Toliver

Toliver is the slash ship between Oliver and Tommy from the Arrow fandom.

Canon
Tommy and Oliver were best friends since they were young. After Oliver was believed to had died, Tommy mourned him, but also went through different ways to try and find a way that Oliver could be alive. Once Oliver returned to Star City, Tommy wanted everything to be the same, but Oliver was too changed by his time on Lian-Yu as well as taking up his time being the Hood. Tommy finds out that Oliver is the Hood and a rift is driven between them. The two make mends but are driven apart again. When Tommy goes to the Glades to save Laurel a building falls on top of him. Oliver reaches a dying Tommy but is unable to save him. To honor his friend Oliver vows to stop killing as the Hood.

HISTORY

Oliver and Tommy grew up together. They became best friends when they were very young and Tommy always found comfort and solace in being at the Queen Mansion, where Robert Queen was a sort of father figure for Tommy, something Tommy needed in lieu of his own cold and distant father, Malcolm Merlyn. Tommy's mother died when he was 8 years old and Oliver was by his side at the funeral. Tommy's father left him for two years and Tommy considers the Queens his family, much more so than his father. A few years later they meet Laurel and Sara Lance, becoming lifelong friends with the Lance sisters too. As they grow older, both Oliver and Tommy become increasingly reckless party boys, who with all their riches can do whatever they want, including raucous parties that get them in trouble with the law.

After high school they both start college, but Oliver drops out. Not long after Oliver starts dating Laurel Lance. Tommy and Oliver continue their reckless lifestyle until Oliver goes missing when the Queen's Gambit capsizes in 2007 and is presumed dead.

2007—2012

While Oliver's on the island and everyone believes him to have drowned along with Sara Lance and Robert Queen, Tommy, in the first while, doesn't believe it's true and goes looking for Oliver. When Oliver's in Hong Kong, he manages to briefly log onto his e-mail and Tommy, who's believes Oliver is still out there somewhere, takes this as a sign that Oliver's alive. Tommy travels to Hong Kong in order to find out more, but is targeted by Waller, with Oliver holding the gun. To avoid assassinating his best friend, Oliver pretends to be a criminal, abducts and scares Tommy, convincing him that the e-mail was a trick to lure the wealthy Queens to Hong Kong in order to blackmail them for ransom money. Tommy believes the abduction and doesn't realise he was inches away from Oliver, who is pained at having to take such extreme measures to protect Tommy, unable to reveal that he's actually alive. Tommy also takes to looking after Oliver's sister, Thea, who becomes unhappy and lonely following the deaths of her brother and father.

Fanon
A rarepair in the fandom, and more popular as a gen pairing, however Oliver does love Tommy in a way he is not seen loving any other male character in the series. Both having been in love with Laurel also put a strain on their friendship and possibly shippers.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Oliver/Tommy on FanFiction.Net
 * Oliver/Tommy on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * Oliver is typically averse to hugging people but always hugs Tommy
 * Both have dated Laurel Lance
 * In the comics Tommy Merlyn is also an archer, but is a mercenary and not a hero like Oliver.
 * Oliver and Tommy share a half-sibling, Thea Queen.