User blog comment:Squaredomo214/The Guggenheim Paradox/@comment-3221148-20160601144636/@comment-3221148-20160602081057

I don't think it's even a "Laurel side" anymore. It went beyond the shipping wars, and is related to how Guggenheim decided to expand Felicity and Laurel. Laurel started to be better when she was no longer the main love interest.