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PUTTING THE FUN IN FUNERAL

IC PORTION; BASICS — 

CHARACTER NAME/ALIAS: Harleen Frances Quinzel / Harley Quinn  FACECLAIM: Amanda Seyfried  AFFILIATIONS: ISATF AGE: 36 

SIX TRAITS:

+ Cheerful: Harley is an upbeat person, always swinging her hammer with a smile on her face- she loves herself, loves her life, and can always be counted on to bring joy to her team. Well, that is, if you find her particular brand of enthusiasm a good thing. Still, she’s one who’s hard to put down in the dumps and is always doing things with a skip to her step

+ Loyal: Perhaps to a fault, Harley is extremely loyal to the people she deems important to her. She’d follow you to the ends of the Earth if you mean something to her. She’ll kill, fight, steal, anything for her loved ones.

+ Intelligent: An expert with the inner workings of the mind and a social butterfly, Harley knows what she’s talking about (well. Most of the time, at least). She’s book-smart, but she’s also street smart. She picks things up easily and is quick to understand complicated concepts.

- Inconsistent: From her mood swings to her behavior, barely anything about Harley is consistent. She’s a loose canon, going off without consulting others and blurting random thoughts with no hesitation. She tends to get herself hurt by jumping into danger- and then there are the moments where she stands back. Where she’s distant, quiet. Unpredictable is the name of the game

- Emotionally Unstable: At the moment, Harley is unfortunately not in a stable state of mind. She’s been manipulated to the point of infatuation, abused and traumatized- her temper is short, her emotions are strong, and she’s ready to burst more often than not.

- Lost: Harley is almost the definition of a lost soul, searching for a purpose outside of her toxic relationship. She’s starting to realize how she’s been mistreated, but she doesn’t entirely understand and is still coming to terms with it. It’s going to be a long and painful process, but she knows she needs to find her true place in life.

POWERS AND/OR ABILITIES: 

Adept psychiatrist

Gymnastics

Acrobatics

Hand-to-hand combat

Skilled with firearms and other weapons

WEAKNESSES: 

Harley’s only human- unfortunately easy to kill

Unstable mental state

IC PORTION; DETAILS — WHAT BROUGHT YOUR CHARACTER TO SOKOVIA?  While working under the intense supervision of Amanda Waller, Harley was sent into Sokovia to take out one Pamela Isley before she assassinates Jason Woodrue.

FUN FACTS:

Harley is not stupid. She purposefully makes herself seem ditzy and clueless as a way to surprise her opponents. Originally, this trend started with her acting like an idiot around the Joker so he would feel smarter than her 

Harley is absolutely devastated that Bud and Lou, her pet hyenas, are stuck with the Joker because she misses them dearly. They’re her babies!

Harley is bisexual although she’s only ever had male partners. That doesn’t mean she’s not down to experiment though!

She is Jewish on her mother’s side and tries often to connect to that side of her history

CHARACTER BIO —

For someone as notoriously deranged as Harleen Quinzel, one might assume her upbringing had been traumatic- disastrous in every way, with crime and danger at every turn. Someone assuming such would be disappointed to learn that Harley lived a fairly normal life with a fairly normal childhood. Born in Brooklyn, Harley was always intelligent. She was an honor student, with high aspirations and the cleverness it took to reach them. Harley took gymnastics all throughout her life, doing cheer in her later years, and when it came time for her to pick her path in life, she chose psychology.

Attending Gotham University, Harley found herself excelling in her studies once again and eventually she graduated with honors and a degree in hand. Spending her early career working in treatment facilities and hospitals, she always felt like something wasn’t clicking. She was doing what she loved, but it just wasn’t enough. When she realized that Arkham Asylum was looking for new staff members, something inside her just couldn’t say no- and so she became Doctor Harleen Quinzel, a psychiatrist at the institute. 

Arkham was intimidating to say the least- with all the super criminals, murderers, and all manner of so-called “deranged lunatics” living in the halls. Harley was overjoyed- ecstatic even! Finally, she knew she was in the right place. It was here that she could do good work, that she could make a difference and overcome challenges that others in her field had stumbled into. It was this thinking that unfortunately changed her life forever.

Dr. Quinzel worked with many patients in the Asylum, from the likes of Pamela Isley to that of Killer Croc. However, when the psychiatrist who was taking care of the Joker quit.. Harley was the first (and only) in line to take his place. No-one before her had managed to crack the case of the Clown Prince, no-one before her could understand him, and she was determined to be the one he finally opened up to. It was because of her single-mindedness that, when the Joker ‘opened up’ to Harley, she believed him.

He talked to her endlessly, and she believed him. He lied, she believed, and she listened, and soon enough Harleen Quinzel was in love.

He called her Harley Quinn and they both laughed at the pun. He told her about his childhood, his distress, the truth inside his heart, and Harley knew he didn’t belong in the Asylum. That she had to get him out, that she had to set him free so they could be together. And so, in a harlequin Hallow’s Eve costume, she broke into the Asylum and helped the Joker escape. He led her to ACE Chemicals, told her of his creation, and convinced her that the chemicals were the only way to be truly free from the constraints of the world around them.

The rest is confetti.

Harleen Quinzel died in the chemical vat that night, and Harley Quinn was created. A love story to last, a tale of romance and crime and bats and violence and it was perfect in her mind. She couldn’t see how the Joker abused her, tormented her- sure, she had to pretend to be stupid so he wouldn’t hurt her, but he was so kind when she did what he wanted and he was so sweet when she brought him back gold and diamonds that she’d blown an entire bank up to get. She loved him, she really did.

He never loved her, though. 

That was something she never realized, something that she still doesn’t- that the Joker was never in love with her, was only using her. She never gave up on him, though. When he was prosecuted, sent back to Arkham, she went on a rampage- and sure, Batman caught her and sent her to prison, but he always did that. This time was different though. She was taken from her cell, implanted with a bomb, and told that she was part of the Suicide Squad. That she worked for a woman named Waller, that she would be killed if the mission didn’t kill her first. She’s still there now, and her imagined fantasy world of true love is beginning to shatter- where’s her Mr. J? Her puddin’? Why is she stuck away from her adoring boyfriend, her favorite person? 

  Harley has been sent to Sokovia now, across the ocean from Gotham, her Gotham, sent after a lost asset. She knows she’s close, so close to being let off the hook- to being able to go home! She just needs this one last job, she’s sure of it. She’ll be able to see her love. Harley will see her Joker again. She just knows it.