TheEffingLizardKing
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Aug 9, 2016 5:03 AM
TheEffingLizardKing
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realwomenfightnaked
So tired of seeing love quotes with Harley and Joker on it on fb.
TheRealAdamWest
It's a totally onesided relationship
YoSoyMilk
How about your love be unique to you instead of "omg #relationshipgoals *ten emojis*"
ManofScience
It's no where near Stockholm's. She fell in love while he was her captive if anything. It's more like erotomania.
CrimsonWilly
Romeo and Juliet is a cautionary tale of how not to be. Dumb teenagers always seem to miss that point.
ballq
For the joker its not a bad relationship to be in
szepasszony
That's what I was thinking, it never says that they want to be the Harley part of the relationship.
Freeflare
... Harley doesn't have Stockholm syndrome. That requires her being captured in some manner; she's there of her own free will.
Freeflare
At least she didn't originally. No idea how DC has hosed her character lately.
SonOfTheShire
So, did anyone actually say they wanted a relationship like the Joker and Harley's, or are you just standing up straw men to argue with?
RailedRobin
I've seen several posts in the past, where their relation is highly romanticized. Along the line of "two broken make one whole" and such...
notaballoon
She is also kind of a fucked up person herself
tossabeertoyourwitcher
Yeah, I saw this on Facebook, too
BachelorGourmet
same here, you beat me to it.
skelitor120
Thanks, Imgur. We get it. 3 frontpage posts about it is enough. There's maybe one person in all of history whos ever said they wanted that.
misterskeItaI
You haven't seen the dumbshits on my Facebook then. Seriously, Suicide Squad J+H posts for DAYS!!!
TheLastImgurian
I remember watching Batman the Animated Series as a kid and having the Joker treat Harley like shit. (1/2)
TheLastImgurian
When I watched Suicide Squad I was thrown by how much he cared for her. (2/2)
Ryutohara
Yeah I hate their relationship in that movie. And Leto's Joker. Otherwise the movie was great!
NoFather
Just like Captain America isn't a member of Hydra in the movies, Joker and Harley's romance was depicted less abusively in Suicide Squad.
Ryutohara
Which was shit. And Leto's joker was shit. Movie was good otherwise.
njullpointer
this about harley on the big screen? oh blu blu blu blu blu cry me a fucking river. awesome character THAT'S NOT REAL.
Ryutohara
Joker and Harley's relationship in SS sucks massive dick, as does Leto's Joker.
njullpointer
I kinda like it, what I saw of it. Not entirely sure, but actors carried it well. It really wasn't enough to tell though.
abesapien2000
I find these posts almost twice as irritating as the posts it's attempting to scold.
elBurroFeo
Someone please tell this to the director/writer of suicide squad
iforgotmyolduser
Isaac and Miria
ChameleonTwist
Baccano!
ZZhillTopper
Does everyone forget that Romeo was super close to suicide over a different girl (who didn't even like him) at the start of the play? 1/2
ZZhillTopper
The whole story is just one over dramatic teen on a super-rebound getting involved with a way too young impressionable and equally over 2/3
ZZhillTopper
dramatic teenage girl. 3/3
RaisinZetaJones
She doesn't have Stockholm Syndrome. At all. She was J
RaisinZetaJones
Ugh. J's therapist. They have a malignant, codependent relationship based on Harley's LIMA Syndrome (where the captor -- in this case Harley
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develops an infatuation with their captive, in this case J). Harley's view of J as a sympathetic captive results in codependent enmeshment,
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where her sense of self becomes inexorably linked with the Joker's. Again, borne from her Lima Syndrome as J's custodial captor.
RaisinZetaJones
I mean fuck, if you're going to misuse the thing so egregiously, just go full Die Hard and call it Helsinki Syndrome.
ThatAnonGuy
Sure, you want this relationship. https://youtu.be/DOP-2ulq2bk I can totally get it.
CrowDeMorcerf
There are some pretty good takes across the old media on their relationship that shows it in a different light to that episode.
carolinaj
Exactly what I was thinking.
TrustMeImABassist
Brutal
otherotherbarry
Puddin???
CrowDeMorcerf
Harley!
BachelorGourmet
R+J was not a romance.
PeaceWalker47
But J+C sure as hell was
pikakid24
Robin and joker?
SabonVous
Tried to think of a joke about this. something something joker beating off on robin, something something punchline
gamesthatiplay
It was a way to tell families to get over their feud or their loved ones would die.
mcshady
I thought it was a way to teach 16 year olds that crushes are fleeting and not worth doing drastically stupid things over.
YamatoIouko
Bad Romance.
CardinalXim
No one's gonna see this, but Harley has a very complex character going into the vary nature of what makes a person good or evil.
Kerokawa
(1) I was just about to say the same thing when I saw your comment. From whoever made the meme, I guess her having her doctoral degree, her
Kerokawa
(2) emphasis on personal agency, her relationships with other characters contribute NOTHING to the complexity of her character?
marshlando7
I would love to see a movie just about the Joker and Harley's relationship.
Vectorman2
Does Hot Topic have a movie studio? They need something now that the vampire fad is over, this would be great for them!
StillbornGod
I think that movie would get very depressing
marshlando7
Yeah but it would be so different from the other super hero movies that, while sad, it would also be refreshing to see something new.
Porecomesis
I think something even more refreshing would be a movie not based on an existing comic book at all.
SuckItBlue
This. This is why I love Harley Quinn. It's such a broken, messed up breath of fresh air into stale comics. She's actually interesting.
faceplacespace
There are movies that are not super hero movies (or even hollywood movies) that deal with relationships in interesting ways.
StillbornGod
True, basically any superhero movie that doesn't focus on a villain and physical conflict would be new and refreshing really
theoldlickaroo
Yeah that wouldn't really be a superhero movie then would it
StillbornGod
It could be, if you make it more about interpersonal conflict, mental state, social development, all exacerbated by superpowers. 1/2
StillbornGod
Some films like Hancock, The Incredibles and Unbreakable already had some shades of this but they were mostly side notes rather than focus.
ALittleHazey
Suicide Squad spends quite a bit of time in showing the dynamic between the two. It was actually pretty nice imo
PlantainSuperNova
Ayer filmed the abusive parts of theit relationship to make the joker unsympathetic, but the studio cut it out in thr theatrical version.
Ryutohara
That's fuckin retarded. Now my girlfriend is all in love with Leto Joker, but now know who to blame.
nattfilm
Aw :(
nattfilm
Well.. yes.. but I'm not sure it's very canon tbh.
YamatoIouko
Canon for their movieverse. >.>
ALittleHazey
Yeah, you're right. But it was something
exlurker42
Be like the Adams.
Ssssssssssss
*glaring, followed by softening of expression, appreciative nod, and polite applause*
InformationAndSourceGuy
Always.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
I'm just gonna be like me and my gf. I got lucky, we're very happy together.
ninjadick24
That's my ideal marriage, morticia and gomez ... if only
Zwischenzug
When you don't know how to spell Addams
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gamesthatiplay
Drink all day and be out of touch because one day you realize Fester is Pugsley's dad?
SithRuleOfTwo
Cara Mia!
MapToTheCrunch
Mon Savauge.
stebus
I interpreted that as be like the Waynes. As in Bruce Wayne's parents......
MeanWinchester
I long for a love like Gomez and Morticia
BangBangLuckyLuke
andachairaswell
The way Gomez adores morticia. It's so sweet.
MapToTheCrunch
Cara mia.
iwanttomountndewya
*snap snap*
MagikLight
Yay mass murdering dark occultists
MagikLight
I say just love from the heart, you don't need to mimic any characters on tv
exlurker42
Also a frontrunner for most functional and healthy couple ever shown on TV. I mostly meant that part...
MagikLight
Yep, perfect romance, but let's not forget what the Adam's Family truly are..The family of darkness. True love, yes,but rooted in demonics
exlurker42
Well looking at the GOP being rooted in "christian values" hasn't worked out well. Maybe we should try some demonics.
MagikLight
Most of our politiciansare into demonics in some form or an other.Church is corrupted and evil,whyy would that mean demonics is the answers?
OutOfTheWardrobeAndIntoNarnia
Addams*
GobIinSIayer
Ba nuh nuh nuh *clap clap* BA NAH NAH NAH *CLAP CLAP*
Demostheneses
there you go
exlurker42
http://img.pandawhale.com/95271-fuck-fuck-fuck-gif-bugger-bugg-oLxc.gif
AzgarOgly
Great movie
OutOfTheWardrobeAndIntoNarnia
Don't worry, for this, having the right idea got you my upvote. :D
BilbroMcSwaggins
I want a love like Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly from The Office.
shmegz
Yes. Goals <3
MeliMele
That's the truth
itsnotsciencefiction
I only once ever found a guy who made me laugh like Jim makes Pam laugh. I hope that doesn't stay true.
JustSayingYouHaventSeenMeAndBatmanInTheSameRoomBefore
And yet some days you wake up feeling like you have more in common with Michael Scott.
markmcn87
Or Michael and Dwight
SchwiftyRickSanchez
Tomkatie
That's the dream right there
leavinit
icameinlikeafeckingball
I’ve kind of got something like that going actually. Sadly, Roy is still very much in the picture.
EffYouImNice
A friend once told me "we all think we are Jim and Pam, but really we are all Ryan and Kelly"
IridescentLotus
I'm depressed at how accurate that is
flibolimay
I just feel like Creed
hakunamatatas
My tinder says "looking for the Pam to my Jim... Maybe the Kelly to my Ryan."
zigzagler
I want a love like Turk and J.D. from Scrubs.
QuazMasta
It's guy love!
MasturbateAndReavaluate
Lesley and Ben for me! Such a cute butt
digglesworth
This is what everyone needs but not what everyone wants.
Dolkeem
No. What you want is Harley and Ivy.
Winnerrules
Agreed
gamesthatiplay
Smart one and dumb one?
buttstain
Or batman and robin
captainamericassie
This is what everyone needs
razetherunner
just gonna leave this here... http://img14.deviantart.net/e2c7/i/2011/194/8/d/with_love_xxxivy_by_nana_51-d3oq2jq.jpg
purgatoire
Auto dots! Rollout
Dolkeem
Wait... Is that by Chloe from GGaR?
razetherunner
indeed it is, her dA has lots of fun stuff like this
HexPrincess
Ivy has also been abusive to Harley before, so she's no better for her than the Joker.
TrustMeImABassist
Neither Romeo and Juliet. It was just a teen turn-on that caused 6 deaths.
gamesthatiplay
And perhaps saved countless lives in real life by telling families to let your kids marry.
INoLongerCareBoutThisName
Legit. Had they been allowed to date they prob would have broken up in a few weeks. Earlier that day Romeo was into that other chick
CardboardPizzas
Tybalt, Mercutio, Paris, Romeo and Juliet are the only ones I can think of.
lickwidghost
Benvolio and nursey, and i think Romeo's mother died too
TMStage
Including their own.
Karilyn
① It's not a love story at all. It's a /GREEK/ tragedy; Shakespeare was mocking the foolishness of young love. Romeo and Rosaline break up
Karilyn
③ Rosaline. Before Sunday night is up they are making wedding plans. They have sex Monday night. Juliet fakes her death Tuesday night.
Karilyn
⑤ "Greatest love story every told;" the real tragedy is if there was no family feud, Romeo and Juliet would've broke up before weeks' end.
Karilyn
④ Romeo plots his suicide Wednesday night; commits suicide on Thursday, Juliet kills herself the same night. Four days. FOUR. DAYS.
brakeurself
fancy numbers gimme gimme gimme
Karilyn
①②③④⑤ ⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩ ⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮ ⑯⑰⑱⑲⑳
brakeurself
MORE
Karilyn
(And they only knew each other for less than 24 hours before Romeo was exiled from town)
Karilyn
② on Saturday, his first "one true love." Sunday he meets Juliet, on rebound calls her his new "one true love," immediately forgetting about
Strongdislikedthat
It was more than six. Many people forget/overlook the deaths of Benvolio, Lady Montague, and other minor characters like The Nurse.
SarcasticComment
6 main characters and a few minor. Mercutio, Tybalt, Lady Montague, Paris, Romeo and Juliet
Strongdislikedthat
Plus all the townspeople who could have been injured or killed in the open street conflicts
SarcasticComment
plus, seeing how these were 2 powerful families, likely with standing militia of sorts, countless brawls/killings
TheGrayLanternsApathy
Mercutio was the man. He told both families to get fucked, then died with a pun.
SarcasticComment
and "A plague on BOTH your HOUSES!". Such a good fucking line for a dramatic death.
mynameisnotalice
People tend to forget that Romeo and Juliet doesn't start with 'Romeo and Juliet', it starts with 'Romeo and Rosalind'. And that it was (1)
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written as a parody. (2)
IvnWng
WAT
Caffeinatrix
When girls say "What if I'm not his Juliet?" I want to respond with "that means you're Rosalind and you survive the fucking play!"
TedTheMan
Best choice always.
wobbu
A parody of what?
Adthay
there is an older tale which has many similarities, many suspect it's i direct reference, I don't recall the name though sorry
spacecatts
"The tragical history of romeus and Juliet"
LedLover96
Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe.
mynameisnotalice
Of these over-the-top classical romances. Shakespeare hated these. It's even more visible in the Midsummer Night's Dream.
tinkerbug
Romeo and Juliet wasn't written by Shakespeare. He just adapted a very well known story into a play
frogglesmash
I think harleys dependence on the Joker has progressed quite a ways past your everyday, run of the mill stockholm syndrome.
gamesthatiplay
Yeah, but people like to pick a timeline that suits their own needs.
Souljah42
"Run of the mill Stockholm syndrome."
myusernameisnotcreative
Yeah like more than normal....duh!
IseeallofthesepeoplewithlongusernamesandIdecidedtotryitout
New band name I call it
feeltheice
I don't think it's that either. She fell in love from 1 meeting.
SLAANESHonNSFWposts
Yeah, I imagine being kicked in to a vat of acid by your lover would make things a little weird.
HEXADECIMAL
Actually, from the portrayal in films and books, he does love her and hates it, he tries to kill her multiple times and can't do it.
samsonguy920
Well, she tried to kill him multiple times, too. Loving is sharing.
goodisunpopular
One of my favorite moments from TAS was when he left her behind to get arrested and then couldn't function without her.
Deadpoolio7
The Joker is basically a cat
Aesurah
Goddamn you are right
HEXADECIMAL
Very logical. They could probably just come out with a movie called Harley Quinn. Their relationship is kindof fascinating...
Deadpoolio7
She is getting her own movie.
FunkyKick
Did you see Suicide Squad? In one scene Joker reminded me of a cat that was about to play with his prey.
Deadpoolio7
That's basically The Joker in a nutshell
RaisinZetaJones
Again, this bugs me. It's not even close to Stockholm syndrome. Stockholm involves captives developing sympathy for their captors. Joker
AsleepByDay
I agree in principle however, the term is used to mean any unwarranted feelings that result purely from proximity. This probably 1/?
AsleepByDay
started as hyperbole, but either way is now used that way. The theory is people work this way because of systems in place 2/?
AsleepByDay
in our minds, to ensure that we get on with our parents as children. Or it could just be pack mentality. 3/3
RaisinZetaJones
never captured Q during her psychological enmeshment with him. In fact, the opposite was true: Dr. Harleen Quinzel was J's appointed thera-
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pist, making her the captor and the beginning of her psychological enmeshment the absolute converse of Stockholm Syndrome, the Lima Syndrome
RaisinZetaJones
where captors develop sympathy with the captives. The sympathy allows Joker's personality to engulf Harley, with her boundaries becoming
RaisinZetaJones
diffuse and her personality (and therefore her existence) ultimately enmeshed completely with Joker's. Amount of Stockholm present: Zero.
BachelorGourmet
They also try to say she has Hybristophilia, for what it's worth.
nattfilm
Makes sense.
FreshWater13
Niiiiice
TheZulthar
What's that?
FernandoRumdebum
She creams for crazy
TheZulthar
10/10 description
Polygrammar
Basically it just means she gets off from knowing that Joker is a deranged, murdering sociopath who will never really love her.
MyAlterEgoIsAVillain
Your username checks out!
Sonimdatingumom
That's fucked
VelstadtTheRoyalAegis
She's fucked