User blog comment:Eobard95/Arrow Season 6 - Two characters dying?/@comment-31657011-20170811160255/@comment-26624146-20170817085919

I didn't doubt we'd never see Black Siren again at all but because of how they set things up wtih Dinah I never expected it to be more than just reccuring appearances as a villain, so when they announced E2-Laurel would be a series regular despite killing Laurel and replacing her with Dinah this immediatley shouted appeasement to me. There is also hints of the redemption theories coming true which is also kinda fan influenced, and I know this because I thought of it and uploaded it onto this site within weeks after Flash 2x22 aired.

As much as Felicity's death will satisfy a lot of people it's not just because she's hated that she should die. It's fitting if it's her. Prometheus was a villain who spent the entire series preparing for his revenge and was the living embodiment of Oliver's failures in season 1 who made him truly understand his sins. He needs to kill somebody close to him and it makes sense if it's somebody close to him who he's known just as long as Prometheus has been plotting his agenda which makes me think Diggle or Felicity, but I think Felicity is more fitting. I know Oliver came to a resolve but Tommy died and then Laurel died and he went right back to his old habits. He needs to endure one more loss so he doesn't make that same mistake again. It'd also show they do actually care about the show itself and not just Olicity. I also don't think there would be that many reprecutions to killing Felicity because there was backlash to Laurel's death and many of those outraged fans wanted it to be Felicity instead. Hell Emily Bett Rickards had literal death threats sent to her and CW was actually concerned for her safety, which sucks because she's just an actress doing her job.

I think they're just at a loss with Thea but they can't kill her because she really is the one character who can't die without destroying Oliver completely.