Tune in with Turner

  Adversity does not build character, it reveals it .  We know that Oliver before his island experience  played around with women. He thoughtlessly went from girl to girl and he never focused on anyone or anything but himself.  Or did he?  We know that Oliver did show some remorse when he received the phone call saying that his baby had died.  He showed glimpses of the character that we know as Oliver Queen. His time on the island revealed to Oliver what already lay hidden in his character and in his heart.  So the five years he spent on the hellish island served to show Oliver who he really was in his heart.  He was a good man who wanted to do right but had no foundation.  The island adversity became his foundation.  He wanted to save people not hurt them.  He never wanted to kill Shado to save Sara. He didn't want to "kill" Slade Wilson; he thought he had no other choice.  As he told Felicity, when he saw people,  he s...