Reading an issue of Harley Quinn right now where she gets tired of being herself and tries to just abandon her responsibilities, go somewhere else, and be unhinged for a while...but can't escape her conscience and ends up fighting fascists and the bourgeoisie all over again....ugh, stop being so relatable Harley!
The desire to just give up on everything and stop managing my mental health to just let myself go be unhinged and in my owb little world is strong. But I feel too much and know that the conacience that anchors me would pull me right on back. There's too much that's fucked up and needs doing in the world we live in right now. I'm tired but won't retreat, at least never for too long.
Thanks Nutbuckets for reminding me why i keep myself hinged for now ❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️
Also, randomly, when someone tells her she needs to take her meds, Harley does confirm she already did. So that's kinda nice too, knowing my girl has to take her psych meds too. Admittedly...it was the taxidermied beaver she hallucinates can talk and gets in arguments with...as one does....so, also relatable that the meds help manage symptoms but don't make the mental health conditions go away.
Flick! Zoom!
Harley returns the pill blister
Flick! Zoom!
Harley returns the pill blister
Flick! Zoom!
Harley returns the pill blister
Flick! Zoom!
Harley is part Golden Retriever
She zooms
Now she sleeps
In the bathroom sink
Wait, so both Deadpool and Harley Quinn are bi/pan, and they are both some of the only characters of their respective franchises that can engage in meta-commentary....is this a secret bi/pan stereotype? Does everyone believe we have the ability to engage in meta-commentary to an unseen audience and break the fourth wall on reality?!
Joscelyn turns to camera Little do they know, right? Shhh...this is just between you and me...
You know them bisexuals and pansexuals! Always turning and talking to invisible onlookers who aren't there making hilarious commentary on their circumstances! Having the ability to modify reality on a whim for comedic effect! Can't trust 'em!
If I ever win the lottery, I'm using the money to bankroll a sequel to Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn that would also be written by Christina Hodson and directed by Cathy Yan where she finally gets to fall in love with Poison Ivy. Heck, maybe James Gunn can help, because his suicide squad did great by her.
@bellenoir that's what I wonder about, if maybe she's done with the role, which is fair. I just love her version so much once she got to do her thing fully.
I love that many of the writers and illustrators of Harley Quinn comics really get the character and lean hard into the ADHD chaos and "mentally ill but working on her shit and caring about people" ethos of the character
Like, in this run, Stephanie Phillips, Riley Rossmo, and Laura Braga do things like allow the panels of a scene to be played out chaotically and then arrows to try to clarify...like, this is literally something is used to do in my completely disorganized notes from classes back in the day and just is absolutely delightful to my ADHD brain.