The first time Ollie decided to run for mayor, things seemed a lot simpler. None of his friends had died yet, no one had gone to the dark side, and Dinah still loved him. His motivations for running for mayor were the same - he wanted to help people, and there were some things that you couldn’t do in a costume, but you could do as an individual. ( Read more... )

Ollie had always tried to solve problems. However, he just wasn’t very good at it. Most of his bright ideas just usually ended up causing more problems than they had solved. Road trip with Hal? Ended with that mess with Roy. Rescuing Dinah and killing her torturers had just led to an entirely new set of problems. Taking in Marianne to try to ( Read more... )

Mayor Oliver Queen had given a lot of interviews since the election. He really wasn't sure who this new journalist was, but he was sure that he could handle her. He was prepared for it ( Read more... )

Oliver Queen had made a lot of mistakes in his lifetime. Lifetimes, even. He had taken things for granted, taken people for granted. And it had cost him dearly. He had children he hadn’t get to see grow up. Others who had understandably hated him. And years that could have been spent with Dinah that hadn’t been ( Read more... )

I’m sure you expect me to support the Olympics. The little guy, the one without powers, getting all the glory. World unity and peace and all those other things I support.

HA. The Olympics aren’t like that at all. It’s just a sham put on by the governments to make you think that the people are really being honored. They’ve turned these honored ( Read more... )

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Respect? The fatcats are considered respectable. But nobody should want to be like them. Businessmen and politicians and all the rest. They convince the people that they are something that you should live up to, something that you should want to be, while they take advantage of you and keep the people down. Yet apparently these corporate shills ( Read more... )

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Oliver Queen had never been one to edit himself. He said what he thought, he said what he believed, and he didn’t give a damn if people thought he was being rude. He was only speaking the truth of the matter, and if the fatcats weren’t listening to him, well, that was their own fault. He just wasn’t speaking loud enough ( Read more... )

The world used to be a much simpler place. When he was younger, when he was first starting out, Ollie could see the world in black and white. He was one of the good guys, and the little guys were the ones who needed to be protected from the fat cats. Ollie could preach against all the evils of the world, secure in the knowledge that he was doing ( Read more... )