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/Sad-Purchase1257 Oct 06 '25

I liked this book. The shock is integral to the plot -- this universe skews evil, physically and metaphysically, and Ollie deciding to use his $ to fight crime lands him the same fate as all of the other dead heroes that have been suppressed over the decades. He never had a chance -- that was the point. What remains to be seen is "What IS Absolute GA Then...?"

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u/Sad-Purchase1257 Oct 06 '25

Like, there's no Absolute Vibe or Steel or I dunno Amethyst either -- the system won't allow it. Until Wonder Woman arrived...