Honestly even uttering word feminism on Tumblr scares the hell out of me but people started using feminism as an actual issue women face every day to express their dissatisfaction with Arrow writing. And that is absolutely disgusting.
Yes Nyssa, very much lesbian Nyssa, was forced to marry hererosexual Oliver she absolutely hates from none other but her.. oh wait?! Sadistic, homophobic, evil father who is also world’s greatest assassin who stabbed Oliver through chest and killed million of people? It’s a plotline for god’s sake people. He’s a villain. And one of the greatest DC villains if i may add. Of course he'a going to do this.
This plotline is actually quite on contrary from what you think writers are doing. This is not undermining female characters. This actually perfectly shows what are some women in arabic communities forced to every day because yes, they are. And not in just arabic communities but from where i grew up as well. Women in certain communities don’t have any voice in who they marry and who they give children too. It’s decided by their parents and dictated by religious beliefs. And there is nothing they can do about it. And yes, it’s still happening, in 21st century. So in my opinion, this Arrow storyline right now can only open some eyes out there and show that these things are very much still happening. Arrow writers are not actually trying to romanticize Oliver and Nyssa. Quite on contrary.