The Plight of Broke-Ass Oliver Queen

I’ve been a loyal fan to the superhero soap opera that is The CW’s Arrow for four seasons now. I stuck around after the most likable characters dropped like flies in the early seasons. I pushed through what I’ve renamed “The Identity Crisis Saga,” where damn near everybody became a vigilante and had to re-learn who they were. I’ve even learned to tune out Laurel most of the time. But there’s been another problem eating away at me while I watch Ollie try to raise his voice to non-threatening octaves and crack the occasional smile through his naturally resting angry face. This man’s either one of two things: A) a deadbeat that’s borrowing money from his friends and siphoning from his trust fund or B) the most resourceful man in the history of DC. In the comics, the beginning of Arrow and even Justice League Unlimited, Oliver Queen was the heir to a billion dollar company. Sure, he wasted a decent amount of that on living the life of a rock star, but even that couldn’t put a dent in a BILLION dollar empire. But, way back in season 2 of Arrow, Ollie messed up so bad that he got tricked out of the company and had to live off of whatever he had to his name at the time. Then it got bought out by Ray Palmer.

Now, to be completely fair here, I have to note that Oliver’s “rainy day fund” was probably more money than any of us will ever make in our entire lives. I’m thinking at least seven digits. So, yeah, if he were to go from CEO to living a “normal” life as an everyday [rich] guy t…