User blog comment:Eobard95/Arrow Season 6 - Two characters dying?/@comment-31657011-20170811160255/@comment-26624146-20170814060344

They have also dealt with a lot of Laurel backlash this past year and now Earth-2 Laurel is coming back so if they can appease for a character many people liked and wouldn't let go of, I don't see why a character many people hate would be any different. I think since Felicity did get a lot of hate this year they may have tired to redeem her by making her relatable to Oliver's situation with the Helix story, but most people just hated this story and her regardless either because of how she turned out or anticipating when she will eventually be annoying again. So the cynical viewpoint of many fans assuming the show will be shit the more she's involved as a result of the last 3 years may just finally push them into killing her.

As for signs there was Oliver and Felicity making amends over past mistakes and it looked as though theyll be together again, which is exactly what happened with Eddie and Iris. This is also a fairly common CW trick to kill somebody after making amends with someone they love. The episode was also fairly focused on her which they do when they're about to kill somebody which happened with Moira, Snart, HR and Laurel. They also said two characters could be killed including a major character so for these reasons I think Felicity and Samantha. Also Adrian's last words "It's gonne be lonely without mom and Felicity".