Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20160525235803/@comment-5405024-20160601021043

I turned my back on this show when Laurel was killed. The ONLY reason I stuck around after that Batman-reference-heavy Season 3 was because I thought Laurel would come one step closer to becoming the true Black Canary just like Oliver would come one step closer to becoming the true Green Arrow. Also, I've always been more of a fan of Black Canary than Green Arrow, so I had hopes that she would step up more. Not to mention, though it was unlikely, I thought they would have followed a similar beat with Smallville by turning more away from Felicity and towards Laurel (like Clark turned more away from Lana and more towards Lois). But the straw that broke the Camel's back was Guggenheim's reasoning...

"We recognize that upsets a lot of fans, particularly the comic book fans. In the comics, Dinah Lance and Oliver Queen are in a romance together. To some people, that is considered canonical and iconic. We respect that, but at the same time we’ve always made no bones about the fact that we’re telling our own version of the Green Arrow mythos. Green Arrow and Black Canary have had so many different interpretations over the years that we never felt beholden to one particular interpretation. This is our interpretation, like it or not, and I recognize that there are plenty of people up and down my Twitter feed who do not like it. I totally respect that. But it made the most creative sense for us going forward, despite the fact that we love Katie. We absolutely love her. That part, not getting the chance to work with Katie day in and day out is tempered by the fact that [the show] now lives in a universe where there’s resurrection, parallel earths, time travel and flashbacks. We have all these different ways of keeping Katie in the Arrowverse family. In fact, you will see her in an episode of Flash, playing the Earth-2 version of Laurel Lance. Katie is also reprising her role as Laurel of Earth-1 in Vixen Season 2. Death does not mean goodbye on any of these shows."

There's more, obviously. But that was what made me quit watching in a fury. And they say the DCEU is disrespectful to the fans?! Jeez...

Tell you one thing, if the same happens to Iris, I'm starting a petition and I expect everyone who has grown to despise the direction the Arrowverse is going in like I have to sign it. Nuff said...