This is what happens when everyone gets a mask on the show. This is what happens when people who don’t deserve to be called superheroes or even heroes are actually called heroes because they have a mask. 

People automatically start to think that being a hero < being a superhero. Which isn’t true. Felicity is a hero in her own right. Without her heroism, Oliver’s, Roy’s, Laurel’s superheroism wouldn’t exist because they’d be dead without Felicity’s help.

The thing is, this question is probably asked because people are worried about Felicity’s status on the show because they feel like it’s being taken over by the masks (I mean look at last season, it was overrun by masks and it’s part of the reason why the show failed. It was too comic-booky. It tried to focus on characters the show told us to care about (because of their comic counterpart) instead of letting us care about said character’s journey alone).  This is the fault of how the show was written in season 3 because I didn’t see reporters hounding Emily with these types of questions before season 3. 

The show better start treating its normal heroes like Diggle and Felicity right and show that they’re just as important, if not, more important than the masks (minus Oliver who will always be most important on his own show).