#anatoly is the comic relief of this entire show

[shayveridekidd]

tbh i genuinely love the ollie in jail storyline just because of the pure team arrow chaos that comes with it and their new alliances😭😭 example:

dig: “argus has been tracking diaz ever since he slaughtered the bratva in russia. the scpd was responding to a munitions plant break-in, so please tell me felicity, how the help do you end up in the middle of my op? again!”

felicity: “why don’t i just say exponential search algorithm, and we’ll just leave it at that?”

earth 2 laurel: “we planted a tracker on the silencer’s belt. *cue anatoly looking exasperated* obviously, diaz must’ve found it and is using it as bait against us.”

dinah: “how did you manage that? you were nowhere near the silencer at the cdc.”

curtis: “that thing at the cdc was you guys??”

rene: “uh, felicity wasn’t near her. i was. we snuck her out together”

dinah: “so you two captured the silencer?!”

rene: “but felicity and laurel were the ones that tortured her”

*cue shocked & slightly pissed faces from dinah & curtis”

laurel: “actually, i convinced her not to. you’re welcome.”

dig: “so now you’re working with laurel?”

laurel: “i’m standing right here.”

dinah: “to be fair, she did help shut down that illegal psychiatric program at slabside”

rene: “wait. hold on a sec. so you’re gonna give me crap about working with the new green arrow *anatoly literally just watching this all unfold like it’s the best gossip ever, but also still exasperated* and meanwhile you’re siding with the black frickin’ siren??”

felicity: “you’re working with the new green arrow??”

curtis: “guys, i think that the whole point of this is that maybe we should pick up our phones a little more, huh? shoot a text. yeah. i am totally talking about the fact that everyone forgot my birthday last week—

felicity: “YOUR PARTY IS NEXT WEEK ACT SURPRISED” *curtis smiling like an absolute dork* “ok, now that all of our deep dark secrets are out, do you think that we can switch our focus back to the psycho who just TRIED TO BLOW US UP??”

anatoly (finally weighing in LOL): “sounds like good idea.”

john: “first, ground rules. no new green arrow. secondly, no one who isn’t from this earth.”

laurel: “you’re kicking me out?”

dinah: “well, you are the da. you could’ve been exposed tonight, and i think there’s no need to risk that again.”

laurel: “so an international mob boss *ANATOLY’S LITTLE WAVE* gets to stay but i have to leave, is that it?” *everyone just kinda shrugs😭😭* “unbelievable!”