This is a story idea and a fan fiction idea about Malcolm Merlyn being alive after Lian Yu. I don't believe he is dead even after we were told Malcolm Merlyn was told that he died on the island by the actor who played him aka John Barrowman.
Why don't I believe the character is because of my personal experience with death and death scenes in movies and TV shows. Unless they show the death scene or the dead body I won't/can't believe the character is dead.
Examples:
NCIS Los Angeles (a person from Hetty's past)
Blindspot (an FBI agent/a Sandstorm operative)
Black Lightning (Gambi)
Arrow (Evelyn Sharp)
After surviving the anti-personnel mine he has facial damage and had to have facial reconstructive surgery which also allowed him to get a new face. Which can be the in-universe answer if they needed to recast him. So, he spent some time in recovery.
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General FictionI have autism/Aspergers so sometimes I just think of random hypothetical scenarios and ideas every day and sometimes those are story ideas I never will write they just things I think of.