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INDEPENDENT, SELECTIVE, PRIVATE WRITING BLOG FOR THE HARLEQUIN (HARLEY QUINN). HEAVILY CANON-DIVERGENT, PRIMARILY INSPIRED BY MY OWN PERSONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CHARACTER. BECAUSE OF MY CANON-DIVERGENCY IN HARLEY'S STORY, I WILL NOT BE INTERACTING WITH NOR FOLLOWING ANY JOKER BLOGS UNLESS WE'RE CLOSE FRIENDS AND HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT IN PRIVATE. BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT THAT'S PRESENT ON THIS BLOG, I ASK THAT ALL FOLLOWERS BE 18+.
MAINS: @invhsible / @clobberyng
PERSONALS DO NOT INTERACT.
{FURTHER GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION ABOUT HARLEY ARE BELOW!}
ok scary all caps stuff out of the way... i'm bunny, 21, any pronouns and this is my harley blog!! here are some basic rules for this acc, i would greatly appreciate u reading and following them <3
i am incredibly selective about what dc blogs i follow. this really isn't a personal thing, it's just that i'm usually picky, but because my version of harley is so different than how she's typically depicted... i want to make sure i'm following people who can and are willing to adhere to the changes i've made to her story.
harley, while still retaining many of her mannerisms, is still pretty different than her comic-accurate depictions. i ask that you don't make assumptions about her and her relationship with the joker; if you have any questions about her (not just about her and the joker), pls feel free to ask!! i promise i do not bite <33
i very very much prefer plotting before doing any threads. the random ask is totally fine w me, but i find it way easier to write when i already know what the dynamic we're aiming for is. you can contact me in my DMs and if we're mutuals then u can ask for my disc!
i won't fully go and list my DNI bc 1. it's probably really long and 2. i'll likely forget about some things until i'm actually faced with it. to make this easier, i just ask that you're a decent person and you practice basic rpc etiquette. there are some characters/fandoms i don't want to write nor be associated with and if i find that you're either of the two, then you'll be blocked. that's just how the cookie crumbles.
i adore shipping!! just please note that harley is a fairly unstable person with a very distorted image/idea of love and romance. harley tends to be obsessive over someone she likes and it will likely lean more into unhealthy territory than not. if this is something you're uncomfortable with, i ask that you don't ship with me or reject my offers to ship solely for your comfort!! i absolutely understand and i don't take offense to it at all.
harley is violent. while harley won't outright kill your muse (unless we've discussed it for a thread), she's still volatile and she will act accordingly if she feels she's been provoked. harley won't outright attack unless she's either been attacked first or we've plotted it, but i figure it's worth noting anyway.
i've seen some people mention this in their rules so i figure i might as well: i fully support people calling out those who have engaged in shitty or even abusive behavior. i've been in the rpc for over six years now so i've seen a lot of nasty shit go down. it should go without saying that i do not endorse call-outs over petty matters that should've just stayed in two people's dms.
ABOUT HARLEY.
(i haven't made any 'professional' posts/pages about it, but you can find the major changes in harley's story in this post. tldr: harley kills the joker and essentially takes his place as the clown queen of crime. a drabble about harley killing him, harley's feelings about her past 'relationship' with him.)
NAME: harleen quinzel. ALIAS: the harlequin. DOB: valentine's day, 199X. GENDER: transgender female. SEXUALITY: bisexual, leaning more towards women. AGE: 33. HAIR COLOR: honey blonde (naturally), platinum blonde (previously dyed). EYE COLOR: greenish blue. HEIGHT: 5'7" FAMILY: XXXX (mother, deceased), XXXX (father, deceased). RESIDENCE: gotham city, new jersey. OCCUPATION: arkham asylum psychiatrist (former), crime lord (current). EDUCATION: community college and medical school graduate, attained a PhD. AFFILIATIONS: gotham's rogues gallery, gotham sirens (poison ivy, catwoman, herself), the joker (former, deceased).
TIMELINE. TW: suicide, mental abuse, physical abuse.
as a child, harley was a hyper child with a finicky temper. harley would experience violent outbursts when her temper would flare up, this being noticeable when she was a toddler and then further into adolescence, in which she would frequently get into trouble for physical altercations with other children. harley's parents found her hard to manage, with their attempts of physical punishment only to be thrown back at them. harley would be locked in her room for up to hours at a time when her temper flared, often in the dark and left to make a mess in her room. harley would be sent to see a child therapist who would have harley's parents partake in many methods to 'subdue' harley's fits of anger. essentially, harley would continually be taught over her developing years to suppress her anger, as well as any 'extreme' emotions she may feel. this resulted in harley willingly isolating herself from her family and practically becoming mute, only speaking when spoken to. she would resign herself to her bedroom and take to studying for her classes, with psychology being the one she performed the best. harley became fascinated with psychology, partially because of her desire to better understand her mental ailments as well as being able to carefully dissect others (rather than trying to violently rip them apart). harley's parents would approve and admire harley's desire to become a psychiatrist, though unfortunately both of them would pass away in an alleged 'suicide pact' via asphyxiation by motor vehicle exhaust gas.
harley would take several years to graduate from medical school to attain her PhD and begin a career in psychiatry. harley would work in one or two different facilities for roughly a year before becoming an arkham asylum psychiatrist. arkham asylum, even today, is regarded as a facility not for the weak of heart. harley had an interest in the inmates at arkham, seeing as many of them were vastly different and far more volatile than those of her previous workplaces. it's at arkham that she would find the inmate nobody could ever work out: the joker. harley would become the joker's main psychiatrist, though as time would go on, harley would unknowingly fall victim to heavy manipulation from the criminal. the joker would have her unknowingly spill bits of her past, especially about her suppressed anger and emotions, and use them against her. he would offer her a chance to 'set herself free' and never have to suppress herself again, should she free him and become his accomplice. though the joker would never explicitly state that they would be romantically involved, he would constantly imply it, flirting with her and actively trying to court her.
when harley freed the joker and escaped with him to become his accomplice, the joker and harley's honeymoon had abruptly ended. the joker was keen on picking apart everything harley had ever said or done, and when harley would confront him about his behavior, he would deny and gaslight until she couldn't refute anymore. the joker would become increasingly violent as well, taking any chance he could to lash out at the woman. harley would begin to retaliate with violence of her own, not unlike when she was a child with her parents. this violence, however, would all come to a head when harley finally snapped and killed the joker with her mallet―――smashing his face to pieces until it was nothing but red and unrecognizable. and in this act of destruction, she felt herself be freer than she'd ever been. her arms were free. she was free.
following the joker's murder, harley would usurp the clown crime throne to everyone's surprise. no longer seen as a damsel or a dimwit... but now a dangerous and capable threat, harley would take to the throne relatively well: ensuing chaos everywhere for a little 'fun'.
