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Five Thoughts on Harley Quinn‘s “Devil’s Snare”

By | February 17th, 2020
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Wow. What an episode, am I right? Harley Quinn kicked things into high gear in its penultimate season one episode. The Queen of Fables makes her villainous return (called it), the Joker finally gets his giant tower, Harley and Ivy make amends and nothing else of significance happens. Nope, nothing at all.

We all knew the Joker would be Harley’s “Final Boss,” but the impetus for their final battle sure is a doozy. Harley has come a long way from the hurt, scared woman from earlier in the season. We have reached peak vengeful Quinn. Her parents betrayed her; her dreams of joining the Legion came true and ruined her real relationships. And to top it all off, her best friend died. I smell unhinged Harley on the horizon. Move over Queen of Fables. A new psycho is born. Minor spoilers ahead for today’s five thoughts.

1. Are these costumes made of magic thread?

Anytime a character transforms into a larger version of themselves, they are always lucky enough to have their clothes grow where their secret bits reside. How many times have we seen Bruce Banner hulk out and have on the shorts version of his original pants? Today was Ivy’s turn. What seamstress weaves pants and tops that can grow 5x its original size and only sort of rip around the edges. To top it off, when the large character returns to normal size, the clothes shrink with them? I am willing to put up with a lot of things but this is a no go for me. As a man who has torn through many a pair of underwear, I cannot abide by such fantasy as unbreakable clothing. I won’t.

2. Are the Justice League no more?

Much to my amusement, Queen of Fables returned and exacted her revenge on the Justice League. She successfully trapped those do-gooders in a book of fables. Then she got her head knocked off by Harley before reversing the spell. So, are the Justice League now just stuck in that book forever. The answer is no, but who will pull them out? I am all for a visit from Justice League Dark in the final episode. Perhaps a snarky, chain-smoking Constantine will saunter in and yank our favorite heroes out of fable hell. One can only hope.

3. The Legion of Doom is a bunch of boners

Are you telling me that the Joker outdid the den of vipers known as the Legion of Doom? What a bunch of losers. With all the silly heists and capers they were greenlighting, no wonder co-dependant Joker was able to build an enormous flipping tower under the Legion of Doom headquarters. No one heard the tower’s construction. We definitely saw the Joker ordering a bunch of union workers around at the docks, so we know he has a labor force who actively build things. Not one member of the Legion saw or heard anything? What about the goons on the bottom floor? No word from them? The logistics make no sense and leaves us with one answer. The Legion are a bunch of idiots who are bad at badding things.

4. Juggernaught vs. Colossus all over again

Did you see X-Men: The Last Stand? There is a scene in that film where all the evil mutants run directly into the good mutants who proceed to throw, chop, punch, and electrocute them all to death one at a time. Mid fight, Magneto orders Juggernaut to retrieve a mutant named Leach, who the X-Men are protecting. The unstoppable machine charges the building and meets the young mutant Kitty Pryde. Instead of Colossus, the most obvious choice. We were robbed of these two titans clashing in the movie’s final battle. So close were we to a genuine power battle. I walked out of the theater at the end, and my buddy asked, “How did you like it?” and I replied without missing a beat “Juggernaut didn’t fight Colossus. How do you f**k that up?!” That’s how I felt about King Shark and The Big Bad Wolf’s fight in this episode. You decide NOT to show me that epic clash? How dare you. In the words of a much younger me, “How do you f**k that up?!”

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5. The elements of a great nemesis

Joker has proven himself the most competent villain in the Harley Quinn animated universe. He is followed closely by Scarecrow, with maybe Harley pulling up a secure third place (that ransomed highway as pretty evil.) Not only was Joker able to manipulate and puppeteer Harley in some form or fashion this entire series, but he also caps off his psychological wrath by apparently killing Poison Ivy! What a way to spur some hatred. To add insult to injury, he literally planted a flag in his victory. While Queen of Fable’s return was a welcome one, she did not become the big bad I hoped she would. However, her final bow was necessary for Harley to come face to face with Mr. J. The Joker built that rivalry to a rever pitch and it should come to a head in the season finale. He better hope Harley doesn’t bring her Decapitation Slugger with her. As a side note, Queen of Fable’s neck is a crazy week. I have never smacked someone in the head with a bad, but I am pretty sure their head would so easily pop off like a zit. All those years in that book must have made her bones jelly.

There is only one more episode this season, fellow Harley Hyenas. Let us all prepare ourselves for a final battle between the scorned lovers Harley and Joker. Also, I expect Ivy will make a full recovery. Why? Because no one stays dead in DC for long. Just ask Batman, or Superman, or Flash. Perhaps Ra’s Al Ghul can chime in. You get the picture. One more episode, folks! See you next week.


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Carl Waldron

Carl Waldron is a father, creator, and life-long nerd. You can find him arguing the rules of different magical franchises with friends or indoctrinating his daughter into the world of comics. Follow his other works on Super. Black.

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