EDITORIAL: Arrow's Thea Theory?

EDITORIAL: Arrow's Thea Theory?

Arrow has approached its third season, this season I have noticed hints of a character development and it's not Laurel!

Editorial Opinion
By XFanMan - Oct 24, 2014 05:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Green Arrow
Source: ComicBookMovie.com

Could Thea become Speedy on Arrow?


As you may know Speedy as Mia Dearden. She was rescued from people who worked with Oliver Queen, during the beginning of his return. Mia was persistant in joining Green Arrow as his sidekick but was denied multiple times. So let's get down to why I think Thea may be Mia Dearden  aka "Speedy":


Topic One: Thea is middle name is Dearden, Which is Mia's last name. 

Thea's full name is Thea Dearden Queen-Merlyn. Mia last name is Dearden. This may be a foreshadowing to the future because I'm positive that isn't some random coincidence sense Mia is  in the Arrow Comic-book universe and decently popular. It would also make sense that she is Speedy because Roy Harper doesn't take the alias of Speedy, he takes the alias of Arsenal.  Making it perfect for Thea to take on Speedy as she is being trained by Malcolm Merlyn. Finally, Thea and Mia sound very similar in name am I correct ? 

Topic Two: Thea was called Mia by Gardner in episode "Corto Maltese"

In season 3 they seem to hinting Mia Dearden more and more. The Gardner of Malcolm calls Thea "Mia" when Oliver visits the home that he was sent to by Felicity. This seems to be a huge example of Thea being hinted as Mia Dearden. Also this may be a name she took as an Alias but it didn't seem to be.

Topic Three: Thea was being trained by Malcolm Merlyn.

Although, this has not one relation to Mia, she is still be trained by someone who does wield an longbow. Here is some background, Mia was later trained by Oliver after find a longbow that he had, which is similar to when Quickly Thea found Roy's longbow,which ends up wanting to make her became a fighter. Plus, In the episode "Corto Maltese" it establishes many flashbacks of Thea learning to fight or conquer pain, moreover, when Thea comes with Roy and Oliver back to Starling City, she gets spilled on by a man with coffee but deals with it as if it didn't hurt. Meaning, Malcolm could have succeeded by Training Thea to conquer pain and training her with what we thing an longbow. 

 

Thank you for reading this theory and comment what you think about this.


 



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GizmoEl
GizmoEl - 10/24/2014, 5:53 PM
I think the biggest hint you left out was the fact that her nickname in the Arrowverse is "Speedy"

I agree with everything you said, solid write up
FirstAvenger
FirstAvenger - 10/24/2014, 5:55 PM
^This

Nice write up. :)
FirstAvenger
FirstAvenger - 10/24/2014, 6:10 PM
@Batmaniac awesome avatar!
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 10/24/2014, 7:51 PM
I thought this was a given considering the first few eoisodes of season 1 made it a point to make sure everyone knew her nickname was SPEEDY.
EhMaybeSays
EhMaybeSays - 10/25/2014, 2:27 AM
@SupermanFan
Thea's middle name is also Dearden.
DCGuy
DCGuy - 10/25/2014, 9:28 AM
of course she is speedy Oliver calls her that, thats her nickname we knew this from season 1, glad we are finally getting it executed
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 10/25/2014, 12:43 PM
Trying to suffer through the show although I don't particularly enjoy it, but why with the gender switching? Speedy is a dude, not a chick. Its just odd to have red arrow and speedy, as speedy is red arrow who is also arsenal. Why mess with stuff like that? It seems like a quick grab for some sexual tension and a cheap ploy at drama. I am digging Diggle though, that guy is the man. I still think they only created him to fill the token black guy quota but he is really coming into his own as a character and making me glad they decided to include him in the comics.
FirstAvenger
FirstAvenger - 10/25/2014, 2:04 PM
@huckfinnisher Speedy 2 is a female. They aren't really changing anything.
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 10/25/2014, 4:38 PM
@Batmaniac@Firstavenger, there is also a female robin but if you make her the first Robin it is not accurate, thats what I'm trying to point out, and just fyi, there is a female version of almost every hero, but just because they exist doesn't mean it would be accurate to have Supergirl star in a Supergirl movie in which she was the first kryptonian to land on earth and has the same origin as Kal, it would not be accurate. Just like Speedy in the show.
FirstAvenger
FirstAvenger - 10/25/2014, 7:04 PM
^Thank you!
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 10/25/2014, 7:06 PM
@batmaniac, i would argue making the female speedy the first speedy is the same thing. Since no Speedy existed before her, she has supplanted the first speedy. Just like if they did a story where supergirl was the first kryptonian, even if kal did exist, its a gender switch in my book. If a female character takes a male characters origin its a gender switch. In the case of arrow, female speedy has male speedy's origin. Just because a female character exists you cant just give them the males characters origin. you can't just go batgirl exists but what if she were the one whose parents got killed. That would be making batman a woman. The first speedy GA knew was a man. Now it is a woman speedy as his first speedy, gender switch.
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 10/25/2014, 7:07 PM
*first kryptonian to exist on earth
SteveBosell
SteveBosell - 10/26/2014, 2:15 AM
No need to argue semantics.
loki668
loki668 - 10/26/2014, 4:18 AM
In a twist, they'll call her "Needy" and change her character to match!
jojofmd
jojofmd - 10/26/2014, 7:07 AM
^@Loki LOL. I have no problem with them making her Speedy instead of Cheshire as some have suggested. My issue is her constant whining. Plus, she hated "liars" and people who betrayed her but she ran into the arms of a sociopath who directly destroyed half the city and indirectly killed his own son. How could you remotely think you could trust that man? Then whine how Oliver "lied" when she obviously has substance abuse issues. It seems Thea has replaced Laurel as the sad, depressing sappy character. It seems in this show they kill off all the strong women i.e. Moria and Sara. It's lucky Felicity is so mild-mannered.
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 10/26/2014, 10:42 AM
@LeonardSnart, if you mean to say that Speedy is not Oliver's sidekick then that is changing the character even more than I had originally submitted. So now we have a female Speedy who is supposed to be Olli's sidekick but isn't and who is also supposed to be Cheshire but isn't? My main argument was why change the fact that Speedy was Arrow's male sidekick, I said it was a gender change because Arsenal in this was never Speedy even if Olli tried to call him that once and he said no, he was never Speedy, she is. If your argument is that is not a gender change because she is not his sidekick, than you may be right but they have changed more than I was originally frustrated about. Why mess with things, why wouldn't Speedy be Arrow's sidekick? Why does the CW think they can write GA better than DC?
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 10/26/2014, 3:22 PM
@LeonardSnart, so if I took she hulk and made her the first hulk and made Bruce her cousin it would not be a gender change?
And what I'm saying is in the comics Speedy, the original Speedy is a boy and it is not the case with Arrow. Although Roy exists in Arrow even if Ollie tried calling him Speedy and Roy said no, it doesnt matter. Roy was never Speedy. Not once. You can say its the same character but they just left the Speedy part out, effectively making the second Speedy the first Speedy. But who was the first Speedy? Roy not a girl. In the show a girl is named Speedy and is the first incarnation of an originally male character.
There was a female Bucky too, but to make her the first Bucky would be a gender switch because she was not the first Bucky, even if Bucky is already the Winter Soldier. If we see a character named Bucky who is a girl represented as the first and original Bucky it is a gender switch in my book, regardless of if the original holder of that mantle exists in a different stature, if they were not the first as it should be it is a gender switch.
There was a female Robin but to make that Batman's first Robin would entirely change everything about the character, it is not so black and white as you make it seem with gender changes, its not only if the exact character and origin are turned into the opposite sex. Like I said earlier, if all you changed is that Supergirl arrived on Earth before Kal, she would now inhabit Kal's position as the premiere superhero, even if her origin remained the same. So even though you altered her origin, making her take Kal's place as first Kryptonian would effectively be a gender switch because we have her Instead of. Anytime we have a woman instead of, its a gender switch.
TheRockmore
TheRockmore - 10/26/2014, 7:45 PM
@huckfinnisher I am in no mood to type a long response...but your just wrong...@LeonardSnart is 150% correct

simply put gender swapping implies changing of a character not of a title held by a character....

You can play the same game with Robin...if Stephanie Brown became Robin before Tim Drake instead of after does that make the 3rd Robin gender swapped? No...it just makes the 3rd Robin a girl and the 4th Robin a boy....

Roy was acknowledged jokingly as Speedy as fan service...but arrow is clearly set in a darker world...no to sound sexist but its pretty weird calling a grown man Speedy...especially in a dark gritty set show...a college girl though? Thats fine
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 10/27/2014, 2:36 PM
@Arrowverse, it is a change of gender to the first robin. Not Dick Grayson, the first Robin. Everything else about dick is dick graysons origin, but the moment he put on the costume as Robin that became Robins origin. Im talking about the title, not the origin, yes what you said about Tim would be a gender change even if the origin is different. If they made up a girl out of nowhere to be speedy, it would be a gender change even though she had her own origin, Robin would be a girl, not a boy as originally. Outsude of the origin. I never said they made Roy a girl which is what you seem to think. They changed the moniker Speedy into a girl. Leave origins out of it and you will understand, its not rocket science, a girl replaced a boy period. Its very odd to me that you can't understand this concept, girl instead of boy. Those words are what happened on Arrow and the litteral defintition if gender swap. I get that you like the show, but it's not infallible and it did gender swap the first speedy, not Roy, the title of the first speedy.
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