Freakishly long A/N: I’m not sure why I’m writing this. I guess it’s because I need it. See, I recently fell in love with Harley Quinn. I realized as I fell into the DC fandom just how wonderful of a character she was. I had only ever seen her before in the batman series (90’s animated series I believe) and I was super excited to pick up my first issue of Suicide Squad, #14, a part of the Death of The Family arc. Now, Wednesday was an emotional night for me - between my emotions already being haywire, the other batman comics I picked up, Arrow, and Supernatural I was a mess. But I think it was Suicide Squad that hit me the hardest. I always knew that Harley and Joker were screwed up. I knew that it wasn’t a good relationship. But in the Batman series, when I was kid, the most I understood of it, was that she loved him, he didn’t return the feelings, but he was willing to use her. I didn’t realize how abusive the relationship was until I saw him punch her, stick a knife in her mouth, and finally after she did everything he ask of her, wrap a chain around her throat and dangle her from the rafters. Before this comic I had a few picks of who I wanted to take Joker out - Batgirl or Red Hood. I thought those two had the most motivation for killing him, or arresting him, or maiming him. But now I want something different. I want Harley to be the one to take him out. I know it won’t happen in the comics though. I know they have no respect for Harley, just because of the number of times I found myself staring down her cleavage in the comics. But I want her to have that honor. I want her to be the one to take out her abuser. So if they won’t do it, I will.
Trigger Warning: Partner abuse.
Regular Warnings: Really dark and gory. Also Major character death. Like whoa. I think 6 people are mentioned as dead in this fic, with details. Spoilers for the Death of the Family Comic Arc.