ARROW: EMILY BETT RICKARDS' FELICITY SMOAK WON'T BE SUITING UP ANY TIME SOON 

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If everyone starts dressing up, you lose that connection to reality.

We\'re just one week away from the return of Arrow and after an eventful mid-season finale, fans can look forward to the continuing transformation of several of the characters. Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance ) will make her debut as Black Canary, Brandon Routh\'s Ray Palmer is set to become The Atom, Colton Haynes\' Roy Harper will fully become Arsenal and Thea...well we\'re not sure

Thea is yet, but she\'s definitely something. One character who won\'t be suiting up anytime soon, however, is Emily Bett Rickards\' Felicity Smoak.

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IGN had the opportunity to speak with Arrow/The Flash executive producer Andrew Kreisberg along with a small group of reporters following a panel at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour, where we asked if we might see Felicity - who\'s been a girl-Friday to one superhero and is looks to become one to a second (The Atom) - transform into an iconic DC character herself.

"It\'s like Dave Ramsey [who plays John Diggle on the show] said on the panel: if everyone starts dressing up, you lose that connection to reality," Kreisberg responded. "One of the things Dig and Felicity do so well in spite of the fact that they\'re incredibly talented -- obviously they\'re integral members of the team -- is that they don\'t have their own costume personas. I think that keeps them grounded, and it keeps Oliver grounded. It keeps the show grounded. Felicity, she\'s every bit of a hero as anyone else is. She\'s certainly thrown herself into danger at times, and they couldn\'t do what they do without her leading the team from her computer console. But I don\'t think right now there are any plans to "super" her up. I don\'t think that\'s really her role."

We\'ll have plenty more from both Arrow and The Flash leading into the mid-season premieres.

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Watch the mid-season return of Arrow "Left Behind" on Wednesday, January 21st, at 8:00pm ET/PT on The CW.

Roth Cornet is an Entertainment Editor for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @RothCornet and IGN at Roth-IGN.

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