6 Times Arrow Improved Green Arrow Mythology (& 4 Times It Failed)
5. It's Helped To Showcase Lesser Villains
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For the majority of viewers, Arrow villains such as Ra’s al
Ghul and Deathstroke, Arrow – like so many of its fellow Arrowverse shows – has
used its platform to showcase certain lesser-known villains.
There were plenty of one-and-done appearances from various
DC rogues, but Arrow also managed to give so many bad guys and gals
multi-episode arcs that dug deeper on what makes them tick, or even integrated
them directly into the story of Oliver Queen.
Characters such as Malcolm
Merlyn, Damien Darhk, Brother Blood, Deadshot, China White, Ravager, Count
Vertigo, Bronze Tiger, Cupid, and Brick are just a smattering of comic book
villains who were brought back for several episodes of Arrow in order to give
you a sense of their own personal arcs.
In fact, some of these – such as Ravager and Brother Blood –
were main players for an entire season, while Malcolm Merlyn has obviously been
used as a mainstay of Arrow throughout the majority of its eight-season run.
Arrow has never simply settled for having an overarching ‘big
bad’ across each season, and the series has brilliantly managed to keep just
such a ‘big bad’ fresh and like a legitimate threat while simultaneously dropping
in other villains who aren’t merely just throwaway characters.
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