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This might have been discussed, but with Trinity being rebooted, who is going to play Ivy?

I think creatively you have a nice set up for the third year as Chloe remains disconnected from her past life (Oliver, her mom, her dad, her daughter), similar to how your series began with Chloe disconnected from Lois and Clark. I do hope that we hear about Oliver from time to time, perhaps the return of his playboy ways, or even a relationship with Black Canary. I am for Arrow and Watchtower eventually getting back together, but it would be interesting to see Chloe's reaction to Oliver moving on without realizing it.

I also want to know if you ever plan on bringing in other GCPD officers and detectives?

How about Red X showing up at some point? Should I be suggesting this to your sister shows?

Any new updates on the series?

The spoilers always work to increase interest without taking away from the actual episodes. I am glad to see that it appears that both Nightwing/Dick Grayson and Oracle/Barbara Gordon seem to have their own story points beyond adding the characters to the backdrop of Gotham.

While I am sure this is asked before (probably by me), but do you ever worry about placing the series in Gotham and dealing with Batman's origin? Last season, Oliver left, and Emil is gone for the time being. Once Perry leaves, we essentially have Chloe surrounded by Bat-franchise characters only.

For this reason, I like how you are bringing in an original character, and using Chloe as the linchpin or glue that brings everyone together as opposed to Bruce/Batman. Babs will likely become Oracle because of Chloe's influence, and I am guessing Chloe will have some connections with Nightwing beyond his helping Helena this season.

If anything, this version of Batman is still evolving, making mistakes as I would say seeking help from al Ghul and his League. I will be interested in seeing what effects will Chloe's resurrection have on her psyche since we all know what the quickest way for the al Ghul to bring back the dead.

Questions:

1. What are the current ages of the characters planned for this season?
2. Will we be seeing any interaction between Dick and Bruce? Dick and Barbara?
3. Any chance you will be addressing the Flash mythology at any point in Season 3? After all, if Bart was THE Bart Allen, then we have Barry and Wally that have not made an appearance. Perhaps Bart somehow inspired his family to become the two of the fastest men alive.

Congratulations.

When you mentioned in your replies in the the Season 2 Discussion Forum that (1) you were not done with Perry's character, and (2) that a certain non-Green hero will be figuring into next season, I figured that Oliver was the likely of the four characters to be leaving. My only hope is that Oliver and Chloe do not break up as I like the pairing.

It will be interesting to see if Oliver ends up establishing himself and Green Arrow again in Star City.

I will probably add a longer review once I have time but I wanted to add a few comments not already addressed.

Influence of Destiny:

We essentially have three characters that believed that their destiny is to die saving the heroes and the innocent citizens. For all three, this stems from the question of why they exist and why they have survived previous encounters with death. For Bruce, he carries the deaths of his parents with him as we see the 'ghost' of his father at first taunting him, but ultimately proud of his son.

Despite her involvement in Clark's early pre-Blur adventures, her identity as Watchtower, a sidekick or hero in her own right stems from the death of Henry James Olsen. She is so busy trying to save her friends, she is willing to needlessly put herself in harms way.

Finally, Emil is a complex character in that he is essentially back to his old self, despite retaining the memories of his fall, but sees himself as expendable. He haunted by the death of the real Emil and the man's sins, as well as questioning his existence as a clone. Is he as real? What is his purpose? It is obvious he believed his purpose is to redeem his creator and die for the man's crimes.

Now, all of them are realizing that why they exist is not mistake or happenstance. They have a greater and yet unknown purpose. Bruce finding his way to becoming the man and the bat man we know. Chloe finally allowing herself to follow the dream of a famil and life with Oliver, and accepting her importance in the hero community. Emil being saved at the last minute to continue on the road of self-discovery as a member of the Suicide Squad, a team who is willing to cross lines but appears to more so than before fight on the same side as the League.

The answer to the question of why each are here is no longer 'death' but 'life'.

Death of Barry Allen:

When you gave the hint about who dies, I can't remember if my mind went to Bart initially, but at some point, I made the connection. Bartholemew Allen is Impulse's full name, with Barry and Bart both aliases and shortened forms.

It makes sense to choose Bart as it would have more impact given his larger presence in Smallville. Plus, you can now set up Bart Allen as a version of the character from the comics and bring in the original Barry or Wally West as the Flash, an identity still unused in the Smallville universe. The writers in Smallville were clearly ambiguous on which version of the character he was.

Lastly, with the title of both parts of the finale being 'War', there had to exist casualties. It is poignant that the heroes or vigilantes (more fitting for the Squad) that died were the youngest of the two teams. Falcons essentially won a not so small victory by taking away the future of the vigilante community. Bart in particular was the one that was the heart of the time as he almost always kept a positive and upbeat demeanor when facing the dangers of world. Courtney to a lesser extent still retained that potential for hope that the other heroes lost through all the trials and tribulations. Despite going ther separate ways again, this time the team is. It falling apart but moving forward.

Return of Superman, sort of:

Given your previous references to bringing in Clark, I liked how we never see him throughout Part II, but his presence is still felt and known to the reader. I also liked the image of Superman, not Clark, watching Chloe say goodbye to their friend. The moment where Chloe feel a breeze was great, showing that while he is no longer a daily fixture in her life, Clark will always be watching out for her and the team. I am curious if in the chaos anyone figured out that Clark saved Watchtower.

I did like how you establish through Clark's saves of Perry and Selina that he was dealing with all the robots while the rest of the team took the fight to Falcone. Nice way to explain why he didn't join them.

Which leaves me to wonder about how Clark found out. Did he simply choose to join the fight based on news reports concerning Gotham, since Falcone had wanted his influence to extend beyond the city. Or did he catch wind of the team from Martian Manhunter, who I think still works in Metropolis.

I am also curious to know Clark's reaction to Chloe being alive. Did he already know? Is he upset or is his decision not to reveal himself demonstrating a new found maturity by respecting his friend's wishes for now.

Questions:

1. As the future is always in flux, will we be seeing Bart return?

2. The Flash emerge? Origin of character I this universe?

3. Clark and Chloe meeting? Kara returning?

4. What position was Perry up for at the Daily Planet? Editor?

In connection with my question regarding guest appearances by meteor-infected and others, any chance of doing mini-episodes like the Chloe chronicles where we see the affects of the Key Crime Syndicate using the database.

E.g. Metahuman "A" attacked by syndicate operatives and captured, etc. Maybe a nice way to lead up to the second half of the season (since it is my understanding that you are still doing a proper mid-season finale break).