Malcolm & Thea Conspiracy Theory
Season 3 SPOILERS (just sayin!)
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Now when Season 3 started, I thought that Malcolm would have told Thea about Oliver being the Vigilante (Arrow). In fact, if you look at my stories, they follow this assumption. Because Thea has this tendency... to blow up when she finds out a secret -- not even just because there is a secret, but because someone who knew it didn't tell her. I mean, look at the big Season 2 shocker: Malcolm being her biological father. She blows up at Ollie even more than Moira because he knew about it and didn't say anything!
So I jokingly figured Thea was playing a game, giving Oliver negative points every time he had an opportunity to tell her the truth, and didn't. Roy, too. Because she knows Roy knows. And HE doesn't say anything? Oh, bad bad move, there. And, naturally, I figured Malcolm would be too smart to get into that minefield with her.
Although, now... perhaps not. He seems a little allergic to the truth around Thea, there. :X
When Oliver went missing and Thea went crazy with worry... then I was convinced that no, Malcolm didn't tell her? Oh, I see. Yes, okay, he didn't mention that little fact, JUST IN CASE the Arrow ever busted through Thea's window. He didn't want her to hesitate to kick him in the nuts. Well, okay, that works.
Now FINALLY, Oliver reveals His Big Secret! And.... um. Thea's like, oh, that's nice. WHAT!??!?!
No, SERIOUSLY!??!
What happened to Diggle's assessment that once Thea found out Oliver has been lying to her for years, that he would totally lose her, man? Come to think of it, what happened to Roy's assessment? Didn't he just recently tell Malcolm that as soon as Thea found out he'd lied to her, she'd have nothing more to do with him? And Roy says this from personal experience.
Oh but wait... as soon as Oliver told her about the Vigilantism, Thea DID get mad at Malcolm. Yeah, Malcolm didn't mention all that, all because he wanted Thea to think Oliver didn't care about her, and drive a wedge between them, etc etc. I guess that makes as much sense as Thea getting mad at Oliver for not mentioning the whole paternity thing....
But then I started thinking further. And I started remembering how Malcolm was still a jump ahead of me for the whole Sara Murder Mystery. No, no; I'm catching up. I think. (I can hope.)
Remember when Oliver dropped the other bomb on Thea? The bomb that Malcolm Merlyn was still alive? And she was all... 'yeah, okay.' ??? Thea Queen? The conniption fit champion over even finding out about Merlyn? The one who totally (well supposedly, as far as Oliver knew at the time) hated the mass murdering mass murderer?!?
Yeah, cuz she already knew all about it.
Maybe she's just really bad at acting surprised? And MAYBE, here it comes, MAYBE... she DID already know Oliver was the Vigilante. And MAYBE... pretending not to know was Malcolm's idea. And MAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYBE being angry at Malcolm is also his idea. :X
Yeah, I know it's nuts. But it's REALLY smacking me in the face, the similarity between her reaction to the 'surprise' of Merlyn still being alive and this 'surprise' of Oliver being the Vigilante.
I was watching the interim episodes again, the ones that convinced me Thea didn't know Oliver was the Vigilante. The ones where she didn't know where he was, where she asked Malcolm to look for him; she asked Roy to (ask the Arrow) to search for him.... But. It COULD be that she just didn't know he went off to face Ra's Al Ghul. (And especially not why!)
She doesn't mention to Malcolm that she wonders if Oliver got into some kind of Vigilante trouble -- well, she already knows, and she knows he knows. There's no need to mention that. And to Roy... well, she's still pretending she doesn't know. So she wants Roy to look for him, under the guise of asking the Arrow to do so. (And giving Roy another length of rope to hang himself with, not telling her, YET AGAIN.)
Well. We'll see how it all turns out...!
click the thing to read the thing.
Now when Season 3 started, I thought that Malcolm would have told Thea about Oliver being the Vigilante (Arrow). In fact, if you look at my stories, they follow this assumption. Because Thea has this tendency... to blow up when she finds out a secret -- not even just because there is a secret, but because someone who knew it didn't tell her. I mean, look at the big Season 2 shocker: Malcolm being her biological father. She blows up at Ollie even more than Moira because he knew about it and didn't say anything!
So I jokingly figured Thea was playing a game, giving Oliver negative points every time he had an opportunity to tell her the truth, and didn't. Roy, too. Because she knows Roy knows. And HE doesn't say anything? Oh, bad bad move, there. And, naturally, I figured Malcolm would be too smart to get into that minefield with her.
Although, now... perhaps not. He seems a little allergic to the truth around Thea, there. :X
When Oliver went missing and Thea went crazy with worry... then I was convinced that no, Malcolm didn't tell her? Oh, I see. Yes, okay, he didn't mention that little fact, JUST IN CASE the Arrow ever busted through Thea's window. He didn't want her to hesitate to kick him in the nuts. Well, okay, that works.
Now FINALLY, Oliver reveals His Big Secret! And.... um. Thea's like, oh, that's nice. WHAT!??!?!
No, SERIOUSLY!??!
What happened to Diggle's assessment that once Thea found out Oliver has been lying to her for years, that he would totally lose her, man? Come to think of it, what happened to Roy's assessment? Didn't he just recently tell Malcolm that as soon as Thea found out he'd lied to her, she'd have nothing more to do with him? And Roy says this from personal experience.
Oh but wait... as soon as Oliver told her about the Vigilantism, Thea DID get mad at Malcolm. Yeah, Malcolm didn't mention all that, all because he wanted Thea to think Oliver didn't care about her, and drive a wedge between them, etc etc. I guess that makes as much sense as Thea getting mad at Oliver for not mentioning the whole paternity thing....
But then I started thinking further. And I started remembering how Malcolm was still a jump ahead of me for the whole Sara Murder Mystery. No, no; I'm catching up. I think. (I can hope.)
Remember when Oliver dropped the other bomb on Thea? The bomb that Malcolm Merlyn was still alive? And she was all... 'yeah, okay.' ??? Thea Queen? The conniption fit champion over even finding out about Merlyn? The one who totally (well supposedly, as far as Oliver knew at the time) hated the mass murdering mass murderer?!?
Yeah, cuz she already knew all about it.
Maybe she's just really bad at acting surprised? And MAYBE, here it comes, MAYBE... she DID already know Oliver was the Vigilante. And MAYBE... pretending not to know was Malcolm's idea. And MAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYBE being angry at Malcolm is also his idea. :X
Yeah, I know it's nuts. But it's REALLY smacking me in the face, the similarity between her reaction to the 'surprise' of Merlyn still being alive and this 'surprise' of Oliver being the Vigilante.
I was watching the interim episodes again, the ones that convinced me Thea didn't know Oliver was the Vigilante. The ones where she didn't know where he was, where she asked Malcolm to look for him; she asked Roy to (ask the Arrow) to search for him.... But. It COULD be that she just didn't know he went off to face Ra's Al Ghul. (And especially not why!)
She doesn't mention to Malcolm that she wonders if Oliver got into some kind of Vigilante trouble -- well, she already knows, and she knows he knows. There's no need to mention that. And to Roy... well, she's still pretending she doesn't know. So she wants Roy to look for him, under the guise of asking the Arrow to do so. (And giving Roy another length of rope to hang himself with, not telling her, YET AGAIN.)
Well. We'll see how it all turns out...!