User blog:Eobard95/Black Siren and Dinah Drake futures

So as sceptical as I am over season 6 not failing due to all the Olicity rumors (unless it’s all bullshit and Felicity is dying in 6x01 as I hope she is) my hope to see Black Siren redeem and give us a second chance with Laurel Lance hasn’t changed despite Dinah Drake being introduced. I know there are those on here sceptical to believe she can redeem but hell if Harley Quinn can help Joker nuke Metropolis and be given a free pass by Batman, why can’t Oliver give Black Siren a pass if she actually proves herself? I’ve been thinking it over and I’m actually convinced now that is what’s going to happen and here’s why.

It’s clear that while under the delusion Olicity was a lot more popular than they believed they killed Laurel in 4x18 so she wouldn’t pose a threat to it with the general assumption Lauriver would return, yet it’s not Green Arrow without Black Canary so they were planning to introduce Dinah Drake as early as then because of the promise Laurel made Oliver keep which we didn’t learn until 5x01. However I don’t think they anticipated the backlash to Laurel’s death and the subsequent praise towards Earth-2 Laurel (which was probably a combination of people loving Katie’s villainous portrayal and people in generally being thrilled to see Laurel again in some capacity). I also think Andrew Kreisberg knew Laurel's death would spark backlash and created E2-Laurel as a backup plan for Guggie to fall back on.

However I think they tried to help audiences move on with episodes like 5x08 and brought E2-Laurel in to 5x10 to make people happy that Laurel would have somebody else carry on in her memory. Of course what they probably didn’t realize again is that people would be so outraged towards Dinah’s introduction and the idea of her replacing Laurel (let’s face it no matter how many “She’s just continuing the mantle” lines they throw at us Dinah is replacing Laurel), and just outright reject her. I know there are a lot of people who do like Dinah but there are just as many if not more who don’t like her just because of what she represents and even those that do like her still seem to prefer the idea of E2-Laurel redeeming.

As for the Black Siren and Dinah Drake rivalry it’s not gonna work for so many reasons because one is largely considering by many to be a fake Canary while the other is literally another version of the real Canary we actually grew to care about over the course of 4 years and many fans are already rooting for E2-Laurel instead when your clearly supposed to be rooting for Dinah. I honestly think her “You thought you could replace me? That’s cute” line was an in-universe acknowledgement to fan reception and hell I actually smiled at that line myself.

I don’t know why they don’t just kill Dinah in 6x01 so the Earth-2 Laurel redemption theories can come true but then as I said I think the redemption hint was really just a ploy to introduce Dinah and not what they originally intended, and I’ve never believed E2-Laurel would redeem in just one episode if she did and it would be a season long struggle. I guess in that respect Team Arrow does need somebody that can legitimately fight her so maybe Dinah is now only around as means to allow E2-Laurel to redeem? So that in itself leaves Dinah’s fate in question so I think she’ll either be killed at the end of season 6 or my theory will come true and she’ll join the Legends and turn out to be Laurel and Sara’s grandmother via a casual loop which gives her an actual claim to the Black Canary name.

I don’t know if this means Oliver and E2-Laurel will be together but considering that a lot of people were pissed off Oliver and E1-Laurel weren’t together and how much negativity Olicity has gotten I think they may go back to this. No it doesn't have to be full romantic drama bullshit imagine it being more like Oliver and Sara but with a lot more demons lol. The only drama-filled thing I can think of in regards to them is both being uncomfortable with developing feelings for each other because they loved each other' doppelgangers. But as Oliver messed it up with Laurel and I think E2-Laurel screwed things up with E2-Oliver, E1-Oliver and E2-Laurel could be each other's second chances.

However Felicity's survival kinda puts a dent in this possiblity and I don’t know why they won’t just kill her in 6x01 because Olicity will simply bever be accepted but they seem to be under the idea Olicity “wasn’t done right”, but I think they’re in for a surprise when people start bitching yet again and they may be forced to kill her this time in the crossover or 6x09 coming up. I say bring on the Olicity red wedding if that’s the case. Also given the pattern of appeasement regarding Laurel here if I'm right she died 4x18 and now E2-Laurel is back to be a series regular for season 6 and it wasn't really until season 4 that the Felicity hate really grew out of control, so it sounds like it's almost time that there appeasement choices will dictate their actions soon and come on how many peope don't want to see Felicity die?

So yea got a little off topic there but basically the way I see it they had plans for Dinah a while ago without thinking of the consequences Laurel's death would bring and now they've caved and brought E2-Laurel back which leaves Dinah's role unclear and I think she's either gonna die or go to Legends. We can't have two characters with the same power in Arrow yet sending Laurel away again is just gonna piss people off all over again yet simply, as sad as it is, people would be far less upset if Dinah were sent away.