User blog:Nightslayer2/What if Sara Had Killed Damian Dhark?

Hey guys! I often wondered what would've happened if Sara Lance had killed Damian Dhark in Legends of Tomorrow. Sara did it so Laurel would be alive. If Sara had killed Damian, then Damian would never have went on to recruit more people into H.I.V.E such as Milo Armitage, Mia Fayad, and Andrew Diggle. I felt like seasons 1-3 of Arrow would've been the same except for a few differences such as H.I.V.E not hiring Bronze Tiger to steal Malcolm Merlyn's earthquake device, Mark Shaw to steal data on A.R.G.U.S, and obtaining the Khushu Idol. Season 4 would've been a lot different as well. I felt like there would still be some magic on Oliver's fourth year back in the United States from Lian Yu because time does have a way of replacing such as when Barry altered the timeline by stopping Eobard Thawne from killing his mother, the particle accelerator still exploded causing meta humans to appear and for Wally West to be the Flash. I have a theory that this is what would've happened.

Months after the defeat of Ra's Al Ghul, Diggle, Thea, Ray (I felt like if Sara had killed Damian Dhark, then Ray would not be assumed dead), and Laurel continue fighting crime in Star City (they had it renamed in honor of all the good Ray has done) However, they have a lot on their plate because of the Star City Slayer killing homeless children and Shadowspire terrorizing the city. The city's leadership try to elect a new mayor with Freddy Dreyfus and Brian Nudocerdo as the candidates. Because of everyone having their hands full, Ray, Thea, and Laurel decide to convince Oliver, who is trying to propose to Felicity, to return and help them, which Diggle reluctantly approves of. They discover that the leader of Shadowspire is Andrew Diggle (Andy would not be assumed dead since H.I.V.E would never have hired Floyd Lawton to 'kill' him if Dhark had been killed. I can see Andy replacing Reiter as the new head of Shadowspire while still not using the magic totem that Dhark had). They stop Shadowspire's terrorist attack and it is revealed that Dreyfus is working with Andy to cause a huge crime wave in Star City in order to have him elected as mayor. Oliver then becomes the Green Arrow and vows to be Star City's beacon of hope.

I can still see everything remaining the same such as Jessica Dansforth running for mayor except that Andy and Dreyfus hire Anarky. Oliver then decides to run for mayor after Jessica drops out of the race which upsets Dreyfus. Sara would still be brought back from the dead and Oliver would have Constantine make Sara become normal again. Felicity would meet Curtis still while working at Palmer Tech (I feel that business would've been better for the company if Ray had stuck around). As for the team up with Flash, it'd be like the novel A Generation of Vipers where Team Arrow and Team Flash team up to seek to eliminate the bizarre energy that threatens to kill Barry. They go to Markovia, where they must get past an army of mercenaries and assassins to face off against Count Wallenstein.

As for Quentin, I can still see him hating Oliver for everything that has happened until Sara comes back from the dead. Speaking of Quentin, he works to improve the behavior of a police officer named Billy Malone who started drinking and partying (like Quinn from Dexter). Billy eventually gets involved in a relationship with a reporter named Charlotte Rivers and starts leaking information to her on Lance's investigations in the Star City Slayer. Eventually, Lance and Laurel both get shot by an unknown figure with only Laurel survivng.

However, in the mid season finale, Oliver tries to clean up the Star City bay until Andy sends a drone to the bay and begins shooting at the citizens helping, injuring several. In response, Oliver, with Diggle's consent,

reveals Andy as the leader of Shadowspire while being unaware of Dreyfus' involvement. Andy crashes Ollie's campaign party and kidnaps John, Felicity, and Thea. Oliver makes contact and agrees to exchange himself for them. Andy, being dishonorable as usual, tricks Oliver and attempts to kill them all in front of him. Malcolm, posing as the Green Arrow, Laurel, and Quentin arrive to rescue everyone. Oliver proposes to Felicity, however, Felicity gets killed when Andy's men shoot up Oliver's limo while Andy discovers that his son and wife left him (Diggle had them transferred away into A.R.G.U.S protection).

I can see Oliver then going on a darker path and going back to killing as the Green Arrow. While out looking for Damian, Oliver befriends Stanley Dover after saving him from being attacked by Shadowspire. Dover then nurses Oliver back to health and that leads to Oliver to trust Dover. Dover, just like in the comics, is the Star City Slayer and has been killing orphans to use their blood to feed his grandson Stanley in an attempt to locate The Beast With No Name. Dover masquerades as a wealthy homosexual man who enjoys being generous and that leads for Ollie to trust him. Diggle meanwhile has Andy sent into A.R.G.U.S custody without a trial and starts to trust Andy when Lt. Joyner tries to steal "Rubicon" from Waller. Andy helps Diggle stop Joyner and lies to him that Joyner was the one who ordered the attack on Oliver which led to Felicity's demise. Diggle then starts trusting Andy since Lyla gives him advice to treat Andy as a brother instead of as a terrorist.

I can see things still being the same such as Noah Kuttler blackmailing Roy and Ray replacing Felicity's role as a hacker on the team for a while before leaving to join the Legends along with Sara. I can also see Oliver battling Malcolm Merlyn and Nyssa then disabanding the League afterwards. However, Malcolm tips off Dreyfus about Oliver's illegitimate son William causing Dreyfus to kidnap him. Oliver is enraged when Dreyfus still manages to get released since Dreyfus pinned William's kidnapping on one of his associates when Cupid returns to start killing high profile couples. However, Ollie, just like in the comics, attacks Dreyfus when Dreyfus is spending time with Evelyn Sharp, who was forced to become a prositute after her parents were killed by Andy still conducting the same experiments as Damian Dhark with the mind control pills. Oliver saves Evelyn as the Green Arrow and exposes Dreyfus' connection to the drug trade, causing him to be arrested and dropped out of the race which displeases Diggle, who continues to battle Count Wallenstein for control of the drug trade. However, Andy blackmails Wallenstein into running for mayor by threatening to kill his mother (just like Galavan blackmailing Penguin in Gotham).

During this whole event, Oliver confronts Harold Leeds the Star City Comptroller as the Green Arrow to find out why he closed the Star City Youth Recreational Center and Evelyn Sharp gets a job there.

Eventually, Wallenstein hires the Demolition Team to sabotage the mayoral debate between him and Oliver with the same intention as Ruve. However, Team Arrow is able to stop them with Curtis' help and from wannabee vigilantes Blue Beetle & Booster Gold (I kind of got the idea from an issue based on Justice League Unlimited in the DCAU). However, Oliver lectures them on what it is like to truly be a hero. Wallenstein tries to rescue his mother from Andy only for Andy to kill her. Diggle learns what happened from Wallenstein and goes after Andy himself. Diggle still ends up killing Andy just like in the original timeline, however, Shadowspire still fails to acquire Rubicon and Lyla destroys the device after revealing what it is to Team Arrow.

During this whole season, Laurel investigates who killed her father and discovers that Charlotte Rivers killed him in order to protect Dover, who is her biological father. After seeing what madness his father has, Charlotte commits suicide despite Laurel forgiving her for everything that has happened and instead blaming Dover. The season finale includes Oliver finding out that Dover is the Star City Slayer and defeats him after ensuring that Shadowspire is no longer a problem. Diggle leaves to join the army while Carly is not speaking to him after finding out he shot Andy and Curtis replaces Felicity and Ray as the hacker on the team. Laurel would still be alive, Thea would retire as Speedy because of everything that has happened, and Oliver would be sworn in as mayor.

In the following season, Billy Malone replaces Quentin as Oliver's inside man in the SCPD, Walter Steele becomes Oliver's deputy mayor, and Laurel starts to have Simon Morrison AKA Adrian Chase as her A.D.A after becoming the new district attorney. Sara would be unable to undo what she has done and she would obviously regret it because of the deaths, drama, and tragedy it would cause.