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JB at Montreal Comic Con this past weekend (his panel was cancelled, he explains threatening e-mail)... John Barrowman Montreal Je t'aime | ARROW John Barrowman Thanks Montreal | ARROW

SDCC has now posted detailed programming schedules for every day of the con (July 21-24). Here's the Saturday (July 23) schedule - unfortunately, they still don't identify who exactly will be attending for the Arrow panel... http://www.comic-con.org/cci/2016/saturday

I finally watched SPECTRE (the latest James Bond movie with Daniel Craig) and I thought of Arrow at the end because

The question was stupid, but still - way to diminish Diggle's role and OTA in S1&S2... Q: "I know your character sadly died last season. But, if your character still survived, what would you like to see with your character in S5?" KC: "Uh, definitely, you know, continuing being - you know, more a part of 'Team Arrow', more involved. I think it would be nice to see, you know, training - more training, more Black Canary Green Arrow, um, interaction, you know, out in the field. Um, I feel like, you know, it kinda started with the two of them. I feel like it should end with the two of them. Or, you know, whatever they - the writers come up with. Um, but yeah, definitely more of that, and - and just being more involved. And, you know, I had such a blast doing the action, and doing more of that."

I find that I mostly loved half of each season - S1B, S2A (+223) , S3A (+320, 323) and S4A (+411).

ITA with all 8 points... 8 Changes The Flash Needs To Make In Season 3 Laura Hurley July 8, 2016 http://www.cinemablend.com/television/1532299/8-changes-the-flash-needs-to-make-in-season-3

Regarding SA's tweet that 1.01, 1.09, 2.09, 2.15 and 3.09 are his fave episodes so far, here are some Olicity-related moments from those episodes... 101 (Pilot) - None: [Felicity did not make an appearance until 103] 109 (Year's End) - Oliver gives another lame excuse to get Felicity's IT help: Oliver: "Hey." Felicity (gasps): "Don't you knock?" Oliver: "Felicity, this is the I.T. department. It's not the ladies room." Felicity: "Right. What can I do for you?" Oliver: "My buddy Steve is really into archery. Apparently it's all the rage now." Felicity: "I don't know why. It's looks utterly ridiculous to me." Oliver: "Mm-hmm. Anyway, it's Steve's birthday next weekend, and I wanted to buy him some arrows. The thing is, he gets these special custom-made arrows, and I have no idea where he gets them. I was hoping you could find out where this came from. (Hands her the arrow) Careful." Felicity: "Yeah. The shaft's composite is patented. And that patent is registered to a company called Sagittarius. That's Latin for The Archer." Oliver: "Really? Could you find out where and when this was purchased?" Felicity: "According to Sagittarius company records, that particular arrow was part of a bundle shipment. 200 units. (Scribbles on note) Sent to this address." Oliver: "Felicity, you're remarkable." Felicity: "Thank you for remarking on it." Oliver: "And Merry Christmas." Felicity: "I'm Jewish." Oliver: "Happy Hanukkah." 209 (Three Ghosts) – Oliver berates Felicity for revealing his secret identity to Barry: (Oliver suddenly comes awake and starts choking Barry.) Diggle: "Oliver, let him go." Felicity: "Oliver!" Oliver: "What the - what the hell is going on?" Felicity: "You were injected with a strong-acting blood coagulant." Barry: "You would have stroked out, but fortunately you had a very effective blood thinner handy. Warfarin. Better known as rat poison." Diggle: "Kid saved your life, Oliver." Felicity: "This is the point in a life-saving emergency where you thank the person that did the life-saving." Oliver (to Felicity): "You told him who I am." Felicity: "Yeah, I did." Oliver: "That's not your secret to tell, Felicity. I decide who finds out my identity." Felicity: "Well, we didn't have time to get your vote, what with you unconscious and dying." Oliver: "What happens if he leaves here and goes right to the police?" Felicity: "He wouldn't do that." Barry: "I wouldn't do that." Felicity: "I trust him." Oliver: "I don't!" Felicity: "What are you going to do? Put an arrow in him?" Oliver: "I am considering it." Felicity: "Don't worry, he's kidding! How is this any different from when your mother shot you and you came to me for help?" Barry: "Your mother shot you?" Felicity: "Or when you brought Dig down here when he was poisoned with curare?" Oliver: "The difference is that I did my homework on both of you! I don't just tell people easily." Barry: "I'm not going to tell anyone. And you don't have to thank me, but you should thank her instead of being kind of a jerk. (Oliver stares at him) Mr. Queen." (Oliver's cell phone beeps.) Oliver: "I have to go home. That man that I fought in the bunker, he has what he needs to mass produce the serum from the island. And we have to stop him." Barry (to Oliver): "He touched your skin when he grabbed your neck. I was able to absorb the residual oils from his skin, which, when added to a gel-based polymer, might be able to recreate his fingerprint." (Oliver leaves) Felicity (to Barry): "Never meet your heroes, right? 209 (Three Ghosts) – Oliver has been hallucinating, and Felicity shows some jealousy: Oliver: "Barry! The rat poison that you gave me - are there any side effects?" Barry: "Um, yeah, I think hallucinations, maybe. And excessive sweating. Are you sweating excessively?" Felicity: "You're hallucinating? What are you seeing?" Oliver: "A girl named Shado that was with me on the island." Felicity: "Shado. Sara. How many women were you marooned with? Are you sure this wasn't Fantasy Island?" 209 (Three Ghosts) – Felicity asks Oliver to promise to come back: Felicity: "Where are you going? You can't go out there in your condition." Oliver: "I have to stop this." Felicity: "Oliver, Gold left you half dead, which is 50 percent better than how he left Detective Hilton." Oliver: "Felicity I don't have a choice. I'll come back." Felicity: "Promise me." (Oliver looks at her but says nothing. Later, Oliver returns safely and receives a hug from Felicity.) 209 (Three Ghosts) – Slade threatens Oliver's loved ones: Blood: "You know who he is under that hood, don't you?" Slade: "I know exactly who he is. He's my friend." Blood: "That's why you don't want him dead." Slade: "Death would be a release from this life, and his sentence is yet to be carried out. (Cut to Quentin) I am going to tear everything he cares about away from him. (Cut to Roy) Destroy those who choose to follow him. (Cut to Felicity) Corrupt those he loves. Once he has lost everyone and everything he values, I will drive an arrow through his eye." 209 (Three Ghosts) – Felicity puts the new Arrow mask on Oliver: Diggle: "Even the Arrow deserves a Christmas present." Felicity: "Here." (Felicity puts the mask on Oliver.) Oliver: "How do I look?" Felicity: "Like a hero." 215 (The Promise) – Felicity asks the others to save Oliver, who's at the Queen Mansion with Slade: Sara: "We have to move. Now." Diggle: "Are you sure it was Slade Wilson? I thought he was dead." Sara: "I'm sure. That's not a voice I'd ever forget. What's the biggest gun you got down here? That might work." Roy: "Might?" Sara: "He has the Mirakuru in him." Roy: "So do I." Sara: "Can I trust you?" Roy: "I'll be fine." Sara: "Slade was a trained killer even before he was injected. You get the chance, you get a shot, you put him down." Felicity: "Please save Oliver." 309 (The Climb) – Oliver tells Felicity he loves her for the first time (for real) right before he leaves to duel Ra’s al Ghul: Felicity: “So you're going?” Oliver: “Mm-hmm.” Felicity: “To Nanda Parbat?” Oliver: “No, it's a neutral site. It'll be fine. I'll come back. Thea will be okay.” Felicity: “I wish that sounded more convincing. And I wish you wouldn't go, but I know you better, so I'm not going to ask you to stay.” Oliver: “I appreciate that.” Felicity: “But there is one thing I need to ask you to do. And you're not going to want to.” Oliver: “Well, if it's you asking, I'll do it.” Felicity: “Kill him. You have to kill Ra's al Ghul. This is a duel, Oliver, with one of the most dangerous men that has ever walked the earth.” Oliver: “I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't think I can win.” Felicity: “I don't doubt that. I don't doubt that you can beat him. I am terrified that you won't kill him. Because that's not who you are anymore. And I am so afraid that Ra's al Ghul is going to use your humanity against you.” Oliver: “Felicity, I honestly don't know if I'm a killer anymore. But I do know two things - the first is that whoever I am, I am someone that will do whatever – whatever - it takes to save my sister.” (Oliver kisses Felicity on the forehead and starts to walk away.) Felicity: “And the second thing?” Oliver: “I love you.” 309 (The Climb) – Oliver is defeated by Ra’s al Ghul and his last thoughts include Felicity: Ra’s al Ghul: “You should take pride. You survived longer than most. Don't be afraid, my son. Death comes for us all. We can only evade it so long. Consider this an honorable exit.” (Stabs Oliver through the chest) [Speaks Arabic] (After Ra’s stabs Oliver, Oliver’s last thoughts before falling off the cliff are of his parents first, then Thea, and finally Felicity.)

But - but Laurel always means well and has a good heart... and she doesn't have a bad bone in her body.

I got a good laugh out of reading this article, especially the bolded portions quoted below (but ymmv)... ‘ARROW’ SEASON 5 PREDICTIONS: SHOW SUFFERS WITHOUT BLACK CANARY? CURTIS HOLT TO BECOME HERO BY IRVYN JONATHAN DIAZ JUL 7, 2016 http://www.hofmag.com/arrow-season-5-predictions-show-suffers-without-black-canary-curtis-holt-become-hero/166850

NEW! - Oliver & Felicity is nominated for Favorite Kiss: http://www.designntrend.com/articles/80010/20160708/oliver-felicity-vs-rick-michonne-vote-fav-kiss-2016-fan-favorite-tv-awards.htm NEW! - Damien Darhk is nominated for Favorite Villain: http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/87903/20160709/arrow-damien-darhk-vs-got-ramsay-bolton-vote-fav-villain-2016-fan-favorite-tv-awards.htm

'Legends of Tomorrow' Season 2: Could Laurel Lance be Resurrected? July 6, 2016 Kartik Chainani http://www.buddytv.com/articles/legends-of-tomorrow/legends-of-tomorrow-could-laur-60511.aspx

I honestly don't know what to make of SA's responses since S4 ended - it seems like he just keeps repeating how the show is going back to its tough vigilante action roots, while remaining mum on or downplaying anything Olicity-related. It's almost as if he's going out of his way to appease... nope, not going into forbidden talk. Yes, he doesn't want to spoil anything, but I don't believe that he doesn't know anything. IIRC, other cast members have said that he's almost at the level of the producers in terms of his involvement in the show. Also, SA had told us - before he went on his globe-trotting TMNT2 promo tour - that he was meeting with GB and the Arrow writers, so I can't believe that they didn't tell him anything about what to expect in S5 - even if it was just broad strokes of the season arc for Oliver.

As SDCC gets closer, they'll start posting detailed programming schedules, including guests, for each day of the comic-con on their website (Preview Night and Thursday schedules are currently up).. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/programming-schedule

Once again, it's like Laura Hurley wrote what I think - I've only quoted her ship comments from the Berlanti-verse CW shows (I don't necessarily agree with the rest of the comments in her tumblr post)... anonymous asks: I don't have question I just wanted to say I love your blog and do you have any other shows/ships you follow. I'm just curious Jul 7, 2016 8:25 pm http://laurawritesabout.tumblr.com/post/147068101491/i-dont-have-question-i-just-wanted-to-say-i-love

I was watching LL Cool J performing a hit song on some Greatest Hits special last night on TV and I swear he was rapping, "I'm Oliver Queen..." But when I Googled his name and those lyrics, nothing came up - so I guess I imagined it.

Yesterday Warner Bros. TV released keycard art for hotel keycards featuring all the DC Comics TV shows, as well as ABC’s mid-season show, Time After Time, and announced that there will be 40,000 copies available for people who will be staying at hotels in the San Diego area for SDCC 2016. Here is the keycard art for Arrow... (Pic source)

Bumping up this poll to get more votes - I really don't want to see effin' Flash on the cover and no Arrow...

SA's facebook videos from yesterday (no spoilers)... Q: Any clues about Felicity & Oliver? SA: "No. There aren't. We just started season 5... like literally just now. And I think sometimes people take, uh - there were two things I said over the weekend at Heroes & Villains-New Jersey. One, someone comes up to me and they go, 'Is Flashpont on Flash going to affect Arrow?' and I sarcastically go, 'Sure!' And then they said, 'No, really, is it going to to?' and I go, 'Yeah, it could.' And then I proceed to say, 'Actually, I don't know, and if I did know, I wouldn't tell you, but I don't actually know.' And that actually got printed as 'Stephen Amell confirms that Flashpoint in Flash will have major consequences on Arrow.' Boy, that's not what happened at all. And then some website called We Got This Covered says, 'Stephen Amell Walks Back Statement,' when I actually took to twitter - or facebook, I can't remember - and it was like, gosh, that's a responsible headline. ... Oh yeah, and then the second thing is, some very nice fans came up to me when I was in New Jersey over the weekend, and they were like, 'We need some positivity around Oliver & Felicity's character,' and I'm like, 'Guys, ... it's the off-season.' It's funny for me during the off-season because - over the hiatus, I guess - I'm not a professional athlete. It's funny for me because I would sit down for interviews and, you know, a lot of the journalists would've seen Turtles and that was the - that was the point of the interview, and they would ask two Turtles questions - but, you know, then 'What happens in season 5?' ... 'I don't know' ... and that has led to, like, news, for some reason. I literally don't know. I've now read three scripts. I've had lots of discussions. But I didn't reveal sh*t in any of those interviews, for the record." Stephen Amell Less than 24 hours. Vote Saunders! mlb.com/vote Stephen Amell don't know what I did to piss T3 Athletics off | ARROW

Sister sites, Fashion&Style and Design&Trend, have posted three poll categories so far in their 2016 Fan Favorite TV Awards - voting closes on Wednesday, July 27 at 5 p.m. ET (more polls coming)... SA is nominated for Favorite Actor in a Drama: http://www.designntrend.com/articles/80163/20160707/ian-somerhalder-vs-kit-harington-vote-fav-actor-2016-fan-favorite-tv-awards-poll.htm Arrow (the person) is nominated for Favorite Superhero: http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/88174/20160707/flash-daredevil-vote-fav-superhero-2016-fan-favorite-tv-awards-poll.htm Arrow (the show) is nominated for Favorite Drama Series*: http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/87844/20160704/outlander-vs-arrow-vote-fav-drama-series-2016-fan-favorite-tv-awards-poll.htm (* This poll was previously posted above, but I wanted to put all polls released so far in one place.)

ER made it to a guest spot at a comic con!...

CH has launched his new website... https://www.coltonhaynes.com/

Apparently John Diggle appears in Green Arrow #2 - so I guess it's okay if a non-canon character from the tv show appears in the new GA comics so long as it's a guy (maybe next they'll introduce Felicity Smoak and then kill her off and on her deathbed, she'll tell Oliver that she hopes he gets back together with BC?)... Green Arrow #2 (2016) review by EAMMON JACOBS on JULY 7, 2016 http://heroes.direct/comics/green-arrow-2/

From what I've seen on the show (like when he was fighting Roy), Curtis has about the same fighting ability as Felicity. But because he plays a comics canon character, he'll probably get a high-tech, weaponized suit and go out in the field... while Felicity remains the only non-masked hero on the show.

Well, at least I never have to worry about my blood pressure rising when I read an Emertainment Monthly article (warning: mentions some spoilery casting news - posted in Spoilers thread)... Ten Female Characters We Want To See During ‘Arrow’ Season Five July 6, 2016 Nora Dominick ‘17 http://emertainmentmonthly.com/2016/07/06/more-female-characters-arrow-season-5/ 10. Arrowette 9. Wildcat 8. Misfit 7. Donna Smoak 6. Vixen 5. Lady Shiva 4. The Huntress 3. Lyla Michaels 2. Artemis 1. Nyssa al Ghul

One reviewer's opinion on what he hopes will happen with Olicity... 'Arrow' Season 5 Teaser: Have We Seen the Last of Olicity? Derek Stauffer Wednesday, July 06, 2016 http://www.buddytv.com/articles/arrow/should-oliver-and-felicity-sta-60510.aspx