Challenge 04 - Rec-It!
Okay, so CW's Arrow is yet another tv show about some white dude from a comic book. Why should you watch it? That's a good question. One I feel best answered in picspam form cause I suck at the words thing.
Reason 1: Team Arrow (original flavor)
Felicity Smoak is probably the best thing about this show. The looks she gives Ollie make for amazing reaction gifs. She's has a small problem with her brain-to-mouth filter which never fails to make Oliver (and me) laugh.
John Diggle is amazing. Besides being gorgeous, he's also the one who calls Ollie on his BS the most. Hovers between deadpan snarker and only sane man, while actually being a three dimensional character. Frequently hangs lampshades on the fact that he's used to fill stereotypical 'scary black man' roles.
Oliver Queen while technically the main character, is generally just the bankroll for the Felicity & Dig adventures (okay that's not true but wouldn't it be amazing if it was?). Oliver tends to bounce between brooding man pain and righteous justice with the occasional swerve into starry eyed romantic before snapping back into his role as cynical hero. Sounds bad I know, but it's really not. The show uses both Felicity and Dig as check and balance system to call Oliver on his shit and reign him in when he goes to far.
Reason 2: Team Flashback!
God damn everyone on this show is so very pretty. The flashbacks are by far the best part of early season one, imho. Granted no one in this pic-spam is in those eps ('cept Ollie of course). Sorry, I didn't realize I was leaving out Yao Fei treating Ollie like an untrained puppy until I was compiling this post. But yeah, his first companion that taught him how to kill his own food was great.
Reason 3: Fantastic Genetics (Just look at these pretty people.)
The Queen/Steele Family
The Lance Family
The Merlyn Family
(seriously where are the Doctor Who crossovers, we got Captain Jack and River Song here)
The SCPD/DA/Mayor's Office
Reason 4: Whump (You want hurt/comfort fic fodder? You came to the right fandom)
Reason 5: Plot! (just kidding it's naked/sexy people)
Reason 6: Team Arrow (take 2)
As plot demands sometimes Team Arrow actually work with other people.
