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At the address, Kyle’s head jerks up from the charcoal piece he’s working on, just now registering the presence of another person in the room. His first instinct is to melt into a smile, because hey, it’s Connor, but then his second instinct is to squint a little, because hey, wasn’t he supposed to be eating lunch with the other teacher in his department today? “Oh, shit,” he exhales, rubbing a hand over his face, totally forgetting its covered in black charcoal. “I definitely sent the wrong person a calendar notification. I mean, on the one hand, score, ‘cause you’re way hotter than Miss Margoyles, but yeah I definitely didn’t mean to invite you to a ‘Introductions and Lesson Plans’ lunch.” 

  “ hey, you wanna see something cool ?? ”  wally shoves a couple fries in his mouth, pats irey on the head so she’ll stay put, and then disappears for a couple seconds.  when he’s back, it’s with a couple of the twins’ school folders.  “ jai found a green arrow folder, and guess which beardless arrow-slinger was on the cover ?? ”  it’s a medicore depiction of connor at best, but hey !!  fun find.  “ the twins fought tooth and nail for it. ”

a weenie intro for my fave forgotten arrow, who deserves far better! he’s based from new earth comics, subject to changes thru plotting etc!

- Connor was brought up by his mum, never having knowingly met his father. There was never a set place they called home, having to travel for her work just as much as often as they did to find Connor a new school, who was frequently expelled for fighting bullies.

- Connor finally learns that his father is Oliver Queen; the Green Arrow, and immediately wants to follow in his footsteps. There were newspaper clippings, some bootleg figurines involved, all just a little embarrassing to him in retrospect. Once it becomes clear that Connor’s anger issues are making schooling impossible, he begs to be allowed to join the same Ashram monastery his father did so long ago.

- Connor’s teenage years are spent here, learning the practices of Zen Buddhism to maintain focus and composure, along with Aikido and archery. Eventually he meets Ollie himself, and for a short time becomes his sidekick, fully adoring the chance to get to know his father while also worrying how to tell him of their relation to each other. Someone else ends up doing that for him, and it didn’t end pretty, with Ollie dying soon after.

- After Ollie passed, Connor takes on the mantle as Green Arrow, and throws himself fully into the hero lifestyle. Along the way he meets many other heroes, growing close to his new siblings along with Kyle Rayner, Wally West, Tim Drake, Spoiler & co.

- Eventually Connor finds out Ollie is still alive, and stages his rescue along with his newfound family.

- It’s been years since then, and Connor has finally gotten to grips with hero work before being invited to assist with the Academy.