User blog:Nightslayer2/My Thoughts on Arrow Season 5

I think that season 5 was the best season ever. I loved the plot twists, the new villains, and the new team. I loved everything, however, there are some stuff that I would've preferred happen this season.

Tommy Merlyn Is Prometheus: When I first saw Prometheus, I had a dream one evening that he was Tommy Merlyn. I honestly thought that it would've been better if Tommy was Prometheus. When Malcolm became the new Ra's Al Ghul, he used the Lazarus Pit to bring Tommy back from the dead. However,   Malcolm manipulated Tommy into thinking that Oliver killed him as the Arrow just to steal Laurel Lance from under his nose (this is kind of based on my previous blog where I would've preferred that Laurel Lance stay alive in season 4 of Arrow). I honestly would've preferred if Adrian Chase was Vigilante just like in the comics because that would be another good way to bring back Josh Segerra for the sixth season. After being ressercuted, Tommy was tricked by Malcolm into believing that Oliver killed him for Laurel and began plotting his revenge. Tommy knows everything about Oliver due to having grown up with him and he eventually learns about his allies because of Talia. I don't know Adrian Chase knew about Talia and where to find her, however, I can seeing Tommy knowing Talia because of Malcolm. I know that Talia would refuse Tommy's request since Malcolm is an enemy of her father, however, Tommy is also angry at Malcolm for everything that has happened and with Talia's training, Tommy soon learns a lot more about his best friend. I think that would've been cooler. In the fifth season finale, Adrian lied to Oliver that he killed his son William. However, Oliver didn't believe him since he knew Adrian was lying. How would Oliver have known? Adrian did tell the truth about him being Justin Claybourne's son and he didn't try to deny it when Oliver discovered he was Prometheus. I would've preffered if Prometheus lied about being Justin Claybourne's son causing Team Arrow to be off his trail. That, in my opinion, would've been a good plot twist.

Adrian Chase Is Vigilante: I saw Eobard95's blog wondering if Vigilante was the real Adrian Chase still portrayed by Josh Segerra. I would've preferred if Adrian was Vigilante. In the comics, Adrian's father was a wealthy lawyer who would defend criminals even though Adrian knew that were guilty. Adrian's daddy issues where what inspired him to go back to being Vigilante after he quit. I can see Adrian having daddy issues in the show. His real name would still be Simon Morrison and he would still be a lawyer for his father's company while still secretly showing disgust for his father's corruption. Claybourne and his son would have a loving relationship until Claybourne disowns Simon because of his mental condition which makes Simon become obsessed with getting back at his father as well as because of the guilt of never being able to stop his corruption. In 2012, Claybourne was killed by Oliver which made Adrian pleased that his father was ended and wished that he killed him, however, his mother was devestated by Claybourne's death. Simon was then inspired to be like the Hood and trained to become Vigilante. Years later, he becomes the ADA of Star City serving under Laurel Lance while renaming himself as Adrian Chase and eliminating all traces of his previous identity. I was thinking Laurel could be Adrian's love interest which would be cool to see. Adrian's mother thinks he is hurt by his father's death while Adrian is pleased by I can see continue to increase Team Arrow's belief that Prometheus is Claybourne's illegitimate son. Oliver manages to capture Adrian at the second half of the fifth season and Adrian reveals his origins to him which makes Team Arrow realize that Prometheus is motivated by something else. I can still see Tommy doing that. While in prison, Adrian meets Tobias Church, who wants to seek control of the prison. Church gets Adrian to fight off against Derek Sampson, who is in control of the prison. Adrian manages to kill Sampson and Church leaves Adrian to be beate nto death by all the violent inmates still loyal to Sampson. Adrian survives and Church helps him escape from prison to take out the competition. However, Adrian still promises to kill Church when he is released from prison. Oliver learns that Adrian has escaped and confronts Church about it. Church, who knows Oliver is the Green Arrow, is not worried because he knows that Adrian will kill anyone who stands in his way. Church is a clever and I can see him coming up with that plan. Oliver later on recruits Adrian to stop Prometheus by bringing him to Lian Yu as well as with Nyssa, Malcolm, and Laurel.

 Earth-1 Laurel V.S Earth-2 Laurel:   I think that I would love to see Laurel Lance face off against her evil doppelganger who is a part of Tommy Merlyn's team. It would be cool to see Laurel face off against her  demons since Earth 2 Laurel is the complete opposite of Earth 1 Laurel. That would be really interesting to see and be a bit like The Flash where Cisco and Caitlin encounter their evil twins.

 A Darker Curtis Holt:   When I first saw Curtis in the season 5 trailer, I thought that something bad happened to Paul which inspired him to take up the mantle as Mr. Terrific. I was thinking that they would do a storyline   similar to the fifth and sixth issue of Green Arrow Vol 2 with Tobias Church replacing Reggie Mandell's role, Greg Osborne and Colin being cut out, and Kebo still getting killed. Because of Paul's death at the hands of thugs sent by Kebo, Curtis decides to become Mr. Terrific since he never wants to feel helpless again. Paul ending things with Curtis since he can't stand having to constantly worry about him every night was already done in Tim Burton's Batman Trilogy where Vicki Vale left Bruce Wayne because of that. Curtis deciding to become a vigilante because his male lover was killed by criminals would be a better storyline since something like that never happened before.

More Tobias Church:  Tobias Church, known by the alias Charon, was a crime lord set about uniting all the major crime families and street gangs under his command just like he did in Hub City. A friend of time thought he was originally meant to be Tobias Whale and that only made him up since there were no albino actors. I

honestly don't know if that was the case and I wouldn't have minded that all either way. Tobias Whale is going to appear in  Black Lightning  and I think that is a good idea since Whale is a Black Lightning villain just like in the comics. I honestly like Tobias Church because he really was a great villain. I wish that they let him live longer. Prometheus still gives Church a warning by attacking him when leaving the strip club. Later when Tobias is being escorted to prison after the events of "The Human Target", Prometheus and kills all the guards. Church does something good for the first time by trying to protect the guard from being killed. He tells Prometheus the true identity of the Green Arrow even though Tommy already knows and Tommy lets him live telling him that there will not be a third warning. I think that would make more sense because in the show, the second time Adrian threatened Tobias was when he learned about him kidnapping Wild Dog, which he didn't need ninja skills to figure out since everyone in the SCPD knew about it, especially Lance. Church later tries to regain control of the prison only to fail because of Derek Sampson. I can see Sampson taking control of the prison since he was captured before Tobias. Tobias then gets Adrian to kill Sampson and helps him escape from prison.

Those are the changes I would make to the show. However, everything was still good. I kind of disliked the idea of a terrorist attack happening every season which is why I liked the part where Prometheus' goal was to destroy Oliver by bringing him back to Lian Yu, at the place where it all started. I liked Rag Man, Mr. Terrific, and Dinah Drake as the new Black Canary. Laurel retires being Black Canary because of Oliver deciding to kill again and Oliver decides to replace Laurel with Dinah instead. I wonder how Laurel would react to being replaced. I also liked seeing Oliver's own version of Flashpoint like when the Dominators had him kidnapped. I honestly think that Oliver cares about Laurel the most because of his hallucination and I'm more in favor of Lauriver instead of Olicity. The flashbacks were also good too and it was nice seeing Moira again in the finale.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. What do you guys think?