Ivy/Harley rec: "Stalk" by salmonpink + fangirl babble
Set in toonverse, "Summary: Life was a game, and Harley liked to think that she played it well."
( Harley liked some games more than others. )
Gotham femmeslash, w00t! I love Ivy, because she's Ivy, I like femmeslash, canonly Ivy and Harley goes very well together, and while I still don't know what to think of Harley, mostly because of her persistent relationship with "Mr. J", I can't help but find her fun and adorable, if insane, and not just in the fun crazy way. Seriously, Harley needs to ditch The Joker, because crime-bossing aside, he's still a clown, and ew, deathtoclowns (Harlequinn doesn't count as a clown, her costume is that of a court jester...*is bias because Harley is adorable*). Also, I'm a fan of the 1992 animated series, where he was already a jerk to her, but apparently, in the comic Mad Love, The Joker pushed Harley Quinn out of a window several story high, which could have killed her, and resulted in her breaking an arm and a leg, all because she offended his crime-boss ego by capturing Batman, something he has always failed to do. People who can't stand their partners being better at them on some things are just pathetic.
Right...back to Ivy/Harley, this is canon:
Teehee, so is this.
...and then, fangirl babbling on Ivy: For the latter part of my childhood, when I was a major fan of Batman: The Animated Series (1992), Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley was my favourite villain and my favourite female character. I prefer Isley as a villain compared to the likes of The Joker because she was more complex, and I prefer her to Batgirl as a female character likewise. Poison Ivy is definitely a morally ambiguous character, and it wasn't so much an indecisive Lindsey McDonald (AtS) thing as who and what she is just don't remotely fit in either realms of stark black or white definition of good and evil. Unlike "conventional villains", the likes of The Joker, Isley definitely wasn't "evil" for the sake of being evil, the usual money/revenge motives, she doesn't hold any major grudge against batman, she's not the type, contrary to what the tacky butchery of her character in that awful movie might suggest. There is a dignity about her that many villains of that era does not possess (at least not in the animated series), a sense of grace, peace, and purpose.
Note: A lot of the links in the Ivy and Harley are now dead, but run them through the Way Back Machine. The queer perspective link for example, Harley Makes Mad Love by Mike Best.
Of course: The Flora Lounge...interesting site, and wow, are the comics different from the 1992 B:TAS toonverse Ivy.
( Harley liked some games more than others. )
Gotham femmeslash, w00t! I love Ivy, because she's Ivy, I like femmeslash, canonly Ivy and Harley goes very well together, and while I still don't know what to think of Harley, mostly because of her persistent relationship with "Mr. J", I can't help but find her fun and adorable, if insane, and not just in the fun crazy way. Seriously, Harley needs to ditch The Joker, because crime-bossing aside, he's still a clown, and ew, deathtoclowns (Harlequinn doesn't count as a clown, her costume is that of a court jester...*is bias because Harley is adorable*). Also, I'm a fan of the 1992 animated series, where he was already a jerk to her, but apparently, in the comic Mad Love, The Joker pushed Harley Quinn out of a window several story high, which could have killed her, and resulted in her breaking an arm and a leg, all because she offended his crime-boss ego by capturing Batman, something he has always failed to do. People who can't stand their partners being better at them on some things are just pathetic.
Right...back to Ivy/Harley, this is canon:
Teehee, so is this.
...and then, fangirl babbling on Ivy: For the latter part of my childhood, when I was a major fan of Batman: The Animated Series (1992), Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley was my favourite villain and my favourite female character. I prefer Isley as a villain compared to the likes of The Joker because she was more complex, and I prefer her to Batgirl as a female character likewise. Poison Ivy is definitely a morally ambiguous character, and it wasn't so much an indecisive Lindsey McDonald (AtS) thing as who and what she is just don't remotely fit in either realms of stark black or white definition of good and evil. Unlike "conventional villains", the likes of The Joker, Isley definitely wasn't "evil" for the sake of being evil, the usual money/revenge motives, she doesn't hold any major grudge against batman, she's not the type, contrary to what the tacky butchery of her character in that awful movie might suggest. There is a dignity about her that many villains of that era does not possess (at least not in the animated series), a sense of grace, peace, and purpose.
Note: A lot of the links in the Ivy and Harley are now dead, but run them through the Way Back Machine. The queer perspective link for example, Harley Makes Mad Love by Mike Best.
Of course: The Flora Lounge...interesting site, and wow, are the comics different from the 1992 B:TAS toonverse Ivy.