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About the campaign

This campaign was started to prevent DC comics from erasing the relationship between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. An erasure that has been in the work for a couple of years now and that fans aren't happy about. The Harley Quinn comic series has not featured Poison Ivy since Jimmy Palmiotti's departure, and it looks like DC comics doesn't allow its writers to use Poison Ivy in Harley's series for no particular reason other than wanting the iconic couple to be split and Ivy to be a one dimensional villain. DC editorials and higher ups are clearly against the couple as they don't even allow their writers such as Sam Humphries (Writer of Harley Quinn comic series that will come to an end in issue #75) to include or talk about Ivy. It also looks like the mere mention of their love story is highly forbidden by DC and they're trying to cancel any trace of this iconic relationship.
So the purpose of this campaign is to demand DC to bring Harley and Ivy back together in comics and to let them be a couple with a proper portrayal of their love story. A portrayal that this iconic couple never had the chance to get since their first appearance together in January 18th 1993 (The date in which the episode "Harley and Ivy" first aired on TV) 
 

The purpose of this site

 is to inform fans about the #SaveHarleyAndIvy campaign and offer them a space where they can share their thoughts about Harlivy and the campaign. 

Harley and Ivy meet for the first time

Paul Dini himself (creator of Harley Quinn's character) said that he always intended to have Harley and Ivy as more than just friends, but since BTAS (Batman The animated series) was a cartoon for kids, he wasn't allowed to be explicit about it. He did leave some hints in the episodes that the two were lovers, such as the two wearing very few clothes when they were alone in their apartment and the two sharing one messy bed, for example. 

The New Batman Adventures - Episode "Holiday Knights"

These old arts made by Bruce Timm (Harley Quinn co-creator) are another proof that the two weren't seen as just friends by the creators.​

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And this short comic written by Paul Dini is yet another proof that the vision the creators always had for Harley and Ivy was to be together as lovers. 

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As proved above, it looks like the two were always intended to be together and that the only obstacle between Harley and Ivy being a couple is DC comics. For this reason, fans of both these characters have organized the campaign #SaveHarleyAndIvy, not only to prevent DC from erasing their relationship but also to demand to finally see them together properly in comics after 27 years of wait. It's the only relationship that make sense for both character as the two compensate each other perfectly and there is no good reason for DC to split not only such an iconic and popular couple, but a couple that also means a lot to many LGBTQ+ fans who already suffer of too little representation. It's a bad and an unjustified move from DC to deprive fans of the only same sex relationship widely accepted and loved by every kind of audience. The success of Harley Quinn animated series is also proof that people want to see them together as lovers. It's time for DC comics to stop being against their relationship.

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Harley Quinn animated series - season 2 episode 13 "Something Green"

What we want:

  • We want Harley and Ivy to be a monogamous couple in comics (in main continuity) with a portrayal of their relationship that respect both these characters and their relationship. The polyamorous relationship with no jealousy was just a poor excuse of DC to not commit to Harley and Ivy's relationship properly and it is no longer acceptable. We DO NOT want unnecessary third characters inserted between them.

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  • We want DC comics to acknowledge their relationship and refer to Harley and Ivy as lovers instead of insisting on calling them "friends" and "BFFs" when they're clearly not just that. 

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  • We want Harley and Ivy to have good content in comics, including main continuity and not only in alternate universes comics. 

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  • We want a redemption arc for Poison Ivy. She deserves a lot  more than being portrayed as a one dimensional villain when her goals are good and also very actual with our times.

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  • We want a solo comic series for Poison Ivy. 

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