6 | Internet WARS

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Recently I have been rather swallowed up by the Arrow / Olicity fandom. At the same time reading more neutral sites [ie. not Olicity tumblr blogs] I've read so much flag and hate for this season of Arrow and Olicity, or more specifically Felicity. Honestly after checking my download history I started watching Arrow about December last year. Before watching I actually mixed it up with Orphan Black in my head :/ (no judgement yeah....). Anyway I got into this whole universe mainly because of Felicity's appearance in the Flash. I was kinda freaked out when those clips before the series started, had this clips of Barry and Felicity that I have never seen, so hence the immersion into the Arrow universe.
In many ways Felicity is the reason I fall in love with the show. She bring light and humour to the screen in the darkness of the Foundry.
All that aside this post is about reminding myself to not get myself involve in internet wars. Was reading some comment section and there was this comment(duh) about Felicity being irrational about her switch of emotion regarding Oliver being unjustified due to their almost non existent relationship. Honestly I just think that is BULLSHIT! I mean even when Oliver was dating Sara [Fan favourite character] he told Felicity "you will always be my girl". In a recent interview Stephen Amell even said that he think Oliver implied his love for Felicity in 2 X 06. That's like at least 1.5 years in the Arrow universe. So to all you Olicity haters, Olicity have always been part of the Arrow universe and is written so well. In fact in the official Flash crossover episode this year their relationship was SO clearly amicable and loving.
The other area of hate is the fact that the Flash is 'so much better'. Honestly I do not agree, maybe all the people that made that claim are DC fanboys who is looking for a tv rendition of the comic. However both Arrow and Flash is supposed to be first and foremost a TV show. Get that into your head, the comic might be the source, but the material is suppose to stand on its own. Yes, I will always say the book is always better but in the case of comics [with its continuity craziness] maybe we need to make less normative statements. So this last few months I have watched a lot of comic shows, Arrow, Constantine, Daredevil, Flash, Marvel's Agent Carter and Marvel's Agents of Shield[to be fair its in alphabetical order XD]. Each have their own flavour and is not exactly easy to mixed up, but if there is one show that I HAVE TO WATCH the moment it's release its Arrow. There is just such a wealth of drama that you are always asking for more. I'm currently doing the Arrow summer rewatch which is just another sign of how completely obsessed I am.