Arrow
TheArrowversemay no longer have Oliver Queen ( Stephen Amell ) , but his legacy onArrowlives on , in the first place through his two children , Mia ( Kat McNamara ) and William ( Ben Lewis . ) With William being Oliver ’s first kid , the character had an interesting foot race as he began as a snatch of a surprisal to not just viewers , but the Green Arrow himself . William had an incredible journey , both during his adolescent and grown - up years , putting this character in a slightly different position from Mia as her present variant is still a baby . From the moment Lewis ’ incarnation got introduced , William ’s electric arc in the last two season move to a whole new level .
With a suggest spinoff inGreen Arrow and the Canaries , William ’s time with the franchise may not be done as the fictional character play a pivotal part in the backdoor original . As the serial has now stop , it ’s meter to face at 10 of William ’s good present moment and events during his time on the show .
Grown-Up William’s Debut
When the 7th season opened up , a newfangled storytelling machine was brought in with Beth Schwartz take over as showrunner . With new leading come new stories and theme for the series . After having followed Oliver ’s ancestry story for five seasons in flashback , the show decided to introduce flashforwards on a veritable basis .
But the season premiere was still a big surprisal when it come to Lewis ’ entry on the show . After getting to Lian Yu and finding an old - calculate Roy ( Colton Haynes ) , that ’s when it became cleared that these scenes were flashforwards to the future and the guy on the gravy boat was William this entire time .
Visiting Lian Yu In The Future
It was n’t rare for Oliver to visit Lian Yu more than double during the show ’s black market . To William , however , it probably was n’t easy when the adult translation had to go back to the island . The teenage reading meet one of his big losses in life thanks to this island as his female parent Samantha died due to Prometheus blowing it up . The moment when it becomes well-defined that it was William that the flashforwards we ’re following made the return to Lian Yu even more afflictive .
Making Oliver Aware He Is A Father
While it was duringThe Flashportion of the 2d crossover between the two Arrowverse series , it ’s still a major one for Oliver . The two - part outcome was used to set upLegends of Tomorrowwith the focussing on the Hawks and Vandal Savage . But part 1 had a scene that would change Oliver ’s life for the eternal rest of his fourth dimension in the enfranchisement .
As Oliver and Barry ( Grant Gustin ) are crack some caper about Flash have his own coffee named after him , someone unintentionally bumps into them and overleap a Flash action mechanism figure . When Oliver picks it up to give it to the boy , he is shocked when the kid take the air up to Samantha Clayton . Even though this was way before they base out for certain , Oliver screw instantly that based on the boy ’s age and how many years it had been since he and Samantha hooked up , he had just bump into his own Logos .
Meeting Oliver Before Knowing The Truth
One of the terminal parts of the crosswalk was Oliver making the arrangement with Samantha about being able to see William . Samantha was fine with it as long as he did n’t tell William or anyone else about being his father , Oliver could see him . Despite a very dramatic apparatus , the moment Oliver and William get to properly meet , was still a beautiful moment that kick off their moral force for the next few season .
Becoming A Green Arrow Fan
Something that was hilarious from the audience ’s level of view was the fact that ab initio , William was way more into the Scarlet Speedster than the Emerald Archer . From him only get Flash - related action figures to the backpack , it was always precious that Oliver ’s own son did n’t have the Green Arrow as his preferred hero . But that all changed in the 4th season .
After being nobble by Damien Darhk ( Neal McDonough ) , Oliver and the team ends up rescuing him , which becomes pivotal for William go bad onwards . Once reunited with his mom , he is all about the Green Arrow , now demand an action fig of Star City ’s famous vigilante .
Revealing He Is Gay In The Flashforwards
Once viewers plant out that season 7 was using flashforwards to show the future of Star City , there were a flock of things that got revealed down the seam . While teen William was never give any romantic honey tale , his grown - up counterpart reveals a substantial part about himself . In a very fooling and organic mode , devotee discover that William is actually gay , which was a stiff move as it extends the LGBT agency in the Arrowverse .
Discovering Blackstar’s Identity
One of the other big characters to get inclose in the flashforwards was McNamara ’s mysterious Blackstar . While it was evident that there was something bighearted about this combatant , the minute when her identity is fully revealed is where it touch on William in a major way .
In a confrontation during the thirteenth episode , Blackstar reveals herself to be Mia Smoak , Felicity ’s daughter and his half - baby . To say that William was shocked would be an understatement as this open up a whole fresh dynamic in his life function fore .
Attending Oliver’s Funeral
Due to the event of theGreen Arrow and the Canariesbackdoor pilot program , William never get to join his sis in attending their dad ’s funeral . However , the serial publication still had the William in the present link up his mob and friends as they big word of farewell together to the fallen torpedo . Even though it would have made for an even bigger mo between both of Oliver ’s grown - up nipper to be there with Felicity , it was just as important that they had William of 2020 be present .
Meeting Oliver In The Past
The ending of the third episode in time of year 8 and leading right into the fourth installation , was one of the biggest point for the last season . As Mia , William , and Connor had just been lost their friend Zoe , they got taken from 2040 to 2019 , land aright in front of present Team Arrow . The scenery where Oliver ’s kids get together their dad is absolutely heartrending , with Mia seeing him for the first time and William being reunify with his dad after all this clock time .
Coming Out To Oliver
Once being in the past with his father , William would end up partake some strong here and now with Oliver before the submarine ’s net risky venture in " Crisis on Infinite ground . " Given that Oliver was n’t there for the relief of William ’s childhood , William has a moment where he shares what his living is like in the time to come . One of the details he reveals is that he is festive and the reaction Oliver collapse makes the prospect that much more knock-down and incredible .
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