Oh, was that the finale? I thought they got extended to 18 episodes, not 17.
It was alright. The ending was pretty silly as Sara could of just, oh I don't know, made everything completely normal with the Spear, including removing those time quakes?
I wanted them to bullshit a way for Snart to live, as I don't see them being able to return Heatwave who is a pretty minor rogue without Captain Cold.
Before I get into my inane ramblings about shows I have lost so much interest for since loving them at the start, if anyone wants the list of magnets for past episodes for every show, just ask. I've got to update it for the past four or five episodes, but won't bother if no one wants it.
Eobard will get meme'd back into existence somehow on The Flash, as they can't let the main big bad go to waste on the spin-off show.
Cast shake up will be:
Nate and Amaya staying on for one more season. They both piss me off, but I think that 2 seasons for each rostered character is good enough.
White Canary being killed off or leaving around the 1/3rd mark. She's had her character development and needs to go back to Arrow or sent off to heaven Coast City.
Ray will be killed or go back early on. Routh seems to hate the creators more with each passing day. They really fucked him over on these shows, promising the world and giving him the comic relief character.
Firestorm will be kept as they've paying good shekels for Garber. I still want them to bring back Ronnie and ditch Jax, as Jax is annoying, especially when he acts like he knows tech despite being a car mechanic.
Heatwave and Cold will be meme'd back onto The Flash somehow, like "durr Captain Cold was teleported by the explosion to a random time", then Mick and he go back to Central City, bored of hero'ing. Rogues need to be formed, they keep saying they'll do it, and it's the only good choice they've got for big bad in S4. Only trouble is Hamill is such a good addition but Disney won't let him off their leash.
Rip will be kept off, thank God, but he'll cameo in one or two episodes, probably for the final 2 episodes of S3 with some sweet, sweet Deus Ex.
As for the new characters, they have a few to choose from with the other 2 shows, but none are good fits.
They could take some of the underused heroes from Arrow, AKA Ragman, but they won't as he is a CGI-heavy character and costs money.
They could take one of the speedsters from The Flash, but they won't as they will fuck it up monumentally in terms of power levels, and The Flash hasn't got many other good heroes. Vibe would be nice, but Carlos Valdes sucks on a team of 4 people in STAR Labs, he's only good when he's in 1 on 1 acting.
I doubt they'll go for the "waah i did bad things and gotta repent" like with Sara and Cold/Heatwave, so no villains.
That archive link specifies they are adding someone who wasn't created in the comics but in a film or show that isn't a CW show, so that could be interesting.
The only ones I can think of are the villain characters from the DCAU like Quinn and Livewire. Can't think of any hero characters that were created in shows and movies.
They won't use anyone from Supergirl because a) Supergirl characters are trash save for the male ones who get shafted at every opportunity and b) because they are really trying to keep the two worlds separate.