- Creator's Pest: Disturbingly, Lian Harper was apparently one for DC editorial in the late 2000s. Specifically, she was yet another of Dan Didio's (already infamous for his hatred of legacy characters like Wally West and Dick Grayson) which is why she was brutally killed off in Justice League: Cry for Justice. The mission statement at the time was DC believed Lian needed to die so they could do "interesting" stories with Roy. The shared fandom and critical disgust towards Rise of Arsenal, Eric Wallace's Titans, and Scott Lobdell's Red Hood and the Outlaws showed readers very much disagreed with DC about this mindset.
- What Could Have Been:
- DC editorial initially wanted James Robinson to kill off both Lian Harper and Mia Dearden in Justice League: Cry for Justice as part of their extreme overhaul of the Arrow Family following the critical failure of Ollie and Dinah's marriage storyline. Robinson fought to have Mia spared, which accidentally made her indirectly responsible for Lian dying and led to her role in the DCU being reduced to cameo appearances before the New 52 erased her anyway.
- Joshua Williamson made vague comments about how he had a planned storyline to reintroduce Lian himself in DC Infinite Frontier before Ram V beat him to the punch by using her as "Shoes" in Catwoman.
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