They actually did it. Harley x Ivy OFFICIALLY happened in this show...and it was in the last episode. And unlike in the comics, Ivy ACTUALLY wants to move forward in her relationship with Harley.
Too many times in comics, Ivy would only stay for few days then flake off to some place for months on end, because her protecting the environment was far more important than staying in one place and being with a Harley. So, this show automatically has THE best version of their relationship bar none.
Anyway, I love this episode, it definitely ended on a high note. And oddly this is one of the better series finale(?) I've seen in a long time. Harley was/is the better choice for Ivy. As Kiteman mentioned in his hilariously terrible wedding vows, Ivy was never truly into him at first, or even up to s2 ep3 ("Trapped") for that matter. He basically had to wear her down for her to even accept the whole concept of dating him.
Like someone else mentioned on a previous thread, Ivy was never truly into Kiteman. Ivy said in this episode, she more or less went with the flow of things.
In the first episode, Harley pointed out that Ivy had terrible taste in men-"Some reliable square who thinks he's "quirky" for playing on a Dodgeball team". Replace Dodgeball with Kite flying and you have Kiteman. He's more or less the same as her first boyfriend. The fact that this show foreshadowed this little tidbit from the first episode is kinda amazing.
And go back and watch every major moment in Kiteman x Ivy's relationship, and you can see how reluctant she was about everything: like being seen in public with him, or telling anyone she was in a relationship with him, or even Kiteman just proposing to her, she immediately panicked every time. It wasn't until later in that episode "Trapped", Harley had to convince her to give Kiteman a shot. Ivy was either pressured, guilt tripped, and talked into everything in that relationship. And oddly enough, you realized that Kiteman never really got to know Ivy. Yeah, they were together, but they never really "talked". And that realization hit her like a ton of bricks during the wedding vows. I mean c'mon, they've only been together for less than a year, marriage shouldn't even be on the table yet. At least, Kiteman finally knew to get off this ride. He did them both a favor and broke it off.
One of the writers of the show had interesting take on Ivy. He stated that since she never had anyone be nice to her in the past, she was extremely insecure. Once she met Harley, she was always afraid of losing her back to the Joker. She could not afford to give Harley her heart. The Scarecrow's toxin brought out Ivy's worst fear which was allowing herself to love Harley and in turn her leaving Ivy. When Kiteman came into the picture and was nice to her, she saw it as a way to assure that she would never be alone. She opted for the safer choice.
The most impressive thing about this show, Ivy's monologue about her feelings for Harley perfectly bookends this series, "Til Death Do Us Part" ended with Ivy being honest with how important her friendship with Harley was, and "Runaway Bridesmaid" ended with Ivy telling Harley how important just being together with her is, with the last line always stating that she loved her.
The only thing that kept this from being perfect was the runtime, this should have been an hour long, they could have fleshed out some more scenes, added more character moments, but they did well with the runtime they had. And for the love of god, there needs to be another season (or three).
But if this is the end, it's a good end. Far better than what any comic book would ever give these two.
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