User blog comment:Squaredomo214/The Guggenheim Paradox/@comment-28501280-20160604205715

Guggenheim himself said that it was not some giant creative move to kill of Laurel, but one he made a few weeks before they had to have the script done. He turned the show into Felicity and Friends and put too much focus on her family. Fans complained about it because they were whiny and distracted too much from the main story. Not to mention Felicity changed her mind about what she said every other episode. Then show could have worked if he killed of say Detective Lance. His story lines had all been tied up, he was still large enough to affect the fan base, it would make sense story wise and he also isn't big enough to create an outrage among fans. If they killed Felicity, it would have made sense. They had so many episodes focus on her, it would have made sense if it was her swan song season. Laurel Lance is the Black Canary. Black Canary is the most influential character in the Green Arrow comics, besides Green Arrow himself. Laurel was finally getting closer to where she was in the comics. Her fighting was improving and she was getting closer to Oliver. They could have given her a storyline but they did not even bother too. Black Canary was an inspiration to people, especially those who grew up reading them. Not to mention, she inspired women everywhere. And killing her off, just when she was reminding people of the Black Canary they knew and loved, inspired hate in the Arrow fandom. People have a right to their opinion, and most feel like Arrow has hit rock bottom. I mean, has anyone else here noticed his suit isn't even green? It's actually black. There's multiple pictures that confirms that they just put a green filter on it. And lighter tone this season? Please. They said this would be a story of how Oliver became the Green Arrow. And as far as I'm concerned, and as far as most of the fandom (or what's left) is, this is NOT Green Arrow.