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"RESERVATION SYSTEM" – A DISEASE OR REMEDY TO DISEASED SOCIETY ?

WE ARE LIVING IN A SOCIETY THAT PROMISE AND EVEN RUN ON IDEOLOGY THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON OF THIS COUNTRY IS EQUAL AND WE ALL SHARE A COMMON GENETIC MATERIAL AT AN EXTENT OF MORE THAN 99%

BUT WHAT IF U COME TO KNOW THAT THESE IDEALS DO NOT WORK IN THE REAL WORLD!

I AM 100 PRCNT FOR SURE THAT YOU WILL AGREE WITH MY POINT.

I M LIVING IN A COUNTRY WHICH IS At AN EXTENT OF REACHING POPULATION mark OF ABOUT 150 CRORES IN NOT MORE THAN A DECADE AS FAR AS ITS POPULATION GROWTH IS CONCERNED

GOING BACK IN HISTORY "MANDAL COMMISSION"

ARTICLE 15 AND 16 EMPOWERED CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE BACKWARD AND NEEDED EMPOWERMENT TO BRING A BALANCE IN SOCIETY(BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT VEHICLE CAN BE RUN ONLY WHEN ALL ITS WHEELS ARE WORKING OK OK!)

NO DOUBT THAT WAS A BRILLIANT STEP TAKEN BY "BUDDHIJIWI" OF INDIAN SOCIETY

PEOPLE WHO WERE AWARDED THESE POLICIES NEEDED THEM BADLY TO GROW AND ACHIEVE THAT SOCIAL STATUS AND BECOME EQUAL TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO TREAT THEM UNTOUCHABLES

SO SOCIETY SPLITEED UNDER 4 CATEGORIES ST, SC, OBC, AND GENERALS

people grew SERVING THESE POLICIES AT A VERY REMARKABLE RATE

BUT WHAT OUR BUDDHIJIWI MISSED - THEY TARGETED ONLY UNTOUCHABLES

DID THEY WERE SO SURE THAT ALL BRAHMIN'S (GENERAL CATEGORY) SON/DAUGHTER ARE WELL SUFFICIENT THAT THEY WILL FOR SURE EARN THAT MUCH MATCHING PAY SCALE NEED TO SURVIVE WITH THEIR BASIC NEEDS?

WERE THEY TOO SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THEY ARE EMPOWERING WILL NOT TURN TO BE ON REVENGE MODE FOR WHAT TREATMENT WAS GIVEN TO THEIR FOR-FATHERS?

DID THEY guaranteed THAT THEIR POLICIES WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO EVERY BACKWARD PERSON LIVING IN REMOTE AREA WHO DID NOT HAVE FACILITY OF BASIC NEEDS available to URBAN SOCIETY(I M TALKING ABOUT ELECTRICITY AND INTERNET) TILL THIS DATE?

DID THEY EVER mention THAT WHAT IF THEIR9 POLICY IS A SUCCESS, WHAT MEASURE WILL THEY TAKE TO DRAW IT BACK AND ASURRING THERE WILL BE NO AGRESSIVE ACTION BY MINORITIES?

ANSWER TO EVERY QUESTION IS SIMPLY

NO !!

NOBODY THINK ABOUT IT AND NOBODY WANT TO EVEN DISCUSS IT BECAUSE "VOTE BANK TO INHI SE CHLTA HAI"

IN 2020 WE HAVE (ACC TO STATISTA)

SCHEDULE TRIBES-9%

SCHEDULED CAST(DALITS)-20%

FORWARD CASTE-30%

OTHER BACKWARD CLASS-41%

IN WHICH

22.5% - SC+ST RESERVATION

27% - OBC

10% - EWC

AND REST IS

UNRESERVED!! - MEANS SEATS CAN BE OWNED BY ANY OF THESE ABOVE TOO (50.9% - CAN BE CONSIDERED AS REAL MARK OF TALENT, FOR SOMEONE`S HARD WORKS, DETERMINATION,SACRAFICE,PASSION,ETC)

SO THIS IS REALITY

I M SHARING A STATICS CIRCULATED BY NTA(EXAM CONDUCTING BODY FOR ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL ENTRANCE TEST)

YOU CAN`T SKIP THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THAT pls see it for once

found that!!!!

YES THIS IS THE REALITY (UR)

YOU NEED 600/720 TO TAKE ADMISSION IN GOVT. MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR STUDYING M.B.B.S

(IF YOU ARE CURSED TO HAVE BENEFITS OF UNRESERVED CATEGORY .......LOL!)

BUT IF YOU ARE A CATEGORY STUDENT YOU NEED TO GET AROUND 500/720 (WHAT!!)

YES AND NOBODY WILL EVER ASK YOU THAT HOW MUCH YOUR FATHER EARN, WHICH REPUTED INSTITUTE YOU HAVE TAKEN ADMISSION AFTER GIVING LAKHS OF RUPEES(BUT YOU HAVE BEEN MARKED AS BACKWARD AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU BENIFIT)

(SOUNDS SIMILAR LIKE AN ATHLETE IS GIVEN ADVANTAGE OF COMPLETING A RACE AT 80m and GETTING GOLD MEDAL IN 100M RACE)

YES, WE LIVE IN THIS SOCIETY AND MATTER OF CONCERN WE CAN`T EVEN COMPLAIN BECAUSE "WO LOG DANGA KR DENGE"!!

"YE TO OR BADHANE KI DEMAND KRNE LGTE HAIN!!"(PEOPLE GETTING BENEFITS ARE NOT SATISFIED AND THEY DEMAND MORE PERCENTAGE)

AND ALSO SUPPORTED BY "MURAKH" POLITICIANS OF OUR COUNTRY(BIGGEST MISFORTUNE) AND EVEN DARE TO GO TO SUPREME COURT TO INCREASE THE QUOTA

THANKFULLY NO STATE CAN INCREASE RESERVATION BEYOND 50% IN ALL GOVERNMENT ADMISISSIVE AND WORKING DEPARTMENTS

PEOPLE TALK ABOUT NAZI`S , BLACK LIFE MATTER, ETC BUT HAVE THEY EVEN WROTE OR RAISED THEIR VOICE ON THIS ISUUE

UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PERSON POSTING ANYTHING ON THIS MATTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM

"GHAR ME LGI AAG KO BUJHANE KI FURSAT KISI K PAS NHI H"

THEY LOVE TO POST ABOUT WHAT`S ALL HAPPENING IN WEST(NEVER MIND - THEY MIGHT BE LIVING IN WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA)

YES GENERAL CANDIDATE SPEAKS BUT ONLY WHEN THEY GET AFFECTED

NO ONE CAN IMAGINE A PAIN WHEN YOU MISS YOUR SELECTION BY FRACTION OF PERCENTILES AND YOUR COMPETITOR IS ALREADY A WINNER WHILE YOU HAVE SCORED TWICE OF HIS TOTAL SCORE (MAYBE I SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT BUT BELIEVE ME I HAVE SEEN THIS THING IN REALITY)

NO DOUBT PAST WAS VERY BRUTAL BUT MAHATMA GANDHI ONCE SAID

"ANKH KE BADLE ANKH SARI DUNIYA KO ANDHA BNA DEGI"(EYE FOR AN EYE WILL MAKE WHOLE WORLD BLIND)

THERE ARE EVEN CASES IN INDIA WHERE PEOPLE STOPPED USING THEIR SURNAMES BECAUSE of "BABU" IN GOVT. OFFICE WILL NOT LET THEIR(general category) FILES AND DOCUMENT GO FOR FURTHER PROCEDURE

DID THOSE "BUDDHIJIWI" EVER IMAGINED OF THIS SITUATION ?

I CAN GUARANTEE THAT MORE THAN 50% OF TOTAL POPULATION OF CATEGORY(ST/SC) WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ALSO A LARGE PERCENT OF THAT POPULATION EVEN CAN`T ACCESS MY CONTENT

SO WHERE ARE ITS BENEFITS?

YES WE HAVE SEEN A GOOD DEVELOPMENT IN MINORITY SECTION OF OUR SOCIETY BUT STILL, A LARGE FRACTION IS STILL UNKNOWN OF THESE BENEFITS

"YHA SIRF RAJA KA BETA HI RAJA BAN RHA HAI"

The MAIN IDEA BEHIND THIS SYSTEM IS NOT SUCCESSFUL AND WILL NEVER BE COMPLETED BECAUSE OF FAULTS OF OUR SYSTEM

I'm NOT AGAINST RESERVATION SYSTEM BUT MY MAJOR CONCERNS ARE

1. WHERE IS MY RIGHT OF EQUALITY

2. WHY THERE IS RESERVATION FOR SYSTEM FOR PROMOTION ( EVEN THEY ARE GIVEN JOBS FOR FACT THAT THEY JUST BELONGING TO A MINORITY CATEGORY)

3. WHEN THEY HAVE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR STUDENTS THEN WHY DO THEY ARE OFFERED WITH RESERVATION

AND WHEN I TRY TO FIND MY ANSWERS I SIMPLY END AT CONCLUSION THAT THIS IS MY "MISFORTUNE"

I SHOULD NOT BE LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT JUDGED ON BASIS OF THEIR TALENT BUT BASIS

"ISKA BAAP KON JAT KA HAI"

YES, THIS MAY SOUND VERY RUDE ON MY PART BUT THIS IS REALITY !!

AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THESE ARE YOUR WORDS TOO INSIDE BUT YOU ARE VERY USED TO THIS THAT IT RARELY BOTHERS YOU

BUT IT MATTER WHEN YOU APPLY FOR JOBS OR ADMISSIONS

SO WHAT WE CAN DO

1. UNRESERVED CANDIDATE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE TO STAND FOR THEMSELF AND HAVE TO RAISE THEIR VOICE

2. COMMON PEOPLE SHOULD REALISE THAT ONGOING SITUATION MAY LEAD TO EVEN MORE DRASTIC SITUATION AS MORE POPULATION WILL KEEP ON ADDING

3. RESERVATION FOR PROMOTIONS SHOULD BE REMOVED FOR SURE

4. CANDIDATE WHOSE FATHER/MOTHER IS IN GOVERNMENT SECTOR SHOULD NOT GET BENEFITS OF RESERVATION

5. LIMITING THE CRITERIA OF RESERVATION PERCENTAGE

6. MAINTAINING THE CRITERIA FOR TRANSGENDERS AND P.H (YES! THEY ALSO HAVE RIGHT TO STAND EQUALLY IN SOCIETY)

7. SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR STUDENTS( ON BASIS OF THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS NOT ON BASIS OF CASTE SYSTEM

8. NO ELECTORAL CANDIDATE CAN USE "JAATI" AS A TOPIC FOR COMPETING ELECTION AND IT SHOULD BE MONITERED AND STRICT PUNISHMENTS IF FOUND GUILTY

9. SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR EMERGING STUDENTS OF ST/SC/ OBC CANDIDATES

10. IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN GOVT. SCHOOLS WITH PROPER MONITORING OF TEACHERS ADMITTED TO SCHOOL

11. COMPULSION OF GOVT. EMPLOYEES TO SEND THEIR CHILD TO NEARBY GOVT. SCHOOL FOR AT LEAST TERM OF 12 YEARS(THIS WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AUTOMATICALLY.😂..............LOL!!)

THE RESERVATION SYSTEM INSTEAD, BE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC BACKWARDNESS IN PLACE OF SOCIAL BACKWARDNESS

CONCLUDING MY BLOG I WOULD LIKE TO SAY

"AGR CHEZIEN FREE ME BANT DI JYE TO VALUE KM HO JATI HAI ISLIYE LOGO KO MEHNAT SE CHEZIEN KMANE K OR MAUKE DENE ME HI SAMJHDARI HAI"

AND YES INDIA DON'T NEED RESERVATION SYSTEM FOR "MENTALLY HANDICAPED" PEOPLE

Many ST/SC CANDIDATE HAVE SERVED THIS NATION WITHOUT USING THAT TAG AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR POTENTIAL,HARDWORK AND STRUGGLE.WE ALL ARE INDIANS AND WE ALL HAVE GOOD QUALITY OF BRAIN(NO DOUBT)

If this system is not iradicated from our society then we must be prepared for UPCOMING CIVIL WAR in this country because 60% population of this country is youth and no body could even imagine the enormous amount of anger they carry with them against this SYSTEM when they face a type of injustice

JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT

#reservationFreeIndia #rightofequality #ankhekholosarkar #इंडिया #india #आरक्षणमुक्तभारत #Generallifematters #politics

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am-i-the-asshole-official · 10 months

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This is a fandom related thing. I will say that right off the bat, but I needed a few extra opinions on this since it feels like I am alone on this.

AITA for killing off my OC in a group rp?

For some context, I (using the name Snow for myself) joined a group rp with some other people where we would come up with a plot together. Everyone would be using original characters (OCs) It was agreed that the things that happened would be voted on, but people were not allowed to control what other people did with their OCs. It is the whole "my oc, my rules" thing. For those who don't get it, it basically means that since the oc is yours, only you get to decide what happens to them.

To the story. I had plans I wanted to do with my OC. I wrote her to be someone who was secretly working for the villains and was only tricking the others into thinking she was their friend. The only other people who were aware of this were the moderators, and they had approved of it.

What was the problem then you may be wondering? Well the problem was that another member, I'll just call them Star, had said that they had gotten an emotional attachment to my OC. Which I personally found weird, so I typically tried not to be stuck alone with them.

When it came to reveal the plot twist with my oc, Star had a freak out upon finding out. They started crying and complaining that it wasn't right to do that and they could not picture "their" emotional support character doing that. The other members decided to comfort Star. They always sided with Star and acted like they were oh so special. The others were saying that this was all just a joke and that it wasn't actually going to happen. "It is just a joke right, Snow?" they had said.

And I replied with. "No. It's not a joke. My oc has been working with the villains the whole time."

Star's response was to have a meltdown over it, saying that I was out to hurt them and ruin their day. So I ended up getting a message from the moderators asking me to change my OC's backstory as to not upset Star further. They ended up telling Star that it would be changed to just having my OC be mind controlled the whole time.

This was not something I agreed with, but I pretended to play along begrudgingly. I hated that the group decided to treat my OC like she belonged to Star. But I played along and came up with my own idea. There was a plot point that came up in the rp that would have someone die off, so I took it as my opportunity to kill off my own OC. If I wasn't allowed to do what I had planned for her initially, then she wasn't going to stick around anymore.

After I killed her off, Star logged off and vanished for an entire 3 days. All the other members constantly messaged them to try and get a response from her, but they did not answer until they returned. When they logged on, they said that they had to a panic attack over what had happened and felt hurt that I would do that.

I just responded with "my oc, my rules. I quit this group." Then I quickly went through and deleted every little bit of information I had shared about my OC with that group before leaving their discord. After, I got a lot of messages from all the members, about sending the information so that Star could continue playing with my OC since she was their comfort character and it wasn't fair I was doing this to them especially after their panic attack. I said no and blocked everyone who had asked me that.

Sure I feel bad that they had a panic attack, but I felt betrayed that everyone else was willing to bend the rules for them and allow them to control my OC. Even if I no longer use said OC, I still wouldn't let them have her. This is still my property and I stand by the "my oc, my rules" thing.

So AITA for killing off my OC?

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

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humansoulsarg · 4 years

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Blast from the Past Garfield Comics Solve

On March 28, 2017 - Pangent dropped several modified Garfield comics on the tumblr. Frantic work happened by the team in the discord. You can go find it if you want to relive the chaos. For some reason, it appears this solve was never posted to the humansoulsarg.tumblr.com blog. Today, we aim to remedy that situation. Enjoy! Pangent comics: FEED ME: https://pangenttechnologies.tumblr.com/post/158944128617

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Use a Vigenere cipher to decode the comic. Ciphertext is shown in the Pangent version, the Key is the Original text Panel 1: MR TQIAE MVP WWG ZKBKTQIRO ELE A TRXNOBTIQMA HIZ LBSC LB VP GZO MNLM QITQ EZNI. Hi, there… I’m Jon Arbuckle. I’m a cartoonist, and this is my cat, Garfield. Panel 2: OR TPHAFI MNI AHMNNMIUA CAXJ SDTM MBJ TMFK JU CO WWIATJ PPQOBQIA ERVG AAFQNL. Hi, there. I’m Garfield. I’m a cat, and this is my cartoonist, Jon. Panel 3: XDR QRUY XQQYPQC IB CO ERCHATFMW YSDO. NEJV EPU. Our only thought is to entertain you. Feed me.

Results: panel 1: FJ AJEJA EJG IJG IJHIJFEJC EJE J ADJAGJAIDJH AAH DJGE JB CJ GIJ EJAJ JAAJ AIJA panel 2: HJ AIDJBA AHI JCEJCJAIA AAEJ FAAF EJB BAHI JD JA IJAIAA BCJGIJEJ AJJA AJAIJA panel 3: JJA CEJA EJCEJJJ AJ JA AEJDJAFEJ AEJJ. JAGJ ABA A1-PF convert (set A=1, B=2, C=3, …, J=0, K=A, … P=F) and reverse, recombine into 3-character groups, decode as decimal ASCII: panel 1: 109 101 100 105 097 032 057 048 118 049 107 104 105 053 056 098 097 097 051 050 106 media 90v1khi58baa32j http://mediafire.com/?90v1khi58baa32j unlockering.zip panel 2: 109 101 100 105 097 032 119 109 104 098 122 056 116 051 119 103 053 098 112 049 108 media wmhbz8t3wg5bp1l https://mediafire.com/?wmhbz8t3wg5bp1l breathless.zip panel 3: 12 107 100 051 056 104 051 100 100 053 051 053 100 ?kd38h3dd535d Unsure what to do with this at the moment, let’s look at those ZIPs… unlockering.zip contains unlockering.wav A Kansas City Standard encoded audio file.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_standard

Decoding yields a text file with some Vigenere text at the beginning and an ASCII art picture Vigenere with key ‘guineapix’:

The ginger one is called Daisy. She is a special needs pig. She has cataracts in both eyes and is blind. The little one with black nose ears and feet is called Lucy. The big ball of fluff is Annabel. Her breed is Swiss. The one with funky fur on the back end and ginger round the eyes is Boris. A neutered boar who lives with the girls.

breathless.zip contains breathless.wav A Kansas City Standard encoded audio file. Decoding yields a text file with some Vigenere text, decoded with key 'guineapix’:

Lottie, you’d like this. I was reading a book the other day. We’re in the information age, right? All of us, we’re just bombarded by too much information, all the time. Spam emails and social media. Doing really simple things becomes difficult, or complicated, or distracting. We’re all looking for a way to cut through all the noise. It’s easy to blend in and get ignored. It’s an atmosphere which rewards people who really stand out. You have to be bold and spicy and delicious. You’ve got to be a spirit. Can’t be a ghost. Dick Tracy’s on, I’m gonna shut the TV off. There are days when I think we could take over Pangent. The three of us. Take it over and make it right. Maybe that’s just a dream. Maybe that’s the thought that keeps me here. Our mutual friend Alex Schreyer has created a culture of secrecy and fear. He learned that from his dad. So we’re scared. Hiding behind layers of security. We don’t talk to each other. That’s not the way to make a scientific breakthrough. We need to share information. We need to talk to each other, brainstorm with each other. Care about one another. We could fix Pangent. Change everything about it. We could accomplish great things. But we’re scared. Scared of what we could actually do. Lottie, there’s something you wrote for the personality test. Technology. Information wants to be free. And progress belongs to the people. Companies will keep their secrets. They’ll copyright anything they can. But they’ll market it and sell it and blow it up all over the place. Well, information gets out, one way or another. Once you invent something, you can’t uninvent it. Sometimes you have to be real careful with what you put out into the world.

Pangent comic: Pipe https://pangenttechnologies.tumblr.com/post/158944279592

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panel 2: NTA FJIAF EXATM QHPR YEBN NWFW Now Where could my pipe be? panel 3: MRFSAJPOJ!! Garfield panel 2: AFE JCEJB CJGIJ EJAJ JAAJ AIJA panel 3: GRONSFELD!! A1-PF on Panel 2, reverse, and group by 3’s: 109 101 100 105 097 032 053 056 1 media 58? Aha! Combine comic 2 panel 2 + comic 1 panel 3: 109 101 100 105 097 032 053 056 112 107 100 051 056 104 051 100 100 053 051 053 100 media 58pkd38h3dd535d https://mediafire.com/?58pkd38h3dd535d withourterrors.zip withourterrors.zip contains withouterrors.wav A Kansas City Standard encoded audio file. Decoding yields a text file with some Vigenere text, decoded with key 'argentinamayorsassenheim’: (ooh! a combination password)

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% C: Drinking Bird update. Thirteen months without any significant incident. Lucky. I’ll raise a glass to that. The Cube has stabilized to a degree I wouldn’t have thought possible when we began studying it at the beginning of 2017. Reluctant as I am to admit it, Leslie Walsh (aka MayorSassenheim) is responsible for most of that. She’s written code that keeps the Cube stable without real peaks and valleys, and it seems the Cube is capable of learning from that. If I trusted her, I’d leave her to her work and be done with it. I wish I could do that. The situation would be simpler. Officially, I left Project 555 a long time ago. L: you pinged me why did you ping me C: I didn’t. I was talking about you. It must have pinged you automatically L: “Drinking Bird update” jesus lottie C: What? L: you shouldn’t even be doing this who is that even an update for C: For myself. L: of course C: talking to myself thinking about myself it’s what I’m good at. L: i didn’t say that. turn your mic on i’m switching to voice. C: Over a year without any kind of disaster. Leave me alone, I’m celebrating. L: You’re lurking. In the shadows of a project you were fired from how long ago? C: I can do what I want. L: Yeah, I think that’s actually your job title at this point right? Like we don’t know what to do with Lottie and we don’t want any trouble, so I guess Lottie does what she wants. C: Leslie, I’ve been avoiding this conversation for awhile, and I’ve thought long and hard about what to say. So, here it is. Fuck off and die, Leslie, and also fuck you. L: How’s the kid? C: Beautiful. She’s the sun and the moon and the sky and the stars. She’s about six full time jobs, but Eric helps. He’s not bad at the whole father thing. L: Good. I’m glad. I’d like to see her. C: I don’t think that’s a good idea. L: I wish you’d let me be a part of your life again. C: Well, shit happens. L: What was I supposed to do? C: The four of you stole the project out from under me. L: Is that what you think happened? C: And now he’s in charge of all of it. L: Officially, he always was. None of that changed. C: You took control of my work. L: And nobody died. Nobody got hurt. Like you said, nothing happened for thirteen months. What should I have done? Leave it all to him? Dammit Lottie, I did this for you. I worked myself to death on this project, just to make sure it wouldn’t kill anybody. C: It wasn’t your responsibility. It wasn’t your burden to take on. It’s mine. L: Well, shit happens. C: This project, it drains you, it changes you. You shouldn’t have had to deal with that. It’s wrong what you did, and it’s wrong what it did to you. To both of us. L: Lottie, I did my best. Under the circumstances I tried to do what you would do. In my head it’s like I was you. C: That’s ridiculous. For one thing you’re smarter than me. L: No, I’m not. My god, I’m not. C: You are. L: This is a weird thing to say, but like … do you ever feel like you’re in the wrong timeline? Like you’re in a science fiction book about, what if the Nazis won World War II or something? Sometimes it feels like, this wasn’t supposed to happen. Like everything is wrong. C: Yes. I do feel that way sometimes. I think it’s called depression. L: Why do you hate me? C: I don’t hate you. I don’t want to hate you. We were friends and I love you. L: Lottie. C: But we can’t even be friends now and it’s bullshit. It’s him. Alex. And Liam. On their own they’d be almost harmless. The two of them together, they amplify each other’s worst qualities. L: Oh believe me, I know. Multiplying and dividing by a pair of zeroes. C: God, them and every other asshole I had to deal with and still stay halfway sane. L: Project Four. C: Project fuckin Four! Working at Pangent, it’s poison. It poisoned you and it poisoned me. Maybe I do hate you, Leslie. I hate what you did. I hate that you did it better than I could have. L: I miss you. C: Don’t be dramatic. We were only friends to get back at him. L: We were friends because we were friends. C: You know what he said to me, a couple weeks before he took control of 555? He said, I know that you and Leslie will always be friends. Didn’t sound great, coming from him. I think somewhere inside me, I made my mind up to prove him wrong. L: We could have talked this out. Dammit, we were friends. We were supposed to protect each other. C: Whatever that was, that was a moment in time, and times change. You’re stuck in a moment and you think that moment will last forever. But really a moment only comes once. L: I saw you, poking around in the code. Like the whole entire time. You weren’t super subtle about it. Were you trying to get my attention? C: Probably. Yes. L: Alex saw it too, I’m sure he did. C: I don’t care. L: I mean like I kept him from seeing the last build you did. Well, the second to last build. You should really have hidden that better. C: I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about. L: He isn’t spying on this chatroom. C: You don’t know that. You fucked me over so many times. You let him in through every backdoor. L: I let him play. Like, I let the baby have his bottle. It was gonna be a fucked up situation either way. C: That doesn’t mean I can ever feel safe again. L: I get that. I’m sorry. C: You should be. I should be. There’s a lot of sorry to go around. L: You finished it, didn’t you? 555. That was supposed to be a final build. Then you erased it. C: I stopped it before it finished uploading. L: It was a finished build. C: Compiled without errors. L: I thought so. What would happen if we ran that code? C: I don’t know. It’s gone. Deleted. Forever. L: I have the partial upload. C: Of course you do. L: I saw you uploading. I mean I started downloading the minute the transfer started. And yeah, so it cuts off at a certain point. So I found the matching point in your previous build and put two and four together. C: See, this is why I can’t trust you. L: I mean I don’t know everything you changed in that build but like I figure it was all pretty top level stuff and bug fixes, whatever was left. My copy is spliced together, but do you think it’s identical to the build you deleted? C: I don’t know. L: It compiled without errors. C: Leslie, no. Oh, I can’t breathe. L: I’ll ask you again. What would happen if we ran that code? C: I don’t know. I don’t know if I want to know. It’s dangerous. L: Of course it is. I mean that’s been the whole problem from the start. C: Yes. L: You finished the code. All of it. And then you deleted it. C: Yes. L: Are you glad I kept the data? C: Yes. God, I’m actually shaking. I hope he’s not listening to this. L: So, what do we do from here? C: I don’t know. Leslie, I’m sorry for not talking to you like a human being for so long. I didn’t know what to say and after awhile, it was just … I put it off too long. L: Not too proud of any of this myself. For reals we’ve both got a lot to pologize for. C: There’s a lot of sorry to go around. L: Yeah but like, I’d like to see you. You, with Eric, and Rachel, and Sharon too. C: Who is Sharon? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

WTF??!!?! Wowzers.

Comic 3: Odie Pangent Version: https://pangenttechnologies.tumblr.com/post/158944845847

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Randomiser transcribed/vigenered/A1-PF’d comics 3 & 4, I don’t have copies of the intermediate steps, just the finales: 640114011114754011541010018015017823795018115018019723201111231019017901123101401611230115012301111141148231218923001101811411101511101411231594234111017019911167 Comic 4: Lasagna Pangent Version: https://pangenttechnologies.tumblr.com/post/158945180237

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After Vigenering ciphertext with original text, and converting A1-PF: 645111118017970171111151148236456231115013014111115011723201111231019017901123101401611230115012322101110141111167230115018117917231218923001101811411101511101411232594234111017019911167 These final strings may not look like anything, but if you reverse them and manually space them, you get 76 111 99 107 101 114 32 49 51 32 114 101 115 101 114 118 101 100 32 98 121 32 84 114 111 110 32 105 110 32 116 104 101 32 110 97 109 101 32 111 102 32 79 108 105 118 105 97 32 87 105 108 100 101 45 110 45 74 111 104 110 46 76 111 99 107 101 114 32 49 52 32 114 101 115 101 114 118 101 100 32 98 121 32 71 97 118 105 110 32 76 111 114 101 110 122 32 105 110 32 116 104 101 32 110 97 109 101 32 111 102 32 71 105 111 114 103 105 111 32 65 46 32 84 115 111 117 107 97 108 111 115 46 which is of course decimal ASCII:

Locker 13 reserved by Tron in the name of Olivia Wilde-n-John.

Locker 14 reserved by Gavin Lorenz in the name of Giorgio A. Tsoukalos.

Comic 5: Alone Pangent: https://pangenttechnologies.tumblr.com/post/158946474637

Original: (with the 'rest of the story’ to trigger your existential crisis)

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Locker 15 reserved by Omega12 in the name of Niklaren Goldeye.

—– So everyone’s favorite Orange cat gave us bigtime story drops, and three locker reservations. Nice to get those on the books.

#puzzle #puzzle solution #human souls arg #submission

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AITA for trying to put my ex's kid in my will?

I (78m) was diagnosed with a deadly illness that has been wearing me down for months and have only recently been told that I haven't got long left. Weeks at most.

So because of this I've been trying to get my will in order and decide who's going to run my business after I pass as I have 3 kids (37m, 32m, 24f) therefore 3 options.

Here's my problem, I don't like any of my children. At all. They're all terrible and I don't want to leave anything for ANY of them.

None of them are ACTUALLY fit to run a business and I just know the entire thing would be shutdown within a week. I haven't told any of them this yet so right now they all still think that they have a chance.

However I was just recently in contact with my deceased ex girlfriend's daughter (17f) and let me tell you, I'd adopt her if I could. Total opposite of my 3 kids.

So with all my options sucking I figured that I could leave it all to this kid then right? The company would be in good hands then.

But here's where I may be the asshole:

I still haven't told my kids anything about this and have just been letting them bite at each other's throats over the company. They have no idea this other child even exists and is going to swoop in to take it all.

I know for a fact that this is going to seriously piss the 3 of them off and that the child is going to be their target then (my kids are vicious when it comes to insults and arguments).

I also haven't told the kid's dad about any of this and we're not exactly on the best terms (he doesn't want his daughter getting involved with my business).

I honestly don't really plan on telling anyone anything to be honest. When I die they can all sort it out while the kid just gets to be a billionaire at 17.

But does withholding all of this info make me the asshole? Does putting this random teen in the will instead of my biological children make me the asshole?

#aita #unreality #am i the asshole

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jbuffyangel · 5 years

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Legacy: Arrow 7x12 Review (Emerald Archer)

Spoiler alert: I loved the 100th episode. I know this is a controversial opinion because it is universally hated in the fandom (I think), but I truly loved the episode for where Oliver was at in his story. So, I didn’t go into the 150th with a lot of expectations. The 150th didn’t need to fix anything for me. Were there some misfires? Yeah and we’ll get into those, but overall I enjoyed this episode.

Let’s dig in…

Queen Family

William is home and our Queen family is reunited. FINALLY.

Yes, I know it’s technically the Queen-Smoak-Clayton family, but nobody is really expecting me to hyphenate three names over a dozen times? If you are then that’s crazy. I won’t do it.

Oliver and Felicity are overjoyed to see William,

but unfortunately the sentiment is not returned.

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“Emerald Archer” introduces us to William’s alter ego: THE MOODY TEENAGER.

This may be the toughest foe Oliver and Felicity have ever faced.

Kidding. Not really. I’m knee deep in preteen years and the teenage ones are barreling at me with lightning speed, so I identity with this storyline A LOT.

Felicity deftly navigates the creature otherwise known as MOODY TEEN by complimenting his ability to find her virus (our budding computer genius. I am so proud.)

and then lovingly prodding William into discussing whatever is bothering him

by threatening grounding (for a rude & sassy attitude).

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Y’all I am taking notes. MOM ICON AT WORK.

William is ticked because his parents didn’t bring him home for Christmas. Is that what happened?

It’s so hard to figure out what holidays Arrow is acknowledging. Oliver said in 7x08, “Christmas vacation seems like 20 years from now,” so I assumed William came home sometime after 7x09, but I guess not.

Yeah, I get it kid. That sucks. #TeamWilliam.

In your parents’ defense they were hashing out the emotional evolution of their marriage while Oliver was body swapping with Bart. But that’s just a regular Monday for Arrow, so I understand the kid’s beef.

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Oliver playing television star (hehehe SO META) via this documentary doesn’t exactly scream crisis to William either. But-but-but all the shaky camera shots for gritty realism are cool though right honey? Yeah, William doesn’t care.

HOWEVER, if I spoke to my mother the way William spoke to Felicity and violently shoved an electronic device she paid for in her face while making demands regarding the wifi security (which she also pays for), I would be taking my life into my hands. My mother would have removed me from this earth, which is her right.

Same goes for my kid. I once asked my child during a temper tantrum if she wanted to do this the nice way or the nasty way. She put her little hands on her hips, all of age 3, and said with absolute conviction while glaring at me, “NASTY.” She is now 11, going on 12, and I assure you she has never made that mistake again. So, I commend Felicity’s reserve. I’m afraid I do not share that level of parenting patience.

Why is Felicity taking all the heat when it was Oliver who screwed the pooch by going to prison in the first place? Well, yes one can always trace the source of the problem back to the biggest pine tree to ever live,

but in this particular circumstance I agree with William. It was Felicity’s decision to send him away to boarding school. I’m not saying she shouldn’t have done it. Felicity had extremely good reasons to send William away.

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However, a large part of Felicity’s beef with Oliver after his release from prison was his constant Monday morning quarterbacking of her decisions. Oliver can hero however he wants, but he doesn’t get to question how Felicity deals with the consequences of his heroism. That was the agreement right? RIGHT. Felicity said the buck stops with her. So, the buck stops with her. Sending William away was her call, so now she’s dealing with some fallout.

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Don’t worry, I fully expect Daddy to get looped in, but I like how they are focusing on William and Felicity first. It’s rare to run into problems with your child when both parents are in the room. One or the other fields the play first and then you loop your partner in. At least, that’s how it works in my house. (Seriously, I don’t know how single parents do it. Y’all are kings and queens among peasants.)

Side note: you never ever contradict your partner’s parenting decisions in front of the little human. It shows weakness. The wee nugget can smell it like fear and it gives them a tactical advantage. These are tools of the trade. Get a pen. Write it down.

It was just William and Felicity for six months. They built their own family without Oliver together. Of course, Oliver was still a part of the family and they missed him like crazy, but the day to day was just the two of them. Some of those decisions are coming home to roost, so it makes sense to me Felicity is taking the parenting lead. She was William’s only parent for quite some time.

Felicity, being the super hacker mom that she is, figures out what is really going on – William is lying to her. It seems he has been expelled from school. Oops.

The reason for his expulsion will be revealed to us next week I am sure, but I would say now is the time to loop Dad in.

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These scenes between William and Felicity were the best in the episode and it never ceases to amaze me how far their relationship has progressed in such a short amount of time. There is nothing Felicity can’t do and no man she cannot smoak. Life with a teenage William is going to become more complicated and the parenting more challenging. But William will be a better person for having Felicity in his life. No matter where this story goes that’s a solid fact.

Olicity

It’s been 150 episodes and we’ve come a looooong way with Oliver Queen.

He’s so at peace with himself in these interviews.

Oliver has merged both personas, the hood is down, mask is off, he's married to the love of his life, his boy is home, and his life is filled with purpose.

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This man was snapping necks in the pilot and now he’s the softest teddy bear to ever exist because his son is home from school. MY HEART IS FULL.

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To begin where Oliver began, and to be where he is now, is nothing short of miraculous. He may not be a saint, as Curtis notes later, but that’s exactly where he is headed. That’s who fully realized superheroes are.

But we still have some road to travel. Oliver’s only real area of doubt is his leadership abilities. I still don’t understand what mistakes Oliver made with Team Arrow.

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He’s constantly referencing these “mistakes” particularly in “Emerald Archer.” This is a failing of Season 6. I truly think the writers believe the NTA versus OTA storyline was evenly handled, but in reality Oliver was completely in the right and the Newbies were acting like spoiled toddlers.

Oliver went to jail in some part to atone for his sins, but I do not feel any of those sins happened in Season 6. I view Oliver’s stint at Slabside as atonement for killing.

We can debate the necessities of that atonement, but this season feels like an ultimate purging of Oliver’s sins – venial and/or mortal. Whatever debt Oliver owed society, he paid it and then some. This only makes his soul more pure. If you don’t believe Oliver deserved to go to prison at all then it just adds more fuel to the martyr fire - all good things in the evolution of a saint.

However, now Oliver is questioning his ability to lead because of these so called “mistakes.” Based on statements Oliver has made in previous episodes, those mistakes would be lack of trust and lying.

I’m with him on the lying. Time to nip that in the bud, but that doesn’t mean Oliver owes everyone the truth immediately. He’s perfectly within his rights to take some time, yes even a month, to process the introduction of a new sister in his life. The man still has a right to some privacy and space.

Oliver’s guilt over not trusting the Newbies is fairly ridiculous since they gave him very good reasons not to trust them.

In case Oliver has forgotten, Dinah had a secret criminal boyfriend and Rene sold him out to the Feds. These are untrustworthy actions and they have consequences. I can’t remember what Curtis did, if anything. His crime is unceasing uselessness, so Oliver can and should ignore the man.

Oliver is not sure he’s meant to lead, which of course means he is absolutely the right person for the job. Only true leaders question their worthiness.

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He returns to the destroyed bunker with a renewed commitment to rebuild the bunker

(with handy dandy deputy badges for the team) and learn from his mistakes.

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I imagine Oliver’s new leadership style will be more trusting and democratic, but inclusion only gets you so far. Team Arrow may be the kindling in the Star City fire, but the citizens need Oliver Queen to set it ablaze.

The Team Arrow table is round both in the destroyed present and flash forward bunkers. It gives it a very Knights of the Round Table feel. Everyone can have an opinion and equal say, but in the end it was King Arthur’s kingdom. He pulled the sword from the stone, built Camelot and paid the ultimate price for his dream.

Oliver is King Arthur and Star City is his Camelot – or what he dreams Star City may one day become. He may pay the ultimate price for that dream like Arthur, but ultimately the loss of the hero teaches us the dream isn’t possible without the hero. Oliver may need Team Arrow, but the team and the city will soon discover they need him even more.

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This is something Felicity Smoak has always understood. Her belief in Oliver Queen and crystal clear understanding of who he is has never wavered in seven years. Even when they were separated romantically, Felicity saw Oliver as the man who would save Star City.

This belief became a compass for Oliver- his North Star. Felicity became the voice in Oliver’s head guiding him on his hero’s journey.

Her belief made Oliver believe and thus became a self fulfilling prophecy.

Edward: So what happens after he climbs up and rescues her?

Vivian: She rescues him right back. (Pretty Woman)

There is no Green Arrow without Felicity Smoak and there is no Felicity Smoak without Green Arrow. Each is dependent on the other. Their love is amalgamation of give and take & push and pull. Oliver and Felicity never cease in their pursuit to become their best selves, yet remain a beautiful example of unconditional love, acceptance and forgiveness.

Love changes us and it cements who we are. It is a constant drive of two diametrically opposed forces working in perfect cohesion. We find clarity in the swirl of finding love, falling in love and then settling into love. Oliver and Felicity found themselves in each other. It’s how we all do, regardless of whom or what you love.

All it took was one sweet and simple smile for Felicity to know exactly who Oliver Queen is.

Yet, who is he is equally about who they became together. Felicity saw Oliver’s light because of how brightly hers shined. Their heroic evolution is perfectly entwined.

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So, there is no better person to speak on this topic. The word vigilante falls woefully short. It cannot encompass everything her husband is or what their love has built together. It barely hints at the goodness Felicity saw hiding behind a ridiculous lie and a bullet ridden computer.

Felicity’s interview doesn’t shine a big enough spot light on her own contributions, but I think that’s primarily because she hasn’t been outed as Overwatch to the city. However, she has always been the truthsayer of Arrow and that’s her role in the documentary as well.

Felicity understands who Oliver is because she is his equal in every way.

Recognition of his heroism is recognition of hers as well. And someday the world will see everything Felicity sees with unwavering

clarity.

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Should there have been more of Felicity and Olicity in "Emerald Archer”? Yes, absolutely.

My thirst will never be satiated, but I’ve long since acclimated myself to quality over quantity. This was Felicity as she’s always been. I love whenever this show showcases her ability to cut through the bullshit and shine a light on the truth. The scenes between her and William were the best in the episode too. That said, an Olicity kiss and/or joint interview wouldn’t have killed them.

Welcome Back Guest Stars!

A good returning guest star angle works for me 99.999% of the time on any television show. What can I say? I’m nostalgic. Let us wile away the dull hours and spin a tale or two about the days of old.

Nostalgia in these types of retrospective episodes can get a little tricky. You need a good reason to bring back five or six actors who’ve left the show and we’ve heard almost nothing from for a few years, particularly the dead characters. Arrow’s documentary film idea for the 150th episode really works for me. It gives a legitimate reason to bring all of these characters back, but not necessarily keep them around. It’s not aliens so right there we’re already light years ahead.

HA! Get it? Light years? Yeah, you might not be laughing now but you’ll realize how funny that is later on.

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Arrow starts with Quentin and boy is that ever the right call. This documentary is very pro vigilante. It was put on the shelf because Star City became anti vigilante, so who better to advocate for the masked heroes than the man who ran the SCPD for the last twenty odd years?

Quentin was always the touchstone to the real world. He was the bridge between Oliver and the citizens of Star City. He was also someone Oliver wanted to earn the respect of and that’s what he’s trying to do now. He’s trying to earn Star City’s respect EVEN THOUGH THESE UNGRATEFUL TWATS SHOULD ALREADY RESPECT HIM. Even though I believe it was time to let Quentin Lance go, I still miss him and whenever Paul Blackthorne comes on my television screen I cry big baby dumbo tears.

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Then we roll right into the reason Oliver began this mission in the first place: FAMILY. Family for Oliver is and will always be Thea Queen. I shrieked when I saw her. I officially take back my “We’ll never see Willa Holland again” prediction. I was happy to be wrong.

Thea being the representative for all her dead family members is the most Thea thing this show has ever done. Kid is a walking poster child for bereavement. I think it’s really important to remember Starling City was a hot mess before Oliver showed up. This city wasn’t hitting anyone’s nifty top fifty places to raise a family. There was a serious cost to all the violence and Thea’s interview is a powerful reminder.

Oliver is seldom given his due. The newbies, Star City, officials, villains, and other superheroes are always ragging on him. But when Thea found out Oliver was the Arrow she thanked him. She was one of the few people who understood right from the start the good Oliver was doing. (Felicity is the other few people).

Oliver started this fight for many reasons, but chief among them was his love for his family. Thea has always returned that love tenfold. She is ride or die for her big bro and even though we had AMAZING Queen sibling scenes in the 100th it’s nice to see them honor their relationship no matter how far away Thea is. They do lose points for zero Queen sibling interaction though.

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Sara gives one hell of a speech doesn’t she? It’s in a similar vein as Thea’s – reminding Star City of the cost of unchecked crime. She acknowledges it doesn’t matter whether or not a person is wearing a mask. This is a classy way of calling out Star City’s double standard. Honestly, who cares if it’s a cop or a guy dressed in leather saving your ass? What matters is someone stepped up to save your life.

It’s also a nice subtle acknowledgement of Felicity’s contributions. Sara has worn a mask as the Canary and fought without one as White Canary. She knows what matters is a person’s heart and not what they wear. Sara has always understood the importance of the unmasked in this line of work.

This feels like a not so subtle way of sticking it to anti Felicity fans, but that’s just me.

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SIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE YOU BEEN BABY GIRL? Honestly, my biggest annoyance with these return guest star scenes is we didn’t get much of an update on where the characters are at. Does Sin have a home now? Does she know Sara is alive? I have questions.

Sin was a fairly minor character in Season 2 and even more so in Season 3, but seeing her brings back all those Season 2 memories.

Memories, Like the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories

Sorry. Sidetracked by Barbara Streisand.

Again, the use of Sin is brilliant because she represents the people Team Arrow has saved. We spend a lot of time on Oliver’s mistakes. We remember all the people Oliver couldn’t save and how deep those losses cut him. However, we seldom talk about those he has saved and Oliver has saved THOUSANDS – maybe even millions. The man deserves a cookie at the very least. Sin is a box of double chocolate chip.

Oliver is not the only unmasked vigilante – Ragman is too. He’s out doing good, but the people know he’s Ragman. We don’t know if he unmasked before or after Oliver, but I would bet after. Oliver is always the first domino to fall in this universe.

Rory’s interview is super short and is therefore criminally underused. He is primarily used to set up the Star City Slayer. Ragman’s mask is among the first Oliver found. Even the angles on his documentary interview have an artistic/retrospective/forlorn feel to it like we are seeing someone who is gone. I swear to God if this serial killer killed my Rory I am going to light things on fire and throw them. I’m not even sure killing Curtis will ease my pain (but it’ll help).

Rory’s albeit short message is pretty simple as is the premise of this show.

“People need help.”

What matters is there are those in the city willing to help the helpless (NAME THAT SHOW). Their methods matter less. Rene, Curtis and Dinah COMBINED still do not compare to Rory Regan. How we ended up with those three louts and lost that beautiful sparkling jewel of a character remains a mystery and still chaps my ass.

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Who invited Bart? I am only tolerating his appearance because he needs to pay his respects, but – UNBELIEVABLY DAMAGED??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU BETTER COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT YOU LITTLE DICKHEAD BECAUSE YOU WOULDN’T HAVE A SHOW WITHOUT THE UNBELIEVABLY DAMAGED OLIVER QUEEN. Oh wait he’s still talking. Rewind... alright, Barry said some nice stuff. I’m better now.

Honestly, just the way this scene played it’s like the writers anticipated all my yelling after “unbelievably damaged.” They wrote the rest of the scene like Barry was reacting to my yelling as he cleaned up his statement. HAHAHA. That’s damn right fool. I’ll come for your ass. You better run.

If you’re going to pick a character among the four shows Arrow has launched I guess you go B*rry All*n. It makes a statement about Arrow’s influence on the DCTV universe, which I appreciate for the 150th episode. This was something extremely lacking in the 100th episode. Arrow is the reason a whole lot of people have jobs, so it’s an apropos time to pay due respect.

We’re constantly stuck in this Barry is light and Oliver is dark comparison and it annoys me to no end because I don’t believe either character is that clear cut. Both men have light and dark. But I do love how Barry acknowledges that the darkness Oliver survived also fuels his light.

Oliver Queen is incredibly protective. He doesn’t want anyone to suffer like he did, which includes not only his family and friends but strangers. Oliver uses his pain for good. He finds the light in the darkness, which why I love him so much.

Barry isn’t saying anything Felicity or Diggle haven’t already said for years. However, as the likely pass-the-torch candidate, Barry is commending the essence of Oliver in a way the insanely disrespectful crossover failed to do. Of course, we all know there is a reason for this disrespect – Oliver must be persecuted even by those who “know” him before he can be seen as the Messiah of superheroes.

But we are Arrow fans. We know the truth. We see Oliver for who he truly is and for just one moment, in this 150th episode milestone, the comic f*ckboys’ fuzzy bunny, rainbow puking superhero acknowledged the truth.

Also his faux shock about Oliver being the Green Arrow was hilarious.

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Diggle and the Newbies

Sweet holy Moses. There are times this show is so tone deaf it truly blows my mind. It’s sort of like watching Wile E Coyote barrel off the mountain top. Does he see the ledge or does he simply not care there is a ledge? These are my deep thoughts for the day.

Diggle didn’t even know Emiko was Oliver’s sister. That’s where we’re at folks! These two brothers could finish each other’s sentences and predict one another’s movements at one point, but now they are like strangers. Ugh, I hate this. FIX IT NOW.

Arrow is going to fix Diggle in an extremely Arrow way. Anyone who has listened to Watchover with Jen & Calli knows this is what we said would happen. The writers are never going to dive deep like I do in these reviews. For one, they aren’t crazy and two it just ain’t the show fam. The Arrow way of fixing a problem is:

1. Pretending it never happened.

2. Slap a bow on it and call it fixed without doing any of the actual character development to earn the moment.

Annnnd that’s what we got. Things are a little tense between Diggle and Oliver. John is put out Oliver didn’t clue him in about Emiko, even though he’s known for about a month. Oliver correctly points out Diggle hasn’t run in his circle for the better part of a year, so he gets the info when he gets it. YASS! PREACH IT SON.

John at least has the good sense to admit what Oliver said was true. He also decides this superhero slayer is too much for the SCPD to handle (isn’t everything though?) and it’s time to get the band back together.

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There’s some back and forth between the two men about the other team members risking jail, but Oliver going to prison never sat right with Diggle.

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It is good John is acting honorably, steadfastly having Oliver’s back, and just generally dispensing some good old fashioned Yoda wisdom.

However, he says what has to be the most ridiculous line I have heard on this show in a loooong time.

“Oliver when you were in jail we had each other’s backs.”

I swear to God I screamed. And then I fell off the chair laughing because NONSENSE.

Arrow ignores its own storyline when it doesn’t fit with the goals of the episode. It’s so blatantly obstinate and counter to what their audience wants, hell I almost admire them a little for it.

Writers: The storyline is not what you’ve witnessed on screen. The storyline is what we tell you and that will change week to week.

Us: Umm that’s not how television works but okay. Have at it.

Obviously, the writers wanted to reunite Team Arrow in a very “Ra Ra Go Team!” way, but haven’t done any of the leg work so the moment feels earned or makes any sense at all.

Of course, the team didn’t have each other’s backs.

Diggle abandoned Felicity and was upset when any of her attempts to free her husband interfered with his useless A.R.G.U.S. soldiering. His annoyance, admonishments, refusals of help and threats weren’t limited to Felicity. It also included anyone who helped Felicity like Rene, Bl*ck S*ren and Emiko. He also did bupkis to help free Oliver from prison. But okay, you had their backs John.

Maybe he’s speaking about Curtis who joined A.R.G.U.S. John seemed okay with Dinah policing. Perhaps he has a highly compartmentalized way of looking at team support. Regardless, it’s a ludicrous statement and is one that makes you wonder if the Arrow writers actually watch Arrow.

But as I said, we were expecting this because this is typically what Arrow does. Sometimes they force the story even when its counter to everything we’ve seen for weeks on end. That’s what happened in “Emerald Archer.” The writers are done with the team fighting. They want everyone to reunite and rebuild the team, so it has to begin with Oliver and Diggle.

Team Arrow started with the two of them, which is why they repeated their iconic handshake basked in the sunlight. And yes, to a certain extent what Diggle said is true. They are family and families fight, but it doesn’t mean you stop being a family.

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But you also don’t get to act like a selfish jackass for the better part of a year and then sweep it all away by playing the family card. Families have to work through their issues by 1) being honest about what those issues are 2) talking about the issues 3) and apologizing. The writers missed steps 1 through 3.

The scene felt like Oliver was apologizing to Diggle when really it should be the other way around. When did this become about Oliver’s mistakes and not John’s? Am I watching the right show? Let’s not forget in the midst of all this bromance healing the one who really needs an apology is Felicity.

I’m not too mad because I don’t think this is the end of the conversation. I think Arrow put the cart before the horse and reunited Oliver & Diggle before they actually dealt with their issues, but what else is new? They decided it was time for the reunion because it was the 150th episode. Uhhh... okay then.

It’s entirely possible additional conversations are coming though. Hopefully ones including Felicity. Diggle still has to confess about Diaz, which he was about to do but was interrupted. It should drop a bomb on OTA and kick up some very much needed, no holds bar, come to Jesus style drama. We have ten episodes to go which is a lot of season left. I haven’t given up completely on Diggle’s arc for this year.

But also, I’m tired y’all. If they aren’t going to examine John’s actions with a modicum of reflection then I’d prefer for it to be over as quickly and painlessly as possible because this is terrible storyline. I’m sick of Pod Diggle. I miss his friendship with Oliver and Felicity. I hate whatever the hell he’s doing at A.R.G.U.S. I’m tired of everyone doing their own thing. I miss OTA. I want the show to go back to vigilantes hunting bad guys.

And yes, that goes for the Newbies too. They aren’t going away – well two of them aren’t. Arrow is completely ignoring all of their horrible behavior in Season 6, so fine. They will never resolve this storyline to my satisfaction so let’s just be done with it. Does the reunion fall flat because Arrow refuses to deal with the consequences of the Newbies’ actions in a truthful way? Yes. But I can’t care more than the writers do. So, I’m done. Moving on.

This will not preclude me from snarking however. Nothing ever will stop the snark. Dinah and Rene were in rare form in “Emerald Archer.” Both were pretty snotty.

I actually liked Rene’s interview, but then he has the nerve to cop an attitude with Oliver. Apparently, Oliver didn’t fawn over Rene enough. This is their first conversation since Oliver’s release and Rene is bitching about Oliver not asking how he is. FOR REAL???? There is only one person who should be asking how the other is doing and it’s the one who turned state’s evidence.

He’s also annoyed Oliver has gainful employment with the police department while Rene “I Can’t Go Down That Road With You Hoss” Ramirez is left out in the vigilante cold. POOR BABY. Maybe if you hadn’t sold Oliver out to the feds the team could have stayed together.

Dinah cops an attitude as well (pun intended). Oliver is about to share deeply personal information with her and admits he’s had the information for some time. Dinah says it’s par for the course with him. ANY NEW SECRET BOYFRIENDS DINAH? I do not know where the Newbies got the idea they were on the moral high ground, but this horrific writing keeps perpetuating that myth. For the love of God writers REWATCH SEASON 6.

On to happier developments.

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Curtis called Oliver a hero, had a cool moment with his T-spheres and remarked about being a team “even if it was for one last time.” Cue close up and Oliver looking fondly at him as if Curtis was already a ghost. Of course, he’s talking their impending jail sentences for breaking the anti vigilante laws, but we know different. CURTIS IS GONNA DIIIIIIIIIIIE.

I was supposed to be pressed when Diggle, Curtis and Rene were arrested, but they all were annoying me so they can go to prison.

Finally the show does away with one of their more ridiculous plot holes. The mayor deputizes all of Team Arrow so they can fight crime in leather, but legally. Did she not see all the other times Team Arrow saved lives? They are only worthwhile if they are saving her life? They are friends with the DA too. BS is not going to press charges. So, why even have a law the DA won’t enforce? You know what? I’m not even gonna go there. Whatever.

It took Dinah several episodes to show some loyalty, but she was prepared to resign if her friends went to jail. Of course, Oliver “I’m Trying To Be Jesus” Queen puts his head on the chopping block again for these dinks too.

“After speaking with my family, I’m here to turn myself in.”

YOU SEE HOW EASY THAT WAS OLIVER? NOT SO HARD IS IT BIG BOY? THY NAME IS CHARACTER GROWTH!

Here’s something I’ve been mulling over. Clearly some of the Newbies are here to stay and a great deal of the 150th episode was devoted to this concept of legacy.

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These characters exist so what Oliver has built can live on beyond him. It doesn’t automatically equate to Dinah, Rene and Curtis being good characters, but Arrow is incredibly invested in the idea of Oliver Queen’s legacy.

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We want the show to be about Oliver, Felicity and Diggle. They want the show to be about more than Oliver, Felicity and Diggle. And thus an immovable force meets an unstoppable object.

The problem is Arrow, once again, is putting the cart before the horse. They are focusing on Oliver’s legacy (and all the superhero characters he’s launched), but he hasn’t achieved what he set out to do. Camelot doesn’t exist yet! Oliver’s legacy can’t be built until the dream is achieved. There’s still work to be done. We need to focus on Oliver, Felicity and Diggle before worrying about the next generation. I wish Arrow could do both at the same time, but they can’t.

Do I think we’ll ever get that kind of focus? Nope. Arrow is committed to these new characters and their definition of legacy. It is what it is my friends. Either I make my peace with it or turn the channel, I guess.

Flash Forwards

Blackstar’s name is Mia. I couldn’t be happier.

I still think it could be a nickname for Moira, but they aren’t going to cough up that golden nugget yet. Obviously, yes all the comic f*ckboys are going to think she’s Mia Dearden and Oliver’s ward. Go ahead and keep thinkin’ that. We’ll see who lands on top.

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Mia obtained a bootleg copy of the outlawed vigilante documentary and she practically bored holes into the television watching her father speak. There is no other reason to shoot the scene like that, with Oliver reflecting in Mia’s eyes, if she’s not his child. The shot clearly communicates a connection to OLIVER. She wants to find the location of Team Arrow’s bunker and the video provides the necessary clues.

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JJ, Diggle and Lyla’s son, makes his flash forward debut and he tags along with Mia. I felt a protective vibe from him. I think Mia gets into trouble all the time and JJ tries to keep her out of it, but absolutely they are ride or die. I may have been picking out wedding dresses for her during the scene. If Arrow does not put Diggle’s son and Oliver’s daughter together and make OTA in-laws then it is a crime against humanity.

I don’t know why JJ is going by Connor Hawke. He adopted the moniker in the Legends alternate future because he didn’t feel worth of the name John Diggle Jr. Frankly, I think Connor Hawke is a code name similar to Blackstar and the sole function of it is to make us think John is dead. But we know Diggle is alive because David let the cat out of the bag. *blows kisses to that beautiful man*

Mia hates vigilantes because the vigilante lifestyle stole her father and childhood. Simple is that.

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I don’t have all the answers yet. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know how the Queen family was separated. I don’t know why William doesn’t know his own sister, but I certainly wasn’t expecting Mia to call Oliver “Dad” anymore than she would call Felicity "Mom” at this point. Answers lead to more questions and I am perfectly content with Arrow revealing the truth when they are good and ready.

If you refuse to believe Mia is Oliver and Felicity’s daughter, fine. If you are convinced she’s Bl*ck S*ren’s daughter, fine.

There is literally no evidence they hired the lead of Shadowhunters to play a supporting character’s daughter, but go off I guess. And no, Oliver is not cheating on Felicity with BS. Take that nonsense somewhere else.

They held off on introducing JJ because Diggle is one of the three main characters, but sure they’re keeping Bl*ck Si*en’s kid a secret. Not Oliver and Felicity’s kid, ya know, the characters who are the male and female leads of the show. Nope. Bl*ck S*ren’s daughter is the big surprise.

It doesn’t automatically make them mother and daughter simply because Bl*ck S*ren was singing the anti vigilante party line and Mia hates vigilantes. By that logic, Diaz, Quentin and the Mayor all have a shot at Mia being their progeny. If BS was as anti vigilante as she said then she would have pressed charges against Diggle, Curtis and Rene. She didn’t. Thank you. Next.

My point is I am convinced she is their daughter. Every episode just adds more evidence. My belief is unwavering. You won’t convince me otherwise, so save yourself the energy. You believe what you want and I’ll believe what I want. Then we’ll see how it shakes out in the end.

Stray Thoughts

Director Pedowitz might be one step over the meta line, but also hahaha.

Documentary intro was sweet. Can we make that the permanent one? Source: 1-crazy-dreamer

Did they reshoot old fight scenes for the documentary? That feels like a lot of work. I wonder if it was film they had on hand but didn’t use from the old episodes. Either way it looked legit and I was impressed. Source: 1-crazy-dreamer

Slightly odd how Oliver or anyone else on Team Arrow never mentioned they are being followed around by a camera. That’s just details. Imma let it go.

It is official. Star City knows Oliver is the Hood, the Arrow and the Green Arrow. We can stop debating. This means these thankless twiddle twits know he saved them from Merlyn, Slade, Ra’s Al Ghul and Damien Darhk. HOW MANY MORE TIMES DOES HE NEED TO SAVE YOUR SORRY ASSES TO GET SOME RESPECT?

Why does no one ever remember the undertaking on this show? Moira Queen admitted to a long term plan, led by Malcolm Merlyn, to destroy the Glades. This plan was hatched while Oliver Queen was on the island. No wait BEFORE the island. There was a freaking trial! How the hell does this make the Undertaking Oliver’s fault Madame Mayor?

Overwatch is back and the world makes sense again. Source: arrowdaily

Oliver shading Curtis with Felicity's superior abilities is LIFE AFFIRMING. Source: olicitygifs

Bl*ck C*nary fighting looks equally as ridiculous on documentary film as she does on regular film, so that question is answered and we can go on with our lives.

I really can't listen to Bl*ck S*ren pretending to be E1 L*urel Lnce. It's too annoying. Zip it fishnets.

I can’t pin point what “season” Thea’s interview was filmed during and it’s kind of bugging me, so hit the comments with your guess.

I’m not talking about Diaz. I cannot even believe they included him in the documentary. He’s gone here for a minute.

Didn’t love the Annie Hall look on Dinah. Misfire. Source: redfield5x5

One of the reasons why writers choose to film a faux documentary is so their characters can constantly tell the camera operator to turn the camera off. It’s a trademark of the trope.

“We need to come up with a better name immediately.” PREACH IT SON.

Baby William and Baby Zoe making friends is adorbs. Rene is all worried William is gonna make a move on Zoe. First of all, they are like 14. Calm down. Second of all, William is a short stop for the other team, but feel free to twist yourself into a pretzel Rene. The wasted energy will amuse me enormously. Source: feilcityqueen

This serial killer seems to collect masks regardless of whether or not the vigilante is actually dead, so I’m holding out hope Rory Regan is alive.

The documentary film shots of the fight scene were AMAZING. The last action scene was pretty sweet. It was nice seeing the team work together cohesively again. Source: 1-crazy-dreamer

I know I’ve said this before but Rene and Emiko are so happening.

“Fans have a strange way of showing their affection.” Oh yeah this guy was a hired gun by Stan the Fan. Kevin Meltzer was recently released from a psychiatric hospital which I am sure Stan has seen the inside of a time or two. No way is that line a coincidence. Or it’s a commentary on fandom. One or the other.

I had no idea Dinah’s vigilante identity was still secret.

Hahaha. Rene didn't know Emiko was related to Oliver. He's the new L*urel. I just decided.

Bl*ck S*ren agrees to give an interview for the documentary, but later on acts like she didn't agree to be on the documentary and threatens the camera operator. Yeah, that sounds about right.

This cupcake owns my heart. Source: ebett

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Apotheosis (The disappointment of 712)

As I was watching 712, it felt like I was watching a greatest hits montage. It felt like Marc was telling us that it doesn't really matter why a fan base, any fan base, tunes in to watch. This episode was hyped as a love letter to fans. In reality, it was a love letter to himself. I have never understood why this show took a completely different turn away from what made it so good---dare I say great? I used to think that when Oliver and Felicity drove off into the sunset at the end Season 3, they might have been a bit hasty. Now, after last night, I realize that they were not really going off to start their new lives together. They were escaping from bad writing. Season 4A was only a tease. It was half a season of what could have and should have been. It was the last chance for Marc to make things right. As much as it was a pleasure to see Olicity together, or seeing them find moments of happiness ---it was really only a pause while Marc figured out how to break them up. It was misdirection to get Olicity fans to be just as domestic and docile as Oliver and Felicity became. And then we got the BMD, a toxic storyline that changed everything, dismantled their happy ending. It was Marc, Wendy and others keeping an iron grip on the direction the show would go in. Character development was not a vernacular or a concept---it was a hindrance. As some have more elegantly put it, it was a big fuck you to those of us who knew that having the shows main characters lead us deeper into the world of vigilante heroes and the grace of love that empowers them is more than mere illusion. It was just too much for the writing skills of Marc and company to make any kind of sense or direction.

I want to add a few words about Felicity in this episode. What is it with Marc and this character? Why does he insist to continue to demean her? Except for a brief moment of her assuming the mantle of Overwatch again, Felicity was kept out the limelight. It was a shame and an insult; a travesty. Marc did the same thing during his last three crossovers. I remember looking at some of the panels during past Comic-Cons, when Marc sat on those stages as if everybody was one big happy family, at least in his own mind. Was he already plotting the downfall of his show? Was he already envisioning nta and the lackluster infusion that might bring? I think what really happened was Marc and company had written themselves into unsolvable situations without an exit strategy. Things began to drift on them, as if dismantling the core elements of Arrow was the only direction they had to go in---in the name of unnecessary drama and ratings.

Felicity is the love of Oliver's life. He told her this; albeit as Barry Allen, but hey, it was tender and heartfelt and not at all awkward. She is the reason Oliver has conquered his demons and embraced himself as a hero. As much as they tried to put her on the back burner, to minimize her presence in the scheme of things, (I give you Season 6 as the perfect example) they could not rub off the shine she brings to the show. She is one of the strongest female characters on the airwaves right now. Maybe that threatens Marc's sexism. Maybe Felicity is his vision of what a women's role is in his troubled and uninformed scripts. She is a support system for Oliver and William ---oh hell, for all the male cast members. God forbid she takes charge of her life and steps into her own.

I am disappointed that the choice was made to keep her on the sidelines during this important episode. Where is Beth and her saving grace? What happened to opening up the box Marc put Felicity in and letting her out to shine as a strong female character? Why are we still watching nta and a bunch of new characters that seem to bring only clutter to the show? Why is John still a pod? Why is he not taking responsibility for basically turning away from Felicity and sending her down the path she ended up taking while Oliver was in prison? This show has turned into a mess. You would think being at the bottom, they should have nowhere to go from here but up. Yet, since episode 708, the bar keeps dipping towards that bottom.

But here's the thing. In spite of the dreck we're getting as the season limps on, I'm still watching. Maybe there's a part of me that is clinging on to the hope that the writers will jettison the dysfunctional storylines and get back to what made this show the crown jewel of CW.

But for now, I can't even rate the 150th episode. I haven't gotten any recent love letters in my own life, but if this episode was supposed to be one, I have to agree with Felicity when she said in 710---"they say romance is dead. " In Marc's mind, romance was never a factor. It was only a plot device. I want to continue loving this show, but it's getting harder to believe that they will get back on course ---as long as Marc keeps popping up to throw shit in all our faces, things are not going to change.

Of course, I could totally be wrong. It is the middle of the season. Traditionally, mid-season episodes are usually lackluster. They almost seem like fillers. I understand not every hour of a show is going to be Emmy worthy. But come on; give us something to work with here. I don't want to come to the end of Arrow and feel that my investment in this show was nothing more than another broken promise by a man who seems completely clueless on what the human condition really is. I want to have a smile on my face when the final credits roll. I want to see Oliver and Felicity survive and ride off into the right kind of sunset, the kind that brings beauty and hope shining down on the brutal landscape they started their journey on. I want to see a happy ending.

Oh god, I just set the bar pretty high.

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babblingblondegenius · 5 years

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Felicity Megan Smoak-Queen is the past, present & future HBIC

Whew, that episode was a wild ride. Caution: episode 7x16 spoilers ahead>>>

The episode began with Felicity giving birth to her and Oliver’s daughter. Oliver was by her side, holding her hand, and telling her how much he loved her. In typical Felicity style, she told him she loved him too but would love him more once the baby was out lol. Once the baby was out, swaddled, and handed to her parents, Oliver kissed the top of Felicity’s head. It was such a beautiful moment and Oliver was glowing with joy. There is only one person who can make him that happy. I’ll give you three hints:

Damn, looking at those gifs makes me wonder how they only created one child together. Oh yeah, the Arrowverse writers suck and Oliver is going to be dead or go missing soon. Whatever happened, he was not physically present for the rest of the episode but he was certainly there in spirit. The episode was more focused on Felicity as a mother.

The mother to William--Felicity and William didn’t get much time together but she made an impression on him that lasted a lifetime. Bonding over all things STEM and what it means to love Oliver Queen, William followed in genius stepmother’s footsteps. Despite the distance between them, he kept the hozen that Felicity gave him and responded to a signal that took him all the way to Lian Yu for her. William learns in this episode that Felicity (dba City of Emerald Capital) was the angel investor for his company. She was watching over him the whole time.

The mother of Mia--We saw highlights of Mia’s life, starting with her birth, and then it cuts to a young Mia being trained by Nyssa. That was an awesome surprise. Felicity may have hid her daughter from the world in an attempt to protect her but she also made damn sure her daughter would be able to protect herself when the time came by having Nyssa give her LOA-level fighting and archery skills. Of course, I’d much rather have Oliver be there to do this with her (although you know Mia would never get properly trained because Oliver would always let her ‘win’ -- also think of all of times Felicity has barely tapped him and he said ‘ow’ lol). Exhibit A of our bamf vigilante being a total cupcake for his girl:

More bruises from her than Deathstroke. ;) Anyhoo, back to Nyssa. I love that she is alive in the future and obviously, she and Felicity have put their passive-aggressive animosity aside and forged some type of friendship. Felicity trusted Nyssa more than she trusted NTA and that is forever a BIG MOOD. Based on the awkward hug between her and DD, it seems Felicity remains wary of her former teammate. I am also confused why, after 20 years and knowing RR is still shady af, Felicity would tell him about Mia. But I have to say, despite my misgivings, the introduction of ‘this is Mia. These are mine and Oliver’s impeccable genetics’ was accurate, perfect, and exactly how I would expect Felicity to describe their daughter. Cause look at these impeccable genetics. <3

The mother of invention--We’ve been watching Felicity create a security system to protect her family since she left witness protection. It is this system that will become the program known as ‘Archer’- the one used in the future to protect the Glades. It appears that Archer will be the catalyst to launch Smoak Tech. We been knew but it is nice to have confirmation. Except Felicity shouldn’t have based it in Star City. They don’t deserve her or Oliver. More on that later.

The future is bleak without Oliver Queen. Felicity clearly misses her husband. She is still wearing her wedding band. The picture of the mantle of her, Oliver, and baby Mia was the key to opening her secret lair inside the house. She wore an emerald green mask while undercover. Wherever Oliver Queen is, he is not far from Felicity’s mind or heart.

Yet our Queen continues to fight. This is one of the many reasons Oliver fell in love with her. Felicity has a desire to help others, to protect the city, to serve the greater good. She was the one who wanted to come back to Star City from Ivy Town; heck, she never stopped helping the team while they were away. Being Overwatch, even before she officially had a codename, was Felicity’s purpose.

She will help people through Smoak Tech but Felicity will always want to do more. This is what makes her the perfect life partner for Oliver Queen and the Green Arrow. So here’s my quibble with the FFs. We’ve spent seven years evolving Oliver Queen from being on a solo suicide mission to fighting to live and reconciling the two sides of himself to working to achieve a balance between his life under the hood and his life in the light. Felicity was one of two people who guided him on that journey of self-discovery and was instrumental in Oliver wanting a life outside of the mission. Oliver himself has said he hoped one day he could hang up the hood. This man would be perfectly happy to stay at home, cooking for his family and loving on his wife.

Yet tonight, Felicity sounded like season 1 Oliver. In order to be a hero, you have put others above all else, including your own family. Okay, but what happened to finding a balance? And according to Connor, John and Lyla were not around much. I just feel like OTA are getting thrown under the bus and the message that the show was built on is getting muddled to create unnecessary drama/tension/angst/gritty backstory? for the future character’s story lines. I’m aware that a spin-off is imminent and this is not the first time that Arrow had to bend itself into a pretzel to launch another show. But this time, Arrow is coming to an end. I don’t want Oliver and Felicity to have spent years sacrificing to save a city that time and time again turned its back on them. I don’t want Oliver to never get the chance to be with the family he worked so hard to even think he deserved. I don’t want Felicity to have to hide, constantly living in fear and missing the love of her life. I don’t want Olicity to be torn apart once again.

Yikes, I need a Felicity Smoak pep talk.

Okay Felicity, I believe that he is going to be okay. We’ll all be okay. The writers will fix this clusterf**k of a future and Olicity will raise their family together, as a team. Always. They (and we) will get the ending that they (and we!) deserve :)

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I don't think Felicity was sidelined in 7a but she has definitely been pushed aside in 7b and disgustingly so in the 150th episode. I think it's very naive to think otherwise. Emily also didn't film a single day for 7x17 as she was in LA the whole time so she's even going to miss her first episode ever. This is problematic.

I think it’s not the best thing to tell people that they’re naivefor having a different opinion to you. I never said to not be upset by how afavourite character is treated. I asked for people to see the bigger picture. Thatdoesn’t make me naive.

I don’t go around leaving asks in people’s inboxes tellingthem to make me feel better about something I don’t like, which is what some anonsdo with me.

What I did do, wasask people to stop sending me the same asks without taking even a few hours toconsider the words they were using and I know that they didn’t because in lessthan one hour after the title for 7.18 was released I received three asks allworded almost the exact same way:

ANOTHER EPISODE WHERE FELICITY’S BEING SIDE-LINED AGAIN.TELL ME I’M WRONG, COME ON!

Are you kidding me? I’m not here to make up for that.

Did I appreciate the lack of Felicity in 7.13? No I didn’t,but with Arrow it’s par for the course.

Do you know what IS naïve? Ignoring how the show hasprogressed since forever ago and then dishing out anger in inboxes. Arrow does an excellent job of beingcontinuously inconsistent, it tries to detract from its own mistakes, it veryliterally ignores plot holes and avoids the things that need focus. It’s donethis to every single character… and you guys EXPECTED 7.12 to be chock full ofwhat you wanted. No part of the fandom got what they wanted in 7.12. Thatepisode was DESIGNED to not only remind everyone of what the show had become,but to embrace the flash forwards.

The writers were telling us that, yes we’ve heard how much you don’t like the NTA and we’re getting ridof one of them soon so there you go! BUT.We don’t really care whether you detest Dinah and Rene. We need them to buildthe FF’s and to evolve the team so that when Stephen and Emily and David leaveArrow, it won’t feel quite so much like the earth cracking in two.

They don’t care.

7.12 wasn’t this deliberate attempt to push Felicity out ofit, it was hailing the masks as heroes whilst keeping Overwatch to the side:the city doesn’t know about her. The writers expect us to remember the thingsthey can’t be bothered to include in the episodes. Beth didn’t write 7.12,which was how I instinctively knew it wouldn’t have what I wanted, though I letmyself hope.

I don’t trust Beth, but I give her far more credence thanother writers on Arrow. They played us like a fiddle with their use ofmisdirection: the episode description alone suggested this, HOWEVER. Felicityhad the most important line in thisepisode.

She TOLD the audience to not use the word vigilantes to describeher husband. They’re heroes. There’s a reason Felicity said that and it leadsinto the FF’s. Why are the vigilantes looked down upon? Why are they hated whenwe’re seeing them finally be recognised in the present? Why does Mia blamethem?

Like it. Don’t like it. AT the end of the day, it won’tchange a thing. The show is deliberately trying to expand away from the coreteam and 7.12 was the flag ship for that. Notice how each episode after the crossoverhas been singular.

7.10 was Emiko’s revelation. 7.11 was Siren’s entire redemptivearc in one go. 7.12 was pushing an undeserving city to accept vigilantes for the heroes they are and a poor effort to bring back the john diggle of old. 7.13 was aboutOlicity as parents and William and how they get from a to b in terms of the present and future. 7.14 will be about OTA andFelicity’s pregnancy. 15 will be about OTA, the SCPD and the FF’s. 16 willbe about Mia. And so on and so forth. They’re all standalone episodes and it’sknocking us for a loop.

I would have loved for 7.12 to call-back to S2 and 3 and howOTA was set up. I THOUGHT this was the purpose to 7.12. Instead of focusing onthat, they focused on how the show has CHANGED, which wasn’t what a lot of us wanted.It focused on how it shaped from S5 through to 7 with some S1 thrown in. Ifthey hadn’t lauded the episode so much, WE wouldn’t have cared so much.

Also, a lot of my anons tend to decide weeks in advance thatan episode is going to suck. Remember how good 7.13 was? Do you want to take aguess at how many anons told me it would be the exact opposite?

Now yeah: I don’t care about BC because they’ve never beenable to stick with one which tells me they failed with that character big time. Sara. Laurel. Dinah. Evelyn.Now Zoe. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail.

But, so what if they take an episode to focus on her. I’m not taking this asa personal insult to myself. Nor am I taking this as an insult to Felicity’scharacter. Felicity, Oliver and the birds and so flipping detached from each other at this point. In fact, they've never been close. Whenever Felicity gets focus, I notice that no one gave a crap about everyone else's lack of limelight.

Would I love for her to have the limelight always? Yes. Would it have been great if her being present in every single episode description continue forever? Yes. But all good things come to end. She'll get the limelight again (DO NOT ASK ME WHEN: I am not a psychic) at some point.

The ENTIRETY of the OTA are not a theme in 7.18 either. The birdsare. To be honest, I kind of get it. Think about it:

Aside from pulling Rene up, being a hypocrite and looking down on Oliver, what hasDinah’s SL been this year? NOW she’s lost her scream, perhaps forever. Perhapsnot. They just got rid of Curtis. This feels foreboding for her character.

Again, aside from trying to BE LL in order to redeem herselfand being Felicity’s BF, what is Siren’sSL this year.

I already listed the SL’s for felicity and they’re severaltimes that of the other two.

It doesn’t remotely bother me that Felicity (AND Oliver) won’tbe in 7.18 much (save from her being Overwatch for them) because it’s lordingup each version of bird they possess (including Sara and the dead ll). It mighteven be a goodbye. No, Dinah isn’tleaving. I meant a goodbye to the canary cry or whatever the hell.

What they shouldbe doing in this episode (but I’m not getting my hopes up) is finally makingthese women realise, like Felicity has always known, that you don’t need a metascream to make a difference. Dinah is the lost canary because she’s lost her ability.As I said before, she’s nothing without her scream, so maybe this is where sherealises that’s not true. Again, I don’t care. It doesn’t bother me. It’sArrow. This happens all the time.

Emily did film for17. And 16. And 18. She’s filmed for them all. Just not much.

Neither has Stephen. In fact, she and Stephen have filmedfor similar amounts recently. And though the after winter hiatus arc has neverfocused on Olicity the way 7.13 did, we’re not even half way through 7b. I’d rathersave my opinions until S7 is finished.

But I’m not here to make anyone feel better: if you don’t likemy opinions, then you don’t have to ask for them.

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Arrow 7x13 brain dump

So this review/brain-dump is probably not going to be very thorough as I am simply too excited for our Olicity baby!! I really enjoyed this week, and haven’t felt this giddy about an episode in forever!!! Positive!Beccie is back with a vengeance! No ranting (probably) from me this week!

The Queen family

I could probably write this review solely under this heading, because this was a truly family-centric episode. We got some real scenes of the three of them this week at last!!

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Continued under the cut

The pancake scene was just brilliant; Oliver starting off out of his element, then Felicity playing bad cop to get Oliver to start the conversation, then Oliver just acing his chat with William, like he’s been Dadding forever! I loved Oliver calling William “young man”; when I used to get “young lady”-d by my Mum I knew I was in the shit 😂 William was brilliant in these scenes too-he had some valid points, and spoke them up well, but in that wonderful moody/angry teenager way obvs, of course resulting in a storm-out, followed by a “we’re not done here”! I realise as I’m writing this that we never really got to the bottom of why William got expelled; he said it was a fight, but no more information than that, I’m guessing that’s all we’re going to get? Anyway, I really enjoyed the Oliver-William scenes, and we got that adorable scene between Will and Felicity with the Rubik’s cube, that we saw mentioned in the flash forwards earlier in the season.

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Oliver and Felicity deciding to let William go and live with his grandparents was heart-breaking 😭😭 I adored Oliver sticking up for Felicity and fighting for his family...there’s our boy!!

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I’m so pleased that Oliver asked Felicity for her opinion, and actually made that decision with her. This is a true marriage, a family. A family that is now torn apart again and I don’t like it, but I think it was the right decision for the time being. I also don’t think this is the last we will see of William, despite how the FFs may make it seem right now. He most certainly wasn’t abandoned here; it was his choice to leave.

But when one child leaves…we get another one 😂😂😂 THE OLICITY BABY IS HERE!!!!

Ok, so this wasn’t exactly the jaw-dropping moment it was teased to be (was it teased to be? I don’t even know; we work ourselves into such fabulous frenzies over these things that I can’t remember what we were supposed to be expecting haha!). Anyway. We been knew. But for every worried anon, Loliver stan, morally questionable writer (looking at you MG) or otherwise delusional troll/comic f*boy that may have put an element of doubt into our heads….HA!! Of course Mia was going to be Olicity’s daughter, it was the only logical explanation. The hints were still coming thick and fast throughout the episode; there was even one beautiful transition scene where Felicity morphed into Mia before our very eyes! And we now have a pregnant Felicity! I’m not big into baby/pregnancy storylines so I don’t have a boatload of things I’m desperate to see. I just need to see Felicity tell Oliver, and have a few cutesy overprotective/scared prospective parent moments and I’ll be happy! I’m still more interested in Felicity as a character and her personal storyline, and I’m hoping that that isn’t lost. For me it’s the solidification of their family in the present, and the legacy that they leave for us to see in the future that I’m excited for (SO EXCITED!!!).

Stan

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Why hasn’t he been a proper Big Bad?! As many have already said, he’s been a more frightening, involved, relevant and empathetic villain in the 2-3 episodes we’ve known him as a villain for, than LizardBoy has been in 1.5 seasons!!! It’s almost a shame that they used him on such a family-focused episode, because I think he could have carried a full-on villain-centric episode by himself. He was a scary combination of vulnerable, creepy and violent and he left us (or me at least) wanting more!! I hope we see him again, but I don’t think we will. I loved his drugging of the Queen family (ok that drugging was a bit ridiculous, but this is still Arrow), and his truth bombs about the rest of the ‘team’; the man made some serious sense!! And I loved seeing the three of them work as a team to take him down!

Flash forwards

Mia frikkin Smoak guys!!!!

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Baby Olicity is a savage lol!! A gloriously imperfect mix of island rage Oliver and angry Felicity. This girl is damaged and has been through some serious shit for sure, which I hate for her, but makes her so interesting to watch. I loved her punching out William and Zoe (for no real reason ha!) and taking on Dinah and Roy (with Connor’s help). She’s fearless, no nonsense and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goal, which is to use the Archer program to find Felicity, her mama 😍😍 We got to see Parkour!Roy, still never fails to make me smile (and he’s SO HOT), and saw Dinah recognise Connor as Dig’s son, calling him Connor, not JJ. So Roy and Dinah didn’t know JJ, Mia or William (not really), and Dig, Oliver and Felicity are all still unaccounted for. Looks like OTA and fam went scram, be that into hiding or just out of Star City, and a long while back too.

The future story arc is really quite well done in S7; the writers have had us puzzling within fandom so much over Mia’s parentage, when the real mystery is what the f is going on in these flash forwards! I have zero clue what is going on, and I like that I don’t know! It’s still frustrating, because we are so used to an overload of spoilers and the somewhat predictable writing, so it’s refreshing to be sooo in the dark still at this stage. We also have to think that as well as the ‘present’ future situation, there are also 20 years of unknowns to be filled in, and it’s exciting! It’s also grim as hell, and by the sound of it we won’t get a ‘happy’ resolution by the end of the season, but I’m hoping there is a teeny bit of sunshine in amongst all the grey clouds! I’m also (maybe?) in the minority whereby if this hopeless future is a result of Oliver having died in our current time (i.e. in the crossover), I don’t want his inevitable resurrection to ‘reset’ this future timeline, or else what would have been the point at all of this storyline for the past season? I dunno…I’m ultimately so confused by it all, but for now I’m ok with that 😊

NTA + Dig

It hurts my heart that Dig is in this category, for now at least. They were fine, not too annoying I think as they took up an acceptably small amount of screen time. I would have liked to see a bit more Dig, but it wouldn’t have fit in this episode. I thought the murder-house stuff was cool, suitably suspenseful and funny in parts. It’s a shame they put Dinah’s attack in the trailer, as that would have been an awesome shock moment otherwise. So is that her Canary Cry gone now? That seems lazy to me…this is a metahuman superpower, and one swift non-fatal slit to the throat puts an end to it? I call bullshit.

Curtis Holt has left the building!! He couldn’t leave without reminding us why we grew to dislike him; signing over Helix to Felicity (Smoak Tech RISE!) so self-satisfactorily, as if he’d done a damn thing towards it in the last year (and what he did previously for Helix he used to intentionally track and cause bodily harm to the recipient…still mad). Bye bitch! I’m glad they got rid without resorting to offing a black gay character though….WELL DONE WRITERS!!! Under another showrunner (*cough* MG) this would have gone differently I’m positive. Also, the fact that Curtis’ exit is so unnoteworthy and TOTALLY overshadowed by MIA FRAKKING SMOAK is just beautiful!!

Ok so this got long again, quelle surprise! Sorry! And we have to wait 3 weeks till the next episode 😣😣

Thank you to the wonderful gif-brigade! Our saviours 💗

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