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While traditional heroes have been defined as tough due to their individualism and ability to confront obstacles by themselves, Sharon Ross argues that in superhero stories new visions of heroism show that women grow as heroes because of their female friends. In Arrow, Sara and her sister Laurel encourage each other to strive to be the best they can be. Making Laurel, who in traditional comics would been viewed as a sidekick is seen as a hero under the new visions of heroism because when they are together they demonstrate that women can be tough enough to handle anything when they join others. This is also known as epistemic negotiation.

Epistemic negotiation is when individuals build knowledge collectively as well as emotionally knowing what is going on when an event happens. In Helena Huntress episode of Arrow the audience sees the Laurel and Sara encouraging one another to be a better, stronger person as well as them working together to get the hostages to safety. Though it may have been tough at first to distinguish how epistemic negotiation was going to play out, it becomes perfectly clear at the end of the episode.

During this episode of Arrow, Frank Bertinelli is in custody, which means his daughter, Helena,will be arriving soon. Felicity has been tracking Helena the past year and she's been carrying out hits for the mafia. She furious with her father for killing her fiancé and will want revenge. But Felicity and the rest of Arrows gang knew this day would come so they are all on high alert.

After being unemployed for a while due to depression and alcohol abuse Adam calls Laurel to his office and asks her to return to work. Laurel takes on the case because Adam has convinced her there was no one better to prose...

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...and the Canary's talk, the Canary gets a message from Arrow that they have a way out. The Canary tries to get Laurel to leave, but she refuses to leave without rescuing the hostages. When the Canary tells Laurel she will save them Laurel says that she wants to help. By deciding to help Laurel was demonstrating a new visions of heroism because even though she doesn't have a lot of skill in fighting and rather go about things by talking, but instead Laurel is risking her life to save others. It’s important to note that while this side of Laurel may have been inside of her the entire time, it wasn’t showcased until the Canary brought it out of her. Which is more or less what Sharon Ross argues when she says, “females who seem unheroic or passive initially learn heroism from Xena, Gabrielle, Buffy and Willow.”(232) However in this case Laurel learns heroism from Canary.

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