You guys think I can form words?
Let alone write a review? Oy. I shall try to be an adult and rise to the occasion.
(rewatches Olicity sex scene for the 75th time)
Okay. NOW I’m ready to be an adult and write my review.
Let’s dig in.
Olicity/Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak
Sex. All the sex. There was sex. That was the thing that happened. It was all
the things.
Yeah…okay. I’m off to a rocky start. Give me a minute.
I’ll warm up.
Look, I know a whole bunch of stuff went down this episode
and we’ll get to that, but honestly does anyone even CARE at this point? This episode was
100% about Olicity. They are all that matters. This is going to be
a bundle of Felicity Smoak, Oliver Queen and Olicity because it’s all
interconnected.
The episode opened on Thea crawling to her phone. She was
crawling to her brother. That phone was the only lifeline Thea had. Somehow,
she managed to roll herself off the broken table and pull her body nearly 10
feet to that phone. That’s really all it took for me. I was bawling. Barry level bawling.
It’s more
than Ra’s killing Thea. He made her suffer. Thea was dying a slow, painful,
agonizing death.
Then suddenly, like a miracle, Ollie was there. Oliver is
always the person Thea looks to for help, to make everything okay. Oliver is
Thea’s big brother and that’s what big brothers do. They protect. Oliver couldn’t protect Thea, not from this, because
he couldn’t fathom it. You see…Oliver is a good man and good men cannot
conceive of evil like this.
Last week I said there’s a difference between thinking
you’ve lost everything and actually losing everything. I said Ra’s was
determined to teach Oliver the difference. Tonight, was the lesson. Oliver
finds Thea broken, beaten and dying.
When they arrive at the hospital he is
panicked. Oliver is frightened.
He’s not the calm, rationale, stoic, aloof, hero
we’ve come to know and love.
He’s just a man watching his world crumble.
In
this season long search for Oliver Queen’s identity we’ve learned two irrefutable
facts. There are only two people that Oliver Queen needs for survival - Thea and Felicity. He loves these women in vastly different ways, but
with equal intensity. Thea is the first piece to the Oliver Queen puzzle. She
connects him to Ollie, his past, who he was before that boat sank. Thea is the
only family Oliver has left. The last piece to the Oliver Queen puzzle is
Felicity. She is his future, his always…his forever. Without both of these
women, Oliver Queen cannot exist.
Oliver is standing in the hospital hallway, his arms wrapped
around him. He’s cold. Felicity comments on it later in the jet scene when she
brings him a blanket. I’ve been through some pretty horrendous emotional
traumas and your body has an immediate reaction. You start to shiver. You’re
almost freezing and you can’t warm up. It’s shock. It’s a psychological reaction as much as it’s physiological. I believe the blood stops rushing
through your body, because your heart isn’t beating. It’s broken.
The last time Oliver Queen was standing in a hospital
hallway he’d just met baby Sara. The memory of new life contrasts sharply with
the certain death Thea is facing.
As
Oliver stands over her bedside, crying, he whispers “Sorry."
THIS is
why he let Felicity go. To stop things exactly like this from
happening.
To protect those he loves from ever getting hurt. That was The
Arrow’s purpose. It’s reason for being. Oliver sacrificed everything that means
anything to him to ensure something like this never happens again.
And
yet…his beautiful, young, strong, healthy sister lays in a hospital bed.
A
pawn in a much larger chess game. An innocent.
The grief and the guilt is
almost more than Oliver can bear. He collapses in the chair, covers his head in
his hands and begins to cry. Oliver
Queen is broken.
And she comes for him.
Felicity Smoak, Oliver’s only other certainty, comes for him. With Diggle, his bodyguard, in tow Felicity finds Oliver broken, beaten and devastated as he faces losing his Thea.
She puts her hand on
his knee, a gentle touch, trying to break through the shock, so that he knows
she’s there. So, that Oliver knows he’s not alone.
Felicity’s words to Ray Palmer echoed in that hall. Watching
Oliver lose someone he loves again was too much for Felicity. She cannot stand
seeing him in this much pain. She loves him too much. As much as Oliver wants to
protect Felicity from harm, she wants to protect him just as much.
For those of you who are angry about the Raylicity scene,
which we’ll get to in a minute, there’s no reason to be. Felicity made her
choice the second she told Oliver she was coming with him. What followed with
Palmer was simply the pleasantries. The necessary two minute scene to dispatch
with a relationship that was over as soon as it began.
And now for the most abused gif in the fandom. Oh yeah…I’m
gonna use it to. We waited 15 episodes to use it. Tonight the Fruit Fly aka
Ray Palmer bit the big one. I did say I wanted Felicity to break up with Palmer, but that I’d keep an open mind and see how the Arrow writers presented it. Honestly, I was thrilled with the
scene.
The problem with Ray & Felicity was that the love triangle was never
about Ray, Felicity and Oliver.
The love triangle is Oliver, Felicity and The
Arrow. Ray Palmer was simply an after effect. Felicity’s ENTIRE relationship
with Palmer was based on reactions from her relationship with Oliver. I often
say Palmer is this year’s Sara, but honestly even Oliver’s relationship with
Sara was more than an after effect of his relationship with Felicity.
Felicity rejected Palmer on multiple levels before this
break up ever came to fruition. Time after time, Felicity has consistently
chosen Oliver. The truth is, her heart was never free. She made an valiant
effort to try and let Oliver Queen go, but once you fall in love like this, the
love that you build your life around, it’s like that person is in your
bloodstream. In your DNA. They become a part of you. Ray simply called Felicity
on it and he was correct. It was something he should have realized a long time
ago because it was plain as day. Felicity doesn’t love Ray Palmer because she’s
in love with Oliver Queen. She always has been and she always will be. She
protests a little at first, but somehow hearing Ray say the words, hearing the
truth in them, means Felicity can no longer lie to him or to herself. She
simply confirms the accuracy of his words.
And it’s done.
The truth is Ray Palmer
is a good man and he did care about Felicity. Not a lot of men would let their
newly minted ex girlfriend borrow their jet for a trip with the man she truly loves. But that’s the goodness in Ray. I
have no issue with the writers allowing him a shred of dignity.
The jet scene. I completely understand why it’s Stephen
Amell’s favorite scene all year. Oliver Queen is a labyrinth of secrets. He
layers them like a protective shroud over his soul. That’s really the darkness
that obliterates his light. It’s the things he endured. The things he did. The
entire year Oliver has kept Felicity at a distance. For honorable reasons, yes,
but hidden among honor is several layers of self hatred. Felicity deserves
better than him. If she knew…if she
really knew him…maybe she wouldn’t love him anymore. I think that’s a fate
worse than death for Oliver. He’s terrified to take the risk. Until life left
him no choice but to simply close his eyes and leap.
Do you want to know
why I don’t talk about what happened to me there. Because if people knew, if
you knew, you’d see me differently, and not as some vigilante guy, as damaged.
Oliver Queen’s secrets are his self hatred. Every time he
lets one of them go, he’s shedding a layer of darkness.
It starts so simply. Felicity brings Oliver a blanket,
because the shock is still with him like ice in his veins, and he takes
it. Yes, it’s just a blanket but when
was the last time Oliver Queen ever let anyone take care of him? When was the
last time he let Felicity take care of him?
First - so married. Then Oliver gives Felicity the faintest
smile.
Yes, she made him smile with her usual teasing, but it was coupled with
a sense of relief. She was here. His Felicity was here and he wasn’t alone. A
lot of people asked me theorize on why Oliver would allow Felicity to travel to
Nanda Parbat, arguably the most dangerous place in the world. I said I wasn’t
sure and I wanted to let the scene on the jet play out. Yes, of course there
was the practical reason that someone needed to bring Thea back home, but Thea
didn’t need three people for that.
Diggle and Malcolm could have handled it. No, Oliver let Felicity come with
because he needed her. He let her on the jet. He accepted the blanket. Oliver is
letting Felicity love him. He’s not fighting it anymore. He’s not fighting her
anymore. This is all Felicity has ever asked of him.
If you listen to the story Oliver tells Felicity - it’s not
a pretty one. First the obvious - Oliver was home and he didn’t let his family
know he was alive. His "it’s complicated” explanation is the understatement
of the century. Second, Oliver Queen is not a sociopath. He feels guilty for
the people he’s killed. For the most part Oliver killed out of necessity. A
kill or be killed mentality that kept him alive, but this drug dealer was not
that. Did this man deserve to die for dealing Thea drugs? No. Yet, Oliver
killed this man out of anger and to protect Thea. That doesn’t make it right or
even noble, but protection is how Oliver Queen loves. It’s the only way he
knows how to love. He failed to heed Malcom’s warning and now
Thea has paid the price. Oliver is telling Felicity that he failed at the only
thing he believes is of value within himself- the ability to protect. He’s also
telling her this, that he murdered in cold blood to protect his sister from a
simple drug dealer, so she understands why he’s willing to sell his soul to the
devil. Why he’s willing to leave her. He will trade his soul to protect Thea.
He’s already done it once before.
In this moment Oliver sheds a layer of his darkness. He
allows Felicity to see the parts of himself he’s most ashamed of. But Felicity didn’t
stop loving him. If anything, she loved him all the more. The darkest parts of
Oliver Queen never frightened Felicity, that’s a fear Oliver carries and
carries alone. If anything, Felicity understands Oliver’s intense need to
protect. She knows he’s driven by it. She understands that he will do anything
to protect Thea, because she’s been on the receiving end of that protection.
She has watched as Oliver shed his own morality for her life. I believe Stephen
loved this scene for the same reason I loved it. Oliver isn’t keeping Felicity
at arm’s length anymore. He lets her in…all in. He allows Felicity see him at
his most vulnerable, his most broken, his most shameful. He gives her a piece
of that darkness, a piece of his soul, and Felicity’s silent compassion is an acceptance
of that part of him. Pure, simple, unconditional love.
And the truth shall set them free…
To anyone who says Felicity Smoak is not a BAMF…the door
is over there. I have no time for you. This woman risked her life when she
confronted Ra’s Al Ghul. The way she spoke to him was a very eloquent FUCK YOU.
He’s killed others for less. This is the part of Felicity that I identify
with. I have shall we say…a spirit.
I’m quite verbal (shock I know. News at 11) and if anyone EVER messes with my
husband or my daughter…watch out. It’s
a rage unlike any other. It’s almost instinctual - this need to protect, to
defend. There have been a few on the receiving end of my verbal tongue lashings
in defense of my husband. They didn’t sign up for round two. That’s what love
is. You protect what is yours - viciously if necessary. Felicity loves Oliver
Queen more than life itself. Seeing him pulled from her, from Thea, from
John…ignites her rage.
It makes her fearless.
Oliver isn’t the only one who loves by protecting.
Ra’s Al Ghul vs. Felicity Smoak. The devil vs. the angel. The dark
vs. the light. Felicity promises Ra’s Al Ghul a war and a war he shall get. The
final episodes of the season will be an out and out battle for Oliver Queen’s
soul. Felicity at one end and Ra’s Al Ghul at the other. The smart money is on
the blonde.
Yet, as these two opposing forces (good and evil) face off we
learn something about both of them. A hundred years ago, Ra’s Al Ghul was
Oliver Queen. He was a man in love, with a beautiful wife and children. He
abandoned them to spare their lives. What’s worse is he became the very same
monster that tore him away from them. This is the fate that awaits Oliver. Ra’s
Al Ghul is Oliver’s future. Without Felicity, the woman who can harness his
light, the woman who loves him so completely and unconditionally, Oliver will
succumb to those shrouds of darkness that layer upon his soul until they obliterate
his light. Like Ra’s, Oliver will become the very monster who tore him away
from Felicity.
And in her rage, Felicity reveals why she has not said
“I love you” to Oliver yet. It’s as I suspected and really, it makes
perfect sense. We can hardly blame her.
Felicity is scared. She is scared what loving Oliver means. I think,
deep down, Felicity always knew that loving Oliver means losing him. The man he
is, the world he belongs to, means that he doesn’t belong to her. Not
completely.
How does Felicity love Oliver and let him go? How does she survive
that kind of pain? As much as Oliver fears losing Felicity, she fears losing
him. When he died it was simply a confirmation of what she always knew.
That
losing Oliver is an unbearable pain. A pain that is only survivable if she’s
allowed to love him…even if it’s only for a brief time. But upon Oliver’s return,
he chose The Arrow again and he pushed Felicity away.
Oliver loved
Felicity the only way he knew how, through protection, but he never allowed Felicity
to love HIM the way SHE needs to.
So in return Felicity pushed Oliver away. A
simple act of self preservation.
Until Thea “died”. The hospital, the loft, the
jet. Moments where Felicity could feel the seismic shift in Oliver. His pain
was raw, his need for her overwhelming his every instinct to the contrary. So
the lie she’s been telling herself for months, that she’s moved on, was no
longer necessary. All season long I’ve been saying there’s an ocean between
Oliver and Felicity. Oliver has given Felicity the words, but no action.
Felicity has given Oliver action, but no words. Tonight, they finally found the
compromise. Oliver allowed Felicity to love him (the action) so Felicity could
finally tell Oliver that she did (the words).
Did you say it? I love
you. I don’t ever want live without you. You changed my life. Did you say it? ~ Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy
And what a speech she gave him. Oliver is still very
vulnerable and confused. He’s in agony over not seeing his loved ones anymore.
This isn’t a new place for Oliver. He’s been here before. He’s faced never
seeing Thea again - when that boat sank and the Island took him. The brother he
was, the boy that he was, died on that boat. It’s why Thea is so important to
Oliver. She connects him to the memory of that boy. Now here he is again. On another
sinking boat. On the brink of another Island, another separation. What will be
required of him, what he’ll need to do, and who he’ll become terrify him. Oliver
may be struggling with who he is, but the man he is will be a far cry from the monster
he fears becoming. Everything that happened led him to this moment, but if that
simply means Oliver is destined to lose his soul…what was the point of it
all? What was the point of surviving?
Felicity answers Oliver’s doubt with such certainty.
First,
she does the obligatory “I want you to stay” dance and Oliver gives
her a firm look, with just a hint of exasperation. She cannot ask him this,
because Oliver will have to refuse her and he doesn’t know if he can.
So Felicity doesn’t ask.
Instead, she takes Oliver’s hand and tells him what she fears most.
And yet…she doesn’t regret a single moment.
The fights,
the laughter, the danger, the joy, the loss and the pain all intermixes into
one. A series of moments that are the culmination of their story, the steps
that led them to this moment. The steps that lead them to each other. Oliver
cannot see the point of his journey, of his survival, if he is simply destined
to become a monster. So, one last time, Felicity harnesses his light.
She sees
the good in him that Oliver always fails to see. She reminds him of all the
people that he’s saved and all the good he’s done. The world is a better place
because of him. Oliver so often believes he’s a force of destruction, that HE
is the danger, that he’s tried desperately to protect Felicity from. Felicity
tells Oliver Queen that because he survived so many people’s lives were changed
for the better. Including her own.
Love. That’s the point.
Every single moment; everything single thing Oliver did to
survive…led him to her. Oliver
Queen changed Felicity Smoak. He opened her eyes to a world she never knew
existed. Unveiled hidden pieces of herself. And gave her a love she dared not
even hope for. It doesn’t matter if he’s in a suit or a hood. It doesn’t matter
if he’s a CEO or commander of an army or so broke he’s sleeping on the floor.
She doesn’t care if his name is The Arrow or Al Saheem or Oliver Queen. He is
the man she loves. The man she will always love.
Oliver’s breath catches and when Felicity finally says…
…he begins to breathe again. Felicity Smoak is literally
the air he breathes. I think deep down Oliver knew Felicity loved him, but he
had difficulty reconciling if he’s worthy of that love - if he’s worthy of her.
Hearing Felicity say the words made it real for Oliver. After everything she
still loves him. She chooses him. Oliver simply needs to accept her choice, to
accept that she loves him and allow her to.
For almost a year he’s pushed her away. Almost a year he’s missed her.
He’s so tired of missing her. Now facing
a lifetime of missing her, Oliver gives into everything he’s been pushing away.
Love isn’t brains,
children, it’s blood…blood screaming inside you to work its will. - Spike, Buffy The Vampire Slayer
The “I love you” was like opening the flood gates
for Oliver. Everything he feels for Felicity came rushing to the surface. Once
again Oliver responds to Felicity’s love with action.
He takes off her glasses. Felicity has always
seen Oliver with perfect clarity. By
removing the glasses, Oliver is accepting the way she sees him. Oliver believes
in his self worth because Felicity does. He is worthy of her love because he is
Felicity’s choice.
Felicity’s eyes are shining with love. Donna is right.
Felicity lights up like Christmas around Oliver. She looks diminutive, but sits
perfectly still as Oliver removes her glasses; giving him permission. She’s a
willing participant. Felicity’s glasses symbolically represent who she is and
what she means to Oliver. The genius IT girl who always saw Oliver Queen for
who he truly is, a good man and a hero. The partner who never faltered in her
belief in him. It was Felicity’s belief that made Oliver believe. The woman who
loves him unconditionally; loves both Oliver Queen and The Arrow, the man and
the mask, the light and the dark. The only person Oliver has truly allowed
himself to love and be loved by. By allowing Oliver to remove her glasses,
Felicity is willingly giving all of herself to him and Oliver is willingly
taking her. It is unconditional love in perfect reciprocation.
The entire room is bathed in candlelight - a thousand fires
flickering in the dark. It casts a warmth over the room. Oliver has finally
stopped shivering, the shock of what he’s lost and what he’s been forced to do
is over. The truth of Felicity’s words, that he is loved deeply and singularly
by her, has mended a broken heart…allowing it to beat again. His is bathed in
the warmth of her love and the light of the candles. Even in this place, in a world
surrounded by night, Felicity and Oliver are surrounded by light. They are
their brightest, their truest selves, when they are loving one another.
The central idea behind the red/blue theory is that while
Oliver & Felicity’s love is more difficult and painful, it is also what is
true and what is real. The truth of Felicity’s words is echoed in a room that
is covered by red carpets, red pillows, red candles, red curtains and a red
bedspread. Of course in the room where they are the most honest with one
another they are surrounded by red.
And then…Oliver kisses her. What’s fascinating about
Oliver & Felicity is that the foundation of a relationship is all there.
The trust, communication, honesty and deep, unconditional love. They are so
entwined in one another’s soul, sex is simply a natural outgrowth of that love.
It is love in action. It’s most vulnerable, honest, connective form.
I have watched the CW or WB (same difference) for 17 years.
I have shipped some major ships okay? I’m talking EPIC love stories. The
couples that BUILT the network. Buffy & Angel, Joey & Pacey, Felicity
& Noel (yeah I know it was Ben but I didn’t like Ben) and the couples that
came after. Lucas & Peyton, Stefan & Elena, Mary & Francis. I’ve
been around. This is not my first rodeo. I do not say this lightly.
That was the hottest
love scene I’ve ever seen.
The best I can describe the love scene is it was more explicit
than Buffy & Angel, but more loving than Buffy & Spike. Which is
essentially the love scene wheelhouse. I’m not sure how much Guggeneheim paid
the CW Standards & Practices department to get them off his back, but I’m
certainly glad he did. I vote we start a “Go Fund Me” for Guggs. I’m
in for $50.
First things first, a round of applause for Mr. Queen. The
sex drought is over.
Oliver you handled your sexual starvation like a man in
love. You remained steadfast, monogamous and committed in your devotion for
this one woman and I am pleased as punch you are finally getting laid.
I adore gentlemanly Oliver.
Up until this
point all we’ve really had was an incredibly intense, passionate but chaste
first kiss.
Hell, even Oliver’s dreams about Felicity were chaste. He keeps to the shoulders primarily or he doesn’t touch her at all.
Every time this woman touches him I think
he’s going to lose it.
Honest to God, I think the man would be thrilled to just
hold her hand.
I love gentlemanly Oliver. But there’s a time and a place for
him. Stuck in exotic Nanda Parbat, facing permanent separation from
your soul mate, surrounded by romantic candlelight and what looks like a super
comfy & maneuverable bed, is not a place for gentlemanly Oliver. No sir.
His time has passed. Off to the backseat with him. Oliver The Sex God is taking
over and throttling this car into high gear.
Oliver took off the glasses and kissed her. Everybody knows
what taking the glasses off means. Hello.
He made the first move.
BUT…Felicity was not to be out done. She stands up
and straddles Oliver. Thatta girl.
Three years of staring at a man who has Apollo like looks and consistently forgets
to wear a shirt (never change Oliver)
wears on a girl ya know?
I’m not saying she was more eager than Oliver because
really…is that possible? A year people. ONE YEAR. NO SEX. However, I am saying she was equal to the
task. In fact, when Felicity takes off her jacket first I almost burst out
laughing at Oliver’s face.
It was like “Whoah. Seriously? OKAY!” Yup.
Taking off the clothes is a definite go sign Oliver. You are clear for launch.
Enjoy the ride. Both of you. Mazel Tov.
Oliver takes off his jacket, really freaking fast I might
add, and then his shirt and HE. NEVER. TAKES. HIS. EYES. OFF. HER.
Good Lord that’s intense. Just a minute…I
need to do the thing where I’m fanning or else I’ll pass out.
Oliver cannot keep his eyes off of Felicity even when he’s
taking off his own clothes. Ugh. Marry this man Felicity Smoak. Marry him
quickly and give him LOTS and LOTS of babies.
Yeah, after Oliver looks at you like that…let him help
with the shirt. Wise choice sweetie. So that was what…20 seconds without touching? That’s
enough time away. More touching. More kissing. Continue…you crazy kids.
There is something indefinably sexy about a man picking up a
woman and moving her to the bed. We all know Oliver Queen can probably bench
press twenty Felicity Smoaks, so watching him effortlessly carry her with one
hand gripping her thigh while the other hand is gently wrapped around her back,
is a simple display of his power & strength. Which, speaking as a
heterosexual woman, IS HOT. Oliver damn near pulled a Jackson “One Hand” Avery.
In fact, I’m inclined to say he did.
That hand around her
back isn’t there for support, he just likes touching her. Did you notice that Felicity’s
legs aren’t wrapped all the way around Oliver’s waist? Oliver lifts her with
some impressive speed and strength and for a second Felicity looked like she
was going to wrap her legs around him. Then home girl figured out she didn’t
need to. This man is so strong he’s got
it covered. All Felicity needs to do is wrap her arms around his neck and
Oliver is taking care of the rest. Sweet holy Zeus. Is it warm in here?
If you
aren’t thinking about the elevator scene at this exact moment, then I don’t
know what to do with ya.
Now we’re getting to the missing pieces in the promo. Important strategic questions are about to be answered. From the way Oliver was
carrying Felicity it made more sense if he laid her down on the bed (i.e Oliver
on top). In the promo Felicity is on top. So one wonders, does Oliver turn and sit
down on the bed, bringing Felicity down with him…an impressive display of
strength and coordination.
He sits down with her ON TOP and then lowers himself back slowly.
Do you have any idea the ab
control that takes? That must be some serious fucking core workout
Amell.
Felicity caresses Oliver’s chest so gently, like she’s
trying to heal his scars with her love. She runs her hands along his tattoo,
when he was a Bratva captain…a killer. It’s a callback to his jet scene
confession. By reaching out to the very symbol that represents Oliver’s dark
past, Felicity is saying she accepts all sides of Oliver - the light and the
dark. Every part of him is beautiful.
Oliver lays completely still, allowing Felicity to touch his
scars, his tattoo. These are the physical expressions of his pain, loss, grief
and guilt. Every piece of himself Oliver has desperately tried to hide or
protect Felicity from, he now willingly allows her to explore. There is no fear
or doubt or shame. Oliver is allowing Felicity to love him. Felicity loves
Oliver unconditionally and Oliver is finally accepting Felicity’s love. It is the physical manifestation of the
emotional connection they share.
And now we’re sitting up…where ya goin’ Oliver? Oh. Gotch
ya. No no. Don’t let me interrupt. By all means. Go with God.
They kept the bra shot!!! Alright, maybe I’m in for $100 Guggs.
That was some fine bribery. I especially
enjoyed that Felicity removed it. The tide has shifted in the love scene and
now Felicity is in control. It’s been a season long battle over control between
Oliver & Felicity, so this is symbolically very important. Oliver’s need to
control everything, in the name of protecting her, infantilized Felicity.
Oliver didn’t respect that Felicity could make her own decisions. He didn’t
respect her free will. By allowing Felicity to be on top, Oliver is handing
over control to her. He’s surrendering to her.
While Oliver waits for Felicity to, ahem, disrobe (I feel
like that’s the appropriate word, trying to keep it ladylike), he slips in a
nice ass grab, which you know he’s waited THREE YEARS to do. The man is
obsessed with her ass and really can you blame him? It’s spectacular. I’m
obsessed with it. Emily Bett Rickards could turn me. The girl crush is real.
They shift into one of the most beautiful shots of the
entire love scene. Oliver’s hands are in her hair, then shifting down, holding
onto her bare back to simultaneously steady Felicity and move with her. It was exquisitely beautiful and sexy while incredibly
intimate and loving.
Then we’re moving into what won Olicity their “Most
Explicit Love Scene” award. The scene that handed Vincat and Delena their
lunch. That was some major hip action Miss Smoak. That’s the heat worthy of The
CW. The gold standard has been set my friends.
Wait a second. Did he just shift them with one hand? He did.
Son of a bitch. He pulled a “One Arm Avery” laying her DOWN too.
Flipped her like a pancake. Those hours and hours on the salmon ladder
certainly pay off Oliver. Of course Felicity probably weighs about 100 pounds
soaking wet, but you get my point.
And it doesn’t end!!! It’s like Guggenheim is saying
“More?” and the entire fandom is screaming…
We get some of this…
And a little of this…
And a whole lotta that…
And the big finish. That was some serious tongue.
And then they end with two candles. Subtle writers. Hanging
a neon sign that says “TWIN FLAMES” might be simpler. But
hey…dealer’s choice. For those of you that are unfamiliar with the term, twin
flames or “twin souls” dates back centuries to the time of Plato. The moment a soul is created it splits into two halves, the masculine and
the feminine. A perfect representation of the duality in the human soul (HELLO
IDENTITY THEME).
A twin flame is essentially the other half of your soul.
We spend our life yearning to be reunited with our other half. When you are with your
twin flame you feel complete, because they are a true mirror of yourself. The
relationship can be challenging and fraught with difficulties, but it is
cemented in unconditional love. A twin flame is like the ultimate soul mate.
Without them you are incomplete.
So. Freaking. Endgame.
And then it’s over. Next scene. Eh. Fuck it. Let’s rewind.
*10 minutes later*
Okay I’m done. Moving on.
I have to be honest, I was a little disappointed with the
morning after scene. This is the danger of spoilers. I misinterpreted Tiffany Vogt’s
spoiler about the morning after to mean it would be…the morning after. In bed,
cuddling. The works. C'est la vie. Something to look forward to in Season 4.
Honestly, this scene was just as adorable. Oliver wants to toast to them.
Could
he be a more smitten kitten? FYI - he used the word “us”. They’re an US now.
Oh…and then Felicity drugs
Oliver.
Finally voicing out loud that she loves Oliver and Oliver
allowing Felicity to love him, not to mention being loved by him in return,
created a powerful reaction in Felicity. That fear of losing him became like a
choke hold.
So, what do you do when your boyfriend is a
freaking superhero, has a penchant for keeping his word and a serious stubborn
streak? Drugging it is.
Diggle checks Oliver’s pulse! HA!!!! Thought she killed him.
Classic. Felicity is 100% done with Malcolm Merlyn.
Oliver is her lobster and
the sex is mind blowing. She’s getting him the hell out. The boys need to fall
in line. Do not screw with her.
Malcolm practically saluted her.
Ya damn right.
Who’s the Dark Archer now bitch?
Okay the plan fails miserably but A for effort.
Oliver awakens, rather suddenly, and we are introduced to a new Oliver Queen voice, the Al Saheem voice. It’s lower than The Arrow voice, raspier (probably from all the screaming during the sex) and bossy. I like it. I also adore that this new voice was in created in defense of his woman. Nobody points an arrow at her. Felicity is his lobster and the sex is mind blowing. Put your weapons down.
Oliver tells the assassins that he’ll return shortly. Of course he will - that honor code is really
a buzz kill. Felicity is begging him now…she can’t let him go. The feel’s
y'all. The feels.
Oliver just said he loved Felicity in front of
well…everyone. Doesn’t give a shit anymore. Probably wants to hire a
skywriter. Maybe he’ll find a tree later and carve their initials into it. Does
Nanda Parbat have trees? If not, he’ll plant one, let it grow for 25 years and
then carve their initials into it. The love is deep my friends.
Of course he loves her all the more from it. His girlfriend is a BAMF. It’s hot.
Also, this was confirmation
to Diggle that his OTP just had sex.
Come join the party Diggle!!! SHOTS ALL
AROUND!!
The goodbye scene. Okay…it’s been a long review. I know
that. I know we’re all running off pure Olicity sex adrenaline and no sleep.
But I need you to strap in. Slam a Mountain
Dew. Set up a Red Bull IV drip. Chug Pixie Sticks until you are a Pixie Stick.
Whatever you gotta do to wake up because what transpired between Felicity &
Oliver in the following scene IS HUGE.
Before Oliver even starts talking, as Diggle is walking
away, he closes his eyes in dread. It is causing physical pain to say goodbye
to Felicity.
Felicity: I am afraid I’ll never forgive myself for leaving you
here.
Oliver: You told me once that life is precious and that you
wanted more from it than I could offer you. Don’t give up on that.
Remember how I speculated that there would be a proposal in
this episode? Yeah. This was it. No, it wasn’t the exchange of rings and Oliver
didn’t get down on bended knee, but he might as well have. Oliver understands
with perfect clarity that life is
precious. That Felicity is what is most precious to him. His only chance at survival
is knowing that Felicity is happy. He’s telling her not to give up on the life
she wants.
Except….OLIVER is the life Felicity wants. Felicity said
to Ra’s Al Ghul that he gave up too easily when he left his wife & children
behind and now we have Oliver telling Felicity not to give up. Felicity has
already told Oliver what she deserves.
And Oliver was finally ready to be happy. She’s already told Oliver what she needs to be happy. HIM.
She’s told Oliver that she loves him. She’s
chosen him.
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