Sunshine

What Morrigan2575 said is what I have always heard. The majority of these are personal appearances. I know of one actor who attends a ton of these conventions and all the fans want to talk about are his B movie days. No one ever really asks him much about his current projects. He loves interacting with the fans. Cassidy thanking the CW_Arrow could mean she needed their help in getting (booked)invited/accepted to the Boston-Con. Not everyone(this has nothing to do with KC)gets an invite. Also, in the video I saw from Calgary Fan Expo most fans wanted to talk about her fashion stuff or her prior roles such as Ruby in Supernatural not LL/BC/Arrow. There are only so many panels. It's also probably more fun to do a panel with someone than alone. It makes sense if you have CL & SA together that you are talking Arrow. I don't think all of Caity's con appearances (most of which have been solo) have just been about promoting Arrow. She has a film career in the same/similar genre so she is promoting them/herself too. She goes according to her schedule.

I don't think they will leave Oliver & Felicity alone entirely either. There is a loud vocal fan base that might revolt. LOL! I personally hope they don't and wouldn't be upset if it is romantic. I just think that personal could be as much about being the Arrow as about a romantic angle. It also gives the EPs a chance to bring another comic book superhero to life. Said superhero might even get more emphasis than Felicity based on the past introduction of such characters. One thing I can say for Felicity, she sure can pick 'em -Arrow, The Flash, New Superhero (Blue Beetle is speculation I am seeing). According to SA -who at least seems to have an idea of what is going on-Season 3 is about humanity lost (flashbacks) and humanity found (how much does Oliver want back).

Although the description for Daniel seems to emphasize the LI for Felicity I think the emphasis will probably be as a rival for Oliver. There will be a triangle with Oliver/Felicity/Daniel but that could be as much about superhero stuff (Arrow's job is easier with Felicity than without) or it could be romantic. Right now Felicity appears to be at Oliver's beck and call. (If you assume this is a long term arc with resolution in the last episode or two of the season, KC might not seem so delusional when she says there is no Oliver & Felicity.) After the mansion and beach scenes in 2.23 it would be pretty standard trope to bring on a love interest for Felicity to get Oliver to reexamine his "because of the life I lead I just think it's better not to be with someone I could really care about" stance. Normally that would have him realize he loves Felicity. In this case it may be simply to recognize that he too can have a personal life with someone he cares about if both Felicity and Diggle have such relationships. I say this because I do not think the EPs/writers have closed any doors to who his romantic pairing(s) will be. If they go with Felicity I don't think there will be any on again/off again. It would just be a steady progression. With Laurel, Sara, or even Helena I could see them trying again. (I only see Sara happening again though if they can't make Laurel work as BC). I did think the hallway scene in 2x14 Time of Death might just be to kill the old O/L relationship so that they might begin building a new healthier one. The EPs have never backed off Laurel becoming BC. AK said at the end of 2.23 we would know who was going to be the definitive BC. Sarah handed off the jacket. They also had Laurel and Helena bonding over dead loved ones in the BOP episode. I think they aren't talking about it because they know it's not popular and they really aren't promoting Season 3 at the moment. All we have really seen so far is some casting call descriptions. This will change about the same time as SDCC. KC is promoting herself. I don't care for her but I recognize and respect that she has fans. Since they like to do things sooner rather than later I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing her as early as 3.01. Not looking forward to it but I could easily see them choosing that route. If they pull this off without losing too many viewers I could easily see them trying to do GA/BC again. I think Season 3 will be make or break for me.

There was also a scene where Felicity interrupted Isabel and Oliver because of his plans with Mr. Harper. Felicity wasn't taking no for an answer. LOL! I had high hopes when they introduced Isabel. I thought she was fun. She just couldn't handle coming in 2nd place to Robert Queen's family or Oliver Queen's extracurricular activities of which Felicity was a part. She didn't appear too happy about Slade mentioning Shado either. Anyway, I hope character development in Season 3 is better than Season 2. What a waste of Isabel and poor Shrapnel. My hope is that if LL becomes birdy (and the EPs have never wavered from that even knowing they were introducing Sara as the 1st incarnation) that they stray from the one true love canon. My ship...anyone but her. (I reserve the right to change the anyone part in the future as needed. I can't even conceive of wanting to change the "but her").

I guess I don't get why people thought she should call him out. This was about stopping Slade and saving the city. It was not about saving Laurel. If it was then I could understand calling him out. In that situation you only trade a life for a life if it's yours. She told him to let Slade outthink him. She said she wanted to help no matter how unsafe she was. I think at the end if she hadn't understood he would have taken her out of the mansion.

I thought Amell said or at least implied in his last panel (Phoenix) that baby mama would be introduced in The Flash (she's in Central City after all) and would be a reasons for a cross over. Morrigan posted link at the same time I wrote this.