sanddragon939 — 9 years ago(February 07, 2017 12:46 PM)

One of the things people have been most curious about for Season 6 is how are the flashbacks going to continue. The showrunners have indicated there will still be regular flashbacks, even though Oliver's five year narrative is done.
But there is a further avenue for future flashbacks (perhaps even on a semi-regular basis). Hiatuses. Both between seasons and within seasons (during the winter breaks).
They already tried this approach with the Arrow Season 2.5 comic-book series - why not do so on the show itself.
Some periods of interest include-
-Hiatus between Season 2 and 3. Yes, its been explored in the comic, but we don't know if that's 100% canonical to the show. With Oliver and Roy fighting side by side and Oliver for the first time really getting some traction on cleaning up the city - this period is ripe fodder for flashbacks, especially if a present-day story has Roy returning.
-Midseason hiatus in Season 3. Well, it'd have to be more the gap between, say, 3x11 and 3x12 because of the wonkiness of the timeline. But this is a period of time when Oliver is missing, presumed dead, and the city is going to crap. It is ALSO a time when Laurel is starting out as Black Canary. Might be worthy of further exploration, especially as a parallel to the arc of the present-day Black Canary (whoever she ends up finally being). Or Roy.
-Hiatus between Season 3 and 4. Oliver and Felicity may have 'retired' from the team, but Diggle, Thea and Laurel were still defending the city (and it wasn't just HIVE). This would be a great way to get to see Laurel as Black Canary again - maybe even see her on solo missions and get a glimpse at the 'Black Canary legacy' that we're always told about but rarely got to see. Perhaps a past mission of Laurel's during this period ties into something in the present-day arc of the current Black Canary (be it E2 Laurel or Dinah Drake).
-Hiatus between Season 4 and 5. Oliver going solo again. Nuff said! Plus, wouldn't mind seeing the beginnings of his administration.
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