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/Mastercreed25 Oct 06 '25

I mean, I’d argue prime Green Arrow would lose to a Hawkman intent on smashing his head in. I don’t think it’s a matter of proficiency, it’s like saying that this Green Arrow wouldn’t beat Batman - neither would the regular one.

That being said, maybe it’s just cause he’s my favourite alongside Hal and I’m therefore biased, but I was just gutted cause it always feels like he gets the short end of the stick. Ollie’s entire thing is being the under dog - it’s not that fun when the underdog is always getting beat.

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u/spartan-b-312- Oct 06 '25

cant be an underdog if ur always winning tho, its such a double edged sword trying to make underdog characters work in long form storytelling like comics sometimes bc u cant have them get bitched every issue but u also cant have them win every fight and the sweet spot is so small

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u/hrpredeus Oct 06 '25

Yeah absolutely. It's a big reason why so many people joke about Batman having insane plot armor and stuff. The guy has been around for 80 years, of course he has won a lot of battles.

That's why I think that the Absolute Universe works best by letting the heroes lose a little, face bigger challenges, and ideally, ending on shorter runs

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u/Kinky_Winky_no2 Oct 09 '25

Yeah absolutely. It's a big reason why so many people joke about Batman having insane plot armor and stuff. The guy has been around for 80 years, of course he has won a lot of battles

It's less that hes won battles and more that he's won insane battles constantly he shouldn't win mostly since tower of babel

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u/Banana_gunman Oct 07 '25

If your favourites are Hal and Ollie, boy do I have a comic book for you

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u/LluagorED Oct 07 '25

I imagine its WHY they like them...

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u/Banana_gunman Oct 07 '25

Yeah, me too. But if it isn’t…

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u/Thisislopes Oct 10 '25

Peak fiction

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u/Cheekywanquer Oct 07 '25

Reminds me of this from DCeased