User blog:Eobard95/Professor Stein dying - Ronnie returning?

Now this is unconfirmed but I've heard a rumor that Professor Stein maybe be getting killed off in the crossover coming up because Victor Garber has signed onto a Broadway gig in New York which won't let him film for Legends meaning in someway he probably will be written out. If not then my guess is they'll do what happened with Rip and Stein will vanish for sometime leaving Jax on his own in a race against time to find him so they both don't die. Stein went just over 6 months without knowing of his need to merge with a partner after Ronnie's "death" so he and Jax would have some time before the side-effects killed him.

However that begs the question if Stein does die then who will replace him? I've heard a theory that it could be Martins' daughter Lily that becomes Jax's new partner as Firestorm which isn't too far fetched, but since we don't even know if Lily is a meta-human I'm not really putting a lot of stock into it yet so I've wondered Ronnie is returning and will become Jax' partner. I've never believed Ronnie was dead but stuck on an alternate Earth somewhere surviving through some means of his own. I originally thought Earth-2 and then I thought maybe Earth-19 because of their "no breaching" laws but I've wondered if he's actually stuck on Earth-X and maybe they'll rescue him and Stein will die saving Ronnie and Jax lives so they can become Firestorm themselves.

However Ronnie surviving and returning does present a few problems for Jax as Ronnie will have been separated from Caitlin for almost 3 years now and given the way she is now there's not way he'll leave her again which means Jax kinda has to transfer to Flash. Then again given that Firestorm has saved the timeline several times now maybe Ronnie will be forced to put aside his own feelings and join the Legends instead and trust Barry and Cisco to help Caitlin in his absence. Jax is a series regular in Legends whereas Ronnie would be a recurring character so it kinda makes sense that he goes to Legends instead, but then again is it possible for main cast members of these shows to transfer to another midway through a season? If so maybe Firestorm is returning to Flash which would be awesome as I did like the Flash/Firestorm team ups.

If the Legends are losing Firestorm and need a new team member who would you pick? My choice would be for Dinah Drake. I'm still divided towards her and I still don't think she belongs in Arrow because I don't see her as much more than Laurel's replacement, and I'm still not fully over her death to be honest, but Dinah does have potential and if she were transferred to Legends either during the crossover or next years seasons of all the shows I'd start lightening up on her a bit. I don't think Dinah is sticking around after this season of Arrow regardless as I've heard different hints from Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy and Wendy Mericle that the Black Siren redemption theories may actually be coming true, and I don't know how they can have two characters with the same power in the same show. Plus I generally hear a lot more teasing regarding Black Siren than I do towards Dinah. I also am kinda hoping my theory of Dinah being Sara and Laurel's grandmother, and thus mother of Alex Kingston's Dinah, via a casual loop comes true as it would actually give her the right to have the Black Canary name.

Anyway though, getitng off topic a bit there, what do you think? Is Stein dying or just going missing and if so who will take his place? Will Firestorm remain in Legends or is he going back to Flash?