I Have Real Beef With How They Handled (Spoilers) On Last Night's ARROW
I'm still scratching my head after last nights Arrow. Did I really just see Amanda Waller get killed on screen and NO ONE give a s***?! The head of ARGUS, one of the main antiheroes in DC comics? For those who missed it, it basically went down like this.
Waller: "Lyla will tell you that I'd rather everyone in this room die before I give you the access codes."
Lyla: "Yeah, true."
Villain of the week: "K." *shoots Waller in head*
The dialogue is an exaggeration but the whole encounter happened in a process of five seconds. IT WASN'T EVEN THE FOCUS OF THE EPISODE! At the end we're supposed to feel warm and fuzzy because Diggle reconnected with his brother and the plan was a success...EXCEPT THE HEAD OF ARGUS WAS DEAD.
Don't get me wrong, Waller is a pain in the ass to DC Heroes, but the characters in the show didn't dedicate more than a job well done shot of liquor to her memory. Then Felicity makes some sarcastic remark, and it's meant to elicit a smirk or something... but it was really messed up considering the transition of Oliver into the Green Arrow.
Maybe it was a red herring? Maybe she's not dead?
#PourOneOut #NotNowFelicity #RIPWaller @CynthiaAddaiRob #Arrow
— ArrowWritersRoom (@ARROWwriters) January 28, 2016Nah. She's dead.
In my mind it was a huge misstep for the writers in a season that has been leaps and bounds above last season. Removing Waller removes ARGUS, which removes a large subplot of the show that takes up the bulk of the filler episodes. Having Waller in any hero series always shows the fine line heroes walk in collaborating with a government that is simultaneously preparing for battle against them. Hell, I was hoping we would see a future ARGUS vs. Oliver season!
My only thought, and I pray this is not the case because it would piss me off beyond belief, is that they killed off Waller to not draw comparison to the Amanda Waller that will soon be appearing in Suicide Squad. I would hope they wouldn't do that after being very clear how separate their film and television universes are, but what other reason could there be to kill off such a big character for a relatively small plot device?
Am I crazy on this? Am I making a mountain out of a mole hill?