[Future Spoilers](x-post from r/arrow) Speculation about the beginning of the series
I posted this is r/arrow and was told to post it here too:
So Ray has been "out of town" for an extended period of time between "Al Sah-him" (Arrow Ep. 3x21) and "This is your sword" (Arrow Ep. 3x22). And in 3x22 seemingly out of the blue Ray transfers his ownership of the company to Felicity. My theory is that Rip Hunter was in contact with Ray during this period of time and Ray is only back to put his affairs in order before going to work with Rip Hunter full-time. Or he's seen some glimpse of the future and knows that Felicity/Oliver do end up with the company again. This is consistent with the showrunners from Flash and Arrow trying to overlap their timelines when they started Flash, the start of Legends will overlap with the end of this season of Arrow.
Posted May 9, 2015, 8:16 PM UTC
That would explain why Atom isn't helping the rest of the heroes against the Reverse Flash.
Okay what I've been so fantasizing is that Ray is actually there. He's shrunken down and put in an arrow so when Oliver shoots that arrow, they do the size-change arrow thing on Eobard. I want this to happen. They have to do this before Marvel can.
If they do this I would be so happy I would die.
He did mention that he was working on something else.
Can you explain what that means?
Basically Ray is there with them but he's shrunken down. Oliver shoots an arrow with him on it, and then when the arrow reaches Eobard, Ray jumps off it, returning to full size and punching Eobard. Like this http://imgur.com/gallery/0neAHGT.
I feel like they are saving Atom shrink ability for an origin story in LoT. Can't see them pulling it out as a surprise on Flash/Arrow. Would be unnecessary confusion.