Canarrow

Canarrow is the het ship between Sara and Oliver from the Arrowverse fandom.

Canon
SHIPWRECKED

Sara and Oliver have known each other since they were young because of Oliver's relationship with Sara's older sister, Laurel. Initially, Oliver starts up a romance with a besotted Sara to destroy his relationship with Laurel, to whom he has promised to commit. Sara knows all this, but is in a bitter rivalry with her sister over Oliver and willingly goes with him on the Queen's Gambit.

LIAN YU

Oliver believes Sara to have drowned when the yacht sinks, but sees her again a year later, where she is working as muscle for Anthony Ivo on the Amazo. Sara, in reality, is looking to escape Ivo's insanity and soon they manage to get away, along with Slade and Shado. The group splits when Ivo captures them and puts a gun on Sara and Shado, wanting Oliver to choose who will die. When Ivo looks like he's about to fire at Sara, Oliver moves in front of her and Ivo shoots Shado dead right in front of them. Though rattled, Sara and Oliver look out for and protect each other, but when they fight a Mirakuru-induced Slade on the Amazo after he finds out how Shado died, Sara is caught in a slipstream on the sinking boat in a horrific mirror incident to the Queen's Gambit 2 years prior.

CANARY

Oliver again believes Sara to be dead and it weighs on his conscience as he feels responsible. After believing Sara to be dead for 4 years, they meet again, now as fellow vigilantes. Both feeling estranged from their old lives by their new identities as assassins, they find common ground and start a whirlwind romance. Oliver falls head over heels for Sara and, contrary to his relationship with Laurel, is ready and willing to commit to her, suggesting they move in together. Sara doesn't feel she can escape what she has done with the League of Assassins and leaves a heartbroken Oliver, saying she would pull him back into the darkness.

LOSS

Following their break-up, Sara stays in Starling City and keeps working with the team and Oliver, who moves on to Felicity. When Sara is murdered Oliver is heartbroken, having lost Sara a third time. It becomes a point of contention between him and Laurel, and 6 months after Sara's death, Laurel resurrects her with the Lazarus Pit and brings a blood-lusting, feral Sara back to Star City. When Oliver discovers what Laurel's done he is livid and calls in a favour with John Constantine, who, with assistance from Oliver and Laurel, finds and restores Sara's soul.

HEROES

Sara feels lost after all she's been through and decides to join up with Rip Hunter and his mission. She and Oliver don't really stay in touch, but Sara visits the team 6 months after leaving with Rip and finds her Dad who tells her about Laurel. Sara doesn't blame Oliver and they stay allies, working together on their first mission with different teams in 2016 when they take on the Dominators.

Fanon
A common pairing and one of the most significant Arrow pairings for many fans, given that this is the closest fans felt they ever came to seeing a Green Arrow/Canary romance in the series. With Sara moving to another series, it seems unlikely that they would ever be endgame on the show.

Quotes
"You deserve someone better. You can harness that light that's still inside of you, but I'm not that person and I never will be"

- Sara

Fandom
AO3

FORUMS
 * oliver/sara #3 @FanForum

TUMBLR

WIKIS

YT
 * the princess and the pie