This is a beautiful picture. Rich in color and detail. I'm sad that they aren't an actual couple in the canon Batman timeline, but I can understand why they did it (and no, it's not some anti-lesbian thing; at least, I believe). On the one hand, keeping Harley with Joker reinforced how messed up spousal abuse situations are, as Harley and Pamela's relationship was actually really positive for both of them, which leads me right into my second point: they would have stopped being villains. Without Harley under Joker's control, she would have gone back to being a prominent and likely gifted shrink (her strict adherence to Joker's plans often makes her seem less intelligent as she just seems set up to fail many times), and taken seriously, Pamela would be just an outspoken environmentalist and genius botanist, who corporations would be fighting over to give her her own lab. Take them out of Gotham and put them in a probationary program and you'd have two reformed villains becoming highly respected members of society. But Batman's never really been about reform or helping people too much, just kicking asses. From a deterrence standpoint, Batman does an outstanding job, but I feel like DC really could have done a lot more with Bruce Wayne and making him into a more important character than just Batman's 'secret identity'; a real ball drop in my opinion.



Still, I get it, and I love your picture. I'll definitely be adding it to my background rotation cycle.