*moves closer to the mic*

*taps it*

The Arrow family deserves as much love and recognition as the Batfam https://twitter.com/sapphicgeek/status/1198730546303709184

I'm just saying that the members of the Arrow family are super interesting as characters and have so much untapped potential!!!

Oliver Jonas Queen? Former partyboy who got the party beaten out of him when he was stranded on a fucking island. Whose eyes were opened to the systemic injustice in society and who fights said injustice like a modern-day Robin Hood???

Dinah LAUREL Lance? (Yes, I'm ignoring the weird merging) Legacy character trained by Ted Grant. Became a crime-fighter against her mom's wishes? Meta human, just an all around bad-ass AND best mom ever???

Roy William Harper, Jr? Former drug addict who rose past his addiction. A single father and a member of the Justice League? A member of the Fab Five. A Titan adopted into the Navajo-Tachini clan???

Connor Hawke? 1/4 Korean, 1/4 African-American. Had a volatile temper when he was younger but channelled his anger and became a Zen Buddhist and skilled martial artist???

Mia Dearden? HIV-positive, was determined to be a hero anyway despite Oliver's protests. Sexual assault survivor. A fighter.

Cissie King-Jones? Raised by an abusive tiger mom who projected her frustrations in life towards her. Left the YJ after the brutal murder of her therapist. Continued to be an Olympic-level archer?

Emiko Queen? Stolen from her family as a baby. Raised by a super-villain to be a weapon to point at his enemies. Rejected him and decided to forge her own path as a hero?

My POINT is that every member in this family is iconic af and DC needs to stop sleeping on them just bc they don't have an S or a Bat.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk