Friday, January 29, 2016

Is Arrow about to use Andy to kill off John Diggle? Is that who's in the grave?

By far the biggest tease of this season's Arrow has been the cut scene where we see Oliver Queen standing over a fresh grave and then Barry, a.k.a, the Flash shows up to chat with him a bit. Oliver looks angry, and I was pretty sure that it might have been Felicity in that hole. But recent events are making me think that it might be Diggle, as in John and not Andy.

For one, John's younger brother was brainwashed by Damien Darhk, who has powerful magic on his side (the kind that makes even Constantine wary to tango with him). For many of the episodes this season, Andy has been imprisoned in the Arrow cave being not only a very petulant little brat, but a complete supporter of all that is evil. His older brother, John, eventually seemed to win him over bit by bit, but I think this is all an act. And last night's episode ended with the heroes basically winning (with the exception of a major character death in the leader of ARGUS), and Andy was pretty instrumental in that so now everything's forgiven, and it's all "high fives" and "fist bumps" on the way back to the Arrow cave. Only that's not how any of this works.

My Spidey sense is tingling (I know, wrong universe). I guess George R.R. Martin said it best when he told writers to "kill your darlings," and I'm thinking that's what the show is about to give us. I mean, John Diggle doesn't really serve a purpose anymore and having his own brother kill him is like another season of storylines. John used to be the "voice of reason" for the show, but that's more or less been co-opted by Felicity who was the star of Wednesday night's episode where she had to deal with all the fear and depression she incurred by not being able to walk again. In a way, Felicity and Arrow proved why they are perfect for each other and there really isn't room for John's character in the show anymore. To be honest, the cutaways to anything that have to do with John's storyline are kind of boring when compared to the greater storyline of Damien Dahrk and what's going on with Malcolm Merlyn and his army of assassins.

Of course, it could also be Felicity's mom that's in the grave, or Laurel's dad, but John Diggle being in that grave makes the most sense to me. I don't think Arrow would ever be the same after that death, kind of like the Batman was when Jason Todd (a.k.a. Robin) got killed by the Joker in the comic book four part series "A Death in the Family." That was the breaking point for the Batman, and he became "the Dark Knight" for so many years after that. And believe me, I was consuming them all because the stories were SOO dark.

So who do you think is in the grave? Are you with me or against me?

8 comments:

  1. Could be a lot of people. Of course we've already established Lazarus pits so I don't know why anyone has to die on the show--or at least stay dead for long. Just like you know eventually Felicity will be healed with magic or nanobots or something like that. If it is Diggle that will be too bad as he's better and less annoying than Laurel or Thea.

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  2. Sorry, bit too far behind to answer. It's not one of my top shows, so I'm a season behind.

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  3. At first I thought it could be Lance, but when Barry speed over, the Diggle theroy became more plausible, though I'm not sure how it'd happen, maybe his brother...or maybe Dahrk... I'd be a shame if it does end up Diggle, because like Pat, I prefer him over Laurel and Thea.

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  4. I've been leaning toward Diggle lately, and I hate that. I'd much rather it was Thea or Laurel in that grave.

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  5. I haven't gotten into this one so I can't offer an opinion. Take care.

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  6. Oh, I hope not! But it makes sense.

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  7. My guess all along has been Quentin Lance though I Felicity's mom make some sense too.

    I was really hoping it might be Felicity as they need to do something shake up the show. Diggle would do that too as, like you've said, his roles are really filled by others now.

    I'd hate to see Diggle go though. He's one of my favorites. It's too bad they didn't make a spinoff of him with the Suicide Squad. That might have been great.

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  8. I don't want it to be Diggle! I was thinking maybe Roy, but he came out in this week's episode already. Or maybe Thea. IDK

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