User blog:Nightslayer2/How To Improve Arrow

After seeing Eobard95's blog, I think Arrow needs some improvements. Don't get me wrong, I love the show. It's just that Eobard95's blog made me remember somewhere on Youtube that Supergirl, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow were more popular than Arrow. I think they said that the Flash was the most popular out of all the shows, Supergirl was second, and Legends of Tomorrow was third. What these shows all have in common is that they're all sci-fi while the actors, like Stephen Amell, want to focus on Arrow having a sense of realism, like with no magic and dealing with regular crime. The first half of season 4 was good. The second half of season 4 was terrible since they made a mistake in killing off Laurel. But hey, we cannot undo what we did in the past, however, we can improve our errors. That's what resulted in season 5 is the best since the show went back to a darker tone instead of a lighter one like in season 4.

Here are some improvements that I think should happen.

More Crossovers-I think that the more crossovers Arrow has with the Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow, the more the ratings will increase. For a Flash crossover, I sort of have the idea of Barry and Oliver switching places where Oliver is in Central City leading Team Flash and Barry is in Star City leading Team Arrow. For a Legends of Tomorrow crossover, the Legends come to Star City when a bounty hunter from the future is after Oliver. For a Supergirl crossover, perhaps after Earth 38 and Earth 1 merge together during a huge crossover event, Team Arrow and Team Supergirl can join forces to stop an alien. But if Earth 1 and Earth 38 don't merge together, then perhaps James Olsen Aka Guardian should come to Earth 1 to work with Team Arrow for a bit as well as train with Oliver for a few episodes before deciding to go back home. I don't know, I just think that more crossovers can help boost the show's ratings.

Less But Important Flashbacks-The flashbacks on Oliver's five years are finally over, so now flashbacks occurring less will be good. However, if flashbacks were to happen, they should be about Diggle's time in the Army, Quentin Lance as a cop before working with Team Arrow, Laurel's time as the Black Canary before her death, Oliver, and Diggle working together from the first season to attack those on the List, more on who survived the explosion of Lian Yu, and Slade's past before coming to Lian Yu. Perhaps there can also be flashbacks with Josh Segerra in it as Adrian Chase as well such as what he was like before Justin Claybourne died, his training with Talia, and him carrying out his scheme. I dunno, but I think they should only introduce flashbacks when they're necessary to include and if ties into what's happening in the episode.

No More Main Villains Trying To Destroy The City-It was kind of getting old with the main villains having a goal to destroy the city. However, I think they should have different goals. Like the writers making Malcolm destroying the Glades, Slade trying to destroy Starling City before it is renamed to Star City, and Ra's trying to destroy Starling City with the Omega Virus is understandable, however, I felt that they should've made Damien's goal difference. Enough about that, season 5 was okay because there were no terrorist attacks like in the previous season. Like Adrian only wanted to destroy Oliver, not Star City. Like this season, Team Arrow will be dealing with personal villains like Black Canary with Black Siren, Oliver with Anatoly, Diggle with Richard Dragon, and Felicity with Cayden James. Black Siren's goal should just be to kill Dinah since she is jealous of her, Anatoly's goal should be to prove himself to not be weak in front of the Bratva, Dragon's goal should be to unite all of Star City's criminal enterprises (like Tobias Church),  and Cayden James' goal should be to get revenge on A.R.G.U.S for imprisoning him without a trial, believing this to be government corruption. As for Vigilante, his goal is obvious, to keep killing criminals in Star City. What I'm trying to say is, no more main villains trying to destroy the city. It was great from seasons one to three, but it's getting old.

More Sci-Fi-There should be a bit more sci-fi in it. Like, introduce the multiverse concept just like in The Flash. Perhaps Earth-2 Robert Queen, who is the Arrow on this earth, can come to Earth 1 because of a portal and meet his son's doppelganger. Robert could be there just to investigate where this portal leads after finding it in Starling City on his earth or he could just be there to bring in Black Siren. Either way, it would be cool to see Oliver and Thea meet their father's doppelganger. I wonder what that would be like. Perhaps Robert will be disappointed at his son's doppelganger for losing Queen Consolidated and for not continuing to target people on the List. I bet on Earth 2, the members of Robert's team are Walter, Sara Lance, Thea, and Tommy. Or they can introduce an alternate version of Malcolm Merlyn who is the Green Arrow. This would be interesting to see Thea meet her father's doppelganger after her real father died on Lian Yu. The show could also introduce more metahumans for Team Arrow to encounter and for them to experience some more effects of Flashpoint. Like Ralph Bundy died until Flashpoint brought him back. Perhaps some more consequences would include stuff like Adrian Chase being Prometheus instead of Vigilante and Hannibal Bates being alive.

Introduce More Cool Supervillains-They introduced some cool supervillains in the past for Team Arrow to encounter like Death Stroke, Nyssa, Merlyn, Ra's, Talia, Adrian, Double Down, Death Bolt, and Baron Reiter. However, they can introduce other cool villains from the Green Arrow comics such as Onomatopeia, the Star City Slayer, and a dangerous street gang calling themselves the Street Knights (like in the New 52).

Bring Back Some Old Characters-They should bring back fan favorites such as Roy Harper, Walter Steele, Helena Bertinelli, and Donna Smoak. Like Walter comes back to help Thea or Felicity run a business, Roy returns to become part of Team Arrow, Helena returns as a member of the Suicide Squad (either way, she deserves a chance at redemption since I feel sorry for her), and Donna returns to Star City for some reason so perhaps Quentin can try to go out with her. Either way, Quentin deserves to be happy.

Borrow Some Story Ideas From The Comics-I think borrowing some storylines from the comics would be a good idea like in a comic book based on Adrian Chase being the Vigilante, Oliver, who is trying to help Vigilante reform after finding out his true identity (they say Vigilante has a personal connection to one of the members of Team Arrow) and Vigilante's alter ego talking a woman out of doing something reckless when her daughter is killed and the two teens she believes to be responsible are released by the court. Another would be Green Arrow being against Reggie Mandell, Kebo, and the Warhogs. The the first two issues in the Green Arrow comics were that happens should appear on the screen and modifictions would be Paul being one of the victims, Curtis trying to move on from Paul, and Richard Dragon killing Mandell to takeover his mob or something.

What do you guys think?