Arrow Theories about who is in the Grave Stone

[KidFlash6969]

They teased us with the death of a character in the first episode of the season by showing us Oliver mourning over a grave stone.

Any thoughts on whose buried? They made it seem like it was gonna be Felicity or Thea, but now I'd say my bet is on William

 

[Deltron3030]

They teased us with the death of a character in the first episode of the season by showing us Oliver mourning over a grave stone.

Any thoughts on whose buried? They made it seem like it was gonna be Felicity or Thea, but now I'd say my bet is on William

Doughtful it's William. Rumors have it he is on Legends of Tomorrow in some form. I still think Thea is a candidate and that malcum is the main antagonist for that scene leading up to next season. If not thea, possibly Laurel which wouldn't be a huge loss for the show really. I think diggle is too huge for the show to lose as well as lance, for plot purposes.

Speaking of next season, I am curious if it will be the last. I was hoping for 6 but it's looking like it could be the last.

 

[bes628]

I honestly completely forgot about this.

 

[famicommander]

There's absolutely no way Arrow gets cancelled any time soon. It's going to go 8-13+ seasons easily like Smallville, Supernatural, and The Vampire Diaries.

Vampire Diaries lost its lead character, got shipped off to Fridays, and is doing less than half of the ratings it did in its prime, and it's still probably going to get renewed for an 8th season.

Right now Flash is the highest rated show on the CW by a huge margin. Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow are tied for second, and the next closest show they have is Supernatural, which does about 75% of the ratings those two shows do. Nothing else on the network is even close to Supernatural.

Also, Arrow is one of only a small handful of shows across all of television that is actually up in the ratings versus last year. TV across the board is down 11% in the demo this year versus last, but Arrow is + ~2%. And the third season was higher than the second season. The other Arrowverse shows have really lifted it (specifically Flash; the crossover episodes of Flash are Arrow's two highest rated episodes ever, but the Arrow crossover episode of Flash this year was rated below the show's average). Next season brings the possibility of even more crossovers with Legends and Supergirl, plus possible return appearances by Constantine and Vixen.

CW will ride Arrow for as many seasons as they possibly can. More than any other network, the CW relies on Netflix/Hulu streaming, digital sales, international sales, DVD/Blu Ray, and syndication. All of those alternative revenue streams are tied to how many episodes the show has. As long as the ratings are anywhere close to decent, Arrow will be renewed. It's already got four seasons under its belt, which gives it a huge advantage over newer shows.

 

[Deltron3030]

Lol. Season started off pretty strong but has been adding here and there. Feel like they don't really know how to handle DD on this show. Malcum has been more of the season villian.

 

[Deltron3030]

Back to the original question, who does everyone think is in the grave?

Diggle - Don't think they have the balls to do it. Show wouldn't be the same.

Thea - Only way I see this is if Malcom is the cause, hence the "I'm gonna kill him" line.

Laurel - I know a lot like her comic character, but she seems pretty useless on the show. Would definitely not mind if it's her. Doubtful though, as Lance wasn't anywhere in sight.

Lance - Laurel wasn't anywhere in sight. He's needed for plot purposes.

Felicity - She was in the Limo; however, maybe Oliver was imagining her there. She wasn't "walking" and didn't have her ring on. Curtis gave her some chip that will make her walk eventually. Gotta think she'd have used it by then. This makes me believe that scene could be Oliver talking to her "ghost" or something. Then again, the mom wasn't at the gravesite too.

Oliver's son William - doubtful. There was mention he'd be in LoT, unless they are referring to Connor Hawke and not William. Highly possible if this is the case, but most likely a red herring.

I think these are the main candidates. I think everyone is possible except for Diggle. Other than Oliver, he is the only male "hero" on the show. Perhaps after next season they focus on Birds of Prey and it's Ollie's last season fighting crime. The fact that no one is at the graveyard makes it hard to really guess who it is. Only flash was there and Felicity who was in the car. Rumor has it the cast knows and that they were sad, so it's clearly one of the main members or at least recurring. I'm still leaning towards Thea and Ollie talking about Malcum who he has to kill. I can also see Felocity and that whole Limo scene being a takeout.

 

[zenith16]

It's possibly Williams mom one she doesn't know dark and she wouldn't just give her son for a house visit to some one she just met.

the most I see happening to william is he's kept hostage til his recused and I know the writer will play the single dad raising the thing that is a superhero with oliver cause it's worked with other in the books before him in this show and those character from Roy to batman were made cooler for it. With exception form certain small parts of the fan base or certain writers the seem to hate that.

I see them doing this with oliver having him raise William as a single dad for a bit and then later on with felicity

 

[Fincher]

If you want to get meta about it, putting someone in danger to make it look like it's them makes it less likely it is them. Having Thea near death, saving her, and then killing her not long afterward isn't optimal since they already wrung some of the drama out of it. I haven't seen the latest episode yet, but because of that I'm leaning away from Felicity (especially), Thea, and William. As much as I'd like it to be Lance, I think it could be Diggle.

 

[metaphysician]

Maybe Diggle gets killed in the upcoming crossover with Flash, and Ollie is really talking about going to kill King Shark?

*ducks*

 

[Dr.]

...I'm leaning away from Felicity (especially)...

Well, yes - lean very far away from that. I.e., in a subsequent scene, we’ve seen Ollie join Felicity in a limo (after he’s visited the grave).

 

[Jedi Arrow]

If you want to get meta about it, putting someone in danger to make it look like it's them makes it less likely it is them. Having Thea near death, saving her, and then killing her not long afterward isn't optimal since they already wrung some of the drama out of it. I haven't seen the latest episode yet, but because of that I'm leaning away from Felicity (especially), Thea, and William. As much as I'd like it to be Lance, I think it could be Diggle.

Yeah. The mid-season finale put Felicity in danger, she survived. Then Thea was in danger, she survived. Last week's episode, Lance was in danger, he survived. William's in danger now, it remains to be seen if he survives. If he does, the only characters who haven't been put in danger as the focus of an episode (or more) are Laurel and Diggle (and Donna). It still could be Lance, however, as there are rumored Laurel/Lance flashbacks later this season, I think, and when Moira died the episode in which she died had flashbacks focused around her (which, incidentally, also introduced Samantha).

 

[Primal Slayer]

Lance
Laurel
Thea

Are my top guesses for death.

 

[Fincher]

It still could be Lance, however, as there are rumored Laurel/Lance flashbacks later this season, I think, and when Moira died the episode in which she died had flashbacks focused around her (which, incidentally, also introduced Samantha).

One thing I've considered is we don't know for certain that only one person dies. I mean, it's safe to say they wouldn't kill both Laurel and Diggle, for example, but if Lance was targeted and Donna was collateral damage, that would explain any sadness on the cast's part, Felicity's reaction, and how Oliver might be late to one of the funerals.

 

[TheRedWraith]

Lol. Season started off pretty strong but has been adding here and there. Feel like they don't really know how to handle DD on this show. Malcum has been more of the season villian.

I think they should have had some multi-arc lieutenants that they would have had to fight they would be more skilled than the average soldier, and they would kill themselves before capture so they would struggle to capture one to interrogate. With Lieutenants they could keep the first fight with darhk, have one in the mid season finale, and the one at the end when they defeat him.

 

[TheRedWraith]

Maybe Diggle gets killed in the upcoming crossover with Flash, and Ollie is really talking about going to kill King Shark?

*ducks*

Swings a chair at your head and misses.

 

[Dark Raven]

I'm going to suggest that it is Oliver in the grave, and that he's just imagining he is still alive to take revenge, or that the rest of the series has him as a ghost haunting his killer.

And shouldn't the title of this thread be "who is in the grave" or "whose name is on the grave stone"? Presumably whoever died weren't buried in the grave stone itself.

 

[BigSams50]

Just dont kill f'n Diggle

 

[Slade W]

Just dont kill f'n Diggle

I don't think that will happen, it would be a big mistake. He would be a massive loss to the show.

 

[O'Haire]

As long as it's not Laurel or Diggle, I'm good.

 

[Slade W]

As long as it's not Laurel or Diggle, I'm good.

Quentin would be a big loss too, and so would Thea atm as this is her best season. Killing her now would be a waste.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

people seem on the fence on rather they'd actually kill his son... but what about the mother? (I know she isn't really a main character, and most of the other characters don't even know about her to react the way they do) but, her death could still be significant (especially if she dies protecting her son)

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

It can't be Diggle due to being the only other guy on the team. They already killed a Lance and two Lance in a row? that a bit Harsh. A Queen and a Merlyn are dead. So it either a Smoak or Diggle family member

 

[kvz5]

I vaguely remember reading an interview with a cast member (can't remember who) that gave me the impression that whomever is going to get killed is someone they've been working with for a while now so that rules out Donna. Although I wish it was her. What an annoying character! Same with it not being William or his mother.

 

[NoTolerance]

Felicity - She was in the Limo; however, maybe Oliver was imagining her there. She wasn't "walking" and didn't have her ring on. Curtis gave her some chip that will make her walk eventually. Gotta think she'd have used it by then. This makes me believe that scene could be Oliver talking to her "ghost" or something. Then again, the mom wasn't at the gravesite too.

Could be an interesting twist, but if that were the case, I think Barry Allen would have been more upset than he seemed. Whoever it is, Barry made a point of coming to the gravesite, but he wasn't terribly broken up about it. Given he had feelings for Felicity at one point, I would expect more of a reaction from him.

So Barry knew the person, but wasn't close to them.

 

[edwardc]

It's possibly Williams mom one she doesn't know dark and she wouldn't just give her son for a house visit to some one she just met.

the most I see happening to william is he's kept hostage til his recused and I know the writer will play the single dad raising the thing that is a superhero with oliver cause it's worked with other in the books before him in this show and those character from Roy to batman were made cooler for it. With exception form certain small parts of the fan base or certain writers the seem to hate that.

I see them doing this with oliver having him raise William as a single dad for a bit and then later on with felicity

Ding Ding that's whom i think it is also she is the only one that is not important to the show.