User blog comment:Gifist8/Tommy Merlyn Is Red Hood/@comment-27627583-20160711223255

Not all Arrow fans think this is nor should be a Batman show. Green Arrrow is a godo character that can stand on his own, characters like Ra's are all around the DCU in the comics, he has a special connection to Batman but he and the League of Assassins have faced numerous other heroes in theri history. Besides Tommy Merlyn actually becomes the archer Merlyn in the new 52.....so they couldd do that but in my opinion there are too many other strong characters they could bring to the table without repeating old ones as a major villain. Xandermcc most of the Batman therories come from people that don't really get deep into the comics, if they do its strictly Batman (whom I think is somewhat overrated, his extended family and Green Arrow are much better characters in my opinion) .but there are alot of us Arrow fans that do get into the comics not jsut bats, but also Green Arrow, and the part he played in larger roles like Ideneity Crisis and Cry for Justice.