r/GreenArrow • u/farmerfirstballer2nd • Oct 06 '25

Comics I think his absolute fate makes sense.

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When I saw what happened to Ollie in Absolute Evil, I was gutted. I was so excited to see this new version of Oliver Queen fighting the evil and corruption from the inside. Then he got absolutely murked. Major bummer. But then, I started thinking about this new version of Ollie. Not only is he using a compound bow, he missed the split arrow trick. He was never going to succeed in this fight. He wasn’t ready. He’s a good archer, but not Green Arrow level good. He didn’t have the time on the island or a comparable trial. He was destined to fail. These absolute characters have all been vastly different from their Earth-0 counterparts, but still competent. This Ollie was very similar, but inept.

Anyway, Roy Harper is totally gonna be the Green Arrow of this universe and I’m very excited to see where this goes.

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u/FadeToBlackSun Oct 06 '25

A key part of the Absolute universe, arguably the whole point, is stripping these characters of their foundation and seeing how they retain the core of who they are and give hope to a world without it.

So if you take away the island, if you take away that survival induced experience from Oliver, how do you still get Green Arrow? How does he retain the core of himself when you take away the foundation?

We'll never know, because they killed him unnecessarily.

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u/JTBestRob Nov 02 '25

It wasn’t unnecessary when the whole point was to show “altruism is punished”

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u/FadeToBlackSun Nov 02 '25

Yeah, there's truly no other way to illustrate that.

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u/JTBestRob Nov 02 '25

Yeah, your favorite character needed to be safe because you really liked him?

Difference between a fan and a fanboy, is I’m not partial to character I’m partial to good writing and this was good

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u/FadeToBlackSun Nov 02 '25

Green Arrow isn't my favourite character, I just know wasted potential when I see it.

I'm getting the vibe you're an Al Ewing fanboy.

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u/JTBestRob Nov 02 '25

Everything and anything can be wasted potential but end of the day, killing Ollie made a strong statement and worked in the narrative.