I originally wasn't into Arrow for the same reasons, but I am getting into it now because it's connected to The Flash, which I love. I finally was able to click into it by thinking of it as elseworld so different that Bruce Wayne doesn't exist and the universe needed a Batman/Cowl archetype as one of its leading heroes and so adjusted Oliver (this man is probably never Ollie, even to Felicity Smoak) a bit. They're likewise making Barry the Superman-analogue Big Good. Barry and Oliver are the World's Finest in this world, even if they may not be as effective at that as Bruce and Clark would be.
But I can understand being so attached to a character that the change doesn't work for you. I have that with other characters, but not Ollie. Especially since I feel like I can get classic Ollie and Dinah from JLU.
I'm right with you on the DCAU (it is my DCU) and Nolanverse (cold, emotionally dead to me). What I'm starting to call the cwDCU is working for me only because I'm able to frame it as a massive AU. That gives it freedom to move and play to its strengths and be something unique and new.
Barry/Iris on The Flash is trying to force comics canon on a show it doesn't really fit in. Barry's chemistry with Iris is the weakest of his chemistry with any potential love interest, and it's also creepy given how the show is set up, because Iris grew up with Barry as her foster brother, and she's got a live-in boyfriend. I've gotten to the point I've decided it makes the show unfun to watch when it's in focus, and makes everyone involved with it go out of character in unpleasant ways. This is otherwise my favorite superhero show in 10 years, so expect a strongly worded blog post soon on that. ;) I'm taking my time because I need to make sure it comes across as my problem with how the relationship is written, not with the actors.
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But I can understand being so attached to a character that the change doesn't work for you. I have that with other characters, but not Ollie. Especially since I feel like I can get classic Ollie and Dinah from JLU.
I'm right with you on the DCAU (it is my DCU) and Nolanverse (cold, emotionally dead to me). What I'm starting to call the cwDCU is working for me only because I'm able to frame it as a massive AU. That gives it freedom to move and play to its strengths and be something unique and new.
Barry/Iris on The Flash is trying to force comics canon on a show it doesn't really fit in. Barry's chemistry with Iris is the weakest of his chemistry with any potential love interest, and it's also creepy given how the show is set up, because Iris grew up with Barry as her foster brother, and she's got a live-in boyfriend. I've gotten to the point I've decided it makes the show unfun to watch when it's in focus, and makes everyone involved with it go out of character in unpleasant ways. This is otherwise my favorite superhero show in 10 years, so expect a strongly worded blog post soon on that. ;) I'm taking my time because I need to make sure it comes across as my problem with how the relationship is written, not with the actors.