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mogranet · 3 months
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Birds of Prey - Helena Rosa Bertinelli (Huntress) Cosplay
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hauntrcss · 1 year
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thinking about no man’s land helena today. & how even after gotham was named persona non grata by the government & was set to be condemned entirely, she stayed. she knew the city would need help. the city would need a hero (she doesn’t consider herself a hero…)
thinking about how after a few weeks as her usual huntress persona patrolling, she’s managed to keep control of her district  — keeping those who seek refuge there safe. thinking about how after those few weeks, it clicks. the city needs a bat. so she creates her own batgirl/man costume from scratch so that the city knows that the vigilante hasn’t forgotten them. 
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tbcanary · 11 months
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Edit Requests: Helena Bertinelli in "Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood" for @misspickman
"He didn't know if he was a man who had been dreaming he was a butterfly..." "Or a butterfly dreaming he was a man. Yes, I've heard it before."
(ID under the cut.)
ID: Six animated banners with images pulled from Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood.
1: Helena Bertinelli stands off to the side in her Huntress uniform, holding a crossbow. Cursive script beside her reads, "Helena Rosa." Graffiti text slowly appears behind it, spelling out "INFAME."
2: Helena in a sports bra and sweat pants, training. She holds a crossbow in the first frame, which turns purple for a moment. The second frame shows her throwing knives, and turns purple immediately after. The third frame is a bull's eye with arrows embedded in the center. It turns purple last.
3: Two framed portraits of Helena. The first shows her as a small child, crying. The second is her in her Huntress costume. The two portraits are facing away from each other. Dozens of candles sit in front of the frames and the flames flicker randomly and intermittently. Text appears in three scrolling boxes and reads: "You want justice served? You want vengeance taken? You want honor restored? Then you do it yourself. That's omerta."
4: A large grayscale photo of a young Helena, being held by her mother Maria. In four frames beside it, Helena practices Tai Chi before curling up on the ground hopelessly. Each frame lights up in full color before turning gray.
5: A closeup of Helena's face in front of a purple background with repeating text at low opacity that reads "HUNTRESS." Scripted text lights up white one at a time before turning black: "A killer / Family / Your other half."
/End ID.
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comicsart3 · 1 year
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The Huntress has had a number of incarnations, including that of a villainess in the Golden Age and as Helena Wayne, daughter of Bruce and Selina Kyle following DC’s Crisis of the Infinite Earths in the 1980s, but my favourite version is The Huntress who appeared in Birds of Prey from 2003, working with Black Canary and the wheelchair bound Barbara Gordon / Oracle (the former Batgirl). This Huntress’ real name is Helena Rosa Bertinelli, daughter of a mafia kingpin who swears vengeance after her family are wiped out in a hit. Huntress, despite her mission of revenge, eventually finds herself working on the side of good, despite Batman mistrusting her due to her unpredictability and tendency to extreme violence when taking bad guys down. Here an enraged and betrayed Huntress has captured The Penguin, who has recently stabbed her friend Lady Blackhawk, and is only persuaded not to kill him by an insistent Barbara, who promises that the expanded Birds of Prey will bring him down legally.
The fiery Huntress remains close to her edge much of the time, which combined with her skill in martial arts, her athleticism and intimidating appearance, makes her a wonderfully dominant, and highly ambivalent, super heroine.
This panel is from Birds of Prey, Volume 2, #5. Story is by Gail Simone and art by Ed Benes and Adriana Melo. It was published in November 2010.
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ghostfaceaddams · 8 months
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Part Two
summary: Helena wakes up.
warnings: injuries and mention of death
word count: 1,614
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When Helena awoke there was a bright light. At first, she thought that it was the light, but after blinking her brittle eyes she realized they were lightbulbs. She glanced down at herself the best she could and then around the room she was in. She was quickly able to piece together that she was in a hospital room. She opened her mouth to speak but nothing could come out.
Her head felt like a bowling ball trying to move it. Once she was able to sling her head to the side she saw Dinah curled up in the chair next to her. She had her knees huddled up to her chest and traded her work uniform for sweats and a sweatshirt. Despite the fogginess in Helena’s mind, she thought that Dinah looked adorable.
She didn’t want to wake the blonde up, but after thinking she was never going to see the blue eyed beauty again, all she could do was pray for her to wake up. Helena opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. She swallowed and realized how dry her throat felt.
‘Of course.’ Helena groaned and let her head thunk against the pillow. She slightly winced at the throbbing that appeared at the base of her skull. Vaguely she remembered hitting her head on the concrete after Mandragora dropped her. After she had stabbed him.
‘I killed Mandragora.’
It wasn’t something she was necessarily happy or proud of, but she didn’t regret it. She would do it again if she had to, but she wouldn’t enjoy it. Life wasn’t black and white like people made it out to be. Sometimes you had to make hard decisions and live with the consequences of that decision. Killing Mandragora definitely felt like the right decision; he killed countless people and ruined even more lives, he was dangerous and never going to change and would just keep escaping. What else was there to do?
“Lena.”
Dinah’s gasp pulled Helena from her heavy thoughts and elicited a lopsided smile from her.
“Hey.” Helena managed to croak out in response. The harshness of her voice scraped against her ears and caused her to grimace.
“Here,” Dinah uncurled herself from the chair and grabbed a cup from the stand. “Drink this.”
Dinah brought the cup to Helena’s lips and helped her to drink it. After a few sips Helena recognized it was water. She happily gulped the water down until Dinah eased it away.
“Easy, we don’t want you to get sick.”
Helena huffed, satisfied, and settled back against her pillow. Dinah tentatively reached out and stroked a few loose strands of hair out of Helena’s face. A lazy smile captured the brunette’s face as she leaned into the other woman’s touch.
“So what’s the damage doc?”
Dinah huffed and Helena could tell in those stormy eyes how unhappy she was.
“You have a black eye, a busted lip, all your ribs are either broken or bruised, several broken toes, your left leg is broken from the patella down, and your right hand was completely crushed.” Helena glanced down at her dominant hand and saw it in a cast and then her left leg. “It’s going to take a while to get you back on your feet and even longer for your hand to heal.”
“But it will?” Helena quickly cut Dinah off.
She despised the fear that was in her voice when she asked that. But not being able to protect people was the last thing Helena wanted to happen. If she couldn’t protect people then what even was the point of surviving?
‘Damn. That was deep.’
“Yes. It will just take some time baby.”
Helena swallowed and nodded her head. Dinah’s eyes slanted and hardened. All gentleness on the blonde’s face evaporated.
“But once you’re all healed, I’m going to kick your ass for almost dying on me. If you ever pull a stunt that like again Helena Rosa Bertinelli, I’ll kill you myself.” Dinah threatened.
She wouldn’t, but Helena understood how pissed off she was. Helena didn’t blame her, she had every right to be pissed. The brunette hung her head and gave a gentle nod.
“I’m sorry Di.”
Dinah was so silent that Helena thought she was going to walk out. But then there was a sigh and then the blonde came crawling into bed.
“Just don’t do it again idiot.”
Dinah gingerly rested her head on the pillow next to Helena. Dinah didn’t mention it, but Helena could feel her bruised shoulders and back and was grateful Dinah didn’t put her head on her. But she was more grateful for the blonde getting into bed with her.
Dinah carefully picked up Helena’s broken hand and placed it on her hip. “You’re supposed to keep this elevated.” She muttered.
Helena was quiet for a few seconds before grinning mischievously.
“Does this mean you’re going to dress up as a nurse?”
Dinah looked up at Helena through her eyelashes and the heart monitor beeped. “Bold of you to assume I’m even going to take care of you.”
Helena smiled cheekily but then it quickly vanished.
“You don’t have to ya know? You’re not my caretaker or anything.”
“Am I your girlfriend?”
That question took Helena off guard. She knew she should’ve expected it but she was still reeling from her near death experience and adjusting to her injuries.
“Dinah, I did want to keep you safe…but that wasn’t the only reason why I broke up with you.”
When Dinah didn’t say anything Helena looked up to gauge her reaction. She had her eyebrows drawn and lips puckered in a frown but she was listening patiently. Helena glanced back down and wet her lips.
“I knew that I wouldn’t be able to go through with killing Mandragora and I needed to do it.” Helena paused and let out a shaky breath. “I knew that you would distract me or talk me out of it and-“ Helena sighed. “Dinah it needed to be done. I didn’t like having to do it despite what others may think, and I didn’t do it out of revenge. I knew that he would keep on destroying and taking lives and would get away with it every time, and I just couldn’t let it continue.”
The silence that followed was suffocating. It felt like Mandragora’s hand was wrapped around Helena’s neck all over again. She shifted in the bed the best she could with all her injuries. Whatever meds she was on were starting to wear off because her entire body ached.
“I know you don’t agree with what I did-“ Helena was cut off.
“You’re right. I don’t.”
Helena glanced up and was surprised to see a gentleness brewing in Dinah’s eyes. The rest of her face was hard with anger but her eyes were kind.
“It’s not something that we’re just going to forget about. We’re going to talk about it more, but I want to help you get back on your feet…and I want to be your girlfriend.” Dinah hesitated. “If you’re okay with all of that of course.”
It took a minute for Helena to process everything Dinah had just said. Dinah wasn’t letting her off the hook, but she was surprised the blonde would postpone them talking about it at all. She was even more surprised that Dinah wanted to help her and be her girlfriend still. After how horribly she treated Dinah, Dinah still wanted her.
Helena wanted to cry. No one had ever stuck by her side before, let alone actively attempt to be a part of her life, and Dinah did both of those things. She had been so lonely until the Justice League and Q. But then she lost them both and was right back to square one. And then Dinah changed it all. Dinah was her person.
But, crying still wasn’t her forte. She sniffed and angled her head away so Dinah wouldn’t see the tears and did her best attempt at a shrug.
“Sure. If that’s what you want.” She masked her voice to sound indifferent.
Dinah smiled and used her thumb to brush away Helena’s tears. Helena chuckled tearily and sniffed. It was no use trying to keep her tears in check though. Almost dying must’ve been the breaking point because Helena could not stop crying. Despite all worries and concerns, Dinah pulled Helena into her arms and held her.
The blonde didn’t say anything. She didn’t whisper sweet nothings or rock her back and forth or anything like that. She just held Helena in her arms and allowed her to just cry.
Eventually Helena’s eyes couldn’t produce anymore tears and her throat was dry. She sniffed and couldn’t help but wipe her snot and tears on Dinah’s sweatshirt.
“Sorry.” Helena mumbled in reference to the snot and tears.
“It’s your sweatshirt anyways.”
A chuckle erupted from deep within Helena causing Dinah to smile fondly. Helena swallowed and cleared her throat in an attempt to make it not so dry. Dinah reached behind her and got Helena’s water. After a few sips Dinah put the drink back up and Helena settled in as close as she could to the blonde.
Helena had exhausted herself with the crying and from their talk. She could feel herself drifting back off to sleep but didn’t know how long it would last because her body was starting to throb. Her eyelids felt hot and heavy as they slowly blinked. She knew that there was no stopping herself, but there was one last thing she needed Dinah to know.
“I love you Dinah.”
The pause was so long that Helena thought she had fallen asleep. But then…
“I love you too Helena. Get some rest.”
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lunacassidy · 1 year
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The bruises you can't explain; a leather jacket worn through at the cuffs; the smell of cheap whisky and vapor; dirty dishes in the sink and no plans to wash them; the first leaf to fall in autumn; a skyscraper abandoned and left to rot; eyes full of barely contained rage and tight smiles
basic info
full name: luna cassidy nickname: loon, cassidy name meaning: moon affiliation: none age: thirty-seven date of birth: july 31 star sign: leo place of birth: cali, colombia current location: city of london gender: demi-femme pronouns: she/they sexual orientation: pansexual, demiromantic religion: reluctant and/or recovering catholic occupation: head coach of the arsenal wfc / underground fighter family: unknown father, marísa cortez (mother, deceased), john cassidy (adoptive father), gloria cassidy (adoptive mother), unnamed (adoptive sister), unnamed (adoptive brother) education level: a-levels finished barely, went to university on an athletic scholarship but no degree earned living arrangements: a small flat in bexley with a potential roommate financial status: middle-class spoken languages: english, spanish personality: (-) competitive, hedonistic, aggressive (+) athletic, independent, protean
inspiration
melinda may (agents of s.h.i.e.l.d.), aeryn sun (farscape), jessica jones (jessica jones/alias), helena bertinelli (batman), alex munday (charlie's angels), rosa diaz (brooklyn 99)
trigger warnings for beneath the cut: cults, cptsd, parental death, car accident, xenophobia, racism, depression, anxiety, violence, alcohol use
bio
luna's mom was a member of a commune in colombia that was a cult.
she has no idea how long she was there, if she was born there, or anything about it because her first few years are fuzzy, as they should be.
she had never really been allowed to leave the area and was often forced to fight others for entertainment purposes, even at such a young age of four. there was something incredibly wrong with her mother and the man in the cult she'd allowed to take them.
there was a sense of entrapment outside of the abuse that forged in luna some neuroses and doubts that have hung with her her entire life. her formative years were not great.
luna was only eight when her mom died in a car accident, finally having decided to leave the cult as if she'd woken up from a dream and taking her daughter with her. luna survived the crash but had nowhere to go. she'd never known her father and he didn't show up when the news broke and she ended up in the system in colombia.
it wasn't a fun time for her and she had to fight tooth and nail to keep her head above water. it's one of the places she originally learned to fight after her childish fights in the cult but she was so young.
her only escape was football in the yard when she could and that meant that she got really good at it. like really good... but also really keen on hurting others if they crossed her on the field and ended up in more than her share of fights.
it wasn't until she was ten that a nice couple was visiting down in cali and found her. they adopted her, taking her back to england with them and worked in teaching her english fully (as she only spoke spanish at the time)
entering school was rough as they weren't necessarily rich or well-off and so they had no clout to throw around to get her protected in any institution.
a lot of kids in her classes (from nine until she finished her a-levels) were extremely xenophobic, critical of her accent and, especially when she was younger and still learning english, extremely racist about her accent.
her english is fluent now but she still speaks spanish as often as she can to stick it to the (probably not even real) man.
she found some relief when she began to play football at her school, racking up accolades even though she would (again) get into fights. she managed to listen to her advisor and calmed down enough to get through school and attend university on a scholarship.
while playing football in university she found herself more prone to outbursts because of a sudden influx of drinking and partying. it meant that she went on suspension more than once but always (generally) managed to shape up.
during a game in which she was to be (likely) recruited to a national team she was reminded of her xenophobic and racist classmates from childhood when someone used a derogatory term after she clipped their ankle and luna went apeshit and beat them so badly that she was not only kicked off the team, she lost her scholarship and had to retreat from university.
it took her a while to get control of her alcoholism and even more time for her to even be able to think of what she'd lost that day (she really did love football) and devolved into a habit of frequenting london's underground fight clubs to get out her aggression.
after she felt that she could handle people being people, she started to put herself out again for a position with the arsenal wfc. her 'better behavior' was taken into consideration, and though she would never play for them given her previous attitude, she ended up making head coach and lives fairly comfortably because of this.
when she's working now luna takes her job very seriously and does the work, so much so that she's intent on continuing to lead her women to victory even if she spends her nights in the fight clubs or in a bottle.
she has never let go of that chip on her shoulder that the treatment she received as a child and teenager in school instilled and starts fights with people at the drop of a hat off the job.
she gets paid well enough to be comfortable within her means, the sort of middle-class life she grew up in where they weren't poor but she isn't throwing money around frivolously.
to that, her apartment is very nice and spacious but she (might have a roommate and) keeps most of the amenities sort of short. there's a doorman and an attendant for safety, but it's on the cheaper side for a reason.
headcanons
luna vapes. she'd do marijuana if it weren't for her job but right now it's just minor nicotine with weird flavors and scents. (it's gross to me glsndlgsd but hey)
luna is what one would consider 'hot tempered' and will honestly fuck someone up over the littlest thing.
luna has a chihuahua named nugget
luna has cptsd and shows very obvious signs of it.
luna has very bad coping mechanisms but a ton of ways to hide and excuse herself when it gets out of hand.
luna's gone down the alcohol route but she has never broached hard drugs. she doooesssss smoke weed tho.
luna will sleep with any person if she feels they're attractive and though she leans more heteroromantic she is demiromantic so if she forms a connection with someone there is the possibility that she'll fall for them romantically. it's rare that she falls for anyone because of the walls she's put up but y'all...
luna is completely doting in a relationship. she'll get awkward when it gets pointed out and double down on being a little shit but she absolutely goes moon eyed.
luna absolutely gets the irony of telling her players they'll be put on suspension for the very things she does/did/is doing and everything but she's learned to compartmentalize and so should they (lmao)
luna's adoptive parents were v good to her but they can't control racism and xenophobia or her past so she still got messed up unfortunately. she still keeps in contact with them.
she cannot be fixed by love but love can make her feel whole if it happens in her life. this isn't your life time movie trauma that will get absolutely obliterated with good love or friendship, but it's the real life interpretation of your demons being quieter when those people are in your life. just don't try to 'fix her'.
her emergency contact, right now, is the lobby of her building where the doorman and attendant have been informed to respond positively then let her handle her own shit. this can change down the line.
connections
former school bully — luna has a ton of bad memories from her school days, chief among them being bullied a lot by people because of her language barrier (at first) and the fact that she wasn't like her parents and wasn't from the country. kids can be cruel sometimes and this character was no exception. we're talking the head bully who used to make luna's life a living hell. whether they're still like this or not every time luna sees them it all comes RUSHING back and she feels immense rage and awkwardness and it'll be messy af.
bad influence — everyone has that friend that cares about you but sure as fuck will encourage the wrong thing. whether it's because they're messy too or they just honestly want to have a good time or they can't stand to see someone else get better is up to you but in general they love watching luna stumble through her life with them stumbling right along side her and encourage every bender she's ever been on. when photographed doing bad things your character is the blurry image right next to our drunken luna. luna loves and hates them in the same way that they do her because when you're that fucked up you don't like seeing your face reflected back in another's but you also feel for them.
good influence — they just want luna to get better. they love her in some capacity or another and encourage her to do the right thing. they plan outings that have nothing to do with drinking or partying or anything of the like to show luna that things can be fun without being destructive and it works... most of the time. luna's own love for them is probably the same level but she's a messy bench so she has a hard time showing it.
the one — love conquers all, right? well, it tries, anyway. luna and your character have dated more than once and it always ends poorly, generally because of luna. the last time your character said they couldn't keep watching her destroy herself and she had a fit about it, but in the end she's head over heels and will love your character forever. this can turn into something that eventually gets worked out (whether luna gets better or not we can discuss it) and they DO end up together because as far as the story goes, your character is the one.
the NOT one — then there's this asshole. the one she gets together with once every couple of months and goes on an absolute tear with, leaving a wake of destruction and bad decisions in her wake. the relationship itself is toxic as fuck, but the sex is good so they keep falling back in bed together. it might turn violent sometimes, given luna's penchant for fighting (and potentially your character's) but there is no denying there's a spark of chemistry, even if it is like absolute loathing and good sex.
that one awkward tinder hook-up — it doesn't matter how it happened or when it happened but it turns out that neither of you should have really been there. your character and luna are just... it was fine, sexually, but in the end it felt so awkward that neither of you knew how to approach it. that means that these can be awkward meetings until they figure out how to be friends or become enemies.
exes — just some exes that she tried with but didn't work. these can vary from ending on good terms, to bad, to being friends now, or being enemies, or anywhere in between. the world is your oyster.
friends — she makes them sometimes, honestly, but a lot of them can't handle her bullshit for long. she's a very good friend if someone sticks around long enough and even though she'll always butt heads with people sometimes, she's devoted and loyal as a friend, no doubt.
co-fighters — not sure how else to frame this but people she meets in the arena a lot when she goes to the underground fight clubs and fight rings to get messy. she doesn't always win but she never goes down without fucking people up. she will give anyone a run for their money and this can have gone to the point of them being rivals, being friendsly, frenemies, or anything!
roommate — toying with the idea of her having a nice place but also having a roommate to help pay for that. it'd have to be someone she at least gets on well enough to share a space with and trusts to not report her at some point when she shows up drunk and messy to try and get her fired or anything like that and be discreet. this does however open your character up to living in a nicer area for whatever that's worth if it means something to your character. they can 100% be friends if you want too or just slightly friendly.
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animusignus · 2 years
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Batfam Adjacent:
The Bertinelli Family
The Great-Grandfather:
Giuseppe Bertinelli
The Grandfather:
Alfredo Bertinelli ¹
The Father:
Franco Bertinelli ²
The Uncle:
Victor Bertinelli
The In-Laws:
Maria Panessa-Bertinelli ³
Maria Bertinelli ⁴
The Children:
Helena Rosa Bertinelli ⁵
Pino Bertinelli ⁶
Jerry Bertinelli ⁷
The Grandchildren:
Bianca Bertinelli ⁸
James Cooper ⁹
Honorary Mentions:
Michael Staton ¹⁰
Logan Bertinelli ¹¹
Notes:
¹ Second leader of Gotham City's Five Families.
² Leader of the Bertinelli Family. He is also the husband of Maria Panessa, and father to Helena and Pino.
³ Sister of Tomasso Panassea and wife to Franco Bertinelli. She had an affair with Santo Cassamento from which they had a daughter, Helena, whom her husband believed to be his.
⁴ Wife of Victor Bertinelli and Aunt to Helena, not much elese is known. Not to be confused with Maria Panassea-Bertinelli.
⁵ aka. Huntress. See here for information on biological father's side of the family.
⁶ Son of Franco and Maria, he is Helena's younger brother.
⁷ Nephew of Franco Bertinelli and uncle to Helena.
⁸ Adopted daughter of Helena Bertinelli.
⁹ Adopted son of Helena Bertinelli.
¹⁰ Helena's ex-fiance.
¹¹ Bertinelli Family member, exact relationship unknown.
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the-smartaleck · 2 years
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i care about their dynamic so much
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waytoocatty · 4 years
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huntress........ hot
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srvgers · 3 years
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birds of prey icons (huntress)
please like or reblog if you’re using/going to use !!
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hauntrcss · 11 months
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gonna be fully honest here ...
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i am in love with helena rosa bertinelli
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local-gotham-kid · 4 years
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Ma'am I love you, that is all
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(Y/n): Helena, will you be ok after I leave?
Helena: Yes. This will not effect me in anyway.
Harley: Jeez, show some compassion will ya?
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jerseyartblog · 4 years
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🎶 While all the boys can always save the day No one does it better than the Birds of Prey 🎶
;) I saw Birds of Prey this weekend and I had a lot of fun, which is all I really want from a DC movie, haha.
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