I basically want TPTB to put their money where their mouth is.
If they truly want a shared DC universe, where events on one show don't exist in a vacuum aka their desire to have Flashpoint impact all shows, not just Flash (which I think should happen), then for example: stuff on Arrow should register over on Flash and temporal meddling over on LoT should impact Flash. And once SG becomes part of their world, Team Arrow should be flabbergasted that there's another alien incursion in National City.
If Ollie can bring up Zoom during the burial of Laurel Lance(!), then Barry can damn well express some shock that something like Havenrock actually happened.
All I'm asking for is --at the bare minimum-- is that events on one show register on another. A throwaway line, a news item, a text message, something. It's not much for fans to ask.
So it's not just an Arrow thing, it's a DCTV thing. If they truly want a related universe, then they should do the work to make it so.
If they can't or won't do that, then I have little issue with Flashpoint not meaning all that much or having any significant effects on Arrow, LoT or even on SG (though I'm guessing it will be how Kara joins their universe). If stuff like Havenrock, the allegedly global LOA civil war etc. won't impact or even show up as a blip on the rest of the Flarrowverse -- then why should fans give one iota that events on LoT, Flash or SG make a difference on Arrow?
As a fan, I'm expecting Flashpoint not to matter all that much on all the DC shows not called The Flash by the mid-season break. And I'm fine with it.
It may be a shared universe in theory. In practice? They cherry pick what matters or not outside the crossovers and the shows may as well be separate entities. Arrow esp. I think is better off without all the magic, metas and time travel. Maybe having them makes a larger universe, more stories etc. I'm not convinced this was to Arrow's benefit. But I think Arrow more than the other shows had the steepest climb to make in adjusting from a non-fantastical world to one where anything is possible.
If Flash doesn't want the grime and harsh realities of SC to seep into its show, then I'm more than fine with Arrow shrugging off many of the side-effects of Barry's temporal screw-ups, or Kara not even noticing a thing when Rip and crew mess with the timeline (again).
It seems only fair.
If they truly want a shared DC universe, where events on one show don't exist in a vacuum aka their desire to have Flashpoint impact all shows, not just Flash (which I think should happen), then for example: stuff on Arrow should register over on Flash and temporal meddling over on LoT should impact Flash. And once SG becomes part of their world, Team Arrow should be flabbergasted that there's another alien incursion in National City.
If Ollie can bring up Zoom during the burial of Laurel Lance(!), then Barry can damn well express some shock that something like Havenrock actually happened.
All I'm asking for is --at the bare minimum-- is that events on one show register on another. A throwaway line, a news item, a text message, something. It's not much for fans to ask.
So it's not just an Arrow thing, it's a DCTV thing. If they truly want a related universe, then they should do the work to make it so.
If they can't or won't do that, then I have little issue with Flashpoint not meaning all that much or having any significant effects on Arrow, LoT or even on SG (though I'm guessing it will be how Kara joins their universe). If stuff like Havenrock, the allegedly global LOA civil war etc. won't impact or even show up as a blip on the rest of the Flarrowverse -- then why should fans give one iota that events on LoT, Flash or SG make a difference on Arrow?
As a fan, I'm expecting Flashpoint not to matter all that much on all the DC shows not called The Flash by the mid-season break. And I'm fine with it.
It may be a shared universe in theory. In practice? They cherry pick what matters or not outside the crossovers and the shows may as well be separate entities. Arrow esp. I think is better off without all the magic, metas and time travel. Maybe having them makes a larger universe, more stories etc. I'm not convinced this was to Arrow's benefit. But I think Arrow more than the other shows had the steepest climb to make in adjusting from a non-fantastical world to one where anything is possible.
If Flash doesn't want the grime and harsh realities of SC to seep into its show, then I'm more than fine with Arrow shrugging off many of the side-effects of Barry's temporal screw-ups, or Kara not even noticing a thing when Rip and crew mess with the timeline (again).
It seems only fair.
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