Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20160121014804/@comment-5139306-20160131002358

"Olicity".. Ever since this became a thing, it was accompanied by the dread that Felicty was going to be shoved down our throats that much more. This feeling only accrued with time. Team that with idea that Felicity defeated Slade Wilson, which had already been compounding from before Olicity became official, yeah, I think my "hatred" is well justified.

It comes from the left (Olicity) and the right (Slade). When hatred is tied to something like a TV show, its just something to do. And its not a bad thing. I call upon it to convert invalid points of discussion (relationship bullshit) to valid ones (the problems it causes). It generates awareness of these problems. Its not only me, this is a weakness in the overall story.

But, sadly when a character becomes too popular, the writers tend to keep the character in. And more annoyingly so, they use it as a point of interest mid season, entertaining its possible end only to reveal in a later frame that that's not the case. And as a special added bonus -- for a limited time only!, the result of this spawns yet another Batman similarity, as if needed one. Yet, the writers know exactly what they do. I remain, because good or bad, the journey provides discussion. But it is not the journey that weighs the most, but rather, the end.