Full disclosure, I didn’t want to watch it at all at first, I’d dismissed it as an adult cartoon deliberately trying to be as nerdbro edgelord as possible. But my friend watched it and loved it and was like, no, it’s not like that, well, it is violent and crass and that takes getting some used to, but it’s oddly hopeful in its messaging. And she LOVES Ivy and really shipped them and the writers basically admitted they were going there so I thought I’d give it a try.
The first season does have a lot of the Joker but in the sense that he’s awful and Harley should stay away from him, which, I’m fine with that. And like, I’ve shipped friends with less subtext than Harley and Ivy, and I don’t mind a slow build at all, I prefer it, if anything. They are the center of the show, no doubt. So even with freaking Kite guy, I’ve been pretty excited about this once I started catching up and now it’s finally here.