The Harley Quinn Show is great for a lot of reasons (hello, canon Harlivy), but what really makes it infinitely amazing imo is that the child characters are voiced by actual children.
Hearing squeaky voice Damian, feral child Harley, sad girl Ivy and actual infant toddler Bruce will always be a fucking highlight for me.
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dick is constantly made to be the prime example of how dc is shit when it comes to male rape survivors and continues to either make them the but of the joke or hypersexualise them
i've already talked about how hbo changed the name in a gag they made abt tarantula raping nightwing - making him out to be whiny and implying no one cared about what happened
and now theyre continuing to hypersexualise him apparently making it a "major plot point" in season 4
was a fan of this show for how they changed ivys character from the sexualised female rapist to a chill, clothed, eco-terrorist activist that isnt a rapist (honestly one of the only iterations i can stand watching her in as it isnt insanely triggering like most of the dcau versions)
but whats the point if they continue to maintain the narrative that male survivors are constantly a joke? that theyre weak, whiny, annoying? that no one cares? honestly shame on dc- again
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Opinions on HBO Harley Quinn's show (spoilers ahead)
Disappointing. The decision to make Harley a hero, and not only that, but part of the batfamily, was already a bold one, it was already hard to execute right. So I won't blame Sarah Peters for (until now) failing to do that smoothly. I think there's three specific points that made me dislike this season
1. The lack of a dynamic and constant supporting cast: in the previous seasons, there were many cool subplots and characters that made the show entertaining and kept it from getting stale, one of my favorites was Joker's whole (you could call it redemption arc?) Of becoming a father and the major of Gotham, and Bruce's zombie parent thing. It was funny, unexpected and whacky, and that's kind of the whole spirit of the series, that it never took itself seriously, and created weird scenarios that you would never predict, it kept the character's personality enough to be an accurate caricature. So far we only got Alfred on Arkham (this was honestly gold, and we should've gotten so much content about this, but it has been mentioned once since chapter 3) and that sketchy Bruce Wayne DJ gig. I also think they've should given us a Talia-Damian episode, because Talia wanting to bond with her son and being so clueless is hilarious.
2. "We gotta prove we're adults now": what I dislike the most about adult animation is the need to constantly include sex and violence as if to reassure us that we're watching an adult show and we didn't accidentally turned on cocomelon. The show was violent and explicit since the beginning, but it was in a "we mock the canon typical violence by making it be gross and out of pocket" way and the sex jokes were funny like Fleabag's sex jokes are funny, because the main character is hypersexual and cannot keep things PG for the life of her, and it makes people around her feel unamused and done with her antics. But in this season it feels forced, and what I will say next is related to it
3. NIGHTWING, Nightwing as a whole in this season is horrible. The butt jokes in the first episode were "okay, this is funny because Harley keep bringing up sexual stuff when she's supposed to be serious, and makes a fool of herself" even the first episode was a little weird, but it was tolerable, it should've ended there. Dick Grayson is so overly sexualized and seeing a show that's supposed to be woke and shit keep making the most icky jokes ever, pathetic. This also goes for the "You're basically a cop and I have to make sure no brown person gets killed" line. Uncalled for, and distasteful, see, the reason why a joke like that could be tastefully delivered, is if your social commentary were actual social commentary (something that this show has done before) and not a "look how political we are" one-liner that will never be looked into. If not, you're just being an asshole.
I'd say the only good thing in this season is Talia, if they hadn't whitewashed both her and Damian. So the most salvageable thing is Alfred, he stays strong.
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SUCCESSION REFERENCE IN HARLEY QUINN
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Going from Harley Quinn Lex Luthor to My Adventures With Superman Lex Luthor is a fucking TRIP, y'all.
This is the best cursed timeline EVER!!!
AND I'M LOVING EVERY SECOND OF IT!!!
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dc already makes fun of male rape survivors so often - ex. damien telling bruce he bad taste in women then saying this
and now, although they updated it in the show thank god, the hbo harley series making a joke out of dicks trauma with tarantula [short explanation tweet here]
even mentioning blockbuster SPECIFICALLY, they knew exactly what they were alluding to
its so fucking disappointing to see dc promote heros as inspirations then takes a very real and serious trauma men and boys who look up to them have - a real lived experience- and make it a fucking joke just mocking us
and the fandom is no better either making jokes about the assaults, blaming the victim characters for it, making excuses for the abuser characters, or jumping people who dont like the abusers like it genuinely makes me sick
tt sc's stolen from my mutual idk if theyd want me to put their @ or not
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Ivy: Harley, face it. You... [inhales] you've evolved. You want to help people. You're not a villain anymore.
Harley : That is not true.
Ivy: Why won't you just admit it?
Harley: Because I don't wanna lose you.
Ivy: [genuinely surprised] Do you really think that you would lose me?
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