10 Mindblowing Ways That Arrow Could Go Out With A Bang
4. Retirement... But Not On This Earth
And then there's the other option, the one at the opposite end to Oliver-dies-everyone-is-so-sad. Oliver lives. Felicity and his family lives. He gets to retire, safe and sound.
But with the huge number of enemies that Oliver Queen, the Hood, the Arrow and the Green Arrow have collectively amassed over the years, is there really any safe place for the Queen family to retire to? We've all seen this movie before. Just when he thought he was out, they come to his home, guns blazing, and tragedy ensues.
Who wants to be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life? Where on earth could possibly be safe for him? Well... what if it wasn't on earth? Our earth, I mean.
We have Star Labs and their inexplicable ability to find oddball alternate Earths. One of those Earths has to be safe for a retired superhero and his family - free of nemeses, psychopaths with delusional grudges, criminal syndicates with history, terrorists with agendas and government agencies with long memories.
It might not be as dramatic as the blaze of glory finale, but perhaps Oliver's earned a shot at actual happiness.