The Felicity Smoak Problem

[redbrunja]

Jennifer Crusie speaks the truth about why Felicity/Oliver is AWESOME and also what makes opposites-attract relationships work. I knew that Felicity’s role was unplanned but I did not know HOW UNPLANNED. Learning that the first smile that Oliver gives Felicity was because Stephan Amnell just couldn’t keep a straight face – and then they kept that in the show - fills me with unholy delight.

Also, oh my god, in Faking It Eve was originally the romantic lead opposite Davy Dempsey. I CAN'T EVEN.

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[errant-shadows.livejournal.com]

Why I am absolutely against Felicity/Oliver:

She is WAY too good for him; and,

I think the writers are determined to have an Oliver/Laurel endgame. Early season two will be critical for that; they have a lot of work to do if they're going to make Laurel's character in any way interesting (and to be fair, if it works, I may eventually be able to get behind the idea of her with Oliver.) However, as cool as Felicity and Oliver would be together, I don't want her to be just a stand in until Laurel becomes a viable character. She deserves better than to have the writers use her like that. At this point, I honestly think that Felicity/Oliver is best shipped through fanfiction, because even if the show does go there, I doubt its ability to do them any justice.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

She is WAY too good for him; and,

True...


However, as cool as Felicity and Oliver would be together, I don't want her to be just a stand in until Laurel becomes a viable character. She deserves better than to have the writers use her like that.

Agreed.


At this point, I honestly think that Felicity/Oliver is best shipped through fanfiction, because even if the show does go there, I doubt its ability to do them any justice.

I feel that way about SO MANY ships.

[errant-shadows.livejournal.com]

Also, Felicity and Oliver have a fantastic working relationship, and I'd hate to see anything get in the way of that. It would be horrible if the show did put them together, only for it to ruin what they already have. The writers would probably just use any romance between them as a vessel for angst and drama, rather than putting any serious effort into developing them as a couple.

I'd rather never see them together (in canon) than have them brought together badly.

BTW, as the article said, crusading do-gooder is exactly how I've always described Laurel - word for word. She needs a few flaws to give her substance - being preachy and looking down her nose at the other characters doesn't count.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

BTW, as the article said, crusading do-gooder is exactly how I've always described Laurel - word for word. She needs a few flaws to give her substance - being preachy and looking down her nose at the other characters doesn't count.

Yep. I have a couple characters in multiple shows who either never worked or stopped working and should be killed off, and she's one of them.

God, could you imagine how much fun Laurel would have been if the show had, I don't know, LET HER REMAIN FURIOUS at the dickhead who cheated on her and was instrumental in her sister's death? If she wanted Oliver to suffer horribly but connected emotionally with his vigilante who was working to save the city? And then found out the truth and was once more horribly betrayed? I mean, I probably still wouldn't ship it, but that would be interesting tv!

[errant-shadows.livejournal.com]

A sense of humour would be good, for a start.

I honestly don't understand why the show gave Laurel and Oliver such a convoluted history. Why would we want to ship them when they're obviously so terrible together? If it had been handled really, really well (and Laurel wasn't a cardboard princess) then maybe it could have worked, but it just wasn't. Their ship was dead for me about three episodes in, and it was aggravating because I knew even then that if the show survived long enough it would eventually push them together.

You know what would be interesting to see? Oliver making Felicity an executive for Queen Industries. She'd be amazing as the corporate badass by day, vigilante hacker by night.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

You know what would be interesting to see? Oliver making Felicity an executive for Queen Industries. She'd be amazing as the corporate badass by day, vigilante hacker by night.

I LOVE IT!