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Marc Guggenheim:  Here you go.

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Photos by RuNyx found on Twitter.

Do you realize now in Paradise Felicity and Oliver are making love without a scar on their bodies? Because Heaven, right? Oliver asked if Felicity was missing them but she quickly adapted. btw can someone write that fic please? 

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The Flash | Season 6 Episode 10 | A Clue On Oliver's Mask Scene | The CW

For me Arrow truly ends tonight, because Diggle is still here working with Barry and talking about Oliver and Felicity. OTA lives.

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Arrow Season 8 Episode 10 -  Fadeout

Olicity is eternal but so is OTA (( especially after that little teaser scene towards the end ))

Don’t worry, he’s just visiting. Diggle knows better than to hang out around Olicity for too long when they haven’t seen each other for 20 years. He’s been traumatised too many times in the bunker.  Diggle’s Green Lantern outfit here is based on the Justice League cartoon because I’m not designing a whole suit for one joke comic.

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Not the last Lil Justice I’m ever drawing btw. 

I’ll do a rewatch soon (but not that soon because this girl has a 2 month long project soon.) And I really want to draw at least one for every episode. So… hope you guys will still stick around to enjoy the crack.

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Perfect capture as always, we’ll miss you drawing Olicity. 

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You can totally see Stephen Amell has been crying. Re watch that scene, his eyes are small and red. He must have been balling. We love you Stephen! 

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So This Is It...

I watched the last show yesterday, slept on it and now I have a few thoughts. First, it was a good send off. Satisfying. I will be able to watch the show again without fail, the last ep gave me what I wanted: a reunion. Oliver and Felicity together at last at peace (wherever it is, really I don’t care).

I always disliked that Oliver saw her for the first time in a flashback but the way it came to an end with him recreating the very room where they first met (adding some red pens along the way) moved me. Plus the way she was dressed as he sees her. Not dressed as she was that day, no. I love that he sees her with the ponytail, a light pink blouse and a skirt not-that-short… And heels of course. And he’ll explain why they are in his mother’s office after a long love session (but I digress).

So I enjoyed this episode and it was important to me. The show writers and me have been at war for a long time because of the plotholes the size of the Grand canyon. Very fast, I learnt to focus only on Olicity because there Stephen and Emily made sure they could not fuck up too much. Plus, there was Diggle, with David Ramsey always being the cheerleader for those two and having a beautiful love story of his own. As long as I concentrated on that I was (mostly) fine.

Arrow is not my first fandom but it took a strong meaning in my life because it came from left field. I’m a journalist and I covered the first episode. I remembered writing it was “unusual to watch a show for the lead’s abs but that Arrow was an exception”. I didn’t give it much thought after that. Too many Award winning shows to watch and Supernatural too, mind you.

But one night, during what would become the worst year of my life, I needed a show to help me pass the long hours before dawn and the hospital. My TV had stored the first 2 seasons of Arrow so I began watching trying to keep panic at bay. And there came Emily. I binge watched because good TV can take you away from your problems even the scariest. By morning, I was hooked especially because I was in awe. Felicity was not an unusual character per se, she was the geek, the computer genius any vigilante couldn’t live without these days. But she was sexy with glasses. Short and with a temper. Not afraid  of our then grumbling hero and the most intelligent person in any room at any time. I’m a feminist, I was proud a sexy girl could be that smart unapologetically. This said, those geeks don’t get the sexy guy. NE-VER. Felicity sure was sexy as hell, but really? With the comics fans yelling Canary love and LL continuity?

Thank god for Em and Stephen chemistry because every conversation they had was full of sparkles. After I binge watched, I finally joined the fandom live by the beginning of S3 with my fingers crossed for Olicity. I started a Tumblr just for that and Oh that season! It’s still my fave. Every ep analyzed to catch the looks, the almost touches, the lingering pauses. It was a blast. When Nanda Parbat came, I was still surviving what turned out to be a year and a half of bad luck but as I rewatched the love scene (with ou without sound LOL), I could escape my many problems. The geek got the guy and that made TV history.

I lost my job, I had toothaches that lasted 4 months, my appartement was robbed, I had a cancer scare, I was diagnosed with endometriosis after years of pain without explanation and finally I decided to sell my house and move abroad.During those 2 years, Arrow was my rock. I know it’s pathetic but it sometimes was the only happy hour in my week and so, for a long time. This show didn’t save my life but it made it easier. It was my life raft. And for that I will always thank the show and the fandom and especially Emily and Stephen.

As I write this in sunny Spain, my life has changed dramatically, I bought a new appartement, I have new plans and my show is done. Thanks for the ride guys. It was a bumpy one but we made it in the end. Olicity prevailed. We survived and enjoyed most of the ride and the most important thing is : we have memories that will last us a life time and that can help us escape when life throws us a curved ball (or two, or three…). I kiss you all and wish you all the best. XOXO

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Arrow Season Finale

I’m enjoying it so far but I’m feeling so many things, I’ll need to sleep on it and organize my thoughts. So I’ll write a lengthy post tomorrow to say good bye properly.

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OTA Respect and Diggle in Flash

To all of us saying goodbye to Arrow tonight, let’s not forget David Ramsey will be guest starring in next week’s Flash. So let’s support OTA until the end. Let’s all watch the Flash in a week to say goodbye to Diggle.

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Felicity, Mia, and Olicity in Crisis comic part 2. Sorry it’s out of order.

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https://twitter.com/heyolicity23/status/1221091040490409986?s=20

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Read 8 Pages of the Crisis On Infinite Earths Giant #1

Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant #1 features a 24-page main story co-written by comics icon and Crisis comic co-creator Marv Wolfman and Marc Guggenheim, who serves as showrunner and executive producer of the Crisis on Infinite Earths television crossover event, with art provided by Tom Derenick (pencils), Trevor Scott (inks), John Kalisz (colors) and Wes Abbott (letters). Wolfman and Guggenheim also contribute an eight-page back-up story with pencils by fan-favorite Superman and Titans artist Tom Grummett, inks by Danny Miki, colors by Chris Sotomayor and letters by Wes Abbott.

The debut issue also features a full reprint of the first issue of Wolfman and Perez’ Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 as well as an excerpt from issue #7 of the landmark maxiseries.

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So I suffered through the Canaries ep just so I could catch here and there the Olicity mentions. The pictures by Mia’s bed were a nice touch. But do we even know what happened to Felicity in this new Earth after Crisis? 

Sure the last 5mn piqued my interest, but not so that I will torture myself watching a badly written show. I have Legends for that. A waste of good actors, sigh. 

This week, I also sat in front of Batwoman, Black Lightning and The Flash (better written than all combined) just to catch a glimpse of Olicity. Finally, next Tuesday, Emily Bett Rickards will be back with Stephen Amell and we can hope for the ending they/we deserve. 

This season has been a long exercice in frustration for me. So, in a way, I am glad it’s almost over because I know the best is behind us. I just pray the writers don’t f... up the last ep.  

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Saying goodbye to Arrow will be hard, but listen to this podcast where Stephen Amell tells Michael Rosenbaum how difficult it is for him. He really gave his all and I hope the last ep will do him justice.

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As Crisis neared its end, Arrow‘s Stephen Amell had a formidable task: bring to life an imposing new persona, and then ease into death the hero that we knew and loved. On the former front, Amell found just the right level of gravity in Spectre’s voice, as the powerful figure laid out for the Paragons their universes-saving itinerary. Similarly, when toe-to-toe with the Anti-Monitor, he projected a ferocity that sold us on Spectre being the villain’s equal. But it was in Amell’s very final moments, as an undefeated yet depleted Oliver, that he beautifully capped the character’s eight-season arc. “You did it. You all did it,” he said, beaming, to Barry and Sara. He then noted that while he in death will be at peace, “the real heroes are the ones that keep going. So keep going. Don’t ever stop. This new world, it needs both of you.” One final time Amell hit the bull’s-eye.

TVLine Performer of the Week: Honorable Mention | Stephen Amell

(via eloquence-of-felicities)

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Word!

OLIVER WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE AT THE AGE OF 86 WITH HIS WIFE HOLDING HIS HAND. IN THE HOUSE THEY HAVE LIVED IN FOR DECADES 😭

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So, there’s a big chance Stephen Amell won’t even appear in episode 9 of Arrow! We’ll have to suffer through the backdoor pilot of a show I personally won’t watch. I also foresee it won’t go beyond a full season. Gee I’m almost happy it’s gonna end just because Emily will finally be back.

Katherine McNamara: Meet Mia Smoak-Queen. 🏹💚💥 #GreenArrowandtheCanaries https://tvline.com/2020/01/13/green-arrow-and-canaries-spinoff-pilot-photos-2040/

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Hell yes!

Olicity is back for the final episode and that’s it… Nothing more matters. Their love is bigger than the frigging universe and there’s no other subject to talk about in the finale…

It’s the end of an ERA and I really hope the writers, for the last time, do some justice to our beloved characters and the BEST SHIP EVER on TV…