Please take into consideration that @TREK_GOD_1 is perceiving racism (and is black), which many white people, including "progressive" people often do. And this isn't a random mistake... there seems to be a pattern with Christopher on this, which heightens the concern.
Well clearly that's a bullshit assertion.
The more I think about it, the more it feels like they're deliberately going for a clean slate rather than build on the existing story threads more than is absolutely necessary. I'm still of the opinion that the likelihood of Rose being asked to/be willing to reprise the role at some point down the road is decidedly slim, in which case it makes sense to clear the board and effectively start over, even if it's mostly the same cast.
If they end up going in that direction I wonder what they'll end up doing with Alice? My suggestion is to put her on the Waverider.
I think Alice is an interesting enough character that they don't need the sister angle in order to keep her around as a nemesis. Mind you, only a few of the other CW/DC shows have managed to keep a villain around for more than a season or two (not counting long absences) so one way or the other she'd be gone before long anyway.
They'd already been setting Safiyah Sohail as the next Big Bad as we reached the end of the last season, so I have a feeling they probably would have been tying up the Alice storyline pretty soon even if Ruby Rose/Kate had stuck around.
I presume since there's been no news that the Canary spin-off isn't being picked up? (Unless there has and I missed it.)
