#the Joker showed up trying to turn Jazz into the next Harley Quinn and ended up face to face with a visiting Danny

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So I've seen a lot of "Jazz works as a therapist at Arkam" in the dp x dc fandom, and while I like the concept, I also feel like Jazz would take one look at the place and immediately be like "what the absolute fuck" at just the everything of the place.

Like, she either nopes out after the tour during the interview or quits not too long afterward starting there, not because she can't take it but because she's so appalled by what's going on there and can smell the corruption rolling off the place and knows no one sent to there is ever actually going to get the help they need.

So Jazz decides to open a private practice instead while still being absolutely determined to work with the various rogues in the city, she is here to help and nothing is going to stop her.

So she just starts showing up at known hangouts of rogues and during their heists/schemes/sprees, and even fights between them and the batfam, just like

"Hi! It’s so nice to meet you! My name is Dr. Jasmine Fenton/Nightingale/whatever last name she’s using and I was hoping we could talk!"

Casually kicks a baterang away without looking because she's being polite and professional!

"I understand that your experience with therapy through Arkam has been nothing but atrocious and that you are rightfully -"

Kicks Batman away without breaking eye contact or a sweat.

"Suspicious of attempting therapy again, and Idon't want to force anything on you, therapy should be on your terms after the experiences you've had but -"

Grabs Robin out of the air as he leaps at the rogue she's talking to and tucks him under her arm, ignoring his feral hissing and all attempts to break her hold.

"-I really think that you'd find it beneficial, even if I'm not the right therapist for you."

The rogue in question is having the time of their life and takes Jazz's business card - and a few extra to pass around - not really intending to actually ever book a therapy appointment with her but way too entertained and excited to share this madness with everyone else.

But then one of the rogues actually looks up Jazz's website and sees all the various safe guards she’s put in place to ensure that any villians that come to her will be protected while seeing her - soundproof therapy room, regular sweeps for listening and tracking devices, the most insane firewalls and protections anyone has ever seen on her network, and ooh she provides snacks and drinks!

So someone finally books an appointment with her, half convinced she's either going to turn them in or is a villain herself intent to experiment on them, but then it’s actually really nice??? And they feel a lot better afterwards?? She doesn't even say anything to indicate that she wants them to stop being villains, she just wants them to be okay??

So more and more rogues start going to her, and Batman was already losing his mind about this woman before - Oracle can't hack her system?!? And her background check shows a totally normal Psychiatrist?? - but now half of Gotham's heavy hitters and a dozen or so other minor league villains are seeing her regularly and every time he tries to get info on any plans the rogues might be scheme via her office it fails utterly. Nightwing got knocked out with something called a creep stick and when he tried to break in himself to get answers she just appeared out of no where and gave him the most scathing lecture about doctor-patient confidentiality before bullying him off her property and threatening to sick her brother on him if he tried again?

And because she's become such a figure in the Gotham underworld, she gets the attention of Joker.

And everyone, rogues and Bats alike, are terrified that she’s going to try and take him on as a patient like she has so many other villains in the city and that's just a recipe for tragedy.

But then the Joker is on his way to the hospital with two broken legs and the fear of god beat into him babbling about eldritch nightmares and whenever anyone asks Jazz what happened she just shrugs and just says things like "I refused him as a patient, he's not my problem." Or "My brother doesn't like clowns." And just, does not elaborate.

Batman is losing his mind over it all. Jazz is just happy to be able to actually help the rogues. Arkam is less happy about how she absolutely destroys their reputation.

[fandomsnerd24]

Review of Harley Quinn S1E8: “L.O.D.R.S.V.P”

Warning: Spoilers ahead! 

Huh. Kinda underwhelmed by the entire episode, to be honest. It was just kinda meh. It was super messed up with the tentacle monster being a woman who got turned into a tentacle monster due to a botched science experiment. Super messed up. They tried to jazz it up with a “touching” moment that they then promptly cheapened by the fact that they made her go on a killing rampage. I don’t know, I just didn’t really like it all that much. 

Aquaman is probably the most uninspiring JL cameo possible so far. He was an overdramatic dick and I was kinda okay with Harley kicking his ass. I mean. I did really enjoy it when he accidentally burst the aquarium and the poor man ran around trying to save all his fish friends. I felt bad for the poor guy! But then promptly died of laughter because he had an armful of fish and a freaking octopus on top of his head. You can’t say it wasn’t a humorous sight! I know I’m supposed to root for him (am I though, given that the POV is centered on the bad guys in this series?) because he’s a good guy, but it’s really hard to with how they wrote his character. Which, thinking about how they’ve portrayed all the other good guys, is actually about par for the course. They’ve made all the good guys basically a caricature of themselves, which can have some humorous results (see: Jim needs to take nap and then a vacation, in that order). Aquaman is still a pretentious ass in this, but I guess that can be forgiven given how they’re writing all the good guys in this series. 

King Shark talking to the fish and telling them to go fuck off was also super funny to me. King Shark is actually kinda growing on me as a character. In the beginning, I really complained about him, but now I can kinda see the appeal. He’s interesting and he’s miles better than Psycho (that douche bag, god I hate him) and the old guy (who I also hate). He’s on about the same level as Clayface for me. They’re both interesting characters to have on Harley’s crew. Does anyone actually like Psycho? Or the old guy?  If they’d drop that old guy and Psycho, I’d be so much happier.

The other highlight was Harley actually getting into the Legion. Like, go girl! Even if it was very suspicious how she got in. I don’t like how they have Harley and Ivy fighting and then they just freaking don’t let them make up! It just feels cheap adding this storyline into the show. I’m just really tired of shows doing things like this. Can’t we have a show where the girls don’t have to go for each other’s throats?? Just once, please? They better really fucking make up for it in the next couple of episodes! And her entrance to the Legion, I’m just super suspicious that they’re going to use it for some stupid macho mind games bullshit. Because I have a feeling since they put Joker in at the end of the episode that that’s what we’re going to get. I’m just so tired of macho mind games and other related bullshittery. 

Past that, yeah, there wasn’t much that was really terribly thrilling or stand-out about this episode. It was just kinda blah.