After the death of her father’s doppelganger on the Arrow season 6 finale, Laurel Lance (Black Siren) is on a new path, but is it what everyone expects? The Arrow season 7 trailer may make you rethink.
Assuming from the Arrow trailer (see below) released at San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend, Laurel will be stepping up into a leadership role in the city attached to her late counterpart’s identity.
In the video, she states: “Star City continues to employ a zero tolerance policy against any and all acts of vigilantism. As to the identity of this unknown assailant: this is someone new.”
During the latter half of Arrow season 6, we saw Laurel attempt to fill the enormous shoes of Earth-1 Laurel Lance as Quentin pushed her toward redemption in the honor and memory of his late daughter.
At one point, she even picked up one of OG Laurel’s old law textbooks and was obviously enthralled with the subject matter, as she was almost finished reading the same book later in the episode.
Becoming a lawyer doesn’t have to be in her future as she isn’t technically licensed and didn’t study, but even if it is, Black Siren is using OG Laurel’s identity to better her life (and, seemingly, the city), so whatever she chooses will be incredibly interesting.
As she was addressing the press, it became clear she’s in a position of power in Star City, and there are really only two options: District Attorney or Mayor.
Quentin’s death leaves Star City down another mayor, so who better to take his place in a city that’s basically fallen apart after the influence of Ricardo Diaz on city officials than his daughter?
As far as the world is concerned, Laurel Lance was kidnapped, her death was faked, and before that she was the Assistant District Attorney, so she’s done her time in the spotlight to show the city she’s very capable.
Personally, I’d think she’d make a better mayor than district attorney because she hasn’t had the education to prove herself as a lawyer capable of following the rules and learning the many ways law works.
Hell, if Oliver Queen can be mayor, anyone can.
Arrow season 7 premieres later this year on The CW!
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