User blog comment:Eobard95/Felicity dies saving Samantha?/@comment-24152851-20170702001110/@comment-24152851-20170702022125

People will always want her dead, that won't change. It's just what the writers choose to do about that. We could interpret Felicity apologizing to be a "baby step" to addressing the problems.

Hmm, if that was the case wouldn't it make more sense to follow the Laurel route? With Arrowverse shows, typically the hero's main love interest has some kind of immunity. Only when Laurel stopped being with Oliver did she become vulnerable.