Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-25054842-20171018200425

Recently, I've seen alot of people saying that Malcolm is dead for sure after the season 5 finale "Lian Yu". But I don't agree, because Malcolm is a really big Arrow character, and killing him is wrong. Some of you probably wondering how he could survive that explotion, and I say, I don't know. That the thing about Malcolm. He's very mysterious, and he has his tricks. He was already thought to be dead after the season 1 finale. I'm just saying, Malcolm is too experienced to just die by a landmine. If he's really dead, It will be so much dissapointing, as the most long running villain in the arrowverse died like this.

Now, I want to answer some of the things people say, that "prove" he is dead:

It was confirmed that John Barrowman won't return in season 6

I have 2 thing to say about that:

1. Only becuase he won't return in season 6, doesn't mean that he would never return. He can return in season 7, or in one of the other arrowverse shows.

2. Manu Bennent, who plays Slade Wilson, said a few months ago that he won't return to Arrow. But eventually, he came back for the season 5 finale, and he is going to come back a few times in season 6. The same thing can happen with Barrowman.

John Barrowman confirmed in a video that Malcolm is dead

No. He never confirmed that. I've seen this video, and he didn't say the words "Malcolm died" or anything like that. He just said that it happened "offscreen", but what happened offscreen? I think he was talking about the producers of the show don't want him to come back in season 6, or at something else. But he definetelly didn't confirm that Malcolm is dead. Even if he did confirm, I'm not sure he is the one who choose that. That's mostly the writers job and the producers job, and they never confirmed that as well.

So, I don't think Malcolm is dead. If you disagree with me, please reply to this post. I would love to hear your thoughts about the mystery. 