Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-807326-20181023024720/@comment-26537965-20181030064950

Cloudtheavenger wrote: The otaku with the chestnut eyes wrote: The Archer is obviously William. Careful with that. It's fine to think it's William, but given the writers are known for their sneakiness, using words like "obviously" is like setting yourself to get knocked down. How many people thought Vigilante would be Vincent despite writers claiming he would be a character we've seen before? How many thought the masked prisoner of Zoom was another Earth version of Barrys father? How many people thought Zoom and "Jay Garrick" were one and the same?

Also, as for the theory regarding William preventing Grant Wilson's insurrection, the thing is crossover plots are usually insignificant in the long run. They just serve as filler to have crossovers. There are rare cases in which they do have significance by setting the plot for a new series, eg, Legends of Yesterday, Legends of Today setting up Legends of Tomorrow. Actually, many people thought the masked prisoner was a version of Henry from a different Earth once it was revealed that Garrick was the maiden name of his mother.