Hey youtubers it’s Charlie, yesterday in my Arrow review I asked you all to submit
questions so I picked 10 of them to answer with one bonus question.
We also got official news about Grant Gustin’s Flash tv show.
So i’ll talk about that first before we do questions.
If you’re finding me for the first time I do Arrow videos every week.
Because the new Flash show is basically a spinoff I’m going to be doing weekly videos
for that too.
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I’ll probably combine Q&As for both of those since they exist in a shared Universe.
Like they’re going to cross over.
So big news today, The CW officially picked up The Flash.
Which means it will start airing episodes in the Fall.
In addition, the first trailer is supposed to air during the Arrow Finale.
That’s what my bonus video will be next Wednesday.
So I’ll do that separately from my review of the Arrow Finale.
They’re also probably going to use that Trailer to announce which day the show will
air.
I would guess that it’s either going to air back to back with Arrow Season 3 on the
same night.
Like right after Arrow to benefit from that audience.
Once Arrow goes off the Air I’ll just alternate between Arrow and Flash bonus videos every
week.
I’m also expecting them to air the pilot episode at Comic Con, if that happens I’ll
be sure to post a non-spoilery review.
On to Questions, careful for spoilers from the episode if you haven’t seen it yet.
Here we go.
Question 1 - Delaneyel asks do you think they will ever start calling Oliver "Green Arrow"
instead of just "Arrow"?﻿
No I don’t think the show is going to use the Green part.
There’s definitely been an evolution of his identity since season 1.
He started out as the vigilante and then became the Arrow.
Remember when Quentin was talking to his Sergeant in the episode.
The Sergeant called Oliver the Vigilante and Quentin corrected him by saying, The Arrow.
I think more people will just start thing of him less as a vigilante and more as a force
for good.
But even Batman was never percieved as a 100 percent good guy.
The beauty of being the Arrow is that Oliver can walk the line of justice more than the
police.
So he’ll never be like Superman who Batman calls “The Boy Scout”.
Question 2 - Sapphire Blue (no avatar) asks What do you think about photo from next episode
where Slade is taking Felicity hostage?﻿
It’s a nice teaser for him killing the one Oliver loves most, but if you remember the
love algebra I did in my review.
He loves all the women equally.
So by default there would be no one woman he would love the most.
So I think something else is going on in that scene.
I mean, Slade is probably going to kill a bunch of people anyway, so Felicity probably
just gets snagged in the crossfire.
There were some behind the scenes images they shot at a water treatment facility with a
bunch of pipes.
So I’m guessing that’s where that scene takes place.
But I have no idea what the location is doubling for.
Some sort of power plant maybe.
Felicity’s already confirmed for Season 3, so we know she’ll get out of that situation
some how.
The list of people that actually have real chance of dying is pretty small.
Question 3 - David Alvarado asks Do you think that similar to Quentin being promoted to
Commissioner, that Laurel could be DA next season since Kate Spencer was killed?﻿
I don’t think Quentin will be commissioner, but I do think that Laurel could be District
Attorney.
There’s a lot of Black Canary, Sara dying talk going on, but even if Laurel does become
Black Canary in season 3.
It’s going to take all season for her to get there.
She’s not just going to show up in episode 1 in black leather.
I think we’ll just see her working in a position of power where she can help prosecute
the criminals Team Arrow takes down.
Plus with Quentin back to detective status he has a lot more freedom to help them out
too.
Team Arrow will just become more effective.
Question 4 - Kim asks Do you think there is a possibility that Merlyn helps out team Arrow?
He’s actually standing next to them in the trailer.
So definitely.
Oliver still has a lot of unfinished business with him and Thea still doesn’t like him.
So I don’t think Merlyn will be a good guy from now on.
He’ll just have a temporary truce while they deal with the shit storm.
There’s a lot of rumors that he could also be the big villain in Season 3.
Or be the big villain again.
Sins of the father was something Isabel talked about when she revealed her plan to Oliver.
So I like the idea of Thea’s father, Merlyn and Felicity’s Father, who we haven’t
met.
Turning out to be the villains of Season 3.
The thing about all the different plot threads going each season is that they all have to
connect by the finale.
For instance, the one common denominator this season is Oliver and Slade’s relationship.
So in Season 3 I really like the idea of Felicity’s relationship with her Father or Thea’s being
the common denominator.
And don’t forget.
Oliver has a son, so sins of the father has a whole new meaning now.
That relationship will be a big plot point in season 3 too.
Fathers and Sons, Fathers and daughters.
It would work out a lot better if Oliver had a daughter.
Which is funny, because in real life Stephen Amell has a daughter.
Question 5 - Marvel DC asks How do you think roy will react after he wakes up?
He’ll probably be horrified at what he’s done to everyone and to Thea.
I think he’ll spend season 3 trying to repair that relationship and atone for his crimes
against the city.
Those demons will be what motivates him to be a hero.
And yes, I do think he won’t have super strength or healing anymore.
He’ll be back to normal.
Oliver is the benchmark for hero on the show.
He’s a totally normal person with no super powers and he still does the work of a hero
just like the other Justice League members.
Same deal with Batman, it’s doing what they do without superpowers that makes them heroes.
So Roy is just going to ride that train going forward.
Question 6 - Jose asks Do you think Oliver should take the mirikuro?
No, I actually just explained it in that last question.
But let’s talk about the consequences if he did take it.
No one so far has been immune to the mental side effects.
So if Oliver took it he’d succumb to the madness too.
He’d probably hallucinate his father.
He actually spent most of season 1 on the island hallucinating him.
He’d flip out and turn into the Frank Castle Punisher and just start murdering supervillains
and Amanda Waller would have to nuke Starling City all over again.
Slade and Oliver are essentially the same person.
Slade went to the dark side and Oliver became Luke Skywalker.
I’m still waiting to see if he’s able to redeem Darth Slade.
Question 7 - The Sedinam (no avatar) asks They keep destroying the city each season,
did they even fully rebuild it after the undertaking?
Good point, no they never fully rebuilt the Glades.
That was where the blast went off.
It got worse and that’s what Brother Blood built his campaign for mayor on.
He was like this is a problem no one cares about but me, I’ll fix this city.
So the city itself is still broken.
Now they’re breaking it again, even if they don’t nuke it.
Slade’s army has trashed it.
So I expect Queen Industries to be a big part of healing it between the finale and the season
3 finale.
I don’t think it will be fixed when season 3 starts.
I think Oliver will become a much more active participant in making the city better with
his company.
The big question is how he’s going to get his company back.
I’m really interested to see how they deal with that plot point.
Question 8 - Sam Hockney asks Do you think Thea will learn Oliver's identity?
Yes I hope so.
If she knows all about Merlyn she’s halfway there already.
She started to question the connection between Slade and Oliver so I’m hoping he does the
same thing he did with Roy.
Where he ripped his mask off and made this really passionate speech.
Merlyn is going to stay with Thea, and if Merlyn is marching with them in the trailer
it means they all have to meetup at some point.
I’m really looking forward to that reunion.
Oliver still doesn’t know Merlyn is alive.
Question 9 - MTA Critic asks What other kinds of trick arrows do you think Oliver would
use in the future?﻿
I think they’ll actually attach the mirakuru cure to oliver and merlyn’s arrows.
I guess you could call mirakuru cure tipped arrows trick arrows.
I think you’re asking about regular trick arrows though.
Realistically he could use EMP arrows like Hawkeye did in Avengers.
Stephen Amell said he really wants more trick arrows too, so don’t be surprised if there
are a few new ones next season.
Question 10 - Geesma asks Do you think they’ll change Oliver’s Costume or his look in season
3?
Not really, not in a significant way.
Usually the lead actor is the one that changes the least.
They’re like the throughline for the whole series so for the most part, they need to
change the least.
At least from a physical standpoint.
And if Oliver changes his leather pants, Felicity won’t be able to make jokes about them anymore.
Bonus Question - KJ Bucane asks What DC Superhero do you want to see get a tv show next?
Gosh, they have so many in development.
In terms of actual shows.
I think Suicide Squad would be next.
But if I had to pick a single superhero it would have to be either Deathstroke, Vandal
Savage or Nyssa Al Ghul.
It would have to be a villain.
We’ve seen so many new hero shows, now it’s time to see a villain get their own show.
If it were Vandal Savage it could be like an Injustice Society Show and if it were Nyssa
Al Ghul it could be like a League of Assassin’s Show.
It’s much more likely to get a show based on a character that’s already been established
on Arrow or another show.
But thanks so much for submitting questions, these are always a ton of fun to do.
And remember, be on the lookout for a special cameo in the finale and a trailer for The
Flash.
If we do get a trailer.
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