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#43 - Harley Quinn
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Aww, gee.

Harley Quinns history is notoriously well-known - a psychiatrist drawn to insanity by her love for the Joker, Harley was ultimately left a jilted ex when the Joker no longer saw the value in her, and after No Mans Land, she bounced from villain to villain, crashing on couches and looking for acceptance. Harley even spent some time captaining a roller derby team in New York City before she ultimately was sent back to Arkham. After the Arkham breakout, it was discovered that Harley had zero susceptibility to the Equation, and she was captured by Hugo Strange, dragged to Belle Reve for research purposes. It was here that Harley found herself released by agents of Checkmate, and she was whisked away to Zonn Zorr, where she now rooms with BrenBren and has chartered a new, unlicensed psychiatry practice.

Harley was one of my least favorite characters in the first campaign, one I felt I couldn't do any justice to at all, and yet Harley has surprised me constantly in this current iteration. I wholeheartedly am always excited for whatever is in store with Harley. Obviously, the biggest conceit for her character is that she has such clarity when diagnosing others and yet falls prey to never heeding her own advice, always. She's a battered house wife, a kicked puppy, a person with almost but not quite enough self-awareness to be a better version of themselves. But the crucial step she has yet to take has proven her own undoing, and thus she is more tragic than comic. Of particular note, I love Harley and Brennus together. They may very well be my favorite NPC/PC pairing in this campaign thus far, just an absolutely magical combination that I think betters the both of them for it.

Since her introduction in this campaign, Harley has not only proven to be an insightful psychologist and therapist for everyone but herself in at least some respect, but she's also offered her own mechanic, wherein she can either boost your willpower - or decrease it, based on attending a therapy session with her. It's all a coin flip.

Here's an example of a failed Harley roll:
You leave with the toaster in hand, sans your cape, replaced with what appears to be a leopard fur, but crafted out of paper mache, with its jaw crowning your forehead, no shirt, and bananas sticking out of every pocket of your pants. You don't recall every mentioning the toaster to Harley, but you feel confident she had to have noticed it while you... uh... you were... something involving badminton and Harley reciting Henry Hadsworth Longfellow, but replacing Hiawatha with mid-70s porn stars. Still, you feel confident... right?

There's still more to our girl Harl:
-She has tried on at least one occasion to murder Jaime for calling her "Harley Quinn crazy".
-She spent a full therapy session lamenting how unfair it was to be labeled insane for wanting to murder people. Lush, who was attending that session, agreed.
-She attempted to kill Brennus with a Rube Goldberg contraption rigged to Brennus sitting in his computer chair. This ultimately ended with Brennus apologizing, believing it was his fault SHE tried to kill HIM.
-After Data 7 returned her missing rooster to her, Harley spends much of her time either petting Mike or trying to corral him out from under her bed.
-It turns out that Lady Gaga is a super-fan of Harley Quinn in the DCU (though in this universe and the year 2008, that name doesn't exist; she goes by her given name). Harley was recently played a song written about her entitled "Paparazzi". She loves it.
-Harley has demanded Brennus kill her ex-boyfriend, Mistah J. He's strongly considering it.
-Sometimes in therapy, Saoirse is left petting Harley like a dog.
-Also, with a wish that she could have anything in the world, granted by a powerful wizard, she chose a painting of Brennus as a hyena.

What else can I say? I love the sweet little thing.

#42 went undrafted, the fifth-highest placing character of that distinction!