Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20161208015315/@comment-11469381-20161219154532

to everyone about the whole flashpoint conversation, Let me clearly explain how it works, it doesn't bring people back from the dead, it changed and altered time and therefore the events that occured. look at Cisco's brother dante, before barry went back in time and caused flashpoint, he was alive and well but after flashpoint, he got killed by a drunk driver a few months later. that's what it did, it changed the events that happened and not just on arrow but on the flash and legemds as well. so clearly damien didn't kill laurel or he did but then someone dug up her body and some how brought her back to life which I beleive was Talia and Nyssa.

other examples include Joe not telling Iris about her mom, in season 2 he like did and her forgiving him as well as Caitlin not working at star labs as a scientist but as a doctor somewhere else.

also Look at the Legends, Martin created a abberation, His daughter. barry's not the only one who has messed with time. god only knows what they did.