The Tragic Downfall of the CW’s “Arrowverse”.

The Tragic Downfall of the CW’s “Arrowverse”.

The year was 2012, and at that point in time the future for DC content was looking good thanks to its predecessor of “The Dark Knight” trilogy.

A character originated from the pages of DC comics was given the spotlight as their current fanbase was pretty much at a low, and they did have plans to give this character a show after introducing him in “Smallville”. This character was not bad or hated on in any way, but his existence just felt very unacknowledged, and he certainly was not the first character you would think of at the time if someone asked about DC.

So the Green Arrow was welcomed into the CW, with his own show titled “Arrow”. The show followed Oliver Queen carrying out his deceased fathers mission to save his city by taking up the persona of the “Green Arrow”, and showed how Oliver was able to adapt back into regular day society after being stranded on an island for 5 years.

The show was a massive success for the network, and as early in the midseason finale of their second season in 2013, the CW had announced they would be making a brand new spinoff TV series the upcoming fall, after the introduction to Barry Allen in the newly formed, and now called “Arrowverse.”

Barry Allen, or better known as The Flash, was a well known character before he got his own show as opposed to Green Arrow, with the character being very lovable and just more popular overall due to his membership in the Justice League.

Comes the Fall of 2014, The Flash pilot hit our screens like the lightning bolt that hit Barry Allen that episode, and to no ones surprised it gained a lot of popularity, as did DC content back in the day.

The show followed CSI Barry Allen learning how to use his newfound speedster powers with his team for the capacity of good and heroism around Central City, being known as The Flash.

The show was very successful, enough to spinoff more shows by the network to build up the Arrowverse, which was becoming a more houshold name at the time, such as Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman, and more.

In 2016, we recieved our very first crossover between all these characters, like a Justice League type of team up against an alien invasion. This crossover was a just a taste of the possibilities of how many more crossovers these now favorited characters of ours can appear in together.

The future of DC television is looking very good at this point.

A few years afterwards, many people had been pointing out that shows such as The Flash and Supergirl were starting to lose their way, and while Supergirl wasn’t a big deal (because it wasn’t very popular to begin with), The Flash was; as it had once been a show that made us emotional to a whole other degree.

The quality of the shows took a major hit, no doubt about it. This was most likely due to the CW acting like Marvel Studios, and focusing on the quantity of the shows they plan to release, more than maintaining the quality of the shows they are currently producing.

Yeah….

The writing for some shows had become super unbearable and cringy to even read on the subtitles with the volume off, let alone actually listen to it word for word.

As a fan of the Arrowverse for 5 years, it really pained me to see a universe that started off with fans wanting more of it gradually change, and decide to say “cancel this show” every time I see someone post a clip of an episode of The Flash somewhere.

As of right now, The Flash is the only OG Arrowverse CW show still kicking, with them having just finished their 8th season, with a 9th and possibly final one to be released this next upcoming new year.

I am very mixed emotionally speaking in regards to this, because while The Flash was my favorite show for as long as I can remember, it wouldn’t be the worst idea to finally put it to rest and end the decade long journey of the Arrowverse.