History Fanfic / WrongRoadToTheRightPlace

* LeftForDead[=/=]NeverFoundTheBody: A mix of these; [[spoiler:Malcolm Merlyn is last shown with an arrow through his chest, but when Lance takes Tommy to the morgue the body that has been 'identified' as Malcolm's has been badly burnt for no reason that either man can determine, making them each uncertain that it truly is Malcolm even if neither of them can work out who it might be instead or where Malcolm is if he's not dead]].
* LetsSplitUpGang: In chapter 19 the team has three separate tasks they have to accomplish all at once. So they decide to split up, with each taking a different task: [[spoiler:Oliver rescues Walter, Diggle destroys the Makarov device, and Laurel and Ted protect the Moore family from the Rasmus assassin. It works perfectly]].

* CallingTheOldManOut:

** Later, [[spoiler:Laurel delivers one to Moira about her going to all this trouble to 'protect' Oliver and Thea without thinking about how they will feel about her actions]].

* DemotedToExtra: With Laurel’s knowledge of Oliver’s identity and subsequently joining Team Arrow encouraging Oliver and Diggle to take a new approach, Felicity has so far remained apart from the main team, [[spoiler:although Felicity confirms to Laurel in chapter 14 that she has worked out that Oliver is the Hood and assures her that she won't tell anyone. The team more explicitly call Felicity for help later, but she doesn't become part of the team in the sense of joining them in the 'Arrowcave' at any point]].

** As of Chapter 14, quite a few characters have only pieces of the puzzle without knowing the full picture; [[spoiler:Oliver, Laurel and Diggle know that Malcolm plans to destroy the Glades and is working with Moira, Moira knows that Laurel is investigating Malcolm, and Tommy knows that Moira had someone hired to try and kill Laurel (although she claims that the intent was just to wound Laurel to encourage her to stop digging)]].

* ImminentDangerClue: [[spoiler:Shortly after leaving Malcolm Merlyn, [=McKenna=] Hall sees an image in her car mirror. This gives her ''just'' enough time to dodge before Malcolm shoots at her]].

** The Dodger [[spoiler:and Helena Bertinelli]] make one to Laurel [[spoiler:and Tommy]] respectively, as the Dodger can't threaten Laurel's life without killing himself [[spoiler:and Tommy observes that Helena can't kill him without losing her hostage and guaranteeing that Oliver will never help her, on top of what Tommy's recently learned about his father's inability to cope with loss]].
** Moira later makes the equivalent of one when [[spoiler:she threatens to expose Oliver's identity as the Hood if he reveals her role in the Undertaking; Oliver counters that he's already been cleared on that charge and if she tried to do that he and Laurel could easily claim she's just trying for defamation of character to undermine his current accusations]].

* SadisticChoice: Despite Laurel being like family to her, [[spoiler:Moira is forced to agree to have a contract put out on Laurel when she learns that Laurel has knowledge of the List, to stop Malcolm getting any ideas that she or her children are acting against him]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:The Moore parents were killed by Mr Blank in the series on the order of Edward Rasmus; this time around, the assassin is defeated by Wildcat and the Black Canary in her debut (with Blank also living to be arrested and no sign that Rasmus has been killed)]].

* YouKilledMyFather: Oliver and Laurel to Malcolm, for killing their father and sister respectively (alhough if we go by show canon, Sara is actually still alive).

* ParentalBetrayal: After learning that [[spoiler:Dinah let Sara get on the ''Gambit'']], Oliver outright tells her that she betrayed Laurel.
** [[spoiler:Moira putting a hit on Laurel, despite how much she means to Oliver, even if it was to save Oliver and the intent was to merely wound Laurel]].

* BikerBabe: The Black Canary, as in comic canon.

** [[spoiler:At the end of the story, she becomes this for Thea as well after she basically kidnaps her daughter with plans to escape to China to avoid Malcolm's wrath. After she's stopped by Oliver and Laurel and taken into custody, this is solidified when Thea learns about Tempest and the Undertaking from her interrogation]].

** When [[spoiler:Oliver learns that Dinah Lance knew that Sara was going to join him on the ''Gambit'', while he appreciates that she couldn't have known what was going to happen, he tells Dinah that she should have recognised that he was just using Sara even if Sara was in love with ''him'', and thus betrayed Laurel's trust by not telling her about Sara going on the ''Gambit'']].

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler: After Dinah Lance confesses she let Sara get on the ''Gambit'', she thinks Laurel's anger and pain is because Laurel blames her for Sara's death. Oliver needs to outright tell her that Laurel realizes Sara's death is not her fault, and she is angry because Dinah betrayed her]].

* MissingMom: When her mother comes back to discuss her theory that Sara is alive, Laurel is hurt that her mother only came back for that even after Laurel has been put in hospital after an assassination attempt. To be fair, her mother really ''did'' come to the hospital to see Laurel; but she only came back to city at all to discuss Sara, and bringing that up in the hospital was still poor form.

* ParentalFavoritism: Between the aforementioned ParentalBetrayal, the fact that Dinah needed to be told it ''was'' a betrayal, and that she has not apologized for it, it seems that (like in canon) she loved Sara more than Laurel.

* CreateYourOwnHero: Malcolm's sinking of the ''Queen's Gambit'' led to the birth of The Hood.

* DemotedToExtra: With Laurel’s knowledge of Oliver’s identity and subsequently joining Team Arrow encouraging Oliver and Diggle to take a new approach, Felicity has so far remained apart from the main team, [[spoiler:although Felicity confirms to Laurel in chapter 14 that she has worked out that Oliver is the Hood and assures her that she won't tell anyone, with the team more explicitly calling Felicity for help later]].

** When Laurel learns of Oliver's plan to find the Count by posing as a buyer, she asks what his plan is if the Count cuts a deal and gives up his buyers. Oliver is visibly stumped by the question, and Diggle (who would have been an accessory) even gives Oliver a questioning look.
** When Laurel has grabbed the Dodger in a hold and threatens to take him out into the main exhibition, the Dodger starts to threaten her with the bomb collar he just placed on her before Laurel points out that he can’t use the bomb now without blowing himself up as well.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Malcolm sees the opposition to his plan as a test to prove his worth rather than recognize the sheer horror of what he’s doing; Diggle explicitly states that Malcolm must not see the Glades residents as people to justify doing this to them]].

* PutOnTheBus: At the conclusion, [[spoiler:Tommy and Helena go on 'holiday' to track down criminal organisations in other cities, with the implied plan that Helena will give Tommy further instruction in hand-to-hand combat while Tommy handles the investigative side]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In chapter 22, [[spoiler:Quentin Lance and Anatoly establish themselves as this from both sides of the law, Lance acknowledging Starling's need for vigilantes (as well as appreciating that Oliver only never told him about Merlyn's plans because everything happened too quickly after he learned what he was up against) and Anatoly listening to Oliver's reasons why him leaving the Bratva requires the brotherhood to abandon Starling]].
* RetiredBadass: Ted Grant is this as in canon, [[spoiler:but comes out of retirement to help Laurel protect a family from the Bratva when Oliver and Diggle are busy dealing with Malcolm’s schemes and the alternatives would compromise Oliver’s cover with the Bratva]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: Invoked by Ted Grant when he [[spoiler:learns about Laurel's connection with the Hood, making it clear that he will only train her if she won't kill her opponents. That said, after learning about Oliver's history, Ted expresses understanding about why Oliver goes that far and appreciates that the Hood's body-count has dropped since Laurel started working with him]]. In the final battle, [[spoiler:Laurel even joins Oliver in killing Malcolm, reasoning that the man is too dangerous to be left alive and if Tommy is going to hate anyone for his father's death it's better that it's both of them as far as Laurel's concerned]].
* TokenGoodTeammate: Chapter 22 [[spoiler:basically establishes Anatoly as this for the Bratva, as Oliver trusts him enough to explain why he is leaving the organisation. Anatoly also accepts Oliver's argument that the Bratva should also abandon their presence in Starling at the same time, to the point that he officially releases Oliver from his old oath]].
* TookALevelInBadass: It's a gradual process, but compared to her canon counterpart, Laurel is already ahead of the curve; where she initially donned a mask early in Season Three in the series and failed miserably in her first attempt, here [[spoiler:she assumes a basic costumed identity towards what would be the end of the first season and does a fair job holding her own]].

** Basically applies to [[spoiler:the Hood; after Laurel officially joins Team Arrow, even Ted Grant notes that the Hood’s body count has significantly dropped just based on what he's seen in the news]].

* {{Adorkable}}: In chapter 20, [[spoiler:Helena seems to find Tommy's attitude towards his 'vigilante' status amusing, such as when he insists that he should be considered 'Brosnan Bond' while objecting to the tentative code-name of 'Q']].

* TokenGoodTeammate: Chapter 22 [[spoiler:basically establishes Anatoly as this for the Bratva, as Oliver trusts him enough to explain why he is leaving the organisation and accept Oliver's argument that the Bratva should also abandon their presence in Starling at the same time, to the point that he officially releases Oliver from his old oath]].

** Ironically, [[spoiler:Malcolm is the only one whose knowledge of events remains basically the same as it was in the show at this point]].

* ItsAllAboutMe: Even when Oliver [[spoiler:confronts her about the families who’ll die in the Undertaking if it goes ahead, Moira continues to justify her reasons for going along with Malcolm by thinking about what she stands to lose by defying him rather than acknowledge what everyone else will lose if she does nothing]].

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Moira ordering a hit on Laurel tainted Oliver’s view of her; where he openly denied that she could have anything to do with the conspiracy in canon, here he recognises why she might do it even if he’s still reluctant to interrogate her directly]].

* LetsSplitUpGang: In chapter 19 the team has three separate tasks they have to accomplish all at once. So they decide to split up, with each taking a different task: [[spoiler: Oliver rescues Walter, Diggle destroys the Makarov device, and Laurel and Ted protect the Moore family from the Rasmus assassin. It works perfectly]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: Invoked by Ted Grant when he [[spoiler:learns about Laurel's connection with the Hood, making it clear that he will only train her if she won't kill her opponents. That said, after learning about Oliver's history, Ted expresses understanding about why Oliver goes that far and appreciates that the Hood's body-count has dropped since Laurel started working with him]].

* YouKilledMyFather: Oliver and Laurel to Malcolm, for killing their father and sister respectively. Though if we go by show canon, Sara is actually still alive.

** [[spoiler:Both Markov devices are kept from activating, seemingly completely preventing the Undertaking and as such sparing the over five hundred people who died in the show.]]

** As of Chapter 14, quite a few characters have only pieces of the puzzle without knowing the full picture; [[spoiler:Oliver, Laurel and Diggle know that Malcolm plans to destroy the Glades and is working with Moira, Moira knows that Laurel is investigating Malcolm, and Tommy knows that Moira had someone hired to try and kill Laurel (although she claims that the intent was just to wound Laurel to encourage her to stop digging]].
** Ironically, [[spoiler:Malcolm is the only one whose knowledge of events remains basically the same as it was in the show at this point]].

* LameExcuse: In Chapter 14, [[spoiler:Felicity confirms that she's worked out that Oliver is the Hood because every time he asked her for help it related to a future Hood appearance, although Felicity confirms to Laurel she won't tell anyone about the Hood's identity as she'd basically be done for aiding and abetting at this point]].

* IneffectualDeathThreat: The Dodger [[spoiler:and Helena Bertinelli]] make one to Laurel [[spoiler:and Tommy]] respectively, as the Dodger can't threaten Laurel's life without killing himself [[spoiler:and Tommy observes that Helena can't kill him without losing her hostage and guaranteeing that Oliver will never help her, on top of what Tommy's recently learned about his father's inability to cope with loss]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: Invoked by Ted Grant when he [[spoiler:learns about Laurel's connection with the Hood, making it clear that he will only train her if she won't kill her opponents, although after learning about Oliver's history Ted expresses understanding about why Oliver goes that far and appreciates that the Hood's body-count has dropped since Laurel started working with him]].

* CallingTheOldManOut: Female versions of this, though both times the person isn't calling their own mother out;

* DamselOutOfDistress: Laurel swiftly turns the Dodger’s attempt to take her hostage against him.
** Also, Cyrus Vanch's Mooks attempt to abduct her goes poorly for them.

* InternalReveal: Quite a few, as the various characters learn important things slowly but surely.

** On a less immediately dangerous but no less significant note, Laurel [[spoiler:is contacted by a member of the Bratva to ask for her assistance in a legal matter- in the sense that she is asked to ''not'' take a particular case- because they identified her as 'American Captain's pretty bird']].

* AscendedExtra: While Ted Grant is introduced as Laurel’s trainer, he soon takes a more active role once he learns of her association with the Hood, [[spoiler:to the extent that he helps her in her first solo outing as a vigilante and even gives her advice on her costume and name]].

* BigDamnHeroes: Oliver arrives JustInTime to keep Cyrus Vanch from abducting Laurel. Downplayed in that, just like in canon, she already wiped the floor with his [[{{Mook}} Mooks]], but he had her dead to rights.

* CompositeCharacter: As the story unfolds, [[spoiler:Tommy Merlyn basically becomes ComicBook/TheQuestion, using his connections to dig deeper into his father's plan. As of chapter 20, he has taken to calling himself this in the field ]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Laurel has grabbed the Dodger in a hold and threatens to take him out into the main exhibition, the Dodger starts to threaten her with the bomb collar he just placed on her before Laurel points out that he can’t use the bomb now without blowing himself up as well.

* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: As of Chapter 14, quite a few characters have only pieces of the puzzle without knowing the full picture; [[spoiler:Oliver, Laurel and Diggle know that Malcolm plans to destroy the Glades and is working with Moira, Moira knows that Laurel is investigating Malcolm, and Tommy knows that Moira had someone hired to try and kill Laurel (although she claims that the intent was just to wound Laurel to encourage her to stop digging]].

* ShipperOnDeck: Thea is particularly excited at the implications that Oliver and Laurel are back together, and Diggle appears subtly supportive of their relationship.

* TookALevelInKindness: Subtly so far, but Thea’s interest in seeing Oliver and Laurel spend time together has tempered her canon hostility to cautious interest.

* JustEatGilligan: In chapter 20, [[spoiler:Helena asks why she shouldn’t just shoot Malcolm to stop the Undertaking, only to be informed that Malcolm’s too skilled a fighter to be taken out that easily]].