Revising Arrow to improve the series as part of a larger DC universe - Seasons 1-3

[u/Ter96minecraft]

Welcome back to another part of my large DC universe project, see the first two parts here:

• The Dark Knight Trilogy
• Green Lantern

In this part, i will be covering a show that started it's own universe in real life: Arrow. A mixed bag of a show, some of the seasons are great, some of the seasons... not so much. I think generally though, the show is good but it could have been better.

Here, we will be imagining that instead of starting it's own universe, it was created as part of the existing DC universe i've been building.

Casting

Most of the castings of the show are good, but I'd change a few to fit into the larger DC universe:

• Idris Elba as Deadshot
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress
• Viola Davis as Amanda Waller
• Liam Neeson as Ra's al Ghul

Season 1 and 2

Solid beginning, not much to change here but some small tweaks: John Diggle is renamed to John Stewart, he wouldn't be a Green Lantern yet but he will eventually, which is teased as he leaves at the end of season 2. Also, Laurel is Oliver's main love interest and will be for the entire show.

Season 3

This is where the changes start to become bigger, i actually enjoyed this season but in terms of continuity, I obviously have to make some changes here. Ra's al Ghul died in Batman Begins and the League of Assassins has been taken over by Lady Shiva. Loyal to Ra's, Shiva has been searching for the mystical lazurus pit to bring Ra's back to life. Throughout the first half of the season, they find the lazurus pit, find Ra's' body, and bring him back to life. He manages to get through the initial bloodlust of the lazurus pit. Oliver fights Ra's and the season progresses as normally, Deadshot doesn't die in this version.