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Did Cicada's dagger ever have any symbolic meaning whatsoever?
I've been thinking about this lately. I like Cicada as a villian, but something that I've noticed lately is that from what I remember, the dagger being shaped like a lightning bolt is never important. I know that I'm basically asking if the writers of season 5 paid any attention to the visual imagery they were including in the season, which they obviously weren't, but what I am asking is if there are any parts of the season 5 where Cicada's dagger looking like the Flash's symbol is ever even mentioned or used to any affect. It just seems wierd that there was a serial killer active in Central City for a whole season who used a lightning bolt dagger to kill people, when the Flash, Central City's main vigilante and superhero uses a lightning bolt as his symbol and that's literally never even acknowledged. The only time I remember them doing anything even vaguely on that note was when they used Cicada's dagger as the symbol of Reverse Flash's makeshift suit, which looked cool, but was only used for a few seconds, and it didn't really mean anything, it was just done to look cool.
How I would write Firestorm into Legends Of Tomorrow of Robbie Amell stayed on as Ronnie Raymond
In Legends of Tomorrow, Firestorm is comprised of Jax Johnson and Martin Stein, because Ronnie was killed of since his actor didn't want to be a series regular on Legends. I honestly liked Ronnie Raymond as a character more than Jax Johnson, so here's a brief overview of how I would write him if he decided to join for 1 season before leaving. First of all, since Jax and Ronnie are both engineers, Ronnie would take the role of engineer of the Waverider that Jax had. Secondly, at the end of season 1, instead of Captain Cold sacrificing his life, Ronnie would, so Jax could be introduced in season 2, and Captain Cold and Heatwave could go back to being the Rogues in The Flash season 3.
The only real issue I have with this is why Ronnie would willingly leave Caitlyn to join the Legends.
Ricardo Diaz and Damien Darkh both have the what the other lacks
Season 4 and 6 aren't generally considered great, partially due to the villains. I've come to a realisation about both of them, and realised that their main flaw is the main strength of the other one. Damien Darkh is exceptionally funny and well acted and Neal McDonough is great in the role, but neither he nor H.I.V.E really change or adapt as the story continues, and not much interesting stuff happens with them until they get Rubicon (a flaw that was fixed in Legends but that doesn't count here.) Ricardo Diaz is as bland as a plank of wood, and has no personality beyond going from angry to quiet a lot, but his storyline with taking over the police, courts, and government was sort of compelling even if he wasn't. Damien Darkh is a well written character with a poorly written story, whereas Ricardo Diaz was a poorly written character with a well written story. Personally, if I were writing Damien Darkh and H.I.V.E, I would have H.I.V.E lean further into being a modernised version of the League of Assassins, and have a lot of contrast between the two, making it similar to Providence from Hitman or the Company from Prison Break instead of the identityless masked soldiers we got.
Brother Blood & Bloodwork
Does anyone else think it's funny that Brother Blood and Bloodwork should have each other's names? I know it's because of their comic counterparts, but Brother Blood's whole gimmick in Arrow season 2 was that he was experimenting on people by injecting Mirakuru into people's blood, hence performing bloodwork on people, whereas Bloodwork used his blood to transform others into zombies, who he refered to as his Blood Brothers.
How would this fight go down?
Personally, I think Cicada should win this fight, but he wouldn't. His dagger should minimise most of Grodd's damage potential, his ability to fly and create a force field should prevent him from getting injured, and his dagger can cause damage from long ranges, but Cicada has such a low fight IQ that he's probably just start punching Grodd, and lose because of it.
To those who watched the show as it was coming out, what was your reaction to seeing Zoom becoming Black Flash?
I only started watching while season 8 was coming out, and because of that I already knew the general plot outlines of seasons 1 through 4, including Zoom becoming Black Flash. Was him becoming Black Flash something that was unexpected to people who had read the comics, or did some people predict it?