beginning of the chapter reveal some information of the future, making some things inevitable.
** Oliver and Laurel will be exposed as Green Arrow and Black Canary. Whether it is before or after their deaths has yet to be clarified.
** The League of Assassins will become a publicly-known entity within the next hundred years.
** A vigilante called "Frostbite" is mentioned, suggesting that Caitlin Snow will become Killer Frost (or a heroic version of her, at least).
** Oliver and Laurel will be exposed as Green Arrow and Black Canary. Whether it is before or after their deaths has yet to be clarified.
** The League of Assassins will become a publicly-known entity within the next hundred years.
** A vigilante called "Frostbite" is mentioned, suggesting that Caitlin Snow will become Killer Frost (or a heroic version of her, at least).
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* {{Omniglot}}: Laurel can speak multiple languages like Oliver. Thus far, it's confirmed she knows Russian and Arabic. As she's had the same training as canon Sara, she may know Cantonese as well.
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* EncyclopediaExposita: Every chapter starts with an {{Epigraph}} from a fictional book called ''Age of Superheroes: The Dawn of the Vigilante'', written by one of Oliver and Laurel's descendants.
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* EncyclopediaExposita: Every chapter starts with an {{Epigraph}} from a fictional book called ''Age of Superheroes: The Dawn of the Vigilante'', written by Diana Queen, one of Oliver and Laurel's descendants.
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** 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.
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** 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.
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** 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. This especially applies to Quentin, who took years to really soften on Oliver in canon.
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** 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. conscience and is not an ElephantInTheLivingRoom like Sara was. This especially applies to Quentin, who who, in canon, took years to really soften on Oliver in canon.Oliver.
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** A minor example: since Laurel never went to law school, she never met Johanna. As a result, Johanna works at Merlyn Global
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** 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: since Laurel never went to law school, she never metJohanna. Joanna De La Vega. As a result, Johanna Joanna works at Merlyn GlobalGlobal 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]].
* OfficialCouple: Oliver and Laurel. All of their friends and family, even Quentin, regard their eventual marriage as an inevitability.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Laurel describes her relationship with Nyssa as this, equating it to her sisterly relationship with Sara. Presumably, the reason why it never went further than friendship is due to IncompatibleOrientation. [[spoiler:Thus, when Laurel's deception was revealed, Nyssa took it almost as bad as she did Sara's departure in canon]].
* SingleTargetSexuality: After everything they've gone through the last five years, neither Oliver nor Laurel have any interest in being with anyone else.
** A minor example: since Laurel never went to law school, she never met
** [[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]].
* OfficialCouple: Oliver and Laurel. All of their friends and family, even Quentin, regard their eventual marriage as an inevitability.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Laurel describes her relationship with Nyssa as this, equating it to her sisterly relationship with Sara. Presumably, the reason why it never went further than friendship is due to IncompatibleOrientation. [[spoiler:Thus, when Laurel's deception was revealed, Nyssa took it almost as bad as she did Sara's departure in canon]].
* SingleTargetSexuality: After everything they've gone through the last five years, neither Oliver nor Laurel have any interest in being with anyone else.
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* EncyclopediaExposita: Every chapter starts with an {{Epigraph}} from a fictional book called ''Age of Superheroes: The Dawn of the Vigilante'', written by one of Oliver and Laurel's descendants.
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** 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.
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** 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.him.
** A minor example: since Laurel never went to law school, she never met Johanna. As a result, Johanna works at Merlyn Global
** A minor example: since Laurel never went to law school, she never met Johanna. As a result, Johanna works at Merlyn Global
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14164845/chapters/32649324 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/chapters/32649324 Vigilantes' Dawn]]'' [[https://www.([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12887327/1/Vigilantes-Dawn FFN Link]] 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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* AdaptationalBadass: Laurel is far better trained than her canon counterpart due to having more time and more teachers.
* AdaptationalWimp: Sara is still a badass as a rising detective, but she's much weaker than her canon counterpart.
* FakingTheDead: Laurel faked her death to escape the League with Oliver. The ruse is blown to hell after she and Oliver are rescued from Lian Yu.
* AdaptationalWimp: Sara is still a badass as a rising detective, but she's much weaker than her canon counterpart.
* FakingTheDead: Laurel faked her death to escape the League with Oliver. The ruse is blown to hell after she and Oliver are rescued from Lian Yu.
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** 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. This especially applies to Quentin, who took years to really soften on Oliver in canon.
** 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.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14164845/chapters/32649324 Vigilantes' Dawn]]'' [[FFN Link https://www.[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12887327/1/Vigilantes-Dawn]] 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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'''Official Summary''': What if Oliver Queen hadn't let his commitment issues sabotage things with Laurel? What if he'd invited Laurel onto the Queen's Gambit, instead of Sara? And what happens in Starling City when, five years later, The Arrow and the Black Canary, together, go after the List and the rest of the City's criminals? And what happens when Detective Sara Lance finds out her sister is one of the two Vigilantes that are bringing on the dawn of a new age?
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* ForWantOfANail: Switching Laurel with Sara initially seems to have caused only some minor changes, but the ripples eventually begin to snowball into greater changes.
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'''Official Summary''': What if Oliver Queen hadn't let his commitment issues sabotage things with Laurel? What if he'd invited Laurel onto the Queen's Gambit, instead of Sara? And what happens in Starling City when, five years later, The Arrow and the Black Canary, together, go after the List and the rest of the City's criminals? And what happens when Detective Sara Lance finds out her sister is one of the two Vigilantes that are bringing on the dawn of a new age?
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* ForWantOfANail: Switching Laurel with Sara initially seems to have caused only some minor changes, but the ripples eventually begin to snowball into greater changes.
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