Sarcasm Into Print

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"...In most of the show so far, Felicity has spent her time on Team Arrow coordinating and hacking from the relative safety of the not-so-secret lair. When she does venture out into the field, the general result is either whacky hijinks or kidnapping. She has been a damsel in distress, a sleeper agent, and serial killer bait. She’s afraid of heights and doesn’t like guns. She wears glasses and high heels. She cries. She shamelessly ogles the hot guy and falls unabashedly in love with him. Her dresses frequently have so many cutouts that it’s difficult to imagine how she actually puts them on unassisted. 

And that's okay." 

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fashion encyclopedia: Tony Ward s/s 2015 rtw

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"On October 24, the fourth of the DC inspired shows premiered. With Gotham surging forward over on Fox and The Flash breaking records on the more diminutive CW, NBC’s Constantine had some stiff competition. Although airing on one of the four major networks, Constantine’s unenviable timeslot of 10:00PM on Friday nights is about equivalent to airing on The CW, and the relative obscurity of the character in mainstream media far from guaranteed an audience. Of the four shows, Constantine was the one most likely to struggle for viewers, and an awful lot was riding on the pilot episode to lock in an audience.

Fortunately..."

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Of the three new DC shows that would premiere in Fall 2014, NBC's Constantine was undoubtedly the one about which I knew the least. Fox's Gotham--if not about the Caped Crusader himself as audiences had come to know him from the Christopher Nolan trilogy--was at least going to be set in the Batman universe and feature some familiar faces. I had less knowledge about The Flash over on The CW, but the character's iconic red suit with yellow lightning bolts was plenty recognizable, and star Grant Gustin's appearance as Barry Allen in Season 2 of Arrow (also on The CW) at least provided some background. But Constantine? Constantine was something else entire

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Arrow: 6 Things That “Sara” Did Right (And 3 It Didn’t)

What did we learn from this week's latest episode.

"...In “Sara,” Laurel is grieving and angry and vengeful. That’s fine. It’s even okay that Laurel wanted to go outside of the law to find and punish Sara’s killer. Her sister died, and she was irrational. Who wouldn’t be? There’s just no reason why she should be motivated into becoming a vigilante. Sara wasn’t murdered by a mugger.

Oliver wanted to right his family’s wrongs. Roy wanted to help people overlooked by the authorities. Diggle wanted to make a difference in civilian life after leaving the army. Even behind-the-scenes accomplice Felicity had her own reasons. Lawyer Laurel does not.

Fans of a show about a hero who cleans up the streets by dressing in green leather and firing trick arrows at criminal ne’er-do-wells are generally pretty willing to suspend their disbelief. If the story is fun to watch and follows a logical progression, who cares if the windows at the Queen Consolidated high-rise always shatter or the Arrow never breaks his nose? Viewers can hand-wave a lot of farfetched stories in a comic book show, but the defining plot of the ostensible female lead should not require so much obtrusive rationalization in-universe…or out."

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I just wanted a gifset of all three… (x,x,x)

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I laughed way too much

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that is the most cartoony wildlife footage ever captured.

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“Lord of the flies”

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How did you even

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Arrow Sneak Peak Clip 1!

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Character Interactions: Oliver Queen And Laurel Lance in "Sara"

"...First, we had Oliver and Laurel. As the two who had known Sara longest and best, it was natural that these would be the two most deeply affected by her death. For once, we were shown rather than told that there was more to their bond than the bitterness and bad memories left over from their catastrophic romances. Determined to play his role, Oliver's interactions and affections with Laurel had a paint-by-numbers aura to them as he attempted to provide comfort without opening himself up to feeling any."

- Arrow: 6 Things That "Sara" Did Right (And 3 It Didn't)

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Arrow: 6 Things That “Sara” Did Right (And 3 It Didn’t)

What did we learn from this week's latest episode.

"...In contrast, Oliver seemed to go out of his way not to touch Felicity. His most human response in the episode prior to his final confession was when Felicity startled him into looking her in the eye after she accused him of not having any feelings. While she apologized immediately, his devastated reaction was enough to remind us that there was a person underneath all of the stoicism. Where he spent the premiere trying not to smile whenever he looked at her, Oliver in 'Sara' looked on the verge of breakdown whenever she managed to pull a reaction from him."

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Arrow: 6 Things That “Sara” Did Right (And 3 It Didn’t)

What did we learn from this week's latest episode.

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The Walking Dead: 5 Things That “No Sanctuary” Did Right (And 3 It Didn’t)

Out of the boxcar and into the fire...

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"...Despite the heartbreak, the romance between Oliver and Felicity in 'The Calm' was handled very well. They were open and adult with one another. Even Oliver's refusal to tell her 'never' came from a place of honesty rather than cruelty, and it matters that she was the one to walk away. Objectively, this felt more like a pause than a conclusion, and getting so many of the huge romantic beats out of the way in the premiere opens the rest of the season up to greater balance.

Subjectively? Go ahead and watch that kiss again. There's no judgment here."

- WhatCulture.com

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Arrow: 5 Things That "The Calm" Did Right (And 3 It Didn't)

(from WhatCulture.com)

Oliver and Felicity. 

They weren't supposed to happen. Felicity was meant to be an Easter egg for comic fans, and Emily Bett Rickards a one-off guest star. Oliver was meant to sizzle with star-crossed soulmate Laurel, and Stephen Amell to sell an epic love affair opposite Katie Cassidy. 

Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, Plan A backfired as audiences failed to connect with Oliver and Laurel as a couple. Fortunately for the showrunners, Plan B fell into their laps as Rickards created a character out of a cameo and Amell lit up in their scenes together. Purely by accident, Olicity was born. After two seasons of lackluster Lauriver, "The Calm" seemed likely to be the turning point for the series' main romance.

Read the rest of how Oliver and Felicity got it right:

http://whatculture.com/tv/arrow-5-things-calm-right-3-didnt.php/6