anti-felicity-smoak:

Laurel and Barry are honestly the two characters in this tv verse who have consistently believed in Oliver as an individual, anon. And yes, Laurel and Oliver had their ups and downs at times, but that’s to be expected as they share far more screen time than Barry and Oliver (which is sad, because I completely agree with you. Oliver is at some of his best personality and writing-wise when he’s interacting with Barry, it’s like he turns back into his old pre-Ol*city self or something) and they always ended up patching things up by the end. The fact that the two of them were always willing to acknowledge when things were going wrong between them and strove to fix them says a lot. But yes, in this horrible alternate universe we clearly live in where they decided killing the Black Canary was a good idea, Laurel is gone, meaning Barry is alone in his crusade to prove that Oliver Queen is His Own Light, Thank You Very Much.

Barry and Oliver do have arguments over the course of the crossovers, but they are all settled in a very mature, adult manner. Take when Barry is mad at Oliver over torturing a guy to get information on Boomerang vs. when Felicity is mad at Oliver over the whole William thing. Barry doesn’t talk to Oliver, removes himself largely from the group discussion, and people (most vocally Lyla) can tell he is upset, but it does not detract from the plot or undermine Oliver in front of his own team and Barry’s. Then Barry approaches him privately, they talk stuff out, and their friendship grows from the experience. Felicity, meanwhile, will take every and any opportunity to remind Oliver and their whole team that Oliver Did A Bad Thing to her in her eyes, even weeks after the event occurred. And then you get the others telling Oliver it’s up to him to fix things with Felicity (even though she initiated the breakup) and Diggle taking cheap shots at him over the breakup when he’s mad at Oliver. And why wouldn’t they? They’re learning by Felicity’s example that it’s ok.

Barry, despite not being one of Oliver’s full-time teammates, is the only character currently in the Arrowverse who treats Oliver like an equal partner.