honestly I see u a lot in my dash and as someone who's mostly on the arrowfam side of dc it's nice seeing u post arrow related stuff 🥹🥹
I have so much love in my heart for the arrowfam, it’s absurd.
I love how flawed and yet self-aware — to the point of loathing — Oliver is. I love how kind and open and considerate Connor is. I love how plucky and absolutely, fundamentally hopeful, Mia is. And obviously, I fucking love Roy. He is so talented and intelligent, and it is so underrated. I loathe how little we acknowledge that, yes, he develops the majority of the trick arrows and other bits of weaponry the family use. I love his dynamic with Lian in the recent Dawn of DC run — that arc with the Scarlet Archer and how they ended it, scouting for addicts to take to clinics, made me want to cry.
And, god, how guilty Oliver feels, how sincerely he apologizes for his wrongs and how humble he is in spite of his attempts to keep the facade of arrogance. He knows he’s a piece of shit sometimes. It plagues him, and it hits.
In many ways, I think “Batfam” fans would find the way the Arrowfam treats their historical flaws and family drama to be ideal. The Arrowfam neither sweep it under the rug nor let it define them; rather, they (Ollie especially, with his various fuckups and unfaithfulness with Dinah, not being in Connor’s life as a child, and kicking Roy out/abandoning him during his addiction) spend their lives trying to make up for the harm they cause and showing their care. It’s astonishing how they straddle the line between genuinely doing some pretty terrible shit to each other and also never once casting doubt on how much they love each other. I have never once questioned it.
They’re just such a joy to read. I dunno.
And also. Like. Come on.
It’s funny as hell.
