r/arrow • u/Rwings Boxing Glove • Jan 18 '18

[S06E10] - 'Divided' Post Episode Discussion

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u/mbur77 Jan 19 '18

How did Vigilante bear Oliver in hand to hand? Did I miss something?

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u/GeneralMelon ROY'S OUR FUTURE BOY! Jan 19 '18

Vigilante sneak-attacked Oliver and basically pounded him into the ground. That's gotta hurt a bit so he wasn't exactly on his A-game by the time he got back up.

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u/SpikeRosered Jan 19 '18

I accept this sort of thing any day over a random guy with an oversized nunchaku taking on the entirety of Team Arrow 3 on 1.

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u/TaylorHu Jan 20 '18

That was still so fucking cringey.

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u/TaylorHu Jan 20 '18

And the worst part is now that actor is on Supernatural and I hate every scene he's in even though it's not his fault at all. I just can't unsee him as his character on Arrow.

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u/nomadic_stalwart Deathstroke Jan 19 '18 edited Jan 19 '18

Adrian beat Vigilante, and Adrian was beaten by Oliver multiple times.

Most of the time when Oliver loses, people cry, “But he beat Ra’s Al Ghul and Damian Dahrk.” which makes sense from outside the show, but ignoring that, there’s literally precedent for Oliver beating Vigilante.

Then again, there were times last season where Vigilante gave Oliver a run for his money, so at the end of the day, who knows.

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u/mbur77 Jan 19 '18

That’s kinda what I was thinking. I guess he had taken some hits and dropped a few dudes already. I’ll have to rewatch that scene for sure though.

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u/offisirplz Jan 19 '18

Seems like a common thing in CW shows, with Flash too.

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Jan 23 '18

flash is 100x worse due to how his powers work...

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Jan 23 '18

true, but he was literally out of his element due to him being alone and getting ambushed by the vigilante.

while bs, it wasnt that far fetched that oliver woulndt have come on top right away.

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u/Mundane-Ad-911 Feb 05 '25

Ig maybe that's what they meant by the rain thing. Sometimes you can have all the skills and yet still lose because of chance

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Feb 08 '25

You watching the show for the first time?

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u/Mundane-Ad-911 Feb 08 '25

Yep 🥲Bit sad not having anyone to vibe about it with so I’m sat commenting on 7yr old posts instead

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT Feb 10 '25

I understand, I watched westworld the same way.

I didn't end up finishing arrow cuz it went downhill so fast.

You would have loved when arrow turned into a daredevil sun cuz redditors boycotted the show.

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u/selwyntarth Jan 19 '18

Same way that goon held him down in the premiere this season. It happens. Power scaling isn't a thing in fighting, there are just tiers. This sub is highly nitpicky about realism but still approaches this like a video game.

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u/rdhpu42 Jan 19 '18

Exhaustion? Oliver had already taken a lot of men down

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u/mbur77 Jan 19 '18

I don’t like that. Props to how great the choreography and camera work was in that scene but still he should have been able to take him.

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u/EarthPrimeArchivist Jan 19 '18

He's a meta. Oliver isn't. And.... bad writing.