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3 Ways To Save Arrow


Arrow, has become a quiver of it's former self. Get it, it's a quiver with no actual Arrows. It's empty, so it's a former shell of itself. I'm not very good at making quips, that's Oliver's job. He hasn't been making very many as of late. He hasn't been very Oliver Queen lately either. In fact I'd say he's been more like Monsignor Martinez. Only 90s kids will get that joke. A lot of people are thinking the show should be cancelled, myself included sometimes. Yet, it can still be saved. Here are few of the show's chances at redemption.

1. It's not too late. We can still fix things gone wrong. I like Felicity, but kill her. Kill her dead. Don't bring Laurel back either. Have the new younger Black Canary be named Dinah, have Detective Lance take her in. Boom, Dinah Lance. Let's also not do this teenage thing because we all know Green Arrow and Black Canary is a love story. Fuck it, just bring Laurel back we've got herbs and Lazarus Pits. Maybe even bring Sarah back. Thea can keep filling the role of Mia Darden. Roy Harper doesn't have to be part of the show, but he's a definitive part of the Arrow universe. Maybe have him join the cast of Legends of Tomorrow. They've basically written Roy out of existence. There's Diggle, he's an original character so there's a lot they can do with him. They wanted to make him a hero, so they gave him a helmet. Turn him into The Guardian and team him with Cadmus before turning back to the side of good. Then there's the Green Arrow villains. Instead of doing what The Flash has done and make small villains like The Trickster and King Shark relevant. They've leaned on more universal villains like Deathstroke or Ra's Al Ghul, who are more likely to tangle with Batman or Superman than Green Arrow. Instead mainstay villains of Green Arrow's work such as Blockbuster are written off on brief episode arcs. We've never seen Lime and Light, Count Vertigo is now a rotating name that was written out, and the list goes on. It's okay when a live adaptation of comic strays from the comic, but Arrow has gone so far away that it's not actually Arrow either. It's not Batman either, despite what people say, it's more Nightwing.

2. For a while Arrow was set up as the meeting ground for characters. Green Arrow, The Flash, Black Canary, Red Arrow, The Atom, Vixen, Wildcat, White Canary, The Hawks and even Firestorm have all been on Arrow at some point. Instead of using this for Justice Society (Because they probably can't use League). Maybe the show needs more guest characters to carry it. Because, let's face it, the main cast just isn't doing it anymore. There's only so long we can do the Diggle and Oliver feud then make up. That happens way too often, or one of them starts killing people and the other gives them a man to man and it's all good. The main cast is no longer interesting with their thrown together drama that won't be relevant during the next three episodes. You see we haven't heard anything else about Amanda Waller.

3. The show can be saved by making Oliver Queen, be Oliver Queen. Oliver is literally a joke cracking, womanizing, social justice warrior and at times just a plain hippie. There's none of that anymore. He may crack a joke every now and then, but that's it. Oliver has no real opinion on social issues. He's not running for mayor to make a change, instead it's "Dahrk keeps killing other candidates." When he does make jokes they're usually forced in, there have now been two episodes with terrible bee puns throughout. I'm not saying he needs a goatee and robin hood attire. I'm just saying lighten up, that's what makes Batman and Green Arrow different. Can we also ditch the "no kill," rule? That's Batman's thing not Green Arrows.

The show needs work, that can't be denied. Does it need to be cancelled? Probably not but the writing team needs a huge change in direction. There's still time to save the show before the fans give up on it and abandon the sinking ship. Leave a comment letting me know what you think would save Arrow.

You can hear Darrell on the CP Time and Powerbomb Jutsu podcasts. He also plays classic arcade games on The Cabinet
Darrell S.

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