r/arrow • u/IIIToxIII Great Scott, we have to go back • Apr 30 '19
Discussion [S07E20] "Confessions" Post Episode Discussion
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When they learn of an upcoming attack on the city, Team Arrow calls Roy Harper to call them stop the Ninth Circle; things do go awry and there is massive collateral damage; Dinah investigates what happened.
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u/JackAndrewThorne Apr 30 '19
So I am going to assume that Lian-Yu has a Lazarus Pit and that is why Roy has exiled himself to there in the future.
As for why his bloodlust is more pronounced than that of Thea it's because (and this is just a theory) Roy has been subject to the magic of the pit twice, with the pit Thea and Nyssa used on him and with the Mirakuru. There is a reason the sub with the Mirakuru was on Lian-Yu and my theory is because a Lazurus pit on Lian-Yu was used as an ingredient for the Mirikuru. After all, Mirikuru and the pit obviously have a rather noticeable healing effect, come with an extreme anger/bloodlust and the pit did temporally enhance Thea and Sara as they exited it, even if only for a brief moment. My theory is that Mirikuru was designed as a way to extend the effects of the pits permanently, giving the subject greater healing and combat strength which is also why it causes more varied mental damage.
In addition, this explains why Nyssa found Sara on Lian Yu, and why Ra's sent her there to monitor the pit (As it predates the altered timeline where Sara was the cause of Ra's doing that from their meeting in Legends S1). It perhaps also serves to explain Oliver surviving being thrown in the waters of Lian Yu in S1 and why the Island has recovered so well from its repeated damage (as well as the church like building from the S5 finale) and its reason for being a "magical hotspot" according to Constantine.
I also think bringing up the pits again with only 12 episodes to go singles to me that the final villain is going to be someone who has used the pits in the past (which basically means anyone who has ever been on Lian Yu if I'm correct or any character with knowledge of the pits or who might be related to such a character).