#reene montoya

[burakquack]

the jester

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[just-an-enby-lemon]

Between Edward Nygma and Bruce Wayne, Barbara was pretty sure most people - hopefully her former landlord included - would be in complete shock. Unlike most people Reene Montoya was used to Barbara Gordon's bullshit, she looked between the notorious ex-criminal and the playboy milionary and whistled before saying "You really are something, Babs"

And

Packing was weird, Barbara though. To put everything you owned in neatly assigned box and slowly turn the appartment you lived for your whole adult life into something unlived and foreing. The process of moving by itself was going pretty well, mostly because of Bruce, if she was being honestly. Herself being enrapted in nostalgia at each step, Reene not so helpfully talking about all the late nighters she spended there when they were police partnes a year and a life ago and Edward getting distracted by absolutly everything (just that she noticed he had played with her old gameboy, read a full chapter of her volume of The Golden Age of Murder, promptly anounced he was stealing her old green jacket and changed the position of one particular pile of boxes seven times all of them different somehow).

And

The offending shoebox was pink with a purple bow on the sides and the name "My Box of Secrets" wrote in fading blue marker on the top.

It contained all Barbara favorite things in middle school from cool stones she found and candy wrapers to cds and cringe letters. She didn't even remembered taking it with her when she moved from college to her very own appartment. More likely than not it was one of those things from their house that her dad had brought. Why that was something he though she needed was beyond her.

Edward was the one who found it. Because of course he was. And - with some of his corniest riddles - had announced his intent of looking into the mystery of who was little Barbara Gordon. Reene, the traitor, had answered it with "wait for me" and soon both were sitting in her yet-to-be-packed pillows ready to prey into baby Barbara's mind. Bruce had looked apologetically at her before joining them. She sighed. The joy of having friends.

And

At that point Nygma was deeply entertained with her old "Mission Notebook" full of notes and drawnings of Batman and his rogues. Bruce had pretended not care for almost a full minute before looking impressed to her research and she has to admit being somewhat praised for it by Batman himself felt kindda good.

"OH MY GOD" And Eddie, who was using her old green jacket, had found the page on himself. It was about his first year as well, in her last year of middle school, two years before he was arrested for stabbing her dad. He was looking at it as an excided puppie and Bruce was more looking at him with a soft smile.

Reene was the only one still digging through the box. "BABS" she exclamed "Is this a BATARANG?" It was. And Reene admiring look over it made Barbara decide that looking through her cringe childhood stuff had been a good distraction actually.

[randomnessoffiction]

OK, it was one thing for Reene to force Ryan and Alice to work together. It’s another to force Ryan to be Alice’s babysitter and hold her responsible for any crimes she might committed even though she was the one who took Alice out of Arkham. If she wants the Rogues’ toys off the street she should do it herself. 

[thefearestwolfsansa]

BIRDS OF PREY GANG FOR GLAMOUR MAGAZINE

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ROUND TWO

Kyle Rayner vs Reene Montoya

This is your reminder to vote for the best legacy for the original, not just your favourite characters, and to be nice about this! We're here to have fun

[hodgepodge72]

nature of harley quinn and poison ivy jester and eco-terrorist is equal to like deadpool question reene montoya northstar jean paul beaubier batwoman kate kane and bobby drake iceman and others and promotes marriage gay and lesbian love WITHOUT jealousy monogamy and thanks harley ivy stans for support bad directors new 52 rebirth cw and how much shame and disgust your harley ivy stans?

what 

[myriadimagines]

Preference: DC (Birds of Prey)

— kissing them

Characters: Dinah Lance, Harley Quinn, Helena Bertinelli, Renee Montoya

Warnings: —

Requester: anonymous

Request: “Could I please get a preference for what kissing Harley, Helena, Dinah and Reene is like? Thank you very much!! [Birds of Prey]”

A/N: hope you like it love!!! 🌷

— DINAH LANCE

Dinah is a very passionate kisser, and your make out sessions can get intense at times. She loves running her hand through your hair or wrapping her arms around your waist and pulling you as close to her as physically possible, and she also loves giving and receiving neck kisses.

— HARLEY QUINN

Harley is rather playful when it comes to kissing you, often giggling in between kisses, and the both of you always end up a giddy mess. She loves to pepper kisses all over your face, especially when she gets really excited. She’ll kiss you at any given moment, always leaving lipsticks marks all over your face. 

— HELENA BERTINELLI

Helena gets a little nervous when it comes to making out, and it always starts out a little awkward, but it’s still incredibly cute, and Helena always has a goofy smile on her face after you kiss her. Sometimes she surprises you, though, by pulling you towards her and making out, which you find hot.

— RENEE MONTOYA 

Renee’s kisses are always very soft, as she loves just caressing you and having you in her arms. She’s not big on PDA, but sometimes when she gets really excited or fired up about something, she’ll pull you into her arms and plant a big kiss on your lips, which always makes you laugh.

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[templarhalo]

Templarhalo reviews Birds of Prey. (It’s pretty fantabulous)

HERE BE SPOILERS YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Ok without this movie, I would have not been a Cassandra Cain fan.  I would have not four, yes four ongoing fics with her as the main character.  I would not be emotionally and financially invested in the DC cinematic universe or the comics side of things. 

Which baffles me because this movie is perfect in almost every aspect,...   Except how they treated Cassandra Cain.   Which  is a fucking shame because her actress is perfect, her chemistry and relationship with Harley is perfect, and the idea of Cass growing up as this pickpocket foster kid, taken in by Harley is unconventional, but I fucking love it. 

Here’s a brief summary. After breaking up with the Joker  Harley Quinn has to make her own way as the strong, badass, indepent woman we all know she is, while dealing with the fact that without Mistah J’s  fell reputation as his significant other to shield her, a lot of people want her raped, tortured, killed and left for the crows…  Not necessarily in that order.    

To get these people off her back and save her own skin, from one of them, the infamous Black Mask. Harley agrees to recover the Bertinelli Diamond, a diamond encoded with the info for a source of 30 million dollars, Black Mask needs to fiance his take over of Gotham. Which was pickpocketed from one of his associates by our Lady and savior Cass.   

The problem is, Cass kind of ate it( (I shit you not) and Black Mask’s guys would rather cut it out of her than wait for the poor kid to take a dump   Not to mention Detective tReene Montoya (played by her Gotham Actress, which would have been a nice bit of world building if Gotham was actually in the movie continuity) building a case against Black Mask, with the aid of Black Canary   Plus Huntress is indirectly gunning for him and Harley in her own quest for revenge.   All these plot points converge into  a very satisfying climax and fight scene with a somewhat  emotionally satisfying ending. 

From  a technical standpoint this film is a spectacle.   Gotham in the day is colorful but rundown, with markets, suave evil bad guy clubs, dilapidated Chinese restaurants and abandoned amusement parks.   The fight scenes are AMAZING  with a wonderful tension and energy that makes them incredibly visualising satisfying.  Everything flows, the ladies move with an enthralling  grace that makes them breaking bones, crushing legs,and tearing through people visceral and heartstopping.  (And arousing. Like goddamn Jurnee Smollett-Bell could kill me with her legs and I’d thank her)

The problem, is none of this applies to  Cass, and this is the films major flaw besides how short it is. (One hour and forty five minutes).  If you had problems with how Harley was handled in Suicide Squad, the movie fixes it.  Black Canary gets a short but satisfying emotional arc that feels natural. She goes from a cynical, lethargic woman, content to be Black Masks “Little Bird”; A singer at his club, driver and symbol of his power/dominance over other women until her own conscience kicks in at Harley and Cass’ predicament.  Huntress also has a short but satisfying arc in which she gets her vengeance on the people who murdered her family and clearly finds a new one to fill the hole in her life, in the form of the Birds.  Reene and her portrayal is a love letter to the 80s cop/hard boiled detectives, a pure, simultaneously complicated/uncomplicated woman seeking to do good for Gotham.       

But Cass… Doesn’t feel like Cass and is criminally underutilized except as a walking mcguffin by dint of eating the Mcguffin.   She’s introduced to us a snarky tween, stuck in a cycle of shitty foster homes and a pickpocket to get by.  And that’s it.  T

here are moments where you think she'll get a cool fight scene.  Moments where you think she’ll have an emotional heart to heart with Harley,   moments where you think…she’ll do something besides run from the bad guys and get saved by the Birds of Prey/Her four moms. 

 In the end she drives into the sunset with Harley and Bruce the Hyena, but it doesn’t feel earned, satisfying as the scene is.  There is nothing implying or hinting she’s the daughter of two of the deadliest assassins in the DC universe, nothing about her running away from David Cain, nothing on her learning disabilities/selective mutism  and NOTHING, setting her up to be adopted by Batman and become Batgirl 

And this is a fucking shame, because Ella Jay Basco has a real chemistry with Margert and the rest of the cast.  She’s adorable, funny, snarky and wonderful as Cass. She brings energy and spunk and I would cut off my left hand, to see her act as Cassandra Cain, not this  generic punk kid with the name.

And I feel like this is  a HUGE problem because the movie sets up this Mother/daughter relationship, with Cass being Harley’s motivation to be a better person.  She goes from willing to hand her over to Black Mask to taking the kid under her wing.   Cass is the glue that bands the Birds of Prey together.   These lovely, dangerous, women coming together to keep a little girl safe,  doesn’t feel as emotionally satisfying as it should because Cass isn’t Cass.

While I will praise the movie for Harley’s arc of seeking her own emancipation and agency outside her abusive relationships and life of crime,  I feel like Harley’s arc should have been a question of redemption.    Cassandra’s motivation to become Batgirl was her refusal to kill again.  (Hey WB remember how in Batman Begins Bruce refused to kill a man because “I will not be an executioner.”)  

Here Cass is fine with killing. She chucks a bomb at some goons chasing her and  she kills Black Mask with a grenade in the end.

Yeah… Cass “I refuse to kill because my dad made me kill an innocent man at eight years old and killing is wrong” kills people.  

*head meet desk*

Sucide Squad, set up Harley and the squad, for an unconventional redemption arc, spite motivated it may be, yet Harley despite her line to Cass “You make me want to  be a less terrible person”  isn’t seeking to make amends for what she did as the Joker’s henchman.  (Like being an accomplice to Jason Todd’s murder).   

.Cass pickpots and steals to survive, because she’s a kid with no family passed from foster home to foster home, Harley steals because she can, steal a truck to blow up a chemical plant because she can.  Kills because she can.   (granted she does use an M79 grenade launcher with bean bag shells for one scene but besides that.) 

I like the idea of Harley taking Cass under her wing, its an unconventional but fresh idea, but it doesn’t feel entirely satisfying, and Cass not being Cass, not having an arc beyond “Go along with Harley as her apprentice” really undermines the excellent themes and message the movie is trying to convey.

Now maybe in the Suicide Squad reboot with James Gunn or a future DC film , Cass is going to leave Harley because that life of crime and killing doesn’t suit her and she realizes she’s trying to be something she’s not and I’m just being overly critical, but I still feel like “Harley and Cass seeking redemption and moving past their abusers together”  should have been where this movie left off, and it baffles me that it doesn’t from a narrative perspective.

Anway the overall themes and message of Birds of Prey are represented in Evan Mcregor’s Black Mask, a walking talking example of repressive toxic masculinity and misogyny.   A flamboyant, all but stated to  be a repressed Bi, crime lord seeking to take control of Gotham, Black Mask moves with confidence in his loud suits, and charming quirkiness,   He’s cruel, sadistic and repulsive  His mannerisms ooz terror,and insanity. He moves like a love child between Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix’s take on the Joker, Gaston from Beauty and the Beast and Joffery Baratheon from Game of Thrones.   He’s a control freak, trying to  be a badass. 

 One minute he’s the Godfather, the next he’s a brat.  He views Harley as nothing without the Joker, telling her that she needs him to protect her.   He enjoys asserting his dominance over Harley during her brief capture by having his men beat her while he eats popcorn.  He objectifies Black Canary for her singing voice and beauty..   

Black Mask asserts his power and authority over the underworld by  his control over women.  In one  frightening scene, he believes one of the women at his club is laughing at him for his failure to capture Cass, so he orders her  to stand on a table, then for her boyfriend to rip open her dress with a knife because he finds it ugly.

In summary he represents the patriarchy.  He represents sexist, abusive men.   He’s a representation of social norms and ideals that are repressive and disgusting, and rob women of their agency, and self-worth. He represents the use of violence, not for noble reasons, but as a means to control women and lash out at those that defy him and supposedly wronged him .

Furthering this line of thought are  the costumes. Black Canary’s costumes represent the amount of control, Black Mask has in her life.  When we first see her, Dinah is wearing a long black netted evening gown that accents her legs as she sings “It’s a Man’s Man’s World”. Later she wears  a blue tank top and gold, tightfitting pants clearly meant to draw our gaze to her ass and thighs. When she’s Black Mask’s driver, she’s wearing a Bra/crop top that bares her midriff under a short blue blaze, but when she decides she’s going to defy him, she wears a yellow tank top and jeans with  a gold belt.

Harley’s costumes are as eclectic as she is, with her DIY caution tape shawl, stamped tops and cut up shorts.  Huntress’s outfits are all black leather and punkish athletic wear, utilitarian and elegant in their simplicity while Reene wears  a  “I shave my balls for this” t-shirt reflecting her uncouth, blunt demeanor, as well as button down  dress shirts and slacks for the climactic asskicking montage .  

Cass is a kid,who clearly doesn’t have the funds for super nice clothes. She;s running around in ratty shorts and a worn out hoody with  a red windbreaker, with an orange bandanna askew on her head.  At the end, when she rides off with Harley, she copying Harley’s style.

Speaking of costumes, one thing I appreciate is that instead of the male gaze and sexualisation, we get what I like to call “passive fan service”  What I mean is that instead of tracking shots on Harley’s ass or boob shoots, like in Suicide Squad  the camera just lets these women’s beauty do the talking. 

 Huntress is wearing a sports bra and tactical pants for the climax, but the camera doesn’t linger on her boobs.  A primary example of this is a lot of Padme’s scenes in Episodes II and III of Star Wars.  Lucas knows Natalie Portman is a gorgeous woman and he doesn’t need to remind us by deliberate camera shots.  He lets Natalie herself and Trisha Biggar’s excellent costumes do it for us. 

Also one thing I really… really liked was how in the big penultimate fight, Harley actually passes Dinah a hair tie so she can get her hair out of the way. So for like a minute, she’s beating the ever loving fuck out of goons with her legs as she ties up her hair.  A very nice case of reality ensures.

In conclusion Birds of Prey is another notch in the belt for the DC cinematic universe, a solid, fun film with  an excellent cast with clear chemistry, hampered by character derailment that undermines its sorely needed themes and message it's trying to convey.   The plot is  fast paced, but doesn't feel rushed even though it’s only a little over an hour long.  It’s uncompromisingly  bold, bloody and hilarious. The lack of a proper post credits scene is somewhat annoying and I'm very disappointed how Cass was handled , but this is by no means a terrible film. 

Overall I give it a 8.9 out of 10.  Highly recommend you go see it. Drag your friends, smuggle in as much candy and drinks as you can.  Buy it when it comes out on DVD.   If you’re a Cass fan, reread the Puckett run or pick up her new graphic novel Shadow of the Batgirl to wash out the bittersweet taste this will give you.  Speaking of Kelley Puckett, he was actually listed in the “Special thanks to…”  in the credits, which i’m sure many will appreciate.

These following posts and thoughts on the film I recommend.

https://dcwomenofcolor.tumblr.com/post/190693985900/how-would-you-fix-bop-cass

https://wits-writing.tumblr.com/post/190718974642/birds-of-prey-movie-review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YeFJjoQoec

[fashionjesster]

nature of harley quinn and poison ivy jester and eco-terrorist is equal to like deadpool question reene montoya northstar jean paul beaubier batwoman kate kane and bobby drake iceman and others and promotes marriage gay and lesbian love WITHOUT jealousy monogamy and thanks harley ivy stans for support bad directors new 52 rebirth cw and how much shame and disgust your harley ivy stans?

Not entirely sure what you're asking here. I love Harley and Ivy; they are great together and v supportive of each other. I also appreciate that they're nonmonogamous and in a commited relationship. Hooray for sapphic women! Who also kick ass!

[gothambunny]

nature of harley quinn and poison ivy jester and eco-terrorist is equal to like deadpool question reene montoya northstar jean paul beaubier batwoman kate kane and bobby drake iceman and others and promotes marriage gay and lesbian love WITHOUT jealousy monogamy and thanks harley ivy stans for support bad directors new 52 rebirth cw and how much shame and disgust your harley ivy stans?

there is no shame, only gay and lesbian love without jealousy.

[mattelektras]

nature of harley quinn and poison ivy jester and eco-terrorist is equal to like deadpool question reene montoya northstar jean paul beaubier batwoman kate kane and bobby drake iceman and others and promotes marriage gay and lesbian jealousy monogamy with love and thanks harley ivy stans for support bad directors new 52 rebirth cw and how much shame and disgust your harley ivy stans?

i’m good thanks how are you

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nature of harley quinn and poison ivy jester and eco-terrorist is equal to like deadpool question reene montoya northstar jean paul beaubier batwoman kate kane and bobby drake iceman and others and promotes marriage gay and lesbian love WITHOUT jealousy monogamy and thanks harley ivy stans for support bad directors new 52 rebirth cw and how much shame and disgust your harley ivy stans?

....I have no idea what you’re trying to say?? if you’re talking about comics man like I have no idea what’s going on with them, like literally the only comics I’ve read from DC have been Superman comics? So I really have no idea what’s going with harley or poison ivy..

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Batman Unburied for the fandom blorbo ask game?

Oooh. I'm soo excited.

Okay. Okay. Let's go.

Blorbo - Riddler, I would say obviously but Barbara also deserves it, the thing is Edward is always my blorbo and Unburied is one of my favorite Eddies so he is blorbo. Okay. Actually they can share. They are a duo for a long part of the show, they can be my double blorbo.

Scrunkly - okay. Eddie. But he is already blorbo so instead I'm gonna say Bruce. He is super badass but also super cute and caring and I love him. He definitivaly opens my protective agression (though realistically he would be the one protecting me).

Scrimblo Bimblo - Barbara. Now hear me out: she is very apreciated but I personally think she still deserves more apreaciation. Pam is on the same vein. Until people are workshipping this woman isn't enough.

In a more accurate definition both King Tut and Reene Montoya. Love them, unapreciated, deserved more screem time.

Glup Shitto - Again Reene and Tut. But like real obscure the employeers from Wayne Tech from that one scene and the henchmen that was voiced by Griffin McElroy. [Honorable mention Summer Gleyson, loved her, she should be a radio host more].

Poor Little Meow Meow - Eddie. He is everything. But also Pamela, owner of my hearth, she is perfect, love her, she deserves the world but she is sorta problematic, I mean I believe she did nothing wrong but I was told murder, kiddnaping and planning to wipe out humanity and all we did to give Earth back to the Green is frown upon by modern society. I woind't call her pathetic but none of her plans suceeded so maybe a bit due to unfortunate circunstances (now besides Eddie this would be the perfect place for Stirk but, controversial opinion, I have no feelings towards him whatsoever, he had good scenes but I care very little for Stirk as a person).

Horse Plinko - with love? Probably Eddie, Pam or Babs, maybe Bruce. With the power of hate? Flass and Strange. Just because I think their reaction would be funny? Jervis and Stirk.

Eeby Deepy - Flass. I hope he dies a violent, humiliating and painfull death. I hate him sooo mucn.

[true-bean]

nature of harley quinn and poison ivy jester and eco-terrorist is equal to like deadpool question reene montoya northstar jean paul beaubier batwoman kate kane and bobby drake iceman and others and promotes marriage gay and lesbian love WITHOUT jealousy monogamy and thanks harley ivy stans for support bad directors new 52 rebirth cw and how much shame and disgust your harley ivy stans?

I’m sobbing what the fuck does this say

[rinmaklin]

nature of harley quinn and poison ivy jester and eco-terrorist is equal to like deadpool question reene montoya northstar jean paul beaubier batwoman kate kane and bobby drake iceman and others and promotes marriage gay and lesbian jealousy monogamy with love and thanks harley ivy stans for support bad directors new 52 rebirth cw and how much shame and disgust your harley ivy stans?

@vampiirism come collect your anon.  

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nature of harley quinn and poison ivy jester and eco-terrorist is equal to like deadpool question reene montoya northstar jean paul beaubier batwoman kate kane and bobby drake iceman and others and promotes marriage gay and lesbian jealousy WITHOUT monogamy love and thanks harley ivy stans for support bad directors new 52 rebirth cw and how much shame and disgust your harley ivy stans?

ugh so true