Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-35031453-20180413084126/@comment-27673963-20180422100023

Yes totally forced, there were hints in season 2 of a possible romance, and then straight away in season 3 he is completely in love with her and the will they wont they bitchy drama was making both Oliver and Felicity act completely out of character for plot reasons.

Also Oliver had loved Laurel for half of his life but a new showrunner takes over and the show got retconned.