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mogifire

Harley & Ivy

spoonie-sone

This is why I love them!

closetskeleton666

Harley is an abuse survivor of course she’d wreck this dude!!!

wetwareproblem

Can I just say how much I love the implications here?

Harley and Ivy are known public figures. People know who they are, and recognize them. And this kid knows that, despite being violent criminals, they’re safe enough to go to for protection.

Ivy is dead certain that the Batfamily will be okay with them intervening to protect a kid. That has some intersting implications - either she knows damn well where the lines lie and that this is overriding enough to get her a pass, or (more likely, given the first bit) this has come up before.

seelcudoom

one of my favorite tropes is villains acting heroically not because the other villain is a threat to them or because it benefits them, but because they have standards

malicemanaged

^^^ That’s the good shit right there

real-jaune-isms

Always reblog protector Harley and Ivy

positivelydetectivecomics

I think this illustrates that there is sometimes a separation between the types of villains. There are some villains who have little to no redeeming qualities like Joker and then you have what’s shown in this panel. Two of the most infamous villains with the mindset of, “Wait a minute! No, you don’t hurt children! They’re off limits!”

cenobitic-anchorite

This (official) story is in the anthology series Batman: Black and White. Fourth volume of the series, third issue, printed 2013. Written by Paul Dini himself and drawn by Stephane Roux.

and it has an even happier ending!

positivelydetectivecomics

I love this????

Thanks for adding the ending!

valtharr

fuck, now I’m crying

grimmtidings

Oh look. It’s MY Batman. The real Batman, not the hypermasculine ultraviolent for the sake of ultraviolence asshole that keeps popping up in popular media.

The Batman who held Ace’s hand. The Batman who keeps trying to get his rogue’s gallery treatment. The Batman who hands low-tier thugs a Wayne Enterprises business card and says “call them about a job.” The Batman who isn’t black and white, the Batman who recognizes even “bad” people can do “good” things. The Batman who genuinely cares about people, not just punishment.

dovewithscales

This is how it should be. Batman is a trauma survivor whose motivation is protecting other people from the kind of trauma he endured. Who uses his privilege in every way he can to protect people. Who understands that the Rogues Gallery are the way they are for the same reason he is the way he is. They’re all survivors of something horrible. So he tries to help them too.

Harley and Ivy are both survivors of severe abuse and neglect who are rebelling against very real injustices in society and who have standards and causes that they care about.

Ivy is an environmentalist trying to save the world in her own way. She just has no faith in humans doing the right thing.

Harley has time and again shown her support for abuse victims, education equality, and generally just wanting the world to be more fair. She’s the kind of person who will stop a fight and escort a pregnant single mother to a hospital and then follow up and throw her a baby shower because every kid deserves a good start.

It’s important that Batman understands that and while he can’t let them hurt people, he still wants to help them and understands why they’re like this.

waterdragonangel

always will reblog