You know, we always think about what Team Arrows reactions would be if Laurel came back. And we have that one show staff excerpt floating around saying that "she is alive and well and it might have to do with flashpoint". If its really Earth-1 Laurel that somehow comes back. Imagine after all the shit/stress Barry has got for Flashpoint, that finally something major and undeniably good came of it. At the very least he made an old friend came back. He may not be super close to her but still.
Yeah, it would be really nice. Barry gets too much shit. I hate those that hate on Barry for “fucking up the timeline.” Those that judge him for his decision. Yes, he messed up. But, fuck. Who wouldn’t do the same thing he did if they were in the same position with the same abilities? I’m sure the people who drag Barry to paint Oliver as a better hero would want to fix the timeline if Felicity was dead, and would be okay if a whole string of consequences took place that fucked everyone’s life up if it was to revive Olicity.
I’m really happy that Oliver said the same thing about it. That he understands why Barry did it and would do the same and can’t judge him for it. Man, The Flash writers have a way of writing the best versions of these characters.
Anyway, getting a bit of topic. I agree. I think if something as big as Laurel somehow surviving, or Flashpoint being able to give us some iteration of our Laurel in this present timeline, then Barry would be able to have something good come out of Flashpoint. There’s a lot of things they can do and a lot of different reactions we can see when it comes to Laurel coming back. And I’m really excited for it, no matter what it is tbh.