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[barbarianwinter]

Olive's hay rack and new food bowl came! Day late 'cause of the storm, but I'm very pleased with both. So is she--she's already having a fight with the hay rack to get the best bits out.

Most racks are cheap little wire things, but this one is big and made of wood, with a solid back. Worth the money (less hay on the crate floor, yay! I just hope

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[aim2misbhave]

I'm continuing to question Laurel's intelligence - there were THREE conversations with Oliver as Green Arrow in which she didn't recognize either his voice or his jawline, and then that scene in the jail where her and the other guy actually have to be encouraged to run away from rioting prisoners.

Also, if you only get a couple dozen at the most, my family has totally learned that the snack packs or doritos and chips that you can get in huge boxes at Costco or wherever are very popular.

[pnr]

His voice is a way deeper though, and I can get her not recognizing it while being a bit freaked out that the scary vigilante is meeting up with her you know? But I totally agree on like, jawline and general body shape. Okay, he has changed somewhat physically (but not much, he seemed to be quite in shape back in the day... cause we can't change the actor too much haha). I was waiting for the whole thing to get more emotional, maybe even a kiss involved, at which she'd recognize him. But obviously it went in the other direction. (I hate when they don't recognize their partner in disguise when kissing OR don't realise it's an impostor)

Actually, recognizing the masked superhero was what saved Green Lantern for me a bit (still not a good movie though). Because duh! Of course you'll recognize your childhood friend and occasional boyfriend (or something, I can't remember) when all that's different is that he has magic paint on him XD

[barbarianwinter]

[spoiler for next week]They're gonna kiss next week, but not when he's in costume. And clearly she'll know now anyway.

See my other comment on this--but I think she was about to realize it was him in the prison, but then shit was distracting.
I dunno, I'm glad they're not going to do more of it, but I was able to suspend my disbelief for this one ep, considering who she thinks Oliver is and his voice modifying gadget.
Kissing would have been a bit much, though, as would keeping on doing this week after week.

[pnr]

Yeah, there's was a moment there where a spark of "oh oh... is he?" lit in her eyes and then well, it got a bit distracting.

And I completely agree. Going on like this would be so damn tiresome. That's why I was so glad he revealed himself to his bodyguard (damn I forgot his name right now! I blame just getting out of the shower. The water washed all memories away) last week.

And yeah, I saw the promo. Glad they're doing that now.

[barbarianwinter]

Digg! He's my favorite character and I LOVED what they did with him in this ep (and the reveal last week.)

(I mostly hid it for anyone who was staying spoiler-free and to show how considerate I am. :D)

[pnr]

Yes, Digg! I love him too. My first thought when they took Oliver away was "Digg, you go pretend to be Arrow now okay? Get him off the hook". Maybe he will. GO SAVE HIM DIGG.

(yeah I know. Which is why I also remained more... neutral)

[barbarianwinter]

Yes, that's exactly what I said! But I'm kinda also glad they don't seem to be going there (judging by the promo), or at least not JUST going there, 'cause I generally rather shows do something more interesting than what I can think up (unless I'm like REALLY thinking up good shit.)

But maybe he'll be able to keep Oliver off the hook for Arrow's other doings--just not the prison because he was on camera. Anyway, we'll see--I think Digg'll do something awesome. :D

And I loved his whole "not your sidekick" thing, heh.

[barbarianwinter]

I'm glad they're not going to be doing more of that (I guess since she's gonna know it's him now), but he did have his little voice modifier and kept standing in the dark and/or turning his back.... Still, it'd be silly if it'd gone on a long time and she hadn't figured it out. (I got the feeling she was about to in the prison but then things were too exciting/intense and she didn't quite get there--which I didn't find too unbelievable.)

But, you know, I tend to not want to underestimate peoples' capacity for denial: she's seen him be a bit badass once, and so not badass a few more times since he's been back, and I think she still sees Oliver as the guy she dated...a guy who'd never do the things Arrow does. *shrug*

[aim2misbhave]

Oh, after he gets arrested? I suppose - still, she saw him how often, three times on the roof and once in the prison? If she'd only seen him once or even twice I could buy it, but four times is really stretching the boundaries of plausibility a little far given the fact that he's just wearing a hood, I think. Although if he does wear face paint, wow, I want his makeup remover.

[barbarianwinter]

I see your point but it didn't bother me so much.

If this show never gives us a scene of him furiously making sure every bit of green is gone from his eyelashes, I will fucking write letters. (Or someone noticing some leftover and him having to make up shit about partying in eyeliner--SOMETHING; I swear I've made like a dozen jokes about it while watching the show.)

[aim2misbhave]

Or green mascara? Although that might be less realistic, I swear, Indiana Jones had less trouble finding the Holy Grail than I had finding any mascara in any color, let alone a decent one...

But my favorite had to have been when he rescued Digg, and he's giving him the stuff for the curare in one scene, then in the next scene we see his perfectly paint-free face. Heck, even if he was using heavily pigmented eyeshadow instead of paint I don't think it'd wash off that easily...

[barbarianwinter]

I don't and have never (and never will if I can help it) wear makeup, so I can't comment....

Yeah, that was a little much, seriously.