Why would she accept blame? She didn't do anything. How is she more unlikable than the murderers and the cop who looks the other way for the murderers?
I like Oliver and Sara because they struggle with their very dark past. They are trying to rise above it. Oliver has moved to his no kill rule (finally). Sara traded her freedom to save Starling city. They are broken and damaged people who really can't make up for the bad things they have done, but the show isn't trying to convince me they are pure hearted good doers.
Laurel gets lambasted because the show says she's wonderful and generous and loving but seems to over and over show us an entirely different character. It says she know Oliver better than anyone. It shows not only was she completely in GA dark but she was deluded about Oliver, purposely sticking her head in the sand about his multiple affairs. She and Sara knew of ten girls. The audience knows about the one he got pregnant. She seemed to not see the real Oliver, just this good looking rich guy she had plans for.
We saw Laurel still furious with Oliver (not saying she shouldn't be) but she with the wave of a wand got over it (and any addiction issue) but what really got to me was how afterward Oliver was just the old friend who was now dating Sara until she found out he was Arrow. Oh, now she thinks he's someone special. Now she sees her sisters scars and she goes out of her way to offer hugs and silent support to Not her sister, but the guy that betrayed her with her sister. It's stuff like this that makes. IMO Laurel look very insincere at the very least.
It's the discord between what the show says and what the show shows that IMO makes Laurel a disliked character.
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