Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20160407004753/@comment-7515480-20160407221939

8th Hero of Olympus wrote: Am I really the only one here who doesn't really care much about Laurel's death?

I'm sure you're not. She was a divisive character to say the least. But at the end of the day, it's The Black Canary and a character of such importance deserved better than what she got. They've always struggled with the character and by doing this they basically admitted they never knew what to do with her on a long-term basis. Guggenheim said it was a creative choice that they made to show this is their own interpretation without feeling the need to stick to the comics where Oliver and Dinah are an "iconic" couple. The way I see it, he is basically implying that in this version, if Dinah Laurel Lance didn't have a love affair with Oliver Queen anymore, then she had nothing more to offer. As if this is the only thing that could've ensured her presence on the show.

So yeah, I think some fans do have a reason to be pissed about it. These showrunners didn't seem to care much about the character unless she served some purpose for them. That was painfully obvious this season, they gave her some emphasis exactly two times: 1) When they brought her sister back; 2) When they killed her. A character of this magnitude was blatantly disrespected the entire time and then she was just killed off. I wouldn't stop watching the show because of that, I'm not so overdramatic, but these guys can kiss my ass.