I understand the virtue of making her his equal. After nearly 20 years, Harley's mutated into her own beast and is a beloved character worthy of her own respect. So yes, after this long since her debut, I can live with this tweak.
That said, I don't find one better than the other, because I've always understood it that the entire point of her creation in TAS is a sort of twistedly innocent take on domestic abuse, where the poetic romance cliche of "no one can love this hideous monster... except her!" is taken to its extreme perversity and shown as the abusive relationship that it is. It's at the expense of her self-worth, but it's supposed to be, to show how blinding love can be. More that than it is about her naivete, I think.
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Date: 2012-02-09 03:35 pm (UTC)I understand the virtue of making her his equal. After nearly 20 years, Harley's mutated into her own beast and is a beloved character worthy of her own respect. So yes, after this long since her debut, I can live with this tweak.
That said, I don't find one better than the other, because I've always understood it that the entire point of her creation in TAS is a sort of twistedly innocent take on domestic abuse, where the poetic romance cliche of "no one can love this hideous monster... except her!" is taken to its extreme perversity and shown as the abusive relationship that it is. It's at the expense of her self-worth, but it's supposed to be, to show how blinding love can be. More that than it is about her naivete, I think.