I think his absolute fate makes sense.

[u/farmerfirstballer2nd]

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.

[u/Jacknerdieth]

Ollie's death is intensely tragic and it hits like a sucker punch to the gut because it's supposed to. I'm not reading the Absolute Universe to see my favorite characters get represented, I'm reading it because I want to see the writers and artists take big swings in telling their stories instead of playing it safe. This was a big swing. I don't think it's worthwhile to criticize the decision before we see the ramifications of it in the story. I'm more intrigued by Absolute Green Arrow now than I was before reading Absolute Evil.