The Black Siren

     When we left Arrow on Thursday, Black  Siren said she had thought she  had  been kidnapped and that her name was Laurel Lance.  There has  been much speculation about her.  One of my friends  told me something interesting.  She has the Olicity-Arrow page on Facebook, and if  you haven't  been there, you should visit it, because it is all things Olicity in one place.  Anyway she asked me what if she had  been tortured  on Earth 2?  That might explain some of her behavior.  We know that when she was 13 her father died, and then the love her life, Oliver on Earth 2 died.  It left her alone and bitter, so she turned to crime and  killing.  If she had  been in prison on her earth or had been tortured  it might parallel Oliver's journey a bit.

Oliver, however,  even when  he was on the Island, didn't want to kill just to be killing.  Then with Diggle and Felicity to guide him, he did learn  there could be a different  way to solve problems.  Even though Black Siren hesitated, she still chose to kill.  That is the difference between Oliver and Black Siren.  Even when she talks to Quentin, she doesn't seem genuine.  She did  disobey James, and let Lance get away, but when she had a chance to stay with Lance, she  didn't.  Lance was hurt, and she  fled to save her own self.  Can she learn to trust and to care, I think she probably could, but the question for me is will she chose that  path?  Of course Black Siren can be redeemed, but will she choose to be?  For me that is the big question.  My guess she may  but it will  be over time.  Will that bring her back in season 7? Probably, but I  don't think she'll  stay.

I  am still puzzling  why the writers  killed Laurel  Lance and then bring  back an evil  version of  her to save her?  Would they really make her a permanent part of the story?  I see no reason for that.  If they wanted her to stay a part of the story why kill her off.  There has been too much killing  off  a character only to resurrect them in some sort of fashion. Did the writers  choose this path or did the studio bosses?  I think it only serves to confuse fans both Laurel Lance and Black Canary. 

Would a back story on Laurel Lance help?  Perhaps we might understand her better, but it would serve a purpose if they would spin off  a Black Siren show, and nobody  sees that in the future.

Black Siren is one character that I can't understand why the authors wrote her.  What purpose does she serve to Oliver or to the story. It blurs the reality of Quentin Lance, it confuses her fan base, and it doesn't seem to move the story forward.  Star City thinks Laurel Lance was Black Canary and she died a hero's death, how do they explain her return from the dead?  Does Star City even  know that there are other earths?  My guess is they  might since they know about meta-humans.

The synopsis for 615, titled Doppelganger, will more than likely be about her, so maybe we will find  out about her past on Earth 2.  It  also says she will make a shocking  decision.  I have no idea what that could be. Other blogs say that she may decide to suit up as Black  Canary.  Does that seem reasonable to you?  Perhaps she does.  I notice in the picture there is a  bag on  Laurel's bed, will she go with Lance to recoup the money?  I had thought she might have worked for Diaz and given the money or part of it already to him.  Maybe not?  What do you think will happen and what direction would you like to see this go? 

Coming up next will be Roy Harper