...vv......Harleen Quinzel
ESE SP279 EFVL
- harley quinn (comes from harlequin)
- genius level iq (at least pre-crazy)
- studied psychiatry
- begged her superiors to let her intern at arkham asylum, an asylum in gotham, so she can study the joker
- her thesis was 'There are only two circumstances under which a person disregards the rules of society. When they commit a crime, or when they're in love.'
- enter joker
once she started her residency at arkham, she begged for access to where the joker was held. in their first session together, she introduced herself as dr harleen quinzel, but stressed that he could refer to her as harley quinn, like the medieval jester harlequin. joker had been silent until then, but he suddenly began laughing and asked if she was flirting with him. when she moved closer, he went to strangle her. but instead of looking at him with fear, she looked at him fondly, which made him
back off and say he was just joking. throughout their sessions, they "fell in love", which was really just the joker using her medical fascination with him against her and manipulating it to make her fall in love with him, pretending he felt the same for her. this made harley help the joker escape from arkham multiple times before she herself was finally caught. her medical license was revoked and she was committed, despite her claims that all of the releases were meant to be therapeutic for the joker. she followed him around for a while, embracing her criminal life and newfound insanity, but eventually realised he was manipulating her and she left him to be an independent criminal