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I wanted to be where I first saw you. Well, that would be the IT department, seven floors down. You sure? It’s a long story. Lucky for us, we have all the time of the world for me to tell it to you.

That’s…Mia. Must be a lot to take in. Yeah, that’s the…understatement of the millennium. She became a hero. Well, she had good parents. Do you want to meet her?

I don’t know if she‘s coming. It‘s her husband‘s funeral. It‘s exactly why I think she might miss it.

Felicity and Mia’s heartbreaking (and heartwarming) meeting in the series finale

Oliver/Felicity + kisses turned into hugs

kat.mcnamara IG Story - 28/01/2020

7.22 | 8.10

okay but he put the picture of Douchebag Oliie and Robert there specifically so that the first time he saw her again, it would be like the very first time he ever saw her and I can definitely get behind that.

second thing I really don’t hate: THE LOOK.

The “no one has ever looked at me the way he looks at you” (thanks Donna) look. The “that way he looks at you” (via Curtis) look. 

He’s been waiting for this moment for a long time.

(Like, come on - how beautiful is it though that he has had 20 years basically doing nothing but imagining and waiting for and setting the stage for that perfect moment when he gets to see her again?)

and I guess, if I’m really gonna get into it, it’s worth mentioning how he’s standing there with his head tilted and that amused look on his face, watching her - like he does in 3x14, yes. But also like he does in 1x03 as he’s waiting for her to turn around (”Felicity Smoak…?”)…and very much like in 1x09, let’s be real (”Hey.” / “Don’t you knock?”)

(Hey look @lucyyh​ I used your gif! lol)

Okay also ALSO also she’s still holding onto her wedding ring as she looks around the space. And she’s crying/laughing!

Like she’s looking around noticing: she’s in what she believes is Oliver’s old office, seeing mementos of him and their life all around (she’s dressed as she was the day they met - and so is he, like I said in this post - down to the fact that her hair is wrapped around her ponytail like she wore it in season 1 😭)

She’s making this face!!! AND HER HAND ON HER RING!!! 💗😭💗😭

and yeah obviously we don’t need to mention the fact that he left HER red pen there…or that she picks it up and holds it to her heart…or that she ends up putting it in her mouth… 😭😭😭

okay okay okay okay okay this is absolutely the last thing I swear

Let’s all just take a moment to appreciate Oliver’s Face of Peace and Tranquility and Pure Happiness Also Known As The Face He Only Makes When Felicity Is In His Arms:

And, last but not least…the fact that the very last expression on his face is a smile of contentment.

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I love his smile in the last image as well.

It really was a beautiful scene. I loved it so much.

I thought I was done but no because I just realized

The ending of 8x10 basically confirms that Oliver fell in love with Felicity at first sight.

Not like we often think of “love at first sight” like you immediately know you’re in love with the person, but “love at first sight” in that…in retrospect, you realize that you started loving them the moment you first saw them.

Oliver has 20 years to craft a perfect moment for him to finally see Felicity again - and we see the evidence of his fine attention to detail. But when does he choose? 

2x06, when he first realized he was probably in love with her?

No. What about 3x01, when he finally decides to go for it?

Noooo. How about 3x20, the first time she told him she loved him?

Nope. Also not 3x23, when he chose her:

And not beautifully idyllic Ivy Town either:

Not even his first proposal:

Or hers:

HE CHOOSES AN AMALGAMATION OF THE FIRST TIME HE EVER SAW HER (3x14 flashback) AND THE FIRST TIME HE EVER TALKS TO HER (1x03).

Because from the beginning, there was just something about her. His heart knew it all along. None of those other moments marks the first time he loved her, or when he loved her “most,” because he always loved her. Right from the start. There was never a moment when he didn’t already love her, which is why the moment he first saw her, and the moment he first spoke to her, remain the most significant moments in their history to him.

My gawd, Alli!

Isn’t this the most beautiful thing ever! Their love is ICONIC and BIGGER THAN THE UNIVERSE and Oliver, the broken man who thought himself never capable of love and have a family while being a hero, creates this entire little world for them with the most important memory of her 💚💚💚

They’ve come so far together 😭😭😭

@SchwartzApprovd Goodbye #Arrow

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olicity + window shots

Wow.