Birds of Prey
Harley Quinn has a Modern tattoo in James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squad- and it ’s a smart payoff forBirds of Prey . Introduced as a background character in the classicBatman : The Animated Series , Harley Quinn soon made her way into the comics . By 2016 , DC Publisher Jim Lee was tellingCBRshe was considered their " quaternary pillar , " after Batman , Superman , and Wonder Woman . And her popularity has only rise due to Margot Robbie ’s grand functioning in the DCEU .
It help that Harley Quinn has had a very distinct character arc . She was still ghost with the Joker in David Ayer’sThe Suicide Squad ; the kinship was clearly abusive even though many of the key Harley / Joker conniption were cut or reshot . But the Clown Prince of Crime give up Harley out inBirds of Prey , and she resolved to be her own woman . Harley Quinn is better than ever without the Joker , and she ’s set to prove it . No doubt James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadwill present her with the stark opportunity to do so ; Harley played a cardinal role in the recently - released behind - the - scenes footage , bring havoc as an anarchic extremity of Task Force X.
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But paying attention viewer will have noticed a subtlechange in Harley Quinn ; specifically , her tattoos . Most of these were theorize to have been made by Harley herself , while she was languishing in prison , bored out of her mind . But there are a duet of exception , ones in places even the uber - flexible Harley could n’t reach . And all of these conveyed a sense of ownership , evoke the Joker had branded Harley . One on Harley Quinn ’s back literally identifies her as " prop of Joker . " It ’s easy to escape , but this has in reality shift in the behind - the - view footage fromThe Suicide Squad , suggesting Harley has had someone pay to falsify the tat . It now record , " property of no one . "
It ’s a insidious point , but a keen visual way of remind viewers of Harley ’s fictitious character bow . It suggests Harley Quinn is following the same journeying she did in the funnies , where she memorize to define herself as an individual rather than by her relationships . While she no doubt wo n’t stick single -Birds of Preysubtly determine up the love story between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy- she will never again allow herself to be drawn into the kind of unhealthy , obsessional and opprobrious relationship she had with the Joker .
All this means Harley Quinn is more than a Joker abuse dupe . Rather , she is recovering from her time with the Clown Prince of Crime , getting on with her life , and in so doing present a brainy example to viewers . Superhero enfranchisement seldom explore this theme , incline to show healthy family relationship and present idealize eyeshot of love and love affair . But Harley Quinn is far more real , meaning she has one of the best arcs in the DCEU to date . This tattoo confirm that electric arc will carry on inJames Gunn’sThe Suicide Squad .
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