Mrs. Ma and I didn't catch it either.

Cool. Thanks!

"That point certainly tracks with arguments made throughout this season, but it’s hard to drill down to what Clara does here that sit so far outside her usual, more straightforwardly good behavior."

That's part of the Arrow drinking game. When that happens, finish your drink.

Jelly Babies!!! Awesome.

Just my personal taste (or lack thereof) but any Hemingway would be improved by killer robots and space battles.

Word.

So, where is Oliver getting money? I'm just assuming that, like most wealthy people probably do, he has cash squirreled away in accounts and investments that aren't seized when super villains take over your family company. Have they ever settled whether he is truly destitute?

I can respect that. Body snarking aside, they've really screwed the pooch on her character.

People's bodies do weird shit when they work out hard. It's mostly genetics. She should start juicing to bulk up everywhere.

Eventually, though, he'll have to go baaaaack!

Roy is basically my size, so I have a hard time seeing him as a super hero, especially after 5-6 months. Turns out that Cassidy and Lotz, after doing a little digging, are about the same size and weight. So, 80 lbs. she's not. Try 115, compared to Lotz at 123 (at least the stats I found). To me it just isn't a…

This one thousand times. It really fucking sucks, and it's just so… teenaged? But, it's the CW, and some cheese must be endured.

Paralyzed, maybe? That would be pretty twisted.

Yes, but the complaints are not about his body type, more rips on his personality, etc. Not what I'm talking about.

I agree with you: the issue is with the training, not with the size of the person.

I also don't think it's "shaming" per se, but there are a lot of body issues associated with it. One problem is that fidelity to the source material implies a kind of body that most women (and most actresses) do not have. Most women, for example, don't have that kind of physique AND a "DD" rack. Pretty fucking rare.…

I haven't noticed nearly as many comments about Roy as about Laurel. And what makes Laurel any different from anyone else on the show? Sara, a college floozy, gets marooned and, after three years training with the League, is somehow able to put down special forces vets twice her size like Diggle (as she claimed she…

Oh no. Didn't say it was new, just said it was problematic to me, a) because it's contrary to reality, and b) because everyone just shrugs and thinks, "Sure, it makes perfect sense that Roy could train for a whole 5-6 months and also be on the team, but not Katie Cassidy! No fucking way!!!" I mean, for fuck's sake…

Emaciated? Not really.