User blog comment:MS225/Arrow - Season Five Interview/@comment-28501280-20161006011229/@comment-3221148-20161007094322

Yes, a legacy character that had multiple variations throughout generations. Dinah Lance wasn't even the first Black Canary in the comics!

And if anything, the most true to comic design Canary that got replaced in Arrow was Sara. Did anybody flip their shit over it? And when her little sister replaced her? Doesn't count because she has the Lance name, I guess.