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I guarantee you've given it more thought than anyone associated with the show

I'm amazed at paid maternity leave not being a sure thing. I'd understand if it were limited for a short period but none at all is crazy - at least from my perspective. We get three months, provided you've been employed for at least a year at your current job. The first month is fully funded by the employer and for the next two months, the employer pays half of the salary and the government insurance chips in for the other half. I'm so sorry for the mothers who have to rush back to work after having a baby because they can't afford not to.

What about paid maternity leave? I read that's not guaranteed, is that true?

My 5.19 spec- Oliver yet again fails to mention that a big bad evil guy knows about the existence of his son and/or ask Felicity for help (simply because the writers like keeping Oliver stupid) and she gets upset about it because duh...she could offer a kind of protection with her cyber hacking abilities that he can't anddddd that prompts a conversation about why they broke up last time.

IF they do a FF to Oliver/BS then they're dumber than I thought lol

Every time I see a WM quote I want to scream ...

And all that precipitates and forms part of them finally talking/confronting the issues between them in 5.20? Gimme!

These are the people who had a vision of Shado appear and call Poppy Oliver's "love" when nothing onscreen ever suggested that before or after that scene, so them elevating SW's importance won't be a shock. Also we've had Sara break up with Oliver before the s2 I love you reveal and Ray break up with Felicity before the sex in NP so at this point I'm expecting Susie to be the one to end things with OQ and I ain't even mad because that's just how they do things around here. On the bright side maybe they'll continue the trend and follow it up with a similarly momentous Oliver x Felicity event. Look at me being all optimistic

Felicity Diggle Oliver (demoted because he's being a dumbass this season) Thea Hmm... I think that's it. I don't mind Lance but ever since Ra's spilled the beans about Oliver and he started that manhunt, he's on my shit list. It's one thing to hunt the vigilante but the way he treated Roy and then Oliver when he told him about Roy's supposed death really turned me off him. As for the rest of the Flarrowverse, it's hard to say as I don't really watch the other shows but from what I have seen I like Iris (or maybe its CP, she's adorable) and Cisco (in doses). Caitlin seems okay but kinda meh and I like Sara once she's on her own show and not stealing screentime from my faves over on Arrow. For favourite dynamics:- Oliver/Diggle/Felicity Diggle/Felicity Oliver/Diggle Oliver/Thea Diggle/Lyla Felicity/Thea (we've gotten a smidge but that's enough for me to be sure that I'd love more of them) Felicity/anybody really ('cept Ray, sorry @Mellowyellow, I know you love them together but s3 Raylicity prove to me that despite what people say EBR does not have chemistry with everybody). Barry/Oliver - I like the curmudgeonly veteran/cheerful rookie vibe they have going

Flashback sex? Well there goes my enthusiasm. Not all but definitely a good chunk. I can still see it being used to pivot back to Olicity but if it ends up being just some stupid ship-baity thing I will rage. On my own TL and not @anybody. But still I will rage. Why wait till ep 20 to clue us in to what happened between Oliver x Felicity between s4 and 5? God, how dumb are these people? Why do I care about this show?

I expect him to mention his dream of doing a live action version of Onomatopoeia on Arrow and say how he's come up with the perfect idea for it, then to look longingly at whichever Arrow EP is present. His interviews about how badly he wants to do an ep of Arrow seem to come across as moderately desperate to me, so I can't see him passing up the opportunity to mention it again.

Same. I saw the photo he tweeted with EBR and WS and thought "is Steve looking hot again?" lol

I read this and gave a deep mournful sigh. This post wrecked my hopes for more of not one, but two other series that I adore. Zane Holt being cast in Searchers makes the chances of a s4 of From Dusk til Dawn lower unless filming both series is staggered somehow because I can't see a s4 with no Richie. Then Rob Thomas' continued devotion to making things that are NOT more Veronica Mars is really bringing me down. Stop it RT. I'm at the point where each additional project he signs on to just drives me insane. For my own selfish needs, I wish he weren't so successful.

I enjoyed Daredevil s1 but couldn't make it all the way through s2. Adored Jessica Jones and haven't tried Luke Cage yet but never really felt excited about Iron Fist so with the bad reviews, I'll probably never get around to it now. I'm intrigued about the Defenders though, turns out I like the idea of a team up when it's not being done at inopportune times and messing up the one show I care about aka DCTv's yearly ep8 extravanganza and the myriad ways its managed to mess with Arrow over the seasons.

This is where I'm at. If they're going to write for plot (which I think everybody on this board has agreed is a distinct possibility) then just plot me an Olicity reunion. I'm not going to hold it to higher standards than the other SL's on this dumb but strangely addictive show. Arrow is not going to change and clearly I have a hard time giving it up and I'm happier when Oliver and Felicity are together so just hurry the hell up and maybe I can enjoy the last few eps of this season and start back watching live in s6.