User blog comment:Kir the Wizard/Laurel is the New Felicity - a Posthumous Glorification/@comment-25224899-20170215192030/@comment-3221148-20170215213941

Yes, the thing that's bothering me is that they retroactively act like she totally was, despite her arc (as presented on screen) looking more like something about the dangers of vigilantism without the right training.

Like, instead of "there must always be a Canary" moral, I'd expect something like "I won't let other people risk themselves again" from Oliver, making it the centerpiece of his conflict with other teammates. Hell, make it the basis of, with everybody leaving not because "lol, we're tired ollie", but because he deliberately cuts all ties, blaming himself for Laurel's death. tried that angle, but Oliver didn't have a previous rationale supporting him this way (since Thea and Diggle left of their own free will, rather than out of Oliver's paranoia)