When asked by TV Line's Michael Ausiello, about the rumor that Felicity is getting a new boyfriend in Arrow season 5, Emily Bett Rickards replied, "It is a true rumor. She steps into it pretty hard, right off the bat. You'll meet him pretty quickly." Stephen Amell followed up with a joke that Oliver will be fine with that but it's safe to say that will be anything but the case.
Will this be one of the Flashpoint ripples, peppered throughout the new season of Arrow? The showrunners have indicated that Barry Allen's manipulation of the timeline won't have a tremendous impact on the other CW DCTV programs but will instead affect a select few characters on each show. It was previously discloses that David Ramsey's Diggle would be one of those characters but perhaps Felicity is affected as well.
Arrow season 5 premieres October 5 at 8/7c on The CW.