Lauriver

Lauriver is the het ship between Oliver Queen and Laurel Lance on CW series Arrow.

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HISTORY

Before he was stranded on an Island five years before the series began, Oliver Queen (played by Stephen Amell) and Dinah Laurel Lance (played by Katie Cassidy), who goes by her middle name in the Series, dated for two years. Since Oliver cheated on Laurel with her Sister Sara resulting in Oliver and Sara to be presumed dead, Laurel reacts cold toward him upon his return to Starling City. During his Absence, Laurel started to date Olivers best friend Tommy Merlyn (see Merlance).

OLIVER'S RETURN

During the first season Laurel becomes intrigued with the mysterius Vigilante called The Hood, who is, unbeknown to her, Oliver. At the end of the first season, Tommy ends the relationship with Laurel, after he finds out Oliver is the Hood and realizes, that Laurel, if she'd know who Oliver really is, would choose Oliver over him. In the second season Laurel is like her back-from-the-dead sister Sara Olivers primary Love Interest.

ALLIES Oliver and Laurel stay good friends in Seasons Three and Four.

FELLOW VIGILANTES

On her deathbed towards the end of Season Four, she tells Oliver that he was the Love of her Life. In the season 4 finale Oliver, despite taking a vow not to kill criminals again after Tommy's death, breaks this vow to avenge Laurel by killing her killer Damien Darhk.

In Season Five it is several times hinted, that Oliver still has romantic feelings for Laurel. Throughout the season he has become more ruthless again believing if he had stayed that way, Laurel would be alive as he still blames himself for her death. After he's abducted by an alien race, the Dominators, during the events of the 2016 Arrowverse Crossover "Invasion!" and put in a Dreamworld he finds himself in a "perfect" world were he never went lost at sea, is still in a Relationship with a still living Laurel and is about to marry her. After realizing that the world is false he leaves but confesses to "Laurel" that he still loves her and believes she deserved better than him.

In the Midseason Finale, after returning to the Arrowcave, Oliver encounters a seemingly alive Laurel. It is later revealed in the Midseason Premier, that this Laurel is in fact her villainous Earth-2 Doppelganger, called Black Siren, introduced in the second Season Episode of The Flash "Invincible". Earth-2 Laurel also confesses to Oliver in the same episode that she was in love with his Earth-2 counterpart until he died on the Queen's Gambit in contrast to Oliver. Oliver believes partially out of guilt for Laurel's death that Earth-2 Laurel can find redemption, hinting that he's become affectionate towards Earth-2 Laurel somewhat. Earth-2 Laurel herself, despite being a ruthless murderer, also implies that she is genuinely affectionate towards him too, hesitating when he begged her not to kill Felicity and appearing very conflicted while doing so. Despite Earth-2 Laurel being captured and taken to A.R.G.U.S. Oliver still believes there is hope for her.

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Although the Characters are less known to the general public, the couple is considered in Comic Book fan circles to be one of the most iconic Superhero Couples im Comic Book History.

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Trivia
"Let’s say you’ve been given the position of writing Green Arrow from scratch, Clean slate. You might say, ‘Okay, I’m going to write this new character,’ and when someone says, ‘Well, what about Black Canary,’ you might say… ‘nope.’ That means you completely misunderstand these characters"

- Geoff Johns in an Interview with Inverse on the importance of Black Canary to the character of Green Arrow.