Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-1783334-20160601021958/@comment-5635877-20160821222340

Diagonally33 wrote: The Mercenary 73 wrote:

Cloudtheavenger wrote:

Xandermcc wrote:

Cloudtheavenger wrote: I just hope Anatoly doesn't turn into a villain like they did with Slade. Oliver did cross the Bratva, but maybe Anatoly will be understanding. Except that is who Slade and Anatoly are in the comics, they are villians. Sorry for late reply. Been busy with summer school. It wasn't matter. They can add a new layer to classic characters by making villains into anti-heros. They've already made Slade into a anti-hero when he joined the Suicide Squad in the comics. Same with Deadshot and a few others, the "grey" characters are always interesting and that is why Slade worked so well. Anatoly shouldn't be a straight substitute for Slade, they've both got different personalities, i only hope they don't ruin the character as they did Malcolm Merlyn. Slade never becomes an anti hero on The Arrow. In Legends of Tomorrow "Star City 2046", Oliver says that he lost his arm fighting Slade. Slade's son takes his father's position in "Star City 2046". The whole 2046 timeline may not even happen so that's a mute point, but in season one and the first half of season two Slade could be described as an anti-hero. He's tough on Oliver, extremely so at first and doesn't follow the rules a regular hero would follow. Slade has appeared in the Suicide Squad so that gives Berlanti, Guggenheim and Mericle a clear invitation to "develop" the character and take him into an "original" direction. They've already done that with Merlyn, very poorly, because he should never be allied with the Green Arrow....it's like the Joker working with Batman, it just shouldn't happen.