Crisis theory time!!!!
So this little nugget was in the second trailer for Crisis
And while I too had my emo OLIVER GETS TO HUG HIS BABY GIRL moment. This isn’t the hug we got in 8x07. That was a much different hug, and Oliver was wearing different clothes.
Speaking of clothing. He’s got on his old hood here. And he looks like he’s on some version of Lian Yu.
So off the wall theory time. The Monitor takes Oliver away before Crisis fully ends in order to ‘blah, blah, blah’ whatever I didn’t watch last years crossover nor do I really play attention to the Monitor at all. He broke up a family. He’s basically a homewrecker.
Anyway back to the theory. He sends Oliver away when Mia agrees to finish crisis for her dad. And if she does, and she wins? (is this something you can win? idk) then the Monitor has to give Oliver back. Because if he doesn’t she will refuse to ever pick up a bow again. And as we learned from 7x22 he told Felicity that the future needed Mia in it.
So Mia saves the day, saves her dad, and saves her family. With an assist from Sara Lance and John Diggle. The only other two people in the scope of the crossover who will actually give a damn if Oliver dies.
Edit:
The point of the picture was, this would be Mia coming to get Oliver and bring him home.