Wild Mass Guessing for Arrow. Please place new WMGs on the appropriate page.
- Probably not happening.
- Diggle has gone out in the green suit at least once.
- Jossed. This never really comes up. Oliver never maintains his role as a Captain and fully admits early on that eventually he'll likely burn the bridge with the Russia Mafia, and finally does it in Season 2.
- Several years later, it finally pops up in Season 5 when a reporter with an ax to grind manages to stumble on a photo taken of Oliver when in Russia.
- Jossed Oliver wore a fake beard and wig to make his shipwreck and staying on the island ever since story more believable.
- Played with, as of Season Two, people who have allied and/or know about Oliver Queen - John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, Barry Allen, Sara Lance and Roy Harper (so everyone but the Huntress). No official name yet, other than Team Arrow, which apparently puts Oliver in a funk. Team Arrow also includes Quentin Lance who knows about his daughter being Black Canary, but not Oliver Queen being the Arrow.
- Now that Huntress has been related, she may join Team Arrow sometime next season.
- Likely Jossed as of "Deathstroke", when Slade reveals Oliver's identity to Laurel.
- Oliver does enter a relationship with Felicity, and in Season 4 it's revealed Laurel's been pining for Ollie the whole time. However even when Felicity has broken up with Oliver, he doesn't return Laurel's feelings or consider getting back together with her.
- Yao Fei: With it, able to defeat several guys at once, except on a bad day. Without it, still a good fighter, but much easier to defeat.
- Oliver: Seems to have slightly more trouble defeating one guy (see ep 5 where Malcolm sends an assassin to kill him, it looks like this guy would have been dispatched in seconds if Ollie had worn the hood, and I am not talking about putting an arrow into the guy) when not wearing the hood.
- Shado: I've got nothing for now.
- Dig: Is able to defeat several guys at once barehanded (and with minor effect of surprise), that is his most badass moment so far (okay, going against Malcolm with Ollie was awesome too, but that didn't stop them from getting their asses handed to them)
- Played with. Diggle gets himself thrown in a Russian gulag to break Lyla out.
- Very likely, cause Slade intends to keep his promise to kill Ollie's loved ones before he kills him. But whether or not he'll escape Purgatory remains to be seen.
- As it turns out, he does become a popular write-in candidate, and after the former mayor's involvement in a plot to destroy the world comes to light, Oliver is tapped to be the replacement on this basis.
- Perhaps by Ra's himself, and to demonstrate his own intelligence and manipulative nature, he will use the adjoining compromise of Arrow's sanity and willpower to convince Arrow to join the League as an agent, possibly by telling Oliver that he's going to settle the score with Malcolm one way or another, and it's Arrow's only chance to ensure his friends and family aren't caught in the crossfire. And the reason this won't break Ra's honor code about killing Oliver and blessing him? He killed Oliver Queen,but not the Arrow.
- Jossed. Oliver never actually dies, he's just very close to death.
- Jossed.
- Jossed because Oliver doesn't get resurrected, he simply was on the verge of death.
- Kinda Confirmed. It wasn't actually his time as a member of the League, but it does tie into all the events of the end of Season 3 with "Arrow" being outed.
- It might be revealed that her mother was a vigilante herself. Or was given the nickname "Black Canary". Quentin will tell about how he first met Laurel's mother, she was wearing a black dress, black jacket, fishnet stockings, and black boots at the time, and may have been a natural blonde.
- Episode 3 shows that her father trained her in how to kick ass.
- In "Betrayal", Tommy believes she drawn to dangerous men and at the end of the episode, she's no longer her contact. But later on in the series, she might have feelings for him again. Also, due to the law no longer working for her or too many boundaries, she feels the only way to take matters is to become a vigilante herself.
- In "Blind Spot", she lost her career due to her drug addiction. This may lead her to become Black Canary in order to save the city from Brother Blood and Slade.
- This becomes more likely now that her sister is Killed Off for Real.
- Confirmed. Laurel puts on a mask and declares herself the Black Canary halfway through Season 3. (Although her level of Badass is still being worked on.)
- Jossed. Although Laurel does become the Black Canary but when she confesses her love to Oliver, he doesn't feel the same way and is still in love with Felicity. Then Laurel's killed off.
- Original troper- actually it would be more interesting, and more in character, if she tracks him back to his hideout or his bedroom and surprises him there.
- It's possible given the fact the city is named Starling, this character will not show up and, in fact, this suggested introduction was used instead for the first Black Canary. ("first" because she's not Dinah.)
- Episode 3 of season 2 shows that Black Canary is already present but can't be Laurel as they were in two places at once. Also, Laurel's full name is Dinah Laurel Lance, so I don't know why she'd have a cousin named Dinah. The Canary is probably her sister.
- The blonde vigilante is confirmed to be Sara Lance.
- She's Killed Off for Real. Laurel might eventually become Black Canary after all.
- Partly Jossed. Partly Confirmed. Laurel does become the Black Canary but she also dies in a tragic event, when Damien stabs her. Laurel's cousin doesn't appear but a different mysterious girl does become a copycat Black Canary for an episode and Sara is resurrected as the White Canary.
- Jossed. The Canary is Sara Lance and her name is a translation from one she had as a League Assassin
- This is also similar to Chloe Sullivan, who becomes the Oracle of the Justice League, calling herself "Watchtower". She's also blonde.
- Jossed for the time being.
- Confirmed, except for her going by Dinah.
- Given Sarah's particular interest in defending women and the constant mentions of "You don't know what I had to do to survive!", its not unlikely, but still unfortunate, that we may be heading towards this reveal.
- Alternatively, it could be relating to her relationship with Ivo, which has a certain abusive boyfriend vibe to it. Its quite possible her experiences with him made her sensitive to men hurting/using women weaker than them.
- If that's the case, now that she died in the Season 3 opener, Nyssa might come to get her body to revive her again.
- Canary has been confirmed bisexual in the show, making out with Nyssa when she came to kill her. The same cannot be said for Felicity at the moment. Of course, same sex seeing each other minus clothes is not usually a big deal.
- Jossed. Never happens, and with Felicity clearly hetero and either Canary no longer being on Arrow this is not going to happen.
Though this WMG is based solely on the rumours that have been around since the start of the second season concerning the casting of Nightwing. Since nothing was confirmed, and considering that 3 episodes to the finale is a little late to introduce a brand new character. Though it isn't entirely impossible for him to make a cameo in the finale as someone who could show up for season 3.
- Now that you mention it, Laurel's Big "NO!" when she watches Sara die is akin to a very distinctive screech.
- A highly unlikely theory, but thinking about it we didn't know if Laurel was either in Starling or in Central when the particle accelerator was turned on. Laurel could've have some how got caught in the explosion without knowing when she could have been visiting her mother during the time of the Particle Accelerator being turned on. But like mentioned before, this is a highly unlikely theory.
- Laurel also took a DUAL dose of vertigo to the throat, specifically in the vocal cords.
- Partly Confirmed. Cisco adapts Sara's sonic handheld device to connect to Laurel's vocal chords, rather than her being hit by the particle accelerator. However it's not nearly as powerful as Dinah's Canary Cry in the comics.
- Well this is depressingly Confirmed, right from the start of season 3—to an extent of course, but at this point it's pretty obvious where it's going. Laurel will most likely add "Black" as a sign of mourning.
- Sara's Back from the Dead now, but her title and position on the team have remained with Laurel.
- Well this is depressingly Confirmed, right from the start of season 3—to an extent of course, but at this point it's pretty obvious where it's going. Laurel will most likely add "Black" as a sign of mourning.
- I'm thinking the person who killed Sara was Slade Wilson. He may have been put in an ARGUS prison on Lian Yu, but then Amanda Waller puts him on the Suicide Squad, even though he nearly got Starling City destroyed. One of his first jobs was to kill Sara, then soon work his way up the rest of Team Arrow. Of course the other suspects are Malcolm Merlyn or, hell, Ra's Al Ghul.
- Probably not; Sara's reaction showed that not only did she know the person, but she didn't think that person would attack her. Had it been Slade, she'd likely have instantly gone into attack mode, not question mode. As well as that, Slade's not an archer, nor has he been shown to use a bow at all in the past, so its unlikely its him.
- Tyrion Lannister: Who else has a penchant for shooting people in the gut with arrows? The reason Felicity's autopsy showed a weird angle of entrance was because Tyrion's a midget. And the increased force behind the arrow was because Tyrion was firing a crossbow.
- Harrison Wells: The reason for the angle of entrance was because Harrison was sitting in a wheelchair. The force behind the arrow was because Harrison was using a hi-tech bow from the future.
- Surprisingly, all Jossed. We learn in the mid-season finale, "The Calm", that it was Thea, drugged by Malcolm, with no memory of it. Maybe. Okay, it's not surprising that Tyrion was Jossed.
- Jossed, she's not revived at all during Season 3 but in the spinoff Legends of Tomorrow, she is confirmed to be returning via Lazarus Pit as the White Canary.
- S4 She's revived in Season 4, although she's suffering from bloodlust.
- Jossed. Arrow S4, Lazarus Pit
- Dark.
- Thea has been kidnapped by Slade... bad omens. Also, Ollie has already mistakenly called Roy Speedy (treating him with the same regard as he had his sister).
- Ollie was at a grave, this will be Thea's fate (though we're meant to think it's Felicity.
- Sara has been Pitted. She'll have to kill Thea to regain her sanity.
- Thea has been kidnapped by Slade... bad omens. Also, Ollie has already mistakenly called Roy Speedy (treating him with the same regard as he had his sister).
- Clearly Jossed. As of Season 5, Thea is still alive and Roy's no longer on the team. Even when Roy was on the team he went by Arsenal.
- Jossed. She's Speedy, but she didn't save his life.
- Jossed. Thea is Speedy, Felicity is now called Overwatch.
- Jossed. First it was Arsenal then Speedy.
- Jossed. There will be no justice.
- Jossed. It is Thea. Thea is the show's version of Mia Dearden (she takes an alias of Mia at one point as a nod to this, and still has the name Dearden as her middle name).
- Confirmed. Thea suffers from Malcolm refers to as "the bloodlust."
- Due to the series being Low Low Fantasy, he'll become The Voiceless as a result of the trauma over his father's death.
- Jossed his son has taken a different path.
- Billy Wintergreen is probably still alive. After all, he only had one of his eyes taken out, which is possibly survivable.
- Possible, as Deadshot survived a mid-range arrow to the eye.
- Jossed more or less, Slade's the big bad of season two.
- Possible, as Deadshot survived a mid-range arrow to the eye.
- He wants to leave the island a lot, so it's possible that eventually he'll be so desperate to leave that he'll accept an offer by Edward Fyers to join him, leading to a fight with Oliver. Ollie will lose the fight, but escape death as Fyers gives Slade his promised ride home, reuniting him with his family, only for them to be unwilling to accept him after he's been gone for so long. He'll become an assassin to vent his frustrations and anger out, eventually coming to Starling City to kill the vigilante. The episode that has this even will be split in two, with the island section dealing with Slade turning on Oliver and escaping, with Oliver trying to fight modern day Slade, now known as Deathstroke.
- In "Identity", he saw Oliver and Shado bathing together...
- Seems, mostly confirmed. He wants to put an arrow through Ollie's eye as revenge for Shado in the present day as of the mid-season finale
- It may possibly be jossed, as we've seen what happens in "Identity" and "Broken Dolls". And also the "Three Ghosts"
- As of the mid-season finale, Slade has taken the freighter and is now an enemy to Oliver.
- Looks like he's halfway there, except he started on the island AND he's the real Big Bad for S2
- Jossed.
- Confirmed. Shado's death happening due to Oliver stopping Ivo from killing Sara's putting him over the edge
- Seems Jossed as of 'Three Ghosts'
- Almost definitely confirmed; Ivo is looking for a WW2-era Japanese experimental super soldier formula which enhances the body's physical capabilities and healing abilities. After Sara describes what Ivo's looking for to Shado and the currently seriously injured Slade, Shado asks if it could help Slade. Think its only a matter of time before Slade ends up taking the formula and becomes his classic self. Assuming this is true, Slade will likely go on to escape the island and become his traditional self.
- Partly confirmed in "The Scientist" and "Three Ghosts". In the former he seemingly dies after Oliver injects him with the Mirakuru serum. At the end of "Three Ghosts" he comes back to life, his burn wounds from the mortar perfectly healed. If it wasn't clear to viewers already, the regeneration is further supported by Roy's arrow injury vanishing after he survives his own (unwanted) Mirakuru injection.
- Not likely.
- Jossed. It cured him, but not his hatred and obsession with revenge. As he said, it wasn't the Mirakuru that made him hate Ollie.
- The second guess is more or less confirmed. Guggenheim has revealed the rights to Deathstroke are tied up with another DC project, and so Slade won't be returning anytime soon.
- It would also makes sense. For all we know, they were the ones who actually rescued him after his battle with Oliver (in the AMAZO). Heck, Slade may have even joined them already (after the aforementioned rescue). After all, he is super rich when he showed up in Season 2's present day.
- Jossed. The Dragon is Malcolm Merlyn.
- Possibly Jossed with the casting announcement of Roy Harper, and Roy being a Love Interest for Thea.
- Its possible that they'll fridge Thea as a way to push Roy into joining Oliver's crusade. Maybe, she'll die due to the course of a season Big Bad (maybe Malcolm, maybe Season Two's bad guy), and the follow-up season will deal with Oliver and Roy both dealing with the loss of her, eventually making the two support one another as they work together to bring in her killer.
- Jossed - Roy joins up without Thea dying, partially to keep her safe from his Mirakuru issues.
- Thea has been kidnapped... bad omens.
- Thea's fine. However, Roy lying to her has driven her away once and for all.
- Its possible that they'll fridge Thea as a way to push Roy into joining Oliver's crusade. Maybe, she'll die due to the course of a season Big Bad (maybe Malcolm, maybe Season Two's bad guy), and the follow-up season will deal with Oliver and Roy both dealing with the loss of her, eventually making the two support one another as they work together to bring in her killer.
- It could still happen, but this particular theory seemed to have been Jossed.
- This could explain why he is afraid of needles. It would be understandable that someone who was trying to give up an addiction would have an aversion to something that reminded them of it. Seeing that might even cause him to take up the habit again.
- Likely Jossed. If Roy had a heroin addiction, it was never shown on-screen and now Roy's no longer on the show (barring special guest appearances).
- Jossed. Malcolm does.
- Possibly merging the above theory, Roy will start off as an outright Robin Hood, robbing the rich regardless of their morality to support his daughter and himself, and is purposely using his MO to hide who he really is and make it appear its just 'the Hood'. He at first tries to justify himself and make a "Not So Different" Remark speech, resulting in Olly instead revealing who he is and training him, while recruiting him to his cause. They'll argue and disagree but they'll grow to be like brothers.
- Partially jossed, Roy tries to make it on his own and almost kills a man and joins Team Arrow so Oliver can teach him how to control his anger.
- In terms of Lian, jossed. When the Savior is preparing to kill him, Roy simply accepts his fate, citing that no one would miss him. Not something a single father would say unless she is in protective custody away from him.
- It would make sense that Thea would somehow learn her brother's secret identity and try to close the distance between them a la Danny Phantom. Even more likely with her love interest primed to become part of Ollie's fold. The title "Speedy" is thrown around as a mythology gag and "Arrowette" probably wouldn't work for a darker show like this. Plus Alliterative Trio (Arrow, Arsenal, Artemis).
- Confirmed for season 3. Roy will be known as Arsenal.
- Jossed for Thea. Thea becomes Speedy. Evelyn Sharp becomes Artemis in Season 5.
- So far doesn't seem to be the way their going with this, as Darkness on the Edge of Town has Roy meet Oliver out of costume for the first time with Roy telling Thea behind Ollie's back that he believes Ollie's a wimp. (Thea wasn't amused by this comment.)
- Jossed for Roy, at least, Oliver finally tells him to get him to calm down at a crucial moment by reinforcing the fact that they both love Thea.
- Jossed for Thea as well. She does not find out until Oliver personally tells her in Season 3.
- Jossed for Roy, at least, Oliver finally tells him to get him to calm down at a crucial moment by reinforcing the fact that they both love Thea.
- Jossed.
- Jossed as of Season 4. And since he's no longer a series regular, likely jossed entirely.
- Confirmed mostly, he was in Blüdhaven when Slade and Isabel found him.
- Confirmed "Unthinkable." He learns this the hard way.
- Hasn't happened the first time he returned, but it could happen later.
- In the Batman films, his immortality is due to being a Legacy Character, but in the comics, it is the Lazarus Pits that keep him alive. Perhaps, with super powers being introduced to the show in season two, Ra's' comic-book immortality will be intact.
- Confirmed, Ra's is hundreds of years old and prolongs his life through use of the Lazarus Pits.
- We don't yet know how/if he was revived, but Malcolm is back!
- Doesn't seem like Ra's revived him, as he wants to KILL him himself. Most likely, he never died.
- It could be H.I.V.E who revived him. Ra's himself said that they also have a (limited) pit. Plus, their leader, Damian Darhk, was an ex-member of the League like Malcolm, so it would make sense if they're in cahoots.
- There have been no indications whatsoever that Malcolm was revived. Its most likely the case that Oliver simply didn't finish Malcolm off and Malcolm recovered and managed to slink away.
- So far seems Jossed. And based on Malcolm's reactions to reviving Sara in the pit, it seems incredibly unlikely he tried doing it for Tommy.
- Jossed as of "streets of fire" he saves Thea from some of Slade's soldiers.
In the season premier, The Calm, Sara, just before she dies, tells Laurel she's back in Starling City for a reason she refuses to talk about. Immediately thereafter she is killed by someone she knows, who is definitely a League member. My guess is that Sara came to Starling for some mission that furthered Nyssa's plans to take over the League, and that one of Ra's loyal assassins found out her attempted betrayal and killed her.
This will bring Nyssa back to Starling City, and lead her to ally herself again with Team Arrow as recent promotional material suggests.
- Sadly Jossed. Nyssa does have conflicts with the League and there is a Civil War, but officially the Civil War is a by-story in Season 4 rather than a central plot of Season 3.
- Ignoring the fact that Ollie has not 'proven he doesn't care about anybody but Malcolm' and he's mostly motivated by wanting to protect his sister (and while he's being a dick, treating it that way is blatant Ron the Death Eater), the League are currently attacking the city in order to punish Oliver for the 'crime' of refusing to join them, meaning that joining the League would be a Face–Heel Turn. Not to mention, Sara hated being with the League, so Laurel joining them would be the exact opposite of 'honoring her sister's legacy'.
- Jossed. They aren't joining the League.
- Wife: Sora from Birth Of The Demon
- Daughter: Talia
- Son: Dusan
- Thea also survived Ra's blade and could even become his heir and possibly Talia Al Ghul.
- Jossed. The league has been disbanded halfway through Season 4.
- This version's name was Ebeneezer Dahrk, and was Damien's brother. He told Oliver that Damian was a friend because he's given up his ties to his past life. He acted as Ra's decoy so that the original Ra's could run the Demon in secrecy.
- Jossed. It was Amanda Waller who was his boss.
- Bane will likely not appear, due to his prominence in The Dark Knight Rises.
- In a Mythology Gag, Catman will threaten Moira Queen with lions.
- The latter is jossed, Moira's too dead to be threatened by lions.
- Also, he seems to be running the whole organization.
- In "Damaged" Moira specifically calls him out for trying to have her son killed.
- As the evil archer he tells Ollie that the person who compiled it wants "Green Arrow" dead.
- Confirmed - the list was a blackmail list of the city's worst and most corrupt criminals that Malcolm Merlyn and other elite people were using to "stop" crime. And then they wandered into mass murder territory, still using the blackmail list to fund their...endeavors.
- Some of the things said by Malcolm in "Dead to Rights" it seems to suggest that the Demon's Head may be pulling the strings.
- Adding to this, activity in the island may be part of it all.
- Possibly half-confirmed with the mysterious woman appearing in the flashback in "Darkness on the Edge of Town".
- Confirmed. But then there will always be a Greater-Scope Villain.
- This seems to be supported by Malcolm's explanation for leaving Tommy in "Dead to Rights".
- Confirmed. A flashback of Malcolm's "first kill" has since been shown.
- Confirmed.
- Secondly, this will leave Oliver with the dual goals of stopping Blood and rescuing his mother. The latter will unintentionally help Blood's plan, and in order to stop the former, Oliver will use the one iconography that Blood can't quite taint: he'll unmask himself and become the Green Arrow, who people do know put down Malcolm Merlin and helped save half the Glades.
- While he's a Big Bad, He's working for Slade Wilson, the Greater-Scope Villain
- Jossed. Blood was nothing.
- Steelclaw
- Reverend Billy Miggs
- Count Vertigo, who will conquer the vertigo side effects.
- Very much confirmed. He'll be back and making a stronger version than before, but he won't be a Big Bad.
- Very much jossed as he's now very much dead after getting arrows put through him by Ollie and dropped out a window.
- Isabel Rochev
- An Expy of Ra's Al Ghul
- There's a possibility that it could be the man, himself. Although Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy has made him more well-known to the mainstream, he's still a DC property, so there is no reason why he could not make an appearance on Arrow. He'd likely be played by another actor, with a different interpretation of the character, but he does not need an expy.
- Confirmed. The Demon's Head is definitely in this world and may serve as one of the Big Bads of the season, if not a recurring one.
- Daniel "Brick" Brickwell.
- Confirmed. He served as an Arc Villain for the first three episodes after The Climb.
- THE Deathstroke, be it Slade Wilson or Billy Wintergreen.
- Slade's version is confirmed, as a Greater-Scope Villain.
- Rainbow Archer/Arrow Raiders
- Cherry Noller/Four Horsemen
- Professor Ojo
- He will be more a guardian angel in the worst sense to Ollie or the bad guys.
- Also Ted Gaynor, Diggle's former C.O. confirmed for the Suicide Squad.
- Shrapnel was shown in "Suicide Squad" before being "popped" due to an explosive implant.
- Or, alternatively, through the training, she becomes Cheshire, which compliments her romance with Red Arrow.
- Jossed. she's going to die.
- This response is Jossed. She's alive and well and becomes Speedy.
- Jossed. she's going to die.
- What if Roy is Prometheus?
- Confirmed. Its not the same Prometheus from the comics, but Prometheus is a major/the main antagonist in Season 5.
- Confirmed in 'Streets of Fire', he handed over the Mirakuru cure to Team Arrow and was killed by Ravager as a punishment.
- Or not. This could be an alt Harley with little to no connection to the Joker.
- ... which changes so many things about her that by that point she wouldn't really be Harley Quinn anymore.
- Nobody cares about the Killing Crush.
- ... which changes so many things about her that by that point she wouldn't really be Harley Quinn anymore.
- With Evelyn Sharp becoming Artemis in Season 5 and Roy confirmed to be back as a special guest star at some point, plus this basically being the "Vigilante" season, Cheshire might be more likely to show up in Season 5.
- Confirmed: Ollie is now buddies with Malcolm and he is going to be training with him to fight Ra's.
- Technically, Malcolm has suffered karma in the death of Thea. sure she gets resurrected... but she's going to die again anyway.
- Thea's still alive and fully cured of her bloodlust. However, he did lose Thea; she refuses to have anything to do with him after the death of Laurel.
- Technically, Malcolm has suffered karma in the death of Thea. sure she gets resurrected... but she's going to die again anyway.
- As of the end of Season 4, he's completely alienated from the team and they want nothing to do with him. He hasn't been strictly punished, but the team is absolutely unwilling to be friends with him anymore, and he's back to being a major antagonist on at least Legends of Tomorrow.
- Somewhat confirmed. The main antagonist so far is Damien Darrk but he's under orders from the Hive.
- Probably, but alas, Science Marches On. HIV is no longer the death sentence it was when the story was originally written. Terrible to be sure, but less impacting perhaps.
- One could argue probably not as well. It seems unlikely on a TV show.
- As of season two, Thea is clean and sober and running her brother's bar. The fall from grace seems to be Laurel's issue.
- This could be a possibility. Moira claimed her husband was not who they thought he was.
- Perhaps Connor will become Speedy.
- Oliver is confirmed to have an illegitimate child as of "Seeing Red".
- In the comics, Connor is multiracial and in the show, the mother of Oliver's child is Ambiguously Brown.
- However, its confirmed Oliver's son is named William Clayton.
- In the comics, Connor is multiracial and in the show, the mother of Oliver's child is Ambiguously Brown.
- In the Suicide Squad episode, he was referred to as Freelancer, though that's a generic title.
- Well, he's got a "mask" now. Still no codename.
- Jossed. He's going by Spartan. Arsenal was Roy in Season 3, anyway.
- In a nod to Justice League Unlimited, he will team up with and possibly romance the Huntress.
- They seem to be doing this with Ray Palmer/The Atom
- Laurel will become Black Canary, obviously, but more like the original Golden Age or Grell version, a Badass Normal without her Canary Cry, after taking a few more levels in Badass.
- It's Sarah.
- Nope. She's dead. She was just the Canary. Laurel will become the Black Canary in her memory.
- Nope again. Laurel's killed to pander to olicity fans/contribute to Oliver's man-pain (maybe both).
- If this was the case, Oliver and Felicity would've gotten back together already. Its likely they won't get back together at this rate.
- Thea will become Speedy, after taking lessons from Ollie.
- but then she'll die.
- As of Season 5 Thea is alive. However, Thea learned from Malcolm and not Ollie.
- but then she'll die.
- Roy will become Red Arrow after being officially adopted into the family as a surrogate little brother, and will incorporate his street skills into it.
- Jossed, he becomes Arsenal.
- Diggle will become Arsenal, after no Levels of badassery being taken, just him doing more physical work.
- Thought Roy was Arsenal... wiki says so.
- Tommy will eventually side with Ollie against his father, take a level in badass, and become a good version of the Dark Archer, or possibly the above suggested idea of becoming Question.
- Tommy's dead.
- Connor Hawke will come in, re-imagined as an illegitimate brother (assuming Moira was telling the truth about her husband's affairs).
- Huntress will return, cooling down a bit and reconciling with Ollie and possibly teaming up with Tommy!Question.
- Tommy's dead.
- She may have experimented in college, or she could be bi or pan in this version.
- She's never showed up again.
- Arrowette would be one possibility. Arrowette would be more adaptable with less iconic baggage than Speedy (already given), Canary (already given). Arsenal would be interesting though highly unlikely. Oracle perhaps though that might tread too closely to Batman. Though at the very least, the fact that she might become someone seems more likely since we're shown a short scene of Diggle training Felicity in hand to hand combat.
- Felicity has been fishing for a codename. Despite Diggle still not having one either.
- Felicity is given the name Overwatch in Season 4, but after Diggle gets Spartan (by Felicity).
- Felicity has been fishing for a codename. Despite Diggle still not having one either.
- Jossed.
- Actually, I think it's been said she left before Sarah's death.
- As of "Salvation", it seems the real reason she left is because she blames herself over Sarah's death.
- That idea is so great I hope its canon.
- Damn, its been Jossed as of Salvation. He's shown with Thea in his apartment with no sign of any children, and later while held by The Savior, Roy claims no one will miss him, something he'd be unlikely to say if he had a daughter. Still, its possible that she may be brought in as a child he didn't know about until Cheshire, or a new in-universe mother, shows up and dumps the child on him.
- Or perhaps, he adopts the child when Cheshire abandons her.
- Jossed: Sara knows absolutely nothing about The Undertaking at all.
- If the latter, at some point she'll mention McKenna's injury to push his buttons.
- Also about how he failed to prevent the Undertaking, and his family has now become the most hated in Starling.
- The junkie is actually Aquaman's human step-brother Orm (Ocean Master).
- That 'someone' could be his little sister named Lian.
- The Lazarus Pit exists. But Malcolm won't use it on Tommy. Maybe someone else could.
- Confirmed more or less, Oliver wears the hood to honor her and her father, and S2 shows him learning Mandarin from her.
- While the jury's still out on the show Growing the Beard, as it's only season 2, it has been announced that Barry Allen will be introduced in that season as a lead-in to his own spin off show. And yes, it's confirmed that super powers will be introduced through him.
- Flash has appeared.
- Barry Allen didn't have super powers during his stint on Arrow. Although they egged us with a shot of the accident that would lead to him becoming Flash.
- The closest the show has to superpowers so far is the super-strength and regeneration provided by mirakuru.
- A meta-human has attacked Team Arrow.
- This is pretty much confirmed, not only by Word of God but just by the fact that's it's obvious. Felicity never seems to have those Freudian Slips around Diggle, after all.
- Three Ghosts more or less confirms this, with Barry's phone call to her.
- "Keep Your Enemies Closer" made this a hell of a lot more serious, and let's not go into the rest of season two and the entirety of season three... In other words, confirmed.
- Not how it went down.
- Technically, confirmed. Felicity and Roy are appearing in a series of 30sec episodes known as Blood Rush.
- Lance doesn't seem to be aware that Ollie and the Arrow are the same person. When Sarah reveals herself to be alive, he quickly figures out that she is the female vigilante, has been alive for weeks, and is in touch with the Arrow (he uses the word Arrow rather than Hood).
- Well, he knows now.
- He believed it in the first season, and when he is finally told in Season 3 he isn't surprised, it just confirmed what he theorized all along. But he wasn't fully certain that Oliver was The Arrow until Ra's Al Ghul told him.
This doesn't just have to be limited to the villains, either. The Bludhaven reference gives way to a potential appearance of Nightwing. If he shows up a few times, he could become a rival to Arrow.
Also, despite the fact that Smallville had its own version of Green Arrow, some of its characters could make cameos, or even recurring appearances. Both shows are aired on The CW, after all. All of that being said, which characters from other DC properties would you like to see?
To make this easy, I will make a few categories to put characters in, by the property that they're from. Put the series in bold, and have the characters as bullets. Also, unless they're just that cool, try not to put in characters that would be too difficult to make realistic. If you can think of a way to make a character realistic, or to make him/her work better for the series, add a colon, after the character's name.
Batman/related properties:
- Riddler: He could be an online computer hacker/terrorist who uses riddles as an MO.
- They already did this general MO for Clock King.
- Maybe Riddler will be a competitive PI.
- Calendar Man
- Hush
- This troper believes the execs would save Hush's appearance for a possible live-action Batman series or another movie.
- Victor Zsasz
- Zsasz is fairly prominent on Gotham. Doubtful he'd also appear on Arrow/Flash. But he might show up on film.
- With Gotham on it's final season, this might not be an issue in the future.
- Zsasz is fairly prominent on Gotham. Doubtful he'd also appear on Arrow/Flash. But he might show up on film.
- Various Dark Knights - they've already teased Red Death on Flash, and Scott Snyder (who wrote the event) has said that quite a few were left on the cutting room floor (not to mention he seems very happy about Red Death being name-dropped); they could easily use the Devastator (since Superman already exists in the Arrowverse), or they could easily create an Original Generation onenote .
- Nightwing: If Dick Grayson doesn't become Nightwing, the role could easily be filled by a character in the show. Who, though, has yet to be determined.
- Jason Todd will be Nightwing.
- No, Jason Todd will be Red X.
- So far in "Dead to Rights", Bludhaven appeared.
- Jason Todd will be Nightwing.
- Batwoman: Without using the Bat-name, Kate Kane could appear as an army acquaintance of Diggle's, perhaps discharged from the military when she defied Don't Ask Don't Tell.
- She's got her own show. It's set on the same Earth, but only time will tell if she knew Diggle.
- Renee Montoya
- The Clock King: He was originally a Green Arrow villain before becoming Batman's. He'll be based on the Temple Fugate version, with William Tockman's backstory.
- Confirmed. The William Tockman version of the Clock King has made an appearance.
- Signalman: Dressed like Green Arrow, only in blue. A nod to his brief stint as the Blue Bowman.
- Puzzler
- Lex Luthor: He could show up as a cameo.
- He and Queen had history in the Smallville version.
- Confirmed for Supergirl (2015), portrayed by Jon Cryer.
- He and Queen had history in the Smallville version.
- Toyman
- Starman: The staff can be some form of technology.
- Shade (the antihero version): He could have a type of technology that allows him to manipulate a substance that resembles shadows, possibly a bio-weapon.
- This one is doubtful.
- Ted Kord/Blue Beetle: Ted Kord mentioned.
- Jaime Reyes's parents.
- The Question: Similar to an above WMG, Tommy could take up the mantle in this version.
- Doubtful that it would be Tommy. But as McKenna has been speculated to be Arrow's Renee Montoya, maybe she'll become the Question.
- If one looks closely, a version of the Question is apparently among the Earth-2 criminals that was summoned to Earth-1 by Zoom in The Flash season 2.
- Wesley Dodds/Sandman
- Various members: In this continuity, Slade Wilson is in Team 7, which, here, is an Australian intelligence unit. It's somewhat likely that additional members may appear.
- Since Felicity comes from the same comic, Ronald "Ronnie" Raymond could appear as well, just re-imagined as a mixed martial artist or a former boxer with the nickname of Firestorm since he works up a "firestorm" in the ring. Martin Stein could also appear as a Mickey-like figure that only appears to him like a "spirit", giving him advice and it always looks like he is talking to himself. Also Ronnie and Oliver could become Bash Brothers, with Ronnie taking an interest in Felicity.
- Semi-confirmed, via The Flash
- Since Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, and John Stewart are likely off-limits due to the Green Lantern Corps movie that the DCEU has in the works, Jessica Cruz and Simon Baznote could show up. Baz could be a reforming criminal, and Cruz could be a caseworker/parole officer assigned to him, and some incident causes the two to get Rings. Alternatively:
- Alan Scott: Jay Garrick could meet him off-screen and the two could be drinking buddies. Some situation causes Scott to reveal his powers.
- Hal Jordannote ; could be an old friend of Oliver'snote who became a Lantern during Oliver's 5 year absence; he'd be taking a vacation from his space-cop duties.
- In Elseworlds, the Flash from the 1990 series mentioned the John Diggle of his Earth being the Green Lantern.
- The Warlord: Travis Morgan. People will mistake him for Oliver, due to their uncanny resemblance.
- Raven Roth: she was meant to get a show. maybe it will be after they establish the "Capes and Freaks" exist in-universe. Brother Blood will be involved.
- Unlikely now, as she appears in Titans which exists in a separate universe from the Arrowverse and the DCEU.
- The Monitor. The show turned Harbinger into an ARGUS agent, so maybe the Monitor will be something along the lines of a (human) information broker.
- He will be called Bob. Which would either be his real name or an alias.
- The Anti-Monitor: His evil twin brother. He'll be in some life-support system that resembles his comic counterpart's armor.
- The Montiors: A secretive group of 52 people (51 men and one woman, all humans) observing everything that's going on in the world. Mostly involving superhero activity.
- All jossed: The Monitor appears in the crossover special Elseworlds, as a cosmic being like in the comics. The other Monitors doesn't seem to exist. The Monitor mentions a bigger threat, most likely the Anti-Monitor, who will be the Big Bad in the next crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths. Harbinger serving the Monitor remains to be seen.
- The First Wildcat, Ted Grant could appear as a mentor figure to Laurel should she ever decide to take up her sister's mantle.
- Confirmed.
- At least one magic user: Doctor Fate, Zatanna, Deadman, John Constantine
- Confirmed with John Constantine, once again played by Matt Ryan.
- Demolition Team
- Confirmed.
- Partially confirmed. He does appear, and tries to gain her trust to steal from her company.
- Titans has been canceled, but with even more Teen Titans/Young Justice characters showing up in the CW shows, there's certainly plenty of opportunity for a Titans special.
- Alternatively, Ray may remain a non size-shifter until he ends up on The Flash, and will be exposed to some dormant energy from the particle accelerator accident while wearing the suit, and will become a size-shifting metahuman.
- S4 reveals Ray is a size-shifter. He didn't die in the explosion and has, in fact, infiltrated Felicity's phone.
- Jossed.
- Hoping the latter portion of this WMG is wrong. GL is supposed to be on his way and it would be great if John Stewart was the man since HJ is likely going to be the Silver Screen variant via BvS.
Now, in this last season, Diggle's played the peacekeeper (Blue Lanterns can remove red lantern rings) with Ray stepping in when Diggle is angry. Diggle also got several lines that talked about his "hope" and Diggle was both more likely to wear blue this season and when in the Palmer Tech Cave only he would be surrounded by the blue lights. Most of the time the others weren't in the same shot, or were shadowed if they were.
- Blue, eh? What if he's an alt Blue Beetle?
- Seems jossed.
- Jossed.
- Jossed-the other group arrives on the island after Ollie and co defeat Fyers, and they're not Bratva. They're a research group looking for a serum called 'Mirakuru'.
- Jossed. Reiter doesn't know Oliver is a spy until discovering that he didn't kill Taiana.
- Roy continues to be 'Arsenal'.
- Confirmed.
- Helena breaks out of prison to follow Ollie's example as the 'Huntress'.
- Jossed.
- Ray will become the 'Atom' (The Arrow version of Steel).
- Confirmed.
- Laurel will become the 'Black Canary'.
- Confirmed.
- Thea will don the green hood as the 'Arrowette'.
- Jossed. She's Speedy.
- Felicity will run them all as the 'Oracle'.
- Jossed. She doesn't get an identity in Season 3, and becomes Overwatch in Season 4 Oracle was already taken.
- Partially confirmed. The Lazarus Pit does appear, but is never indicated to have any connections to Mirakuru.
- Speedy confirmed.
- Or, it's all in Quentin Lance's head. After Sara died on the cruise, he became an alcoholic, and thought of how Ollie "killed her". Ollie and Sara never found the island they died at sea. Ollie and Sara coming back was a part of this. ved with helping the underprivileged in Starling City.
- Ted and Ollie could meet because Ted's father or uncle is on the list.
- The riot shield would stop them even at full power, and holding it at an angle would deflect the arrows easily. So, probably not.
- Tommy's dead.
- A character mentioned being locked up in Blackgate Prison on an episode of The Flash.
- Wayne Tech is mentioned in The Flash.
- David Tennant for The Joker!
- Confirmed, Arthur Darvill is rip hunter.
- It was green, and Blood called it a "miracle". With superpowers being introduced this season, Venom doesn't seem too unlikely. And it will be created this season. And while Bane probably won't be behind it, he could appear in future seasons.
- Alternatively it could be Blockbuster formula.
- Now it looks like it might be Miracle
- Which Venom is actually an improved version of, so not that far off.
- Now it looks like it might be Miracle
- Jossed.
- Currently, Steven McQueen is currently campaigning for the role, and if allowed, he could very well appear in the show as Nightwing, and given his age, he'd likely make better friends with Roy than Oliver. Assuming Roy eventually gets trained, somewhere down the line, the two will likely become great friends and vigilantes. Meanwhile, the Flash Spin-off will hopefully include Wally West, and develop him into Kid-Flash, and he too will become great friends with the pair. Amazon will eventually push forward and will hopefully also include Donna Troy as Wonder Girl. Somewhere down the line, the four of them will team up for a mini-series, joined with other superhero teens, where they form the Titans.
[[This series will become part of the planned DC Cinematic Universe]]
Similar to how Joss Whedon is planning a SHIELD television series that is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Arrow (and the other tv shows) will become part of the new DC Cinematic Universe alongside Man of Steel and the other Justice League movies, as a result of the show's multiverse having such popularity. This would definitely help DC to build their desired movie universe (perhaps Arrowverse Flash could appear in a DCEU Flash movie, or Henry Cavill's Superman (from Man of Steel) could appear in an episode of Supergirl). They have so many good DC characters introduced in these shows so the new DCEU could gain so much by including the worlds of the Arrowverse.
- Malcolm will push Oliver's buttons every step of the way. In return, Oliver will tell him that his own son's death was Malcolm's doing.
- I have two guesses as to how this could go down.
- 1) Construction for a railway line starts to be mentioned, and we get introduced to one of the workers: Alan Scott
- 2) An old army buddy of Diggle comes to Starling City to get some advice, at the end of the episode, a blue hand taps John Stewart on the back.
- 3) Oliver met a boy who's father is a pilot at Ferris Airfield, where Robert was conducting business.
- Jossed. Connor Hawke is John Diggle Jr.
- Eventually, Slade and Roy will get their powers back.
- Probably not Roy, since he's a Badass Normal in the comics, but Slade's could given he had powers in the comics that were weaker than in the show. Given Roy's was driven from Slade's blood, its possible his sample was weaker and so easier to cure, while Slade, who's had Mirikuru in his system for years, would probably be strong enough to either regain his abilities after some time, or it'll turn out his powers were just nerfed, not removed completely.
- They could still continue, but with the fan backlash from Laurel's death, it doesn't look likely that Arrow will be renewed for Season 6.
- I think we'll get 6.
Despite the fact that Arrow is seemingly its own animal, from Season 2 onwards, the show is clearly making greater attempts to steep itself in the comic-book mythos. And with recent developments, certain patterns are emerging, which suggest that the aim of the showrunners is to loosely follow the trajectory of Green Arrow history from the comics.
Consider this. Green Arrow's history in the comics can be broadly classed into the following eras-
1. Origin and Solo Career: Oliver goes through his island experiences, returns, and becomes a solo vigilante. Covered largely in stories like Green Arrow Year One and the odd flashback here and there.
2. The Classic Era: Green Arrow gets a sidekick in Speedy. Covered mostly in classic Golden Age and Silver Age stories (along with miscellaneous flashbacks). The Green Arrow comics actually began In Medias Res during this era.
3. The 'New Look' Era: Green Arrow grows a beard and becomes a liberal loudmouth. He and Roy split and he starts working with Black Canary instead. Covered in the stories of the 70's and early 80's, starting with the 'Hard Travelling Heroes' arc with Green Lantern.
4. The 'Urban Hunter' Era: The Mike Grell series, starting with The Longbow Hunters. Green Arrow becomes a more realistic urban vigilante and fights crime alongside Black Canary.
5. Post-Resurrection Era: After Oliver returns from the dead, he works alongside an extended Team Arrow, including Mia Dearden and Connor Hawke. Basically all the modern stories, starting with Quiver, up until the reboot.
Now compare this to the progress of the show so far.
The island origin is being covered throughout the series in the flashbacks. The Solo Career phase was covered in Season 1 and 2, with Oliver embarking on his career as the solo vigilante, and then later establishing the 'Arrow' persona. Starting with Season 2, the show starts to move towards the Classic Era, with Roy starting to get involved with the Arrow and more comic-booky elements being introduced. By Season 3, we're firmly in the Classic Era, since Roy is now in costume and working alongside the Arrow as his sidekick/partner.Now, with the hints we've been given that Laurel will be evolving into the Black Canary in Season 3, I think its a fair bet that by late Season 3/early Season 4, the show will have transitioned into something resembling the New Look Era, with Green Arrow and Black Canary working together, and Roy possibly leaving the team. And at some later point, in Seasons 4 or 5, if Thea, who is an Expy of Mia Dearden, returns to Oliver's side, then we could be in the Post-Resurrection Era.
Of course, none of this is set in stone, and the writers are mixing things from different eras. For instance, Season 1 clearly had the aesthetic of Mike Grell's Urban Hunter era thrown in. And I doubt Oliver is ever going to become a liberal loud-mouth on the show. But I think in a larger sense, they will be following this broad trajectory.
- Since Aquaman and Wonder Woman won't likely appear, they replace the war between the Atlanteans and the Amazons with some huge war happening offscreen. Conflicts between the US, Kasnia, and China lead to World War III, that'll escalate into a nuclear war (possibly caused by the Brother Eye terrorist group). There'll also be references to Buddy Bank, "Command-D", and the Atomic Knights; and refers to the impending nuclear attack as a "great disaster".
- The war could be between the League of Shadows and the HIVE.
- If the adaptation is a multi-episode event between both shows, the first Arrow episode of the arc would open with a narration from Robert Queen like as if he's always been the Arrow.
- Jossed, technically. There isn't one on Arrow. There is one on The Flash that lasts a total of one episode, and isn't nearly as large-scale as comic book Flashpoint, but it exists.
He survived a head shot from Diggle, and then beat up Diggle like he was a chump. He must have been someone strong enough to resist the General insanity, and escaped before Oliver and the others cured the other soldiers.
- Jossed. He was actually from the League of Assassins.
- Jossed to the point of oblivion by Word of God.
- We can only dream.
- Apparently Jossed, as she looks to be coming out of a Lazarus Pit in the trailers for the new show.
It's Doylist to say this, but it's unacceptable storytelling to ever have Oliver commanding a legion of assassins, even if he tells them to not kill anymore (as Ra's previously suggested). No, the only option for a season finale is one where Oliver is forced to kill Ra's, he orders all the assassins to pursue a life of nonviolent charity and public works, and goes back to being a Team Arrow vigilante — without trying to be Oliver Queen at the same time.
- It will be A Death in the Limelight episode, with flashbacks showing him getting into SCPD and highlights his life with his family. I also want to guess young Quentin will be played by Dustin Clare cause a.) the actor looks a lot like Paul Blackthorne and b.) the show doesn't hide the fact that they love casting Spartacus alumnae.
- Jossed, he's fine.
- And that's exactly what happened. More or less.
- Jossed... technically. Its never been stated at all how Malcolm survived. Theoretically it could still be confirmed that Dahrk saved him, but so far its not the case.
- We've already got John Barrowman/Jack Harkness/Malcolm Merlyn, Alex Kingston/River Song and now Arthur Darvill/Rory Williams/Rip Hunter unless I'm missing any other names.
- Confirmed.
- When you think about it, she matches the criteria.
- Glibness and Superficial Charm. - In spades. Snarky in any situation, no matter how serious things are. Superficially puts on an "adorable" act, but is a horrible person.
- Manipulative and Conning. They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims. - One rule Felicity, another for everyone else. Bosses everyone around. Exploits Oliver's ptsd and trust issues. Humilates Oliver in front of his team.
- Grandiose Sense of Self. Feels entitled to certain things as "their right." - Self-explanatory.
- Pathological Lying. Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. - Absolutely.
- Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt. A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims. The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way. - Unconcerned about thousands dying due to her actions. We also literally saw her split off and repress her younger, more overtly angry self a few episodes ago.
- Shallow Emotions. When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises. - Self-evident.
- Incapacity for Love. - Genuine love? Yes I would say she seems incapable of that, actual love requires understanding and being able to put the other person first (at least some of the time).
- Need for Stimulation. Living on the edge. Verbal outbursts and physical punishments are normal. Promiscuity and gambling are common. - Verbal outbursts, check. Need to live on the edge was demonstrated when she kept lying to Oliver so she could vicariously crime fight on the side.
- Callousness/Lack of Empathy. Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only contempt for others' feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of them. - Check.
- Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature. Rage and abuse, alternating with small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim. Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others. - Check, check, check.
- Early Behavior Problems/Juvenile Delinquency. Usually has a history of behavioral and academic difficulties, yet "gets by" by conning others. Problems in making and keeping friends; aberrant behaviors such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc. - Her history as a hacker and stealing from her work place. Doesn't seem to have any friends of her own.
- Irresponsibility/Unreliability. Not concerned about wrecking others' lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed. - Every episode?
- Lack of Realistic Life Plan/Parasitic Lifestyle. Tends to move around a lot or makes all encompassing promises for the future, poor work ethic but exploits others effectively. - Literally lives off of her "dead" ex-boyfriend's company. Doesn't bother attending board meetings, pretty much ran the company into the ground. On the promises front to Oliver, need I say more?
- Criminal or Entrepreneurial Versatility. Changes their image as needed to avoid prosecution. Changes life story readily. - Little bit.
- Considering Felicity's actions throughout the show, it would explain a lot about her.
- Jossed.
- Except for the part of computer engineer/hacker, jossed. See below.
- Normally, this would be great. But after she was written and depicted in Season 3, this could endanger her of becoming a full-blown Creator's Pet (if she's not one already). Having her father be simply connected would logically be enough.
- Jossed. Her father is confirmed to be Noah Kuttler, AKA The Calculator.
- Jossed, though Andy did know Baron Reiter, the latter of whom Oliver meets.
- Realized what kind of people he was working for and left the organization, only to be killed since he knew a lot of integral matters, so the org hired someone (Deadshot) to ensure everything related to them will not get out, ala Robert Queen for Tempest. The similarities would be a good way for Diggle to realize that he and Oliver are not so different, leading to their eventual reconciliation.
- Was killed simply because he has served his purpose.
- Was forced to join by some circumstances he couldn't control, which is likely since this is what A.R.G.U.S. does and H.I.V.E. is an Evil Counterpart to the former (yes, that's the possible) and then found a way to leave and be killed for it.
- Confirmed and Jossed. Mostly confirmed. Andy Diggle IS a member of HIVE, not a former member.
- Essentially confirmed in Haunted—Andy wasn't a member of H.I.V.E., but he was a crime lord.
- Jossed sadly. Maybe she'll be in Season 5.
- Coast City has been creeping into the setting for both The Flash and Arrow, culminating in Ollie boarding a freighter bound for Coast City in the third season finale.
- The Flash mentions that Ferris Air Field has been abandoned since "that test pilot went missing."
- We're going to see Hal go missing in the Season 4 flashbacks, only for him to return in the present day storylines as a space cop.
- Though an actual role in the plot is still up for debate, Hal does have a brief cameo in the Season 4 premiere as The Faceless.
- Let's go down the list. Malcolm: Jerkass Villain Sue. He wouldn't do it. Olvier: Season 3 proved he didn't care about Sara, besides he's off with Felicity. He wouldn't do it. Laurel wouldn't dig up her sister or go near Nanda Parbat. That leaves Nyssa to dig up her lover's corpse and somehow get her to Nanda Parbat and sneak her into the Lazarus Pit and hope it works. Thanks to Legendsof Tomorrow, we know that it does and it makes sense that it would be Nyssa who brings her back to life.
- Jossed. Nyssa was appalled at the idea, and Malcolm did in a sad attempt to prove to Thea he wasn't a completely horrible person.
- As noted above, Malcolm is a Jerkass Villain Sue. However, he's also not an idiot. And right now the biggest threat to his rule of the League of Assassins is Nyssa, who accepts his leadership begrudgingly and will almost certainly turn on him at the first opportunity. Resurrecting Sara - while unlikely to buy total forgiveness - might be enough of a bargaining chip to stay any immediate attempts on his life. Of course reviving a woman he murdered by proxy who is likely to hold a grudge against the daughter he claims to truly love that carried out said murder would be foolish in the long-term but this isn't the first time we've seen Merlyn play Xanatos Speed Chess.
- Sort-of. Malcolm revives Sara in order to try to show Thea he isn't horrible, since she brought Sara's body to Nanda Parbat with laurel.
- Jossed. Ivo is never mentioned.
- Jossed. Malcolum joins H.I.V.E., but nothing was stated about him being in cahoots with HIVE before that.
- More or less Jossed going by early reports about Season 4. Starling City will remain the focus of the series, with Oliver establishing himself as 'Green Arrow', and in his civilian life, potentially pursuing a career in the political civic arena.
- To really establish H.I.V.E. as a serious threat, they could completely take over A.R.G.U.S. and usurp their resources, possibly from within (just like HYDRA did to S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe).
- And Deathstroke could ultimately become The Starscream to H.I.V.E. and once again be the Big Bad of the season.
- Sorta. Using the Lazarus Pit to resurrect someone causes them to suffer bloodlust killer rages unless they slay the person responsible for their injury. When she was resurrected, she immediately turned on Thea.
- Jossed.
- Semi-Confirmed. Merlyn tricked Thea into murdering two of his own men to sate her bloodlust. Thea immediately forgave him, Laurel didn't care and then they revived Sara and let him slide. The only good thing to come out of it was Nyssa destroying the pits.
- And now Thea has welcomed him back into her life with open arms, just assuming that he can somehow fix her rage problems, with absolutely no mention of what he put her through in the past. So, WMG confirmed.
- Actually, the chickens may finally be coming home to roost for Malcolm, as Nyssa is demanding that Oliver kill Malcolm in return for a cure for Thea's condition.
- Completely Confirmed. Season 4 ends with Team Arrow completely forgiving him despite his crimes and working alongside him once again.
- No, this is completely false. They do not forgive him. They blackmail Malcolm into having him free people from the underground HIVE facility, and in the final episode they do NOT work alongside him. He only helps because he doesn't want to die along with the rest of the world, and the team NEVER forgives him... they just don't go out of their way to capture him or anything.
- Semi-Confirmed. Merlyn tricked Thea into murdering two of his own men to sate her bloodlust. Thea immediately forgave him, Laurel didn't care and then they revived Sara and let him slide. The only good thing to come out of it was Nyssa destroying the pits.
Meanwhile, Thea is getting off on superheroing, and especially the violence of it. That scene in the first episode when she went crazy on one of the Ghosts was classic Faith in the run-up to her Face–Heel Turn. And, similar to Faith's arc, Thea is going to accidentally cross a line (probably by killing somebody), decide she can't trust Ollie to help her, and instead go to her father for support.
The mayor thing? Well, that's mainly just so the arc would match up with Faith's. Although the post is currently vacant.
- Jossed. Malcolm would never be able to become mayor considering he destroyed half the city already.
- Jossed. Unless that's what Oliver's promise was...
- Felicity
- Felicity, but Oliver is pissed because Darhk used his resurrection / mind control process on her, making her a "Ghost". The grave itself is now empty.
- Jossed as of "Blood Debts". Unless the one seen is a hallucination.
- Felicity, but Oliver is pissed because Darhk used his resurrection / mind control process on her, making her a "Ghost". The grave itself is now empty.
- Diggle: He's been there since day 1, and Word of God describes him as an important figure in Oliver's journey to become Green Arrow. Since he's finally done that, what else is Dig here for? Also, a big theme this season seems to be siblings. With Andy both returning, might join Team Arrow in his place and take up the role of Spartan. Additionally, as someone mentioned below, Damien Darhk may not be the murderer, and in fact Reiter almost seems more likely (presuming he's still alive in 2016...which would make sense, given that Shadowspire is still around).
- Jossed.
- Quentin: He and Oliver have a turbulent relationship. Still, Oliver holds a high opinion of him and is aware that their rift is mostly his fault. He's also The Mole for Team Arrow. He's also dating Donna Smoak, which could explain why Felicity is so angry because the person that finally makes her mother happy was taken from her.
- Leaked photos don't look good on his favor: they show Oliver, Diggle, Felicity, Laurel, Thea, Nyssa at the funeral, along with Dinah Lance. There's no particular reason for Dinah Lance to be there except if the funeral was for Laurel or Quentin, and the photo of Laurel looks like she's walking to deliver a eulogy.
- Jossed.
- Thea: A big theme this season seems to be siblings. Between Sara and Andy both returning, it seems appropriate that Thea would die and continue this theme of siblings. In addition to her blood lust, Malcolm threatens to come after Oliver if Thea dies, which would generate much more conflict for later plots. Also, killing Oliver's last remaining blood relative that he grew up with would be a huge blow. Dialogues also imply that she's better off dead than being alive but rabid after her dip at the Lazarus Pit.
- She might get killed while trying to stop Malcolm, especially after their argument in "Taken". Malcolm could very well be the "son of a bitch" Felicity mentioned at the end of "Blood Debt".
- Probably jossed with the leak of photos showing Thea at the funeral.
- Jossed
- Oliver's kid: Killing a child is a major crossing of the Moral Event Horizon. What more if it's The Hero's child whom he never know existed until recently.
- Likely jossed, since after he was rescued, he and his mother moved away without even telling Oliver where for their safety.
- Jossed
- The mother of Oliver's kid: Hence why Oliver is full of guilt and regret.
- Likely jossed, same reason above.
- Jossed.
- Laurel: Word of God says that she will be instrumental in bringing down Dahrk. Also, a big theme this season seems to be siblings. With her bringing Sara back, there might be an Equivalent Exchange. Finally, she's essentially The Artifact and Demoted to Extra starting the last half of Season 3. These, coupled with a number of the Fan Dumb frequently attacking her, will likely push Katie Cassidy on asking to be killed off.
- Leaked photos, coupled with the rumored casting for Black Canary in the DC Extended Universe, doesn't look good on her favor.
- Leaked photos show Laurel being present at the funeral.
- Confirmed. The funeral where she's shown alive is actually a flashback of Tommy's funeral.
- Roy: He'll likely just be Commuting on a Bus at this point. Also, his death could not only fully pass the torch to Thea, but also push her and the rest of Team Arrow into going for the killer's head. Word of God says he'll be Commuting on a Bus after his departure, but they could be lying.
- Probably jossed with the leak of photos showing Dinah Lance at the funeral. She'd have no reason to be there for Roy, someone she didn't know.
- Jossed.
- Lyla: She's close to Team Arrow and Diggle's wife to boot.
- Probably jossed with the leak of photos showing Dinah Lance and Nyssa at the funeral. Neither would have a reason to be there for Lyla, also someone neither knows, and although Nyssa knows Digge, they're not particularly friends.
- Jossed
- Walter: He's the closest thing both Oliver and Thea has left for a father (Yeah, Malcolm is not really good at being one). He's also close to Felicity, and she's shown pissed about the death.
- Jossed.
- Baby Sara: Same deal as Oliver's kid.
- Jossed.
- A new character this season that he, Barry and the rest of their respective teams will be close to. Moost likely Curtis Holt.
- Jossed
- Donna Smoak: After the events of "Lost Souls", she could easily become a casualty as the season progresses thanks to Darhk discovering Felicity's connection to Team Arrow as well as the potential for a romance between Donna and Quentin. It would also do the most to explain Barry's presence. Felicity has by far had the most interaction with the S.T.A.R. Labs team out of any other character and would in turn be the one whom they would all come out to support (this assumes that Felicity herself isn't in the grave, but her death doesn't seem likely).
- Jossed
- Sara: Thus giving her a more proper (and more badass) send-off in stark contrast to the way she was offed in the Season 3 premiere.
- Jossed
- Paul, Curtis Holt's husband. Felicity's close to Curtis, and Oliver's seemed to start accepting him with open (well, for Ollie) arms. This could also serve as the catalyst needed to motivate Curtis to become Mister Terrific. Though that would probably make the audience complain about the perceived Bury Your Gays
- Jossed
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Well, Oliver's and Felicity's rage also contains disgust, especially the latter.
- Death by Falling Over: If the battle is on top of some really high place.
- Defiant to the End: Giving their killer a "The Reason You Suck" Speech or/and Spiteful Spit before biting it.
- Heroic Sacrifice: The classic superhero death.
- The Last Dance: As the old saying goes, if you're gonna go out, go out with style. In short, an epic Dying Moment of Awesome.
- Senseless Sacrifice: Either by a failed Taking You with Me against the killer or only succeeding against the killer's Mooks.
- Stuffed in the Fridge: S/He would be helplessly killed.
- Surprisingly Sudden Death: S/He would be surprised as w're probably gonna be. Probably from an attack In the Back.
- Final Result(s): TBA
- It's actually a combination of a few of the above. It's sort of The Last Dance, Stuffed in the Fridge, Surprisingly Sudden Death, Cruel and Unusual Death. Laurel's death occurs as a result of Darhk stabbing her with an arrow, a successful surgery, but Laurel dying of an embolism.
- And the funeral? They gave the poor dead girl another one? And then there's legends. Couldn't forget that.
- Jossed. But it is a Lance grave...
- Jossed.
- Jossed. Thea does consider killing Malcolm several times, but Sara's bloodlust isn't resolved and Thea stops killing even though it will kill her. She's ultimately given the Lotus to save her life.
- Confirmed as of "Unchained"
- He's not tied to Dahrk, though. In fact, Dahrk tries to kill him because he's the only person that can thwart Dahrk's plans.
- That was Andy, not Deadshot.
- Jossed, at least the second half. His husband's name is Paul.
- Based on the circumstances given, jossed. It doesn't seem like that is in the cards for the foreseeable future.
- Jossed. His daughter and family were seen at the end of Dark Waters.
- Diggle did recently mention her and was considering calling her.
- She appeared in some pictures in Dark Waters.
- John will use her and her son to get through to Andy.
- Partially jossed. John does bring them up, but Andy tells him he left that old life and he sees HIVE as his family. Though he seemed to frown when John mentioned them. We don't know if he intends to spare them from the missiles.
- Jossed. Andy confirmed that HIVE faked his death with fake ammo. Even Deadshot didn't know about it.
- Possibly jossed. She was shot through the heart and the way the trailer is organized definitely seems to indicate that she will die.
- ....and? Trailers Always Lie, see Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. concerning Andrew..
- Confirmed
- A lot of things seemed way out of place in Legends of Today. Damian Darhk was way too cheerful, Laurel wasn't helping them take down the ghosts, etc. I'm not sure we can assume anything based on that scene.
- It also didn't prevent Oliver from dying to a macigal nuke in the succeeding episode. While the theory is a good one, perhaps it only protects Oliver against mundane forms of injury (to which a stab through the chest with a sword qualifies)? It would explain why and how Oliver can recover from nearly everything that tries to kill him, even the things he went through in Season 1, like stabbing himself in the chest with an arrow, but maybe doesn't affect anything mystical that tries to hurt him. Reiter doesn't seem to actually have magical powers, he's just looking for them. Alternately, perhaps the tattoo simply helps him recover from wounds at a rapid rate (the Reverse-Flash did mention that Oliver lives to be really old when he dies in the future, presumably from national causes).
- Possibly. But that's very similar to the character of Chase from last season, and I doubt the producers would do the exact same thing again.
- Or they could do that and simply lampshade the similarities as sort of a Running Gag, like they often did with Xander's bad luck with dates on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Jossed. It seems like that might be the case at first towards the end, but it appears that Alex was just a normal guy until he started working for Ruve Adams. He's given the yellow pill to brainwash him, but until he started working for Ruve he wasn't a spy.
- Jossed. He wore the Speedy outfit because Thea was out of commission.
- Jossed, but not without Lampshade Hanging.
- Or rather, confirmed in everything but the name Oracle.
- Or not. She is more an Expy of Wendy Harris aka "Proxy".
- Reiter is revealed to be an acquaintance of Andy Diggle. Let's see what happens from here.
- This goes nowhere. The flashbacks only tie into the main storyline because the idol Reiter uses is the same one that Dahrk uses.
- Jossed.
- Essentially Jossed with the reveal that it absolutely isn't Felicity in the grave and she wants "him" (whoever it is) dead as well.
- Officially jossed.
- Replace Felicity in the OP with Laurel and this theory is very much still alive. (No pun intended)
- Merlyn, thus cementing his and Oliver's Status Quo from the comics.
- Since he revealed the existence of William to Darhk, his odds have gone up.
- Slade, who was freed from imprisonment by Darhk and set about to fulfill his promise to Oliver.
- Quentin, whose alliance with Darhk led to the death of whoever is in the grave.
- Anarky
- Andy Diggle
- Felicity's estranged father aka The Calculator
- Reiter
- Damien Darhk's wife. While the murderer is specifically referred to with male pronouns, it is possible that the "him" is a misdirection by the showrunners. Possible scenarios are: A.) She was wearing a heavily concealing outfit (likely a battle gear) at the time and the others didn't saw her clearly and just assumed that she's a guy. B.) The group is aware, but they mainly blame Dahrk for the deed. C.) Overlaps with Option B, as she'll eventually be revealed as The Starscream and Black Widow and deliberately arranges things to put the heat on her husband. D.) Damien Dahrk willingly takes the heat for her since it's established that he loves his family dearly.
- Nyssa Al-Ghul, same misdirection theory as Mrs. Dahrk above, likely to Frame-Up Merlyn. Reasons she did it could either be a genuine fallout with Team Arrow or whatever twisted reason since members of The League never seems to run out of it.
- Jossed. Nyssa has disbanded the League, undergone a Heel–Face Turn and has no reason to go after Merlyn any more.
- The Big Bad of the following season (unless s/he's one of the aforementioned ones).
- All jossed. While Merlyn and Andy Diggle were accomplices, Darhk killed Laurel with one of Oliver's arrows.
- Jossed. Its just normal side-effects from the medication.
- Jossed. Darhk is out of prison and killed Laurel. That definitely makes him the Big Bad.
- Jossed.
- Adding The Calculator to the mix, unless he's already a member of either group.
- Shadowspire are not heavily involved in the main plot. The Calculator also ends up being an ally at the end because a skilled hacker is needed to counteract Dahrk's plot.
- Confirmed, as of The Flash episode "King Shark."
- Confirmed, his actual name is John Diggle Jr. His father died in the field at some point before the events of the episode, but considering how far in the future it was set, and the fact that it was a Bad Future due to time travel shenanigans means we can't extrapolate any useful information about Dig's death in the mainstream timeline.
- Jossed. Felicity doesn't seem to have a sister.
- Jossed, it's Lyla.
- Jossed. Felicity can walk again.
- Jossed.
- She's confirmed to appear in Episode 17, though whether or not she's now a member of H.I.V.E. remains to be seen.
- Jossed. She doesn't seem to be a member of HIVE.
- Jossed.
- More like a Big Bad Ensemble of Darhk, Merlyn, and Andy Diggle.
- If she's Laurel's counterpart, she'll likely be a more badass Black Canary and a metahuman with an organic sonic scream. She might even go by the name "Dinah".
- If she's Thea's counterpart, she'll likely be the Mia Dearden version of Speedy with the former prostitute who is HIV positive background.
- If he's Roy's counterpart, he'll be more of an Anti-Hero and sociopath and is involved the villain Cheshire. He'll also have an Arm Cannon.
- If she's Felicity's counterpart, she'll likely be more of a gadget using Action Girl but still a computer genius.
- If he's Diggle's counterpart, he'll likely be a version of an existing DC character. Possibly Green Lantern or Black Lightning.
- The Internal Reveal finally happens in the season 5 winter finale, and as expected, the result isn't pretty.
- Laurel. Obviously, she's the Lois Lane to Oliver's Superman, but Oliver's currently dating Felicity. But one day, these two should probably end up back together. And while her death would upset Oliver and Felicity,, I doubt the writers would actually kill off the Black Canary.
- Captain Lance. This seems to be a very common theory, but the reason this is unlikely is Barry barely knows him, and I doubt Barry would come to the grave if it was Captain Lance.
- Felicity's mom. Same logic, Barry wouldn't come.
- Thea, Oliver's son, etc... Lots of other people have almost died, and these seem like fake-outs, which makes it unlikely that it's any of them.
- Jossed
- Half right. Laurel died, but it was Andy's fault.
- Laurel's Earth-2 counterpart was just cast for The Flash. Supposedly, she's the Black Siren, a similar character to Black Canary, so this could be true.
- So far, so good. Laurel died, and her Earth-2 counterpart will be on the Flash. Word of God also says this is a possibility.
- This is confirmed, but we don't know how her character will live on yet. Probably Earth-3 Laurel or something.
- Her body's immune system has rejected the chip leaving her paralyzed once more.
- The attack that killed whoever is in the grave also injured her causing the chip to fail. This would also explain her anger over and above that for whoever was killed.
- During that attack, she was targeted so the attacker could remove the chip for their own purposes the way Brie Larvan tried. It is a sophisticated piece of technology and may have more potential uses than just curing paralysis.
- Seemingly jossed. Felicity had nothing to do with the death.
- Point 1 still possible and other two could still happen in a second attack prior to the funeral.
- This troper also thought it was weird that nothing came of that twist. And now that Darhk's out of jail it seems less likely that this will be addressed.
- Jossed by Darkh's appearance in 1975 over on Legends of Tomorrow, looking exactly the same as he does now.
- He would marry Felicity.
- He would help her fake her death. And he did
- He would take down Darhk.
- He would look for Evelyn, her daughter.
- All jossed. Laurel makes Oliver promise that she won't be the last Canary on the team.
- Partially Jossed, given that Andy is killed by John in the fourth-last episode of the season.
- Diggle is heading down a very dark revenge-fueled path that may well preclude him being able to serve as a 'hero' in Star City. Perhaps he'll choose to leave Star City for a while, maybe joining Lyla at ARGUS.
- Thea may well have had enough of the vigilante life after everything that's happened to her over the last four years. She'll leave either to go to college, or to be with Alex, or perhaps to hunt a fugitive Malcolm.
- Felicity had already quit the team and decided to devote her time fully to Palmer Tech, and while she may temporarily return in the wake of Laurel's death, she may also choose to leave again once Darkh and HIVE have been defeated.
- Confirmed for everyone but Felicity. Felicity quit the team at first, but she returns before the end and stays. Diggle, Thea, and Lance all leave, and Laurel was considering leaving before she died.
- Jossed.
- Jossed. Especially the last part: Anarchy kills Ruve.
- This is still technically possible, but she's 16. Laurel would've had to have gotten pregnant when she was 15. Which is possible... but not very likely.
- All jossed. "James" is actually Adrian Cross, aka Vigilante.
- Jossed.
Or the Arrowverse's approximation of him. He's caused trouble for both the Arrow family and the Justice League at large, even causing the loss of Roy Harper's arm and starting him on his downward spiral of erectile dysfunction and beating people with dead cats. Oliver put an arrow between his eyes as revenge which had it's own batch of consequences. He'd be a good physical match and moral challenge for Oliver on top of a mutually tragic origin, fulfilling his role from the comics.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Whelp, Malcolm being a Karma Houdini once again is confirmed at least.
- Jossed.
He's gotta have some explanation, right? The only logical way to hide most of those years is to return t the island.
- The title of episode 17 is 'Kapot,' Russian for 'hood.'
- She has his season 1 bow.◊
- Seemingly confirmed as off 5x11 - though its Talia who inspires him to create the persona, and not just to deal with Kovar.
- Laurel coming back from the dead
- A darker version of Arrow
- Felicity is written out
- All jossed. Flashpoint is not going to affect Arrow in a major way.
- Confirmed!
- The list does come up. this is totally possible.
- Confirmed! In the flashbacks of 5x12 "Bratva", Oliver takes down a drug-dealer from Starling City who visits Russia, and crosses the first name off the List.
- Well... Donna and Lance have broken up between seasons.
- Was Vigilante ever indicated to be a major villain, let alone the main villain? He's likely going to tread the line between hero and villain.
- Laurel's Earth-2 Counterpart could have a Heel–Face Turn and join Team Arrow, allowing Laurel to return.
- Due to Flashpoint, Laurel will return from the dead or her counterpart will become her.
- Laurel will probably join from another Earth. However, due to the nature of her status in Star City, a new Laurel cannot show up and become a public figure, so she'd more likely become a major recurring character on Legends and Flash, only showing up once in a while on Arrow. Flashpoint definitely will not bring her back either as Flashpoint doesn't affect Arrow heavily.
- Episode Nine ends with Oliver finding an alive Laurel in the Arrowcave. Could it be the Laurel from the Dominator's mind control world, somehow physically manifested, who arrived at that location after exploring an entirely different world to the one she knows?
- Episode 5x05 ("Human Target") has developments that lend credence to this WMG - Susan Williams receives evidence that Oliver Queen was in Russia in 2011, at a time when he was supposed to still be stranded on Lian Yu.
- Robert Queen will be the show's version of Thomas Wayne and this continuity's "Green Arrow"
- Moira Queen will be the show's version of Martha Wayne and this continuity's "Dark Archer"
- as such Oliver Queen will be dead in this timeline
- Jossed. No Arrow characters appear during Flashpoint. However, Robert Queen has been teased for the crossover.
- Anatoly Knyazev
- almost a guarantee, as it is strongly implied that Ollie is headed for Russia in this season's flashbacks to keep his promise to Taiana, as well as learn Russian and join the Bratva as we know he did at some point before Season 1. The real question is whether he will appear in the present-day storyline as well.
- Confirmed by the SDCC trailer.
- almost a guarantee, as it is strongly implied that Ollie is headed for Russia in this season's flashbacks to keep his promise to Taiana, as well as learn Russian and join the Bratva as we know he did at some point before Season 1. The real question is whether he will appear in the present-day storyline as well.
- Cyrus Gold, this time as Solomon Grundy
- Walter Steele
- Helena Bertinelli/Huntress
- Could be a replacement for Black Canary
- Sin, possibly as a friend of Evelyn's
- Seemingly confirmed by Word of God.
- Confirmed. He kills a cop who looks an awful lot like Tommy Merlyn.
- Katie Cassidy is scheduled to return in the 100th episode of Arrow, which is the four-way mega crossover. Chances are that Team Arrow encounters Black Siren during that time.
- She's also scheduled to appear in the midseason premiere of Arrow. That also makes sense...after being introduced to Earth 2 Laurel during the crossover, this is when she shows up in Star City and Oliver and the others really get to know her.
- Word of God says that Laurel will be 'resurrected' in a way this season...this would be the best way to do that and not have it be an Ass Pull.
- Given that E2 Laurel is currently a villain, it would be a nice redemption arc, that in a way parallels Oliver's own efforts to move forward with his life.
- There's a precedence for this in the comics - in the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, Black Canary was originally from Earth 2, and then moved to Earth 1 by the time she began her relationship with Green Arrow.
- Black Canary made her debut in a Flash comic as The Mole to the bad guys, while Black Siren made hers in the penultimate episode of Flash Season 2 as The Dragon and the season's final Villain of the Week. Notably different, yet strong parallelism.
- This would also effectively 'reboot' Black Canary to a more comics accurate version - complete with a real 'Canary cry'.
- Robert Queen is also supposed to show up in the 100th episode. The crashing of the Queen's Gambit along with the deaths of both Oliver and Sara could've been what drove Earth-2 Laurel into becoming Black Siren, and Robert Queen's involvement might help her to get over this.
The nuke that Diggle's rogue commanding officer was planning to sell to an unknown buyer that didn't show up. The buyers in question were the Bratva. Either Anatoly himself, or some other major figure. This will be how the Bratva gets involved in the present-day arc. Oliver will either have to work with Anatoly, or possibly against him, in order to clear Diggle's name and bring down the rogue commander.
Wade Wilson, Slade's half brother.
Or Hal Jordan.
He has trouble remembering.
- In the comics, Adrian Chase and his masked persona "Vigilante" are one and the same. Season 5 of Arrow introduces a new district attorney named Adrian Chase, and the seventh episode of the season entitled "Vigilante" introduces the titular character, but does not reveal his identity. It's possible that the writers want the viewers to expect that things unfold as in the comics and so Vigilante's reveal as Adrian Chase will be a Captain Obvious Reveal, but in fact it may turn out to be a Not His Sled moment, with Vigilante actually being someone different in this continuity—the episode's sole scene with Adrian Chase may just be a Red Herring.
- The trailer for 5x16 supports this, as it shows The Vigilante coming after Oliver for his "corrpution" following the public reveal that he covered up The Green Arrow's involvement in Detective Malone's murder. Chase would have no reason to target Oliver for that, since he participated in the cover-up himself.
- Confirmed in the above-mentioned episode, "Fighting Fire With Fire".note Halfway through the episode, Prometheus fights Vigilante on who gets to take down Oliver Queen...and then Prometheus is shown to be Adrian Chase, meaning Vigilante is someone else.
We already know that in the episode, which is part of the "Invasion!" crossover, that Oliver finds himself in a Lotus-Eater Machine. Presumably, the Dominators put him in there, and this would be the best way for them to do it. Especially since Supergirl would have experience and would know how to help.
- Jossed.
- The trailer for the following episode, "Who Are You?", strongly implies that it is indeed Black Siren, who is still evil but initially disguised as the heroic Earth-1 Laurel. There have been rumours that Redditors have access to the episode's script, which says that in fact Prometheus was the one who released her from the pipeline in order to infiltrate Team Arrow, which if true, is a whole new level of cruelty for him.
- Confirmed!
- The trailer for the following episode, "Who Are You?", strongly implies that it is indeed Black Siren, who is still evil but initially disguised as the heroic Earth-1 Laurel. There have been rumours that Redditors have access to the episode's script, which says that in fact Prometheus was the one who released her from the pipeline in order to infiltrate Team Arrow, which if true, is a whole new level of cruelty for him.
- Jossed. Though time-travel by the Legends is part of Black Siren's cover story.
—Evelyn will hesitate, but then will ultimately fire the arrow, though it's unlikely that character will actually be killed (there may be a Big Damn Heroes moment).
—Evelyn will hesitate and will be unable to go through with it, so Prometheus kills her.
—Evelyn will ultimately turn around and fire the arrow at Prometheus.
- Jossed. She's completely devoted to Chase, even if it means kidnapping a little boy and his mother and potentially murder them.
- In a way, it would kinda make sense. Team Arrow assumes that the son of Justin Claybourne would want revenge on the man who killed his father. In fact, the opposite might actually be true—Claybourne's son may have been disgusted by his father's corruption and may have even idolized The Hood for executing a criminal—his own father—on sight, and was thus inspired to do the same thing himself four years later.
- Vigilante not being Adrian Chase is confirmed. But Vigilante is not Justin Claybourne's son, as it seems that Chase is Claybourne's son
- In a way, it would kinda make sense. Team Arrow assumes that the son of Justin Claybourne would want revenge on the man who killed his father. In fact, the opposite might actually be true—Claybourne's son may have been disgusted by his father's corruption and may have even idolized The Hood for executing a criminal—his own father—on sight, and was thus inspired to do the same thing himself four years later.
Oliver and his team are celebrating after defeating Prometheus. We're nearing the end of the episode, it's all happy and laughs. Then Oliver gets a call from an intern at the mayor's office.
Sir, there's someone in your office. He won't leave. I was going to call security, but...
I'll be right there.
Cut to city hall, and Oliver striding forward all powerful and in charge. He shoves open the doors, hard.
Who the hell are you?
A man in a suit is standing in front of Oliver's desk, playing with what appears to be a bat-themed knickknack. He is tall, broad shouldered, fairly imposing.
You've done well for yourself. Made your mother and father proud, I imagine. I'm concerned with my family's legacy, too.
The man slowly turns around.
Oliver Queen? My name is Bruce Wayne.
- Jossed.
I've written up a couple theories before here in this section about how I think Adrian and Vigilante really are two different people, unlike in the comics. It's possible here that Adrian will effectively be an expy for Harvey Dent, in that he's initially an upstanding district attorney but eventually suffers a traumatic incident, and as a result becomes involved with the world of costumed "freaks". This traumatic incident likely has something to do with the first Vigilante being caught (or possibly killed, like by Prometheus). This would also fit into the overarching theme of season 5: legacy.
- Seemingly Jossed upon the reveal that he's Prometheus
In the episode "Checkmate", it is revealed that not only does Adrian Chase want revenge on Oliver for killing his dad—Justin Claybourne—but that Taia al-Ghul also wants revenge on Oliver for killing her father back in season 3. So I asked myself: who else has Oliver killed whose family would want to seek revenge? The answer: Nora Darhk. We don't know what happened to her following the season 4 finale, but given that her dad was a victim of Oliver Queen, it's understandable she'd want revenge, and that Prometheus and Talia would take an interest in that. Granted, it may be difficult for her to work alongside Evelyn, who wanted revenge on Damien Darhk for killing her family. Of course, also, she is just a young child...
- On the other hand, it's possible that this won't happen at all, but after the main conflict has wrapped up in the season finale, Oliver specifically seeks her out in order to try and make amends with her however he can, to ensure that in the future he does not have a repeat example of Prometheus and Talia.
We ultimately have to wonder how Prometheus will be defeated. Will be killed by Oliver? Will he be imprisoned at Iron Heights? Will he be imprisoned at A.R.G.U.S.? And for that matter, what about Talia? My theory is that in the end, Adrian will be publicly exposed for his horrible crimes, and thus he will effectively be put in Vigilante's crosshairs—both metaphorically and literally. Oliver will defeat Prometheus in battle, but instead of either finishing Prometheus off or sending him off to the authorities, Oliver has Vigilante do the dirty work for him instead. Again, may also possibly apply to Talia.
- As of the end of "Disbanded", Adrian Chase has been publicly outed as the serial killer Prometheus. Given that Vigilante previously tried to kill Mayor Queen when he only suspected that he was corrupt, this theory now seems more plausible than ever.
- Jossed.
While Prometheus' initial motivations to destroy Oliver may have come from wanting revenge on Oliver for killing his father, based on how low he's stooped in pursuit of this goal, it's possible he now simply enjoys everything he's doing and hence why he had no qualms murdering his own wife—he is solely motivated by the thrill of breaking Star City's protector, and one of the most powerful badasses in the world. Again, this calls to mind Iago. The funny thing is that, much like Talia, this actually brings back memories of season 3—part of the reason Oliver himself wanted to fight Ra's Al Ghul was so he could prove that he was the World's Best Warrior. Now Prometheus is paying it forward, albeit in a considerably crueler way.
And, since she is revealed to be working with Prometheus, she is planning to use the information and hacking for a bigger scheme in the endgame of the season.
Word of God has teased that when Oliver returns to Lian Yu in the flashbacks, he won't be returning alone. Its very likely that Oliver lures Kovar to Lian Yu, in order to fight him on familiar territory. Oliver probably destroys whatever transportation Kovar and his men (if any) came in, stranding them all on the island, and then kills Kovar's men, and finally, Kovar himself. After that, Oliver is stranded on Lian Yu again...until a few months later, as arranged by Anatoly, the fishing boat happens to wander into view, setting up the opening moments of the pilot...
- Jossed. Oliver returns to Lian Yu with Anatoly to stage his 'rescue'. Kovar was already waiting for him there and ambushes him after Anatoly leaves.
...will take place on Lian Yu, bringing the five-year story of the series full circle. (Possibly with jump-cuts, much like the Season 2 finale, to the flashbacks, where Oliver fights Kovar on the island, if the above WMG comes true).
- Confirmed.
Possibly as the very last moment of Season 5 in the present-day, before the last flashback that replays the opening moments of the pilot. Oliver speaks to his father, saying that he saved the city, and laying the List to rest on the grave.
- In 5x21 he revisits the grave with Anatoly in the flashbacks. Its possible he might still do so in 5x23 in the present-day.
The episode "Kapiushon" shows the flashbacks where Anatoly actually acts as a Morality Chain to Oliver, and his only true friend in the flashbacks who remains alive in the present-day as well. The promo for the following episode, "Disbanded", shows Oliver recruiting the Bratva (including Anatoly) to try and kill Adrian. Naturally, since we're still quite a few episodes away from the season finale, they will be unsuccessful in doing so. It would really twist the knife even further to have Adrian murder Anatoly, or something even worse. Besides, in every season up until now a major heroic character with strong emotional ties to Oliver has died in the present-day: Tommy in season 1, Moira in season 2, Sara in season 3, and Laurel in season 4. I think Anatoly is the most likely candidate. Of course, even if he dies in the present long before the season finale (possibly as soon as "Disbanded"), David Nykl will still continue to portray him in the flashbacks.
- Jossed.
- The Flash, of course, has the whole plot with Savitar.
- Legends of Tomorrow features the post-Flashpoint Reverse Flash as one of its main villains.
- Arrow's villain's backstory would be one of the changes caused by undoing Flashpoint.
- Confirmed
- Oliver notes that Prometheus appears to have shared a mentor with him, specifically one Oliver met in Russia.
- This is probably Talia al Ghul, who will appear in the flashbacks.
- Almost no information about Prometheus is solid. He (or she) is highly trained, obsessed either with Oliver or the Green Arrow, and more interested in making a point than straight up murder/revenge. That's it. Every other detail is obscured in some way. The picture of Claybourne's son may well be a plant to mislead Team Arrow. Prometheus may simply have been lying about waiting 'four years' to repay Oliver's sins.
Based on this, it could be that, in the flashbacks, Oliver destroyed someone's life without meaning to, and possibly without even knowing. By the time Prometheus is unmasked (if at all), we may just be treated to total confusion on Oliver's part, and a long sequence of Severus Snape-style flashbacks, revealing Prometheus's reasons to go after Oliver.
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- Possibly Jossed, possibly confirmed. He is Adrian Chase, though in the promo for Episode 16, Talia says he "calls himself Prometheus," so it may not be his real name.
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
- Prometheus is more likely to be a resurrected Tommy Merlyn than Malcolm, and frankly I don't think that's very likely either. Malcolm is more than likely going to play a bigger role on Legends of Tomorow this season than Arrow, and they tend not to reuse big bads.
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
Helena is still alive and could come to the conclusion Oliver failed in his duty by abandoning The List. She either broke out of prison or was released on parole. To find herself and her place in the world she joined the League of Assassins at some point, or perhaps ended up under the tutelage of the currently MIA Talia al Ghul.
Prometheus clearly uses a voice synthesizer and is fully covered from head to toe, and ultimately there is no requirement that Prometheus has to be a male. Prometheus is only stated to have connections to something Oliver did back in Season 1 and that Oliver will be surprised when he sees Prometheus' true identity. Both of these apply to Helena and Tommy, but Helena is more easily able to be worked into the storyline due to not being dead and having actual reasons and motivations as to why she may come to hate Oliver.
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
Promotional materials told us Prometheus has connections to something Oliver did back in Season 1 and that Oliver will be surprised when he sees Prometheus' true identity. Well, who says they have to mean the <i>present day</i> storyline in Season One? Additionally, Prometheus's hooded look is very similar to the Green Arrow's...ie, the look that was originally inspired by Yao Fei. Plus, Yao Fei is already known to be a deadly archer and competent fighter.
- As awesome as that theory sounds, its likely Jossed by the fact that Word of God has already stated that the villain will somehow be a consequence of Oliver's activities as a lethal vigilante in Season 1.
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
- Prometheus is Shado's twin sister, Mei. Similar to the Yao Fei theory above, Prometheus wears a hood which was worn by her late father and twin sister. And while she's not angry at Oliver for their deaths, remember that she does not know the whole story. She might have gone apeshit similar to Slade. Speaking of which, there goes my additional theory. Another reason she hates Oliver is because Slade raped her by treating her as a Replacement Goldfish for Shado and blames her and her family's misfortunes on him (Ollie). Remember, Slade was in Macau before going to Star(ling), which is near Hong Kong. And Slade did managed to find an old home video of Shado in Season 2, which was likely only held by relatives. And if you look closely at Grant Wilson's appearance, he looks very much like someone with a mixed ancestry which includes Asian, which doesn't look good for her if this second theory is correct. Grant also mentions that Slade is a Disappeared Dad, meaning Slade couldn't have trained him. If Mei is indeed Prometheus, it will make sense if she was the one who trained him. Also, Grant knowing Star(ling) City inside and out makes a lot more sense since both his parents attempted to siege it.
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
- Jossed. Church was actually the lesser bad, and Prometheus is now the pre-eminent threat.
- Alternatively, Prometheus is Talia herself.
- Confirmed. Chase sought out Talia to train for revenge against Oliver.
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
- Jossed.
At the end of the episode "So It Begins", Quentin wakes up and finds a throwing star near him, along with a gash along his arm—the same place where Artemis had attacked him earlier in the episode. In the following episode, "Vigilante", he discusses this with the heroes, and they agree that someone is trying to frame him. I highly doubt it's that simple. My guess is that the Arrowverse is essentially doing its own version of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, whereby there is a microchip or possibly a magical spell that is controlling Quentin, turning him into Prometheus whenever he loses consciousness and effectively his subconscious takes over, without him ever even realizing it. Thus, whoever is responsible for doing this to him is the REAL bad guy, the puppet master controlling the strings. Word of God says that Prometheus was born out of something Oliver did back in season 1, so I'm guessing it's unlikely that it is a magical spell controlling Quentin (since magic wasn't present in season 1), but more likely a microchip of some sort, as in Return Of The Joker.
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
- Unless whoever was using Quentin's body switched to Chase.
- Seemingly Jossed. They simply escaped, and we have no idea what happened to Evelyn.
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
- Jossed. Prometheus is Adrian Chase. In the ending of Episode 15, he meets Susan (out of his disguise), and clearly intends to use her against Oliver in some way.
- Confirmed, as of "Fighting Fire With Fire."
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
- Jossed. He is Adrian Chase.
As of writing this, "Fighting Fire With Fire" has just aired, and Prometheus' identity is revealed as Adrian Chase. The promo for the following episode suggests that Oliver learns it soon as well, from Talia Al-Ghul in the present day. Still, there are plenty of unanswered questions, one of them being the name "Prometheus", which Adrian clearly took from Classical Mythology. In Greek Mythology, the character of Prometheus was heavily intertwined with that of another mythological figure: Pandora. In season 5 of Arrow, we know that the data cache that Felicity retrieves is called Pandora, presumably a reference to Pandora's Box. Still, this connection is unlikely a coincidence...well, perhaps In-Universe it really is a coincidence (or perhaps not), but to a viewer at least, there is likely a deeper meaning to this connection.
The reveal during "Fighting Fire With Fire" is a fake-out by the producers. Prometheus is somehow controlling the person in question much as it was suggested earlier in the season that s/he was controlling Quentin Lance. This would also explain the rather Narmish acting later in the episode; he is still under Prometheus' control.
- Jossed.
- Season 1: Destroy a portion of Star(ling) City and everyone living in it with an earthquake machine.
- Season 2: Have an army of superpowered criminals cause widespread death and destruction to Star(ling) City, giving it a slow and painful death.
- Season 3: Destroy Star(ling) City with a virus.
- Season 4: Nuke the world.
We know Prometheus wants to torment Oliver as much as possible through physical and psychological actions, as he has done time and time again over the course of the season. But in the vein of standard superhero drama, this will eventually have to lead into some grandiose, horrific plan that puts a shit ton of lives at stake. The question is...what?
Any guesses, anyone?
- Prometheus wants Oliver to be dead and despised by the public in death. This will involve killing a large amount of people alongside the Green Arrow, pin it on him, and then expose Oliver's identity afterwards, when he couldn't change his image in death.
- Jossed. It really does amount to wanting to kill everyone Oliver cares about. The Serial Escalation is traded out for something more personal to the cast.
NOTE (as of March 4th, 2017): Marc Guggenheim has said that while the writers know Vigilante's identity, the audience will not find out until season six. So factor that into your guess.
UPDATE: On March 26, 2017, Marc Guggenheim indicated that Vigilante is indeed someone the audiences already know, thus completely averting the Stranger Behind the Mask trope.
- Adrian Chase is Justin Claybourne's son and wants revenge for his father's death.
- Justin Claybourne's son is a Red Herring altogether, which means Adrian is motivated by something else entirely.
- And one I suspect: Vigilante is, in fact, Justin Claybourne's son. Perhaps he knew of his father's corruption and regrets not doing anything to put a stop to it...he was then actually inspired when The Hood murdered his father, because he realized that he too needed to stand up to all forms of crime in the most brutal way possible, and he feels that he's doing this to essentially make amends for what he failed to do when his father was still alive and being a horrible criminal. I know I'm tooting my own horn here, but I feel like there's a certain elegance to this theory, so keep paying attention. What's particularly interesting is that even Adrian/Prometheus will continue to pretend that he's Justin Claybourne's son and thus motivated by vengeance. When Team Arrow finds out that Justin's son is in fact Vigilante, they'll realize Adrian is motivated by something else entirely.
- Greg Saunders
- Pat Trayce
- Justin Powell
- Dorian maybe less likely since he's canonically Adrian's brother
Take your pick.
- (not OP) #4 may not be so far-fetched, as IGN explains here. (Spoiler warnings for The Prestige, by the way.) Arrow could pull a twin plot twist (and thus partially untwist the Not His Sled nature of Adrian not being Vigilante, even if Adrian/Prometheus isn't Justin Claybourne's biological son.
- The child of Lucas Hilton, Quentin's dead partner.
- The child of Frank Chen, the member of Tempest who Malcolm killed.
- Since "Adrian Chase" is revealed to be both Prometheus, as well as an assumed name, it could come as a double-twist if Vigilante turns out to be the real one, not dissimilar to "Jay Garrick" and Hunter Zolomon in The Flash.
- I don't think this would be a huge stretch. In her appearances in the first two seasons of the show, she proves herself to essentially be a brutal vigilante willing to avenge her fiancée at any cost, and thus she primarily targeted other criminals, albeit in horrific ways. In a way, this isn't too far from what Vigilante already does. There's also something vaguely Jason Todd/Red Hood-esque about Vigilante, and it's possible that these similarities are deliberate by the writers. While Oliver never had an apprentice of his seemingly die on him the way Jason Todd did with Batman, Helena was still technically an apprentice of his for a very short period, so it's kinda close enough, I guess.
- Arrow has never shied away from its similarities to Batman and not only the characters it borrows from the Batman mythos, but many similar themes as well. In the main DCU, Jason Todd was a Robin, apprenticed under Batman, who was murdered by The Joker and later resurrected as a brutal, vengeful anti-hero, not unlike Vigilante. In Batman: Arkham Knight, Jason Todd is the Arkham Knight. In Arrow, we are initially led to believe that Adrian and Vigilante are one and the same, until Vigilante turns out to be a Decomposite Character and Prometheus thus a Composite Character of Adrian Chase and the comic book incarnation of Prometheus. So we can say that these two villains, Vigilante and Prometheus, are thematically tied. Prometheus has long been compared to the Arkham Knight, a villain that wears a dark mirror of the protagonist's costume and intends to make the protagonist suffer. Thus, the other villain in this scenario, Vigilante, represents the other side of Jason Todd's main non-Robin incarnation, that of the Red Hood.
Though I'm not speculating on Vigilante's identity here. Oliver has never had an apprentice seemingly die on him the way Jason Todd did with Batman in the comics.
- In "Fighting Fire With Fire" he states his desire to assassinate Mayor Queen due to associating him with corruption. If this was someone that Oliver Queen had a personal tie to—say, Helena Bertinelli—then you think we would somehow notice that in the way Vigilante behaves, possibly being remorseful at having to kill his (her?) former friend. But it seemed like that in this case, Mayor Queen was a total stranger to Vigilante. So I'm trying to think of who else it could be:
- Ted Grant? (I can't remember if he learned Oliver's secret or not)
- Sin? (Again, I can't remember)
- Alternatively, Vigilante is indeed someone who's met Oliver before in his civilian personality, but now has amnesia, is being brainwashed, or has a Jekyll & Hyde personality, which explains why he appears to not personally know Oliver when getting ready to assassinate him.
- Essentially, we saw Sobel supposedly die when Sonus shot him in the head. No One Could Survive That!, right? Except, this was right when the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion went off in Central City. He may have become a metahuman just as he was being shot in the head, and whatever powers it granted him may have allowed him to survive, which would mean that, yes, Vigilante is a metahuman. Again, this all ties back to Stephen Amell's comment in early September 2017 that Vigilante has connections to a member of Team Arrow. I feel like this would tie in well with Vigilante's worldview of life, with this Judge, Jury, and Executioner being a former cop who effectively stared death right in the face, which just utterly broke the man entirely. Also keep in mind that in Dinah's first appearance she too was a cop who had been completely broken and decided to take the law into her own hands, so it would be quite fitting. note
- Confirmed.
- Prometheus may have her killed for her betrayal, most likely anticipating that she would.
- Jossed.
- Well he does commit suicide, but it's to activate his Death Switch.
- Jossed.
- Katana will return, as a representative of the Sword Clan.
- Malcolm Merlyn might figure into the plot, taking the place of Simon Lacroix from the original story (who was an Expy for Malcolm anyway).
- Instead of Robert Queen being the one trying to find the mystical 'green arrow' artifact, it will be Yao Fei. We'll learn more about Yao Fei's backstory through flashbacks, including how and why he came to don the green hood and his training under Talia.
- Nyssa and/or Talia will figure into the plot as well - as prospective seekers of the 'green arrow' perhaps (Talia more so if it turns out she was helping Yao Fei and her motivation to train Oliver was to make him a worthy enough successor to the Yao Fei as a wielder of the green arrow).
- Mei, Shado's twin and Yao Fei's daughter, might also return.
- There will be flashbacks of Laurel Lance's time as Black Canary, which will tie into a present-day storyline of Dinah trying to live up to Laurel's legacy and/or following up on an old case of Laurel's.
- Flashbacks to Malcolm Merlyn's time with the League of Assassins.
- If Roy returns, then flashbacks to what he's been up to since Season 3, especially if its relevant to a present-day storyline (for instance, perhaps his meeting Cheshire).
- Flashbacks to hiatuses. For instance, the hiatus between Season 2 and Season 3 (when Oliver and Roy were both active), Season 3 and Season 4 (Diggle, Thea and Laurel - a period in which solo Laurel-as-Black Canary adventures could be squeezed in), Season 4 and 5 (Oliver's solo crusade as Green Arrow while being mayor) and of course Season 5 and 6 (depending on how Season 5 ends).
- Flashbacks to previous seasons.
- Flashbacks to the flashback arcs of previous seasons (for instance, an episode's flashbacks set during Oliver's time in Hong Kong, or Russia).
- Flashbacks to Diggle's pre-military life.
- Flashbacks to Rene's time in the military, which was initially teased in the previews for "Spectre Of The Gun" but never came to fruition.
- The showrunners have discussed how season six will be a major change from everything done so far in the show, almost a soft reboot (except still in continuity), and this would certainly change the status quo.
- Jossed, he died in the Season 5 finale
- Malcolm orchestrated Sara's death and he wasn't punished for it. He played a role in Laurel's death and he wasn't punished for that either. He altered all of time and space with the spear and killed all of the heroes and he still wasn't punished. Seeing as how the heroes are never going to punish him for his crimes, there's no reason for him not to do so just to hurt Oliver.
- I think the real headline you're trying to make is that he will remain a Karma Houdini. Sadly, I think that is almost a given. For some very disturbing reasons, both the network and some fans are still very enamoured with this guy.
- Not as enamored as you think, Barrowman isn't appearing again in Season 6, so he won't be seen being punished, but he won't be getting away with any new shit for a while.
- Preemptively Jossed. John Barrowman has stated he isn't reappearing in Season 6 or in Season 3 of Legends of Tomorrow. He can't kill someone if he isn't there to do it.
- Completely Jossed. He performs a Heroic Sacrifice in the Season 5 finale and, even before then, showed no desire to torment Oliver. And since Barrowman isn't coming back next season he'll be staying that way for a while.
- I think the real headline you're trying to make is that he will remain a Karma Houdini. Sadly, I think that is almost a given. For some very disturbing reasons, both the network and some fans are still very enamoured with this guy.
- Confirmed, at least for Cayden James.
- Jossed.
- If Evelyn survives and refuses to redeem herself despite Adrian's suicide, she will join Vigilante. Only if it means Vigilante will kill Oliver.
- If there's a situation where they decide to split up, Evelyn will be stuck with her ex-teammates Renee and Curtis. They'll spend most of the time trading insults. Then Renee and Curtis will call her out for choosing Adrian, who's killed innocent people just to "punish" Oliver. She suddenly raised her voice telling them it was Oliver's fault that her parents died. She asks why they chose to remain on his team when he turned out have been a killer. They tell her Oliver has learned from his mistakes and has helped them become better. They struck a nerve tell her that her parents would be ashamed of her siding with a cold-blooded killer.
- Quentin will go with Black Siren, who's petty about him knocking her out. Quentin reminds her that Adrian left her to die, she has nothing to say to that.
- Which would leave Talia with Nyssa. The two will continue their Sibling Rivalry, and Talia still intends to kill Team Arrow for the death of her father. Talia will tell Nyssa that she should have killed her when she had the chance.
- Oliver continues go as Green Arrow, but decides to retire from being Mayor out of grief while appointing a new successor and to take care of William, but eventually decodes to take back his company. While doing so, he meets up with Naomi Singh, Henry Fryff, and Jax Jackson, all workers in his company who he recruits like in the New 52. He takes back his company, and also starts to train William so he becomes the Arrow equivalent to Connor Hawke (How this conflicts with "Star City 2046" can be explained later), while Roy comes back in order to honor Thea, and goes back to being Arsenal. Also, maybe ressurect Laurel, but more on that as Season 6 goes on.
- Oliver: It was just a dream.William: It's real...it's what happened.
Finally, we don't see Samantha anywhere in the previews other than that one scene as the bombs go off. While at this point, based on previews and other things, I suspect the vast majority of people on the island survived, I strongly suspect that Samantha died, meaning it's now up to Oliver to raise his son.
- Confirmed.
- I'm hardly the first person to have this theory. We know that Michael Emerson will play a mystery villain in season 6, but we don't know who yet. A common guess is that it's Cayden James. While I think most people did not expect Mr. James to be a 63 year-old man given the relative younger age of other Helix members, it seems to make sense.
- Confirmed in "Reversal".
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Alternatively, she's just a real By-the-Book Cop bitch.
- Unless Samanda Watson is too smart to fall for that, pointing out the conveniency of it. While she can't explain how the body resembles Oliver, she's still suspects the main Oliver is the Arrow.
- His death may have contributed to his descent to villainy.
- Marc Guggenheim: "We've got some very, I think, unexpected things coming up with Michael's character. But I think the key to any villain is their motivation. I think you'll start to see, in the early episodes once we come back from the break, a little bit more about what Cayden James is motivated by. You learned a bit about his son. There's more to that story. There's actually a lot more to that story. I think it's going to unfold in a way that will really surprise people. I actually expect it to be controversial because we're doing something that's so different than what we've done in years past. There's one particular hard right turn that we've got up our sleeves that we've never done before. So I'll be curious to see what people think of it."
- This is another common theory, similar to Brother Eye. Roy never knew his parents. Now, as far as the public knows, Roy is dead after taking the fall as The Arrow, and Cayden knows that Oliver—The Green Arrow—is connected to that, and thus seeks revenge. We already know that Colton Haynes will be reprising his role as Roy later on this season.
- At the end of "All For Nothing", the team speculates that the real villain is someone who is close to Cayden James. Who is currently close to him? Well, it can't be Anatoly, as Owen's son was killed when Oliver was still more or less on good'ish terms with him. Of course it isn't Black Siren, who was working for Prometheus at the time. This only leaves the X-factor, the one who was advertised before the season began to be the Big Bad, and the one we know the least about: Richard Dragon.
- Confirmed!
- She knows Cayden James well, she has computer skills necessary to modify the images, she knows true identities of Team Arrow, and when you think about it, wasn't it her who started the whole plan to get Cayden James out?
- He's been played from the beginning to think he's the big boss, but no one is actually loyal to him. He's a fall guy who will be very surprised when his usefulness suddenly ends.
- A character's death.
- I'm thinking this one might not be too likely. Major characters dying has always been a significant part of the series, but the most recent times it happened—to Sara and then Laurel—were met with negative response from fans (it didn't help that the respective seasons where these happened overall suffered from poor writing and are often considered to be among the weaker chapters in Arrow's history). I'm guessing this negative feedback is also probably why they didn't kill off any major member of the main cast in the season five finale, I would think. Besides, this trope has gotten really tiresome in the series, and fans know this.
- Oliver loses his arm, as seen in Star City 2046.
- Again, I would call this one unlikely. In that episode, Grant Wilson explicitly says that he was the one who took Oliver's arm. It's unknown how old Grant Wilson is in 2046 or in 2018 for that matter (think of when Slade would have even had the opportunity to conceive him), so where he fits into the timeline is anyone's guess. However, the fact that Sara pops up in the season finale does lend some credence to the idea that these kinds of time-travelling shenanigans might be involved somehow. Which also ties into the last theory.
- Oliver publicly outs himself as the Green Arrow.
- This is considered the most likely outcome. The problem is that, once again, this is something that Grant Wilson was said to ultimately do to Oliver, meaning it has yet to happen—but again, Sara's presence in the episode might be related to that. All in all, it's entirely possible the future of Star City 2046 has already changed for some reason (probably not Flashpoint, as that actually caused John Diggle Jr. to exist in the first place, who is a necessary component of the Star City 2046 scenario). In any case, assuming Oliver being publicly outed is what happens, it would open up a whole new storyline for the show to explore, and that would be genuinely exciting, because people would have no idea where the show could go from there. This also potentially explains how Roy Harper could return in season 7. If Oliver confesses that hs'e not only the Green Arrow but was also The Hood and The Arrow and that Roy Harper faked both the mantle and his death, then Roy can come back in the spotlight (albeit now as a wanted vigilante, much like Oliver). This doesn't explain how he breaks off from his quest with Thea and Nyssa, but at least it sorta explains how he could theoretically publicly show his face in Star City again.
- UPDATED: Oliver goes to jail!
- This wasn't one of the predictions mentioned in the link above, but the season six finale's title has been revealed as "Life Sentence", the obvious implication to viewers being that Oliver goes to jail for being the Green Arrow. This one might be tricky to pull off, given that Word of God says that the shockwaves from the finale will not be undone this time—this means that, unlike The Flash, Oliver would stay in jail for an extended period of time. And that wouldn't really make for a very interesting show or an interesting crossover for that matter, now would it?
- If so, she'll presumably be killed by Diaz as revenge for her betrayal.
- Confirmed although they're going by a new name.
- Possible confirmed. The end of the premiere strongly implies that the new Green Arrow is a future version of William.
- I wouldn't say it's "strongly implied", given that Beth Schwartz has said that this season will feature very few Speculative Fiction elements other than what's already there at the beginning (e.g. Black Siren being a metahuman and Earth-2 doppleganger), so Time Travel seems quite unlikely.
- Jossed
- In "The Demon" we briefly see an elderly man speak to Stanley during visitor's hours. Perhaps this seemingly unimportant guy is Stanley Dover Sr.?
- Stanley is indeed Stanley Dover, as confirmed in "The Slabside Redemption". Though this now begs the question of how a more "grounded season", as Beth Schwartz described it, can faithfully adapt an inherently mystical character.
- Jossed as of the third episode.
- Confirmed with a vengeance
- Adding to this, if the Flash Forward scenes will happen, then Stanley is the one who kills Felicity, as revenge for Oliver's "betrayal".
- Jossed, but he was close.
- As revenge for getting demoted to desk job in Washington DC. She intended to frame Oliver for the murder, in an attempt to return him back to the Slabside.
Stanley Dover:
- As revenge for Oliver's "betrayal".
Ricardo Diaz:
- Thanks to Diggle and Lyta using him to help track the Longbow Hunters, Diaz manage to escape and manage to kill him. Hopefully, Felicity takes him with her. While he doesn't get a chance to kill William and Oliver, knowing that Oliver will suffer will be good enough for him. This may have also contributed to the team's separation.
All jossed, as according to Blackstar (Felicity's daughter) in "Star City Slayer", Felicity faked her death (presumably). Although Stanley Dover nearly killed Felicity and was the reason William was sent away from Oliver and Felicity. Lastly, Oliver's deal with Agent Watson seems to serve as the catalyst for their family and the team's eventual falling out.
- Considering Stanley murdered his own brother and apparently has no other siblings, this seems likely.
- He was merely stabbed, not beheaded. In the end, there can be only one.
- So I'm typing this just hours before the season 7 finale. Anyway, we know that Emily Bett Rickards (Felicity) will be leaving the series at the end of season 7. This would mean that for the final season there would be no go-to hacker for Team Arrow. Alena already has a fairly good relationship with the team as a recurring character over the course of three seasons, so it would make sense to promote her from recurring to main. Even from what we know of her in the future flashforwards, she's still more-or-less a heroic'ish character.
- Completely Jossed. Three episodes in and she hasn't appeared or even been mentioned yet.
- We know that, according to The Monitor, both Barry and Oliver are slated to die in the Crisis. My theory is that yes, they are absolutely serious about this, this will happen, and there will be no take-backsies or anything. However, it might still be a somewhat heartwarming moment, as these two great friends will be with each other in their last moments and sacrifice themselves at the same time, making for a somewhat platonic version of Together in Death (and given the mystical side of the Arrowverse via Constantine et all, we may even see them in the afterlife).
- Jossed. Oliver fights nearly to the death defending Kara's Earth and then dies surrounded by friends and family. Flash on the other hand gets to abuse the wording of the prophesy. It says The Flash, it doesn't specify Barry Allen and the Flash of Earth 90 dies in his place, with no witnesses raising the question of how and where the story originally came from. Though Pariah and the Monitor both admit they didn't see this coming so time is fluid here. Which is somewhat constant in the Arrowverse.
- The Monitor has insistently kept Oliver locked out of the loop and has almost deliberately seemed to be pushing him in a couple of instances. Oliver goes rogue from him as of the end of "Welcome to Hong Kong", but he hasn't seemed to care for the most part. As of the end of "Present Tense", Oliver is convinced that the Monitor is responsible for the Crisis and is attempting to make a weapon capable of killing the Monitor. The Monitor has done absolutely nothing in response to any of Oliver's actions, but given that the Monitor has been more-or-less omnipotent up until now, it's safe to say that he could very well be aware of what Oliver is doing and is letting him do it because the weapon Oliver is making will be capable of killing the Anti-Monitor in the Crisis on Infinite Earths later this year. Mia, William and Connor being sent back to the present might also have something to do with this. Allowing Oliver to be the creator of the weapon that kills the Anti-Monitor in the Crisis on Infinite Earths and saves the multiverse would be a pretty nice way to end the former playboy billionaire's story arc and would explain why the Monitor has done absolutely nothing in response to Oliver defecting (since he had Lyla to deliver the good doctor anyway), despite him still pulling strings as he's implied to have been by sending William, Mia and Connor to 2019.