Theoretically I don’t object to the idea of Harley Quinn moving away from The Joker’s influence and having that reflected in her costume, but that’s… not what her character designers have done. They’ve dropped the clown theme for a design based on a skimpy cheerleading uniform in the same colors as her traditional costume. If Harley’s costume change is supposed to reflect a new idependence, it shouldn’t be based on her old costume at all and should be something new and cool to represent self-reinvention, not just “we didn’t think the clown theme was sexy enough to sell to a modern audience”.
HOWEVER. You know what would be fun? If Harley decided to out-clown the Joker and steal his theme from him. Commit to the act in a way he never could and actually take up classes on clowning and physical comedy. Become Dr. Harley Quinn, the DCU’s leading expert on being a clown. When people think “the clown from Gotham” they don’t think of The Joker at all. That would be sweet, sweet revenge that I would love to read.
“The clown from Gotham.” “Which one?” “The one who knows what she’s doing.”
“It’s that clown again.” “I thought he was in Metropolis this week?” “Clown as in clown, not clown as in embarrassment to humanity.” “Oh, the doctor.”
Doctor Clown
(nodding) Doctor Clown.
Harley Quinn showing up to clown school and *committing 1000%*, just so she can use ‘i betcha you never even went to clown school’ as a sick burn, sometime
She could even go so far as to get certified via egg with the Clown Egg Register that marks her as a genuine and official Clown. Which will make her a much more legit clown that Joker ever could be.
