Mortal Lock and other Thoughts
This end of season 2 Olicity image parallels this season's Olicity. They both cared deeply for one another, but each one fearing to say anything. This season goes back to the first two seasons and I think one reason for that is so we can clearly see Oliver's growth. He is not the same person. He learns to be Oliver Queen and the Green Arrow. They meld into one person. Oliver said to Felicity, "I'll always care about you; it's a mortal lock." Some were upset that he said that, but I am not. Oliver learned to fight. He learned to wrestle, and that is a wrestling term that has come to mean a certainty; a cinch; a sure thing. He wants to be so much more, but Felicity has a lot of baggage, and she's comparing Oliver to her father. Her father never told the truth, and I am wondering that she hasn't heard from her mother, that Lance lied to Donna about his drinking. It was the lie more than the drinking that drove Donna from...