#my deadly black lil kat

[bellatorlupinus]

Sketching my sketchy lil guy

Hes got spunk hes got sand

[sssssssim]

ew. com/tv/2019/03/06/arrow-season-8-final/ So season 8 of Arrow will be shortened and its last. I guess we might've all seen this coming. I'm curious as to how long it's been developing, esp considering the cross over this past year and Oliver's fate in it. I really hope they don't kill him off, not after everything he's been through. It's be nice to see Thea again. Also makes you wonder how many more seasons Arrow, Supergirl, Legends could go on for. Your thoughts on it all?

So. I’ve had a few days to sit on it and really think about this. Get ready for some babble.

I’ll start by saying that I’m glad. 

On one hand, I’m glad that it’s going to end. It’s been going on for long enough, and the past few seasons have not been as good as their firsts. Honestly, they should have ended it a while ago, but I’m still glad they’re ending it when they are. … I’m glad they’re not dragging it on to fifteen seasons (yeah, I’m looking at you, Supernatural).

On the other hand, I’m glad we’re still getting season 8. Yeah, it’s going to be shorter, just 10 episodes, that’s fine by me. But it’s important that we’re getting it, because it gives the writers a chance to tie up all the loose ends. I would have been very, very pissed, if it would have ended at s7, in a massive cliffhanger.

As for the story… Yes, I’m alarmed for Crisis on Infinite Earths. I think there’s a big chance they’re going to kill off Oliver, especially after what mysterius deal he made with the Monitor in Elseworlds. … I don’t know if I’m okay with that. I don’t know if I’m okay with anyone dying then, although I know they’re all supposed to.

It could happen, though. There’s gonna be 10 episodes in s8, and they could time it so that the crossover episode is the last Arrow one. And Oliver dies then. It could happen, but I don’t want it. I might change my mind till next year, but… ouch.

At the end of the day, I hope they do it justice. I didn’t enjoy the latest seasons as much as I did the first three, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy Arrow. I did, actually. Quite a lot.

Arrow holds a dear place in my heart.

All the olicity fanfic I’ve written, it’s taken me places. I made friends because of it, at one point in time it gave me a lil bit of fame in this fandom :)), it helped me practice my English and it gave me a lot of confidence, as a fic writer.

It’s the reason I started getting into DC. I didn’t grew up with Superman and Batman, I was never really interested in non-Marvel superheroes, but Arrow made me fall a lil in love with DC superheroes, and the Arrowverse is the only reason I know anything about them, and Arrow is the one that started it all.

Arrow is ridiculously important, because it was the first superhero show. It was the first one, in a while, that was good, that was popular enough, that started the process of making superhero tv shows A Thing. 

And look where we are now, seven years later. The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning, Constantine, Gotham, Titans, Doom Patrol, Krypton, Batwoman. Agents of Shield, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, Runaways, The Gifted, Legion, Cloak & Dagger, Deadly Class. And The Tick, which I don’t watch, oops. What else did I miss?

Arrow started it all.

Yeah, I haven’t written any proper fic for it in years. Yeah, I haven’t loved the past seasons.

But that doesn’t erase the fact that I do still love Arrow, as a whole.

I’ll be sad to see it go. But I hope, I’m praying, that they’re going to give it the farewell it deserves.

I am so very excited for the actors, though. I always am, when a show ends. Like… Yeah, man, I see Stephen Amell and I instantly think “Oh, that’s Oliver.”, but I’m so excited to stop doing that. Everyone involved in the show, from Stephen, Emily and David, to the kiddos, Kat and Ben, they have proven their worth, as actors. I am so excited to see where they go next. 

As for the rest of the Arrowverse shows… I don’t think their success is connected to Arrow’s demise. I hope they’re smart enough to treat all of them as separate entities and to keep them around, as long as the views justify it. As of right now, I’m loving Flash above anything else, and both Legends and Supergirl are hella fun to watch. I hope they don’t cancel them anytime soon.

At the end of the day, I realize that this news has got me very excited.

I’m excited to see how the two timelines we’re seeing now, in s7, are gonna wrap up, and I’m excited to see which of them we’ll be seeing in s8.

I’m excited for s8. I’m excited for the emotional mess I’m gonna be in as the last episode airs, I’m excited to see how it’s going to end.

I’m excited for Crisis on Infinite Earths. Knowing that it’s going to be the last big Arrowverse crossover, I know it’s going to be bigger, better than all of the rest combined. It’s going to be fucking huge.

I’m excited to see Stephen and Emily be … someone else, something else :).

I’m excited to be a part of the end of Arrow. I’ve always been excited to be a part of it. 

Because this, this show, these moments we’re going through, they’re 

superhero tv history, and we’re all a part of it.