Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and now Supergirl each have at least one character with the same kind of traits Emily Bett Rickards pioneered in the DC TV show universe, although only Arrow has Felicity herself. At this current point in time, however, there are more Felicity descendants on these shows than there are costumed heroes, or at least that is how it seems like.

EMILY BETT RICKARDS - ‘ARROW’

Originally conceived as a one-off role, response from fans and studio brass alike helped Rickards’ Felicity Smoak  grow into one of Arrow’s central characters and the titular hero’s main love interest.

“Felicity was never part of the plan,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim said of the character. “She was this wonderful surprise. But we realized that there’s only so many BS excuses that Oliver can give her before it started to really strain credulity… In many ways, it was a choice that Felicity either learns the secret, or she goes away, and her going away was never an option.”

Are you happy that Oliver saw the light that he could be happy with Felicity?
I think that it’s awesome that someone could recognize that they’re happy. I don’t find that that’s something that people actually say like “Oh, I’m happy.” I’m like “How are you?” “Good.” Auto-pilot, move on. But I think the acknowledgement for himself, finding out that he was happy and possibly grounded more than he has been in the past ten years, because now he’s maybe safe or secure with people he loves. I think that is really important and a big life hurdle for Oliver.