OlderFans Are Not Happy With Laurel Lance's Death on 'Arrow'
If you watched last night’s episode of Arrow, you now know that Laurel Lance, played by Katie Cassidy, was the person in that grave the series alluded to during the season four premiere.
During the episode, fans saw Laurel stabbed by Damien, with one of Oliver’s arrows. While she survived the surgery, she passed during recovery.
“We knew that it would enrage a lot of people,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim said. “We’re not immune to the [fans rooting for Oliver and Laurel] and we’re not blind to it. We knew people would think, in the season where Oliver and Felicity get engaged and Laurel dies, that’s clearly making a choice about who’s going to end up with who. We told the Laurel/Oliver romance story in season one. We never really thought about going back to it. [Fans rooting for them] was not an element or a factor for us.”
He added, “We recognize that that upsets a lot of fans, particularly the comic book fans. In the comics, Dinah Lance and Oliver Queen are in a romance together in various iterations. To some people, that is considered canonical and iconic. We respect that but at the same time, we’ve always made no bones about the fact that we are telling our own version of the Green Arrow mythos. … But it made the most creative sense for us going forward despite the fact that we love Katie. Every time we’ve killed off a character on the show, it’s really been for the affect on all the characters left behind.”
An incredible ride, a beautiful journey, Laurel will always be in my heart. Thank you! @ARROWwriters @mguggenheim @AJKreisberg @GBerlanti
— Katie Cassidy (@MzKatieCassidy) April 7, 2016
Check out the upset and angry tweets fans left after watching Laurel pass on…
rest in peace dinah laurel lance. you'll never be forgotten. ever. #NoLaurelNoArrow @MzKatieCassidy pic.twitter.com/eogJs2mC0r
— kristina (@hvwkgirl) April 7, 2016
On her death bead and her final words be about Oliver and Felicity. Really @ARROWwriters Dinah Laurel Lance DESERVES better #NoLaurelNoArrow
— Delfrin A Threadgill (@delanstar) April 7, 2016
Dinah Laurel Lance
- badass since s1
- deserved happiness
- was too good
- deserved better#NoLaurelNoArrow pic.twitter.com/Ria1w1KjH4— . (@teamlaurellance) April 7, 2016
There was no time for Laurel Lance to have a moment with her dad,BUT there was time to make her prop a fan serviced couple. #NoLaurelNoArrow
— s (@LlNZZMORGAN) April 7, 2016
from lexa to laurel lance, the cw is killing off all their powerful women lmao this is gonna be an interesting year for them
— simona (@msleasdianna) April 7, 2016
Laurel Lance didn't even get to say goodbye to her father. Laurel Lance Deserves Better. pic.twitter.com/WoIL3j1ErB
— Laurel Lance Daily (@laurellancers) April 7, 2016
� Dinah Laurel Lance
-Survivor of depression & alcohol addiction
-Became a strong & badass woman
-DESERVED BETTER pic.twitter.com/rQd3SpVjhT— RIP Laurel.? (@DelenaOTP) April 7, 2016
Laurel Lance was so important . If she wasn't important to you , it doesn't mean she wasn't for us. At least respect her enough not mock it.
— s (@LlNZZMORGAN) April 7, 2016
Unlike some #Olicity fans IMO #LaurelLance didn't need/deserve to die. Her death was really heartbreaking! #Arrow
— sillylittlefangirl (@sillyfangurl) April 7, 2016
Dinah Laurel Lance was killed for a ship. Let that sink it. They killed Black Canary for a fake ass toxic relationship..
— Dick Grayson. (@PrettyBoySulkin) April 7, 2016
I will never be over Laurel Lance's death. #Arrow @MzKatieCassidy
— Emmelina (@itslinadarling) April 7, 2016
laurel lance's last words were about a ship & to a man who didn't deserve her that she loved him. #NoLaurelNoArrow pic.twitter.com/wUZNCHHwdu
— kristina (@hvwkgirl) April 7, 2016
You've dug your grave and now you writers have to lay in it while the Laurel Lance fandom shovels dirt on it.
— Joshua. (@panachebrit) April 7, 2016
Laurel Lance survived so many tragedies and awful events, became an iconic hero and then she gets a cheap death. Wtf #arrow #nolaurelnoarrow
— ayse skywalker (@AllisonArjent) April 7, 2016
Dinah Laurel Lance aka the Black Canary. (1985 – 2016) Rest in peace, my pretty bird… (Vine by @selenaworld) https://t.co/uWOesNwZKG
— N (@nuraan_rossi) April 7, 2016
