#jarleylove

[angels-of-horror]

"Before she ran off and joined the circus, she was Dr. Harleen Quinzel; a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum. She was assigned to The Clown himself. . .

She thought she was curing him, but she was falling in love."

[livinces]

Jarleys, we need to start tagging all of our Jarley posts (photos, text, everything) with #jarleylove or #madlove — something like that because our regular ship tags are infiltrated with Antis.

[angels-of-horror]

Do you have any favourite headcanons about joker’s and harley’s relationship ?

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Hello dear anon! Thank you so much for the ask and I’m so sorry for this incredibly late response. And yes, I do! Here’s a few of them…

✧ Metaphorically speaking, Harley definitely wears the pants in the relationship and everyone knows it (lol). The Joker thinks it’s him, but all the henchmen are praying that he doesn’t die because if he does, that would mean Harley’s in charge, and no one wants to deal with Harley in charge. To those that know them best; the Joker might be scary, but Harley Quinn is terrifying.

✧ Joker hates the rare moments Harley grows distant and uncharacteristically quiet. It's not like her. She’s even more annoying when she’s sad. So he'll start cracking jokes and acting theatrically just to see her smile again. I mean, he is the Joker after all. She always catches on to what he's doing sooner or later, and she'll fight a grin because she's stubborn that way, but he'll notice the moment her eyes start to brighten and her lips twitch at his antics and so he tries a bit harder until they're both collapsing into maniacal fits of laughter.

✧ While the Joker does love Harley (as much as he can love anyone at least), he would never admit it. He hates that because of her, he cares so much about another person. I think he resents her a little, for making him feel something so human.

✧ When things start to get a bit too much, or he starts to feel a little too attached, it sends him into a bit of a spiral. He doesn’t want her here, he thinks, but no matter what he does, she just. Won’t. Leave. He thinks that all he wants is for her to go away, but then she does, and every time, he falls apart. When she finally comes back, he’ll act as though she never left, but later when they’re alone—and the darkness of their room feels like a shield against everything he doesn’t want to feel—he holds onto her silently (throughout those nights only) like he’s afraid she’ll disappear again if he lets go.

I’m such a sucker for the rare softer moments between them because they show a side of the Joker that only Harley ever really sees. Anyone else who sees would probably be shot dead on sight. Anyway, I hope this answered your question the way you were hoping! It does take me a while to respond to asks, but they are appreciated and I do always respond <3