On the mid-season finale of Arrow, an attack by Damian Darhk left Felicity Smoak clinging to life. With some fans speculating that Felicity may die, set photos emerged which seemed to indicate that the brains of Team Arrow would survive but become paralyzed from the waist down. Given the show's usage of the Batman mythos, it didn't seem out of the realm of possibility that the show could look to turn Felicity into an Oracle-esque character. However, Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim took to twitter to dissuade those assumptions that were causing an uproar in the Arrow fandom.