Shiny new fandom: ARROW

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(blue-meridian said I was contractually obligated to finish this post, and though I don't remember signing anything, here you go, Blue :)

I am through all the Felicity/Oliver fic on AO3, and all the vids I can find on youtube, and have reblogged all the gifsets of Stephen Amell's abs on Tumblr and OOOOOMG HI THERE SHINY NEW FANDOM I WILL HUG YOU AND SQUEEZE YOU AND CALL YOU GEORGE AND SMUSH YOUR ADORABLE FACES TOGETHER.

Ahem. Yeah.

So, new fandom, yo. It has action! And superheroes and villains! And humor! And romance, and brooding and snark and the hero being called on his brooding bullshit and awesome ladies and bromance and complicated redemption arcs and competence all over the place and unlikely heroes and UNLIKELY ALLIES AND FOUND FAMILIES AND TEAM FEELS EVERYWHERE OMFG SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

I have buttons, and holy shit is Arrow pushing all of them.

WHERE THE FANDOM ACTION APPARENTLY IS (heavily Felicity/Oliver biased. I own that.)
arrow-tv on lj
Oliver/Felicity comm on lj
Arrow tag on The Mary Sue
felicityholysmoak.tumblr.com
olicityisendgame.tumblr.com
team-olicity.tumblr.com
oliver-and-felicity.tumblr.com
queensarrow.tumblr.com
fyeahemilybettrickards.tumblr.com/

Arrow tag on AO3
Felicity/Oliver on AO3

Olicity Queen youtube channel: The "hubby"/"wifey" comments are too much for me, but she's got a fantastic collection of all the Felicity and Oliver clips, updated regularly.

Official stuff
Arrow official Facebook
Green Arrow TV
CW's Arrow site
CW's Arrow twitter
The CW's official Arrow tumblr
CW's Arrow Youtube channel

Stephen Amell is very active online, does lots of video Q&As on Fb and is and totes adorbs (I actually mistyped that as ABdorbs, which is hilariously accurate.)
Stephen Amell FB
Stephen Amell youtube
Stephen Amell twitter

Other cast and crew on the Twitters:
ARROWwritersroom, GreenArrowTV, ARROW ProductionOffice, Caity Lotz, Manu Bennett, Willa Holland, Colton Haynes, Emily Bett Rickards, Paul Blackthorne, Katie Cassidy, James Bamford

FIC RECS
https://pinboard.in/u:julie_w/t:recs-fic-arrow

Dust to Dust - anthfan
Fabulous banter and great characterization.

Hands - redtoes
Fabulous relationship building and characterization.

Hideaways - jaegermighty (moirariordan)
Fabulous characterization, funny, sweet and scorching HOT. I ADORE THIS FIC.

Hood Life - TerrusDacktellus
Lots of great little character moments and vignettes

This isn't what it looks like... - Carly_101
Fun five times fic with a nice shippy payoff at the end

The High-Velocity Helicarrier Hotel (For All Your Escaping Needs) - Frea_O
Team Arrow meets SHIELD and Team Hawkguy. Arrows abound and hilarity ensues. 3rd in the Badass Altitude series (all recommended)

Adventures First, Explanations Take Such A Dreadful Time - Frea_O
FABULOUS collection of AU and tropes ficlets. All your AU needs! Space AU! Figure-skating AU! Western! Coffee Shop! High School!

And all of my tagged Arrow fic. Anything here I found enjoyable and notable enough to keep for later sharing if not shove right into people's faces and demand they read them now:
https://pinboard.in/u:julie_w/t:fic-arrow/

VID RECS

Wants to Rule the World by VeritasProductions
Stunningly edited Oliver-focused vid to Lorde's cover of "Wants to Rule the World" which sets the perfect mood for the show. Warning for fast cuts.

Radioactive by VeritasProductions
Another brilliantly edited vid that's a great visual survey of the first season. Lots of excellent color work and layering of clips. Warning for fast cuts and lots of strobing effects!

We'll Fall Until We're Free by VeritasProductions
As the vidder says of the song choice, "every time I listened to it, I pictured all of the long shots of Oliver as he was brooding around Starling City." And it works well.

At Arm's Length by Aislynn221b
Lovely Felicity and Oliver vid, with perfect song choice for their arc in late season 2.

Say Something by angelwings4191
Another nice Felicity and Oliver vid, heavy on the angst. One of the better examples of incorporating dialogue clips form the show into the vid.

Let Her Go by dobrevlooch
Dear lord, the long, deep lingering looks these two have is pretty much every episode...

META RECS
Author Jennifer Cruise has been tearing it up on the writing, storytelling and romance in Arrow:
Writing the First Meet Scene: Arrow
Sharp Soap: Why I’m An Arrow Fangirl
Arrow Thursday: Protagonists
Arrow Thursday: Antagonists
The Romance Contract

Arrow splits itself into four fantastic (and nostalgic) genres by Esther Inglis-Arkell on io9

coffeeandink on Arrow 2x13 - "Heir to the Demon"
absentlyabbie on Arrow 2.14 Time of Death