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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Yes, but they wrote her to be an unlikable little twat that deserves to die. The moment she started to be able to walk again she just decides to abandon Ollie despite how much he comforted her after being paralized because he was forced to not tell her about his son. That was some of the biggest character assassinating moments in television history and they have forever ruined Felicity for me. As such, her character is just as bad as the writing team.

It's a shame too because Arrow's fourth season started out really strong. Sure, the Constantine episode felt a little rushed, but was still a highlight of the season and the crossover was good. This season of Arrow also had some truly impressive fight choreography and battle cinematography going on, and it started out in a more light hearted, comic booky direction, that it should have ended up the best season of the series. Instead, the writers' let their balls drop off and they got scared of the direction they were headed, so after the mid-season break, they wrote themselves back into the same pile of crap they did in the third season. I've never seen a show go downhiill so quickly in just one season. Flash is the only reason I'm sticking around with Arrow and Legends.

In fact, the crossover episode is the only reason I'll be buying the fourth season of BD.

But all that is the writers fault, not her fault. You're effectively blaming a fictional character for actions male writers made her do. She isn't as bad as the writing team because all she is stems from the writing team (the actress' excellent performance aside). She is an excellent character, very poorly served by the shows writers. Killing her does not address the cause of the problem and all it would accomplish is removing the possibility of better writing for the character in the future.

I'm not disagreeing with anything you say, other than were you place the blame. I too started off really enjoying season four and it seemed like the writers had learnt from the previous season and then it all went to hell.

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Originally Posted by Tim

Thank you Kain that's what I am saying Felicity is a terrible character! He is saying that everyone is hoping for the female characters to die off which is not true! My favorite character in LOT is a female.

But she isn't. She is an excellent character, who was raised from a guest star to regular to main cast off the back of her actress' excellent performance and her popularity. She was also terribly badly written in season four, and killing her isn't going to change that fundamental problem with the show.