User blog:Kaestal/Top 10 Best Parts of Arrowverse

In direct contrast to my previous list, this one is about 10 aspects of Arrovwerse I like.

Number 10 - Oliver's Growth & Flashbacks
While I don't necessarily like the Mayor Queen route, seeing Oliver go from the jaded, cynical, "I must be alone" person from Season 1 to the team-building mentor figure was enjoyable.

Getting to see the change from Billionaire moron to Hardened Fighter was equally as enjoyable, seeing his whole growth from Dummy to Jaded to Hopeful has been a heck of a journey if anything.

I hope to see this next season have him graduate into a more focused father for his son.

Number 9 - Eobard from Season 1
Even though we pretty much knew from the start that Harrison wasn't all he advertised and figuring out who he was only took a few episodes for some people, he was a fantastic villain.

I love the concept of a villain hiding behind the role of mentor to the hero, and even after Barry discovered the truth he would still, when situations were at their worst, go to Eobard for assistance.

Him growing from immature, self-serving hatred to Barry to actively wondering who was wrong in their messed up history was interesting too, showing he wasn't just a villain.

It was almost like he was a criminal who came to realize the error of his was and just really wanted to go home.

Number 8 - Cisco
Barring the Bitchsco incidents from Season 3, Cisco is a very welcome part of Arrowverse.

He's basically us given show form, he loves the metahuman stuff and how crazy fun Flash can be and he gives a vital piece of assistance to Team Flash.

His Vibe powers also give an interesting aspect to the storyline, though I'm glad they're routinely dampened by his inexperience because otherwise the story could be broken quite easily.

Number 7 - Arrow Team V2
Aside from the idiot that is Evelyne, I like the concept, and many times, the execution, of Team Arrow Version 2.0

It shows a rather large change in Oliver, initially, he wouldn't actually recruit people until they came to him or had a skill he specifically needed at that very moment.

Compared to how jackassy he was to Barry and Roy at the beginning and then how he managed to be nicer to the team and trust them was cool in retrospect.

Number 6 - Introducing Magic
While it made Damien such an invincible villain that Oliver never really managed to beat him until the absolute very end, not even a hint of a chance otherwise, the introduction of magic made the story open up massively.

Now, the sky's the limit, if they want to make a show that entirely revolves around a mystical character it doesn't have to be a sudden "Wait, there's magic?"

While we technically got that when Damien suddenly did stuff, the shock has already gone past, we've gotten used to that idea.

Number 5 - The Justice Society of America
This is something I like more in concept than its execution.

The justice society were kinda jerkasses from what we saw, but the mere concept of past heroes allows them to introduce older heroes without really having to justify anything.

We already know there are older heroes out there, or rather, they can be out there, in hiding and secrecy.

Number 4 - The Time Crash
I can already see the zany adventures incoming with Legends Season 3.

Also, I like how it makes the Legends massive hypocrites if they say they'd never change the timeline for the worse.

I do have to wonder how they'll justify the Time Crash not affecting the other shows, though.

Number 3 - Spear of Destiny
Introducing this thing paved the way for the Spectre, Azazel, and all sorts of interesting Vertigo concepts.

Number 2 - Speed Force
Showing this aspect of Flash mythos was a very good idea, it allows some explanations for why Flash doesn't just vaporize himself at higher speeds and allows for more... interesting powers to be developed.

Number 1 - Multiverse
Connected to the above really, introducing the multiverse concept opened the door for crossovers with shows that don't take place on Earth 1

(Though it did make a heck of a "What do we do now?" moment for the wikia, which I still don't really see the reason for adding Supergirl to it but whatever)

If anything could allow them to make more shows with a storyline reason for doing so, not just monetary, it's this concept.

In Conclusion
And here's the list of what I enjoy most about Arrow, at least that I could think of at this time.