it’s normal in comics for there to be multiple takes on the same character – i like the ivy in the animated series and her dynamic with harley. she’s just as valid as any interpretation.
Yeah, I don’t think the anon disputes that, they just really like that version already and want to see more of her, no biggie.
Yeah true they def implied it’s from childhood trauma. I would have prefered they kept her political motivations. I do think she works well as a character, i guess i just have a hard time letting go of the version in my head, if that makes sense hehe
Yeah, totally! I get it. At least we get both versions for now. Maybe we’ll get a movie version more like the comics?
Ivy in the comics is less bored, chill, sarcastic and indifferent and more cold, calculated, sexy, intelligent and generally entirely misanthropic. There are a LOT of opportunities to read her as asexual/lesbian/both. I love how she detests humanity, not because of social awkwardness but for political and existential reasons. And that makes her devotion to harley very special.
Oh, hmm, hmm. I mean, I do get her hating people in general in the show, although from 2×06 it seems to stem from her parents and not social awkwardness? But still, I think I get what you’re saying. And that DOES make her Harley exception all the more unique.
The only other version of her I really know is Uma Thurman in that one movie and I barely remember it. THAT was definitely different from this one, but also seems to be different from what you’re describing. Maybe I should try some of these comics…
I’m so frustrated with the harley animated series. I LOVE it, it’s so funny, harley is great, they’re doing harlivy etc etc, but ivy is just… too unlike comic ivy. I get they’re all sort of parodies, but i just wish they had made her more like ‘herself’, like harley. And less mermista. Side note: i cried laughing when those birds kept flying into the invisible vehicles. And the lobster omg
Oh, what’s she like in the comics? I mentioned before I know very little about these characters (and actually, for reasons too long to go into, I used to dislike the character of Harley until this show) but I like this Ivy! A lot. I like the dryness, the devotion toward and protectiveness over her best friend, the Mermistaness…lol. My first comparison had been Daria, but yeah, Mermista is pretty spot on. Huh, i really wonder what Ivy as you like her would be like in this show.
And omg, the invisible tech. Those poor birds. They didn’t need an invisible van!
Heh, the writers were really happy about that lobster and that whole sequence, huh. I was wondering what the point of the King Shark story was, but of course it was to highlight Ivy making the “safe” choice and settling for KM instead of her soulmate. <3
