Sunshine

Sorry, tone doesn't always come across in posts. It was meant to be more snarky than anything since SA said he asked to do things like the salmon ladder in S1 shirtless so he could do them and not the stunt double. I wasn't actually disagreeing with you.

I thought orignaly all the shirtless Oliver scenes were because Amell wanted to do as many scenes as possible. You can use a stunt double but you can't do a body double. (His words at a con, IIRC.) He also said he asked not to do shirtless scenes this year unless absolutely necessary because of the time involved in applying/removing tattoos. Guess his life priorities shifted.

The 2 pictures posted on @ibelong2olicity's twitter feed (source of the video in spoilers) are the same but different coloring with no earring. I don't really care one way or the other but just thought I'd mention it. I am not technically savvy enough to even know how they get one from the other. LOL!

According to the twitter account there is no earring. She posted a HD quality of the video as well as a screen shot which shows no earring and said the earring was just a shadow on the lower quality video she had posted.

I don't normally answer for someone else but the poster has expressed on several occasions that he/she is not a fan of EBR. They are a huge fan of Thea/WH though. So it makes sense to me that they wouldn't want Thea & Felicity getting close even if there is no in-story reason to be against it.

Prior to the season the EPs said we would have more character development than action. I think part of the problem this season is that it has been 2/3 drama 1/3 action. In the prior seasons it was the reverse. I think Olicity gets blamed for it but regardless of who the LI was this season was going to play out this way. If you are watching for the fights - and a lot of people are I think - you are bound to be disappointed.

I am really hoping to be done with this by 3.23!

I forgot about the grief. Felicity is usually more accepting of people but I could certainly see her opposing helping because of that.

So who is reluctant to helping Nyssa - Felicity or Diggle? My guess would be Diggle but maybe both. That's one combo I never thought of. LOL!

I wasn't on the boards back then but I don't think the uproar is about Oliver/Laurel. It's about Green Arrow/Black Canary. Some were in denial I think until 3.20. A lot of the complaints I saw about the episode were from either people who love Black Canary ( and think she should be the main focus) or comic fans who felt like the show abused Ra's Al Ghul. In the comics he would have severed Felicity's head for daring to speak to him according to a lot of the comments I read.

Maybe she took her back to SC hoping to help her remember? Thea came out of the pit recognizing Malcolm, thinking Moira was alive and that Oliver was dead. Perhaps Nyssa wanted Sara close to her loved ones in case something happened to her (Nyssa) and she could leave Sara in the care of her family via a purple smoke message (Ha!)? This would also help in bring QLance around too. I am so ready for this season to be over with too!

He also said something about discovering in 3.21 what Nyssa's agenda was in coming back to SC. It's possible Sara was LP'd a long time ago and Nyssa has been taking care of her. (I keep expecting the "using the LP without permission" storyline from 2.5 comics to pop up since it said it would be continued in S3.) Nyssa could be talking to Sara. Ra's shocker might be that he knows about it. All of this leads to Nyssa/Sara wedding.

If "only the student can defeat the master" and Ra's is out for blood, Nyssa should challenge him to the death. Might solve all the problems with this storyline. ;) ETA: Nevermind. Someone mentioned this previously up thread.

My final guess on the wedding and marriage is Sara/Nyssa. Ra's may want Al Sahim & Nyssa to marry but my guess would be they trick him somehow. I might be more inclined to believe the wedding would be Oliver/Nyssa if there wasn't going to be a marriage even if it doesn't last into S4. I am thinking there have been so many in-show anvils regarding O/F as a distraction. If you are spoiler free Sara being alive might be considered a shocker. It sounds like there is a drive-off into the sunset scene per BTS pictures with Oliver and Felicity in 3.23. Would they really do that if Oliver & Nyssa were in a MOC? They wouldn't want to anger the potential buyers of the 3.5 comic would they? (Cynicism is running high here! ;)

I don't think Ra's is dying. There is a plane with green screens in 3.23 being used by O/N/R. Oliver helps out Barry/Flash in F1.22. Does Barry return the favor in 3.23? I hope Oliver's 2nd task isn't to rid the world of the Reverse Flash but how else do you explain Oliver helping out Barry in 1.22 if he is ascending to Ra's in 3.22? Surely Ra's isn't just going to let Al Sahim have time off to go help someone from his former life.

Oliver has 2 tasks to complete before becoming Ra's Al Ghul. If the first is to marry Nyssa is the second to kill Ra's? Ra's is a lifetime appointment. Are Oliver & Nyssa supposed to be replacements for the son and daughter he left behind when he became Ra's? Ra's appears to be more insane than intimidating. It makes me fear for Thea's mental health.

Now I just want to know why the synopsis was held back last week. I can't say it sounds interesting at all.

The Ray/Felicity scene where they have such great chemistry is in 3.22. Luckily he said they are over so they aren't getting married in this episode. Did we ever get a synopsis for 3.22? It was TBA last week.

By the end of the season, there’s a nice bit of closure between Malcolm and Thea,” promises Guggenheim. “You feel like their story has had a beginning, middle and end.” (Source in spoiler thread). That is an interesting statement. Are we sure JB is back in S4?

Don't throw things at me...I think the triangle has always played as Felicity choosing Oliver. He just wouldn't choose her back which is why she attempted to move on. The only time she didn't choose him was the end of 3.12. After her hook-up with Ray it became about if you had only chosen me over the Arrow. She probably has developed some feelings for Ray which might have blossomed into more if she had moved out of Oliver's orbit. Even though Oliver is about to be officially out of her orbit - or so the characters think - I hope this is the official romantic break and after this they are just friends/co-heroes. Ray does let the team operate from Palmer Technologies. On another subject, what is the likelihood of Ra's using the Lazarus Pit on Oliver? It changes you "In your soul". This might explain why Oliver might succumb to Ra's orders and becomes Evil!Oliver. It could also relate to Lazarus Pitting having ongoing repercussions into S4 and not just with Thea. Oliver seems strong minded enough to be able to resist casual brainwashing.

Oh just for funsies I'll go with the dialogue tease being Felicity. Didn't EBR say she might have to sacrifice her life? I am still curious as to how she stands up to Ra's. Or perhaps she says it to Oliver. He tells her not to do something. She does it anyway. He makes her "pay" for her betrayal.

Hmm...Would a Oliver/Diggle angsty arc move Diggle away from the team or would it provide more room for Black Canary to be integrated into the team?

I thought about this when I posted about it not being sweeps yet. Makes me wonder what's happening in the final 3 episodes that hasn't been spoiled yet.

More than possible. Could give the wedding and marriage some credibility.** My biggest concern - Diggle was why I stayed with Arrow after the pilot. I really don't know how I am going to deal with these 2 being at odds with each other into S4. **They haven't released the episode description for 3.22 yet have they? Maybe it is Oliver/LOA random and they don't want to distract from 3.20 buzz.

Funny thing about Felicity's ILY and the Olicity hook-up though - it isn't happening during sweeps.