User blog comment:TheDoctor230/Arrow's Reddit Page/@comment-26624146-20171201105535/@comment-31350859-20171201163949

You know if Felicity dies, it would be her second time and Oliver's fourth or fifth or what I don't know time losing a person he loves and this time he would be driven totally crazy. So the show writers wouldn't be doing that and fans have to bear with the Olicity or Felicity's cringe.