Why Olicity Works
There have always been people who never wanted Felicity and Oliver together, but recently there has been some joy over the fact that in the first two episodes of Arrow they saw very little of "Olicity". In some reviews, there has been little mention at all of Felicity. I am not a purist, and in full disclosure, I have to admit, when I first viewed Arrow, I had no idea that Arrow was a comic book hero. I approached Arrow as sort of a fantasy/adventure show. I have gone back over the early seasons of Arrow and I found reasons why Felicity worked, and why Arrow needed her and hence why Arrow needs Olicity. For background let's look at the past lives of both Oliver and Felicity. Oliver's parents treated their children more like adult friends than children. After Oliver returns from the island and Thea had been arrested for shoplifting, Moria tells Thea to get ready for school, and Thea tells...