User blog comment:Eobard95/SHOULD ARROW STOP GIVING OLIVER LOVE INTERESTS?/@comment-29668301-20170430195504/@comment-26624146-20170503051956

Ah... how many times do I have to spell it out. She's Earth-1 Laurel's doppelganger and they know how noble she was so Oliver believes that Earth-2 Laurel must be somewhat like her deep down. Also Oliver does miss Laurel-2 and blames himself for her death so he sees helping her reform is a way to forgive himself and the void of her absence would be somewhat lifted. Also Laurel lost everyone on her Earth and now she's on an Earth where they're all alive and while they're not the people she knew, they're still kinda are. So who says the way Oliver is feeling about her because he knew her doppelganger doesn't work both ways? Barry has a surrogate family bond with Jay Garrick and while he still misses Henry knowing Jay kinda helps fill the void, so I don't see why Oliver can't have something similiar with Laurel if he helps her reform. Again helping to prove that a twisted version of the noblest person he ever knew will basically prove to himself once and for all that nobody is beyond redemption. It would also be somewhat poetic because Adrian brought her into his life to ruin his memory of the woman he loved, so if he took this act of torment and turned it on him.

And yea you are right it might be slight fan apeasement but then again Olicity was fan apeasement and because they proved a willingness to be influenced by their audiences to that extent, I don't see why it would be any different with Laurel-2. Also who really cares because killing Laurel-1 was the biggest mistake they made, I mean they basically killed Lois Lane so Clark Kent could be with Cat Grant. Yea that doesn't sound right either. So yea why not? Only thing I hope is that they don't rush it and have her turn good over one episode but rather she's a reccuring villain who around the mid-season finale shows potential before becoming a conflicted villain than into an anti-hero. I don't ever expect her to be a saint like Laurel-1 but I don't see why she can't be a darker hero?