User blog comment:Squaredomo214/The Guggenheim Paradox/@comment-28458080-20160601163803/@comment-24830227-20160601205311

My point is that the issue of fanservice bleeds through into everything in the show.

When we rally for a relationship to become real or for a character to come back for any nonsensical reason, it takes power away from the creators and artists that made it great. The studio is pressured to do what we asked for the viewership they need to keep the show afloat. It has less to do with the romantic stuff and more to do with how fan entitlement ruins the show in general by forcing artists to tell the story they don't want to.

You want to know why Arrow is getting worse? It's because fans take power away from the people who actually can form a legitimate story, and it makes the show worse, not just in the relationship-y stuff.