#dark arc

Summary: Your life has always been one of battle and blood, of the dark nipping at your heels and the light just out of reach. You spent your life trying to run from your past, trying to prove that you were good, worthy of the Light. But what happens when you meet him? Meet your equal, your other half, your endless stars and your forever? What happens when you join hands and step into the dark together?

Please be aware, this series is a dark ac series and will contain dark themes as the chapters go on. Each chapter will be marked with content warnings as usual, but please do not read at all if you're a minor.

Series Warnings: 18+ Only, Death, Swearing, Drinking, Violence, Blood and injury detail, sex detail, anger, angst, fluff, pining, mutual pining, lots of pining. Sort of an AU?

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Prologue - Barefoot On The Battlefield

Chapter 1

"For Helix, I think you have to look at their roots," showrunner Wendy Mericle says. "They're an organization who's willing to break any law, go do anything in the name of 'protecting the people.' We really did sort of take this from Anonymous and Wikileaks, and we were trying to look at the real world implications of people who do this kind of work. As much as I am pro-exposing some of those secrets that I think some people need to know, there is a dark side there, and that's the line we really wanted to explore with them."

So far, they've had Felicity hack into a Homeland Security drone (giving her zero explanation for what they needed that access for) and shown off their super-invasive spy software that can basically find anyone anywhere. Freaky. For an organization whose favorite pastime is outing secrets, they certainly seem to like keeping their own.

We asked "Arrow" executive producer Marc Guggenheim where this plot is heading in Season 5, and it doesn't sound like it's going to bring good news for Felicity.

"They're a group of uber-hackers -- probably not on the side of the angels," Guggenheim says. "I think the thing with Helix is there will be major consequences for Felicity, major consequences for Felicity's relationship with Oliver, and the introduction of a new character who you probably have not seen the last of."

While we'd always love to meet a new hacker, there's also every chance this "new character" could be Alena (Kacey Rohl), who we'd love to see more of. We know her as a quirky hero-worship-heavy Felicity fangirl so far, but having seen Rohl on "The Magicians" and "Hannibal," it's obvious this girl can pull off dark and creepy just as well as chipper and friendly. We wouldn't say no to her being the show's next major villain.

Whoever Guggenheim is referring to, we're excited at the prospect of a major villain that doesn't need to suit up in a mask to trade blows with Oliver. Action and fight scenes are great, but we'd love to see what "Arrow" can do with a villain who's tech-savvy, and uses mind games as opposed to brute force.

Any interview about Felicity Smoak is always worth sharing. :)

Up until now the only new character on Helix part is Alena. So far I’m not all that sold on her importance and interest for a “stick around” role no matter how good an actress she is / was, in other shows. I haven’t seen anything to pump my interest in the character, still there’s a lot of Season yet to come... I’ll wait patiently.

One note, Alena sound’s slavic; Russian even; Think it’s possible a connection of Helix to Russia?

@almondblossomme I know your theory about Alena and the Bee Lady but still...