Well that troublesome CEO they fired wanted to make the paralysis cure available to anyone regardless of their ability to pay. Crazy ideas like doing things for the greater good! How is that going to help company profits?

So are the Bratva. So is Slade. So is Malcolm Merlyn. I think this was Felicity's entire point.

And I know even more fanfic writers who would agree, have interrogated the text and found ways to redeem both women by giving them the writing they deserve.

She had damn good motivation to lose her shit and join the dark side… but the boring-as-hell, blink-and-you-miss-him boyfriend was not one of them. I'm just glad we're getting to the knock-down, drag out shouting match we've been needing since the breakup.

He is rather unnecessary, and for a while there it was like season 3, where Felicity had to be dumbed down to support a male character.

I like Echo, but I'm starting to absolutely hate Curtis.

For me, it's not a matter of what specific motivations Felicity has; girl has every right to go completely off the rails, considering the year she's had. Instead I'm just relieved that she's finally getting a voice and the agency to make her own choices, no matter how bad they are.

That would… be actually quite a brilliant move for the 'verse. Introduce the Big Bad for Flash on Arrow? Very integrated storytelling.

You're actually not the first one to posit this…

It's a perfect Kacey Rohl role, if you think about it.

Believe me, wedges make a huge difference compared to spiked heels.

I'm here to watch Felicity confront Oliver, period. I've been needing a screaming match all season. Pity an explosion interrupted it before things got real nasty.

She'll be a series regular in season 6. Expect much-hyped press releases when they decide her costume, what her catchphrase will be, and when she'll first be called Black Canary. They'll drag this mother out as long as possible, just like they always do.

Believe me, there's gonna be fanfic.

Oh, yeah… that one time she bribed a source to get dirt on Oliver. Forgot about that. Another ethically sound choice by Susan the Reporter!

Of course we care about Susan. Oliver's boning her, and apparently we're supposed to care about her because of that.

Everyone on this show endures a kidnapping at some point. It's like a requirement to get into the club, just like getting an arrow in the shin. As for keeping Oliver's secret? She even *told* Oliver she was going to out him as the Green Arrow, except Thea and Felicity managed to discredit her. Besides, there's still…

See, "good reporters" don't sleep with their interview subjects, but somehow we're pretending there's nothing ethically wrong about Susan sleeping with Oliver (to confirm the Bratva story) or the fact that his girlfriend had a file of incriminating evidence on her computer *just sitting there*. I'm sure she only had…

That's another thing he didn't discuss with Felicity. How about asking the girl whose father abandoned her how she felt about watching another man abandon his son?

Preach.