History Fanfic / TheRedemptionOfHarleyQuinn

* KarmicRape: At first, Harley is portrayed sympathetically as a rape victim. But then she's forced to face her record of violent crime, which includes rape and child murder, and realises she was a [[IAmAMonster a monster]].

* DeconstructionFic: The story dismantles the DesignatedHero status frequently given to Harley and Ivy. Both are forced to confront records of their violent crimes of mass death and destruction; Ivy is an AxCrazy lunatic who doesn't care about hurting people as long as her actions help plants, and Harley is just as much a chaotic sadist as her [[ComicBook/TheJoker ex-boyfriend]]. Their relationship is also taken apart: Ivy wasn't as bad as the Joker but she was still abusive and controlling, and Harley is such an ExtremeDoormat that she put up with it just to feel loved. It isn't until they address these issues and fundamentally change their personas that they begin to become genuinely good people (and even then, Ivy's love for Harley is still on the psychotic side).

* KarmicRape: At first, Harley is portrayed sympathetically as a rape victim. But then she's forced to face her record of violent crime, which includes rape and child murder. Cash says that [[AssholeVictim she got what she deserves]], and [[IAmAMonster she comes to agree]].

* AdaptationalVillainy: Canonically, Harley isn’t a rapist

* AbledInTheAdaptation: Instead of a hook hand, Aaron Cash has a prosthetic robot hand like that of ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Cash points out to Harley that just because she was abused by the Joker, it doesn't excuse the fact that she's [[NotSoDifferent just as sadistic and psychotic as he is]] and that she's also responsible for countless lives that have been destroyed due to her actions.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: {{Averted}} Harley and Ivy are both guilty of raping men.[[note]] Bolton even mentions that Ivy is Gotham's biggest rapist with her number of victims being in the triple digits.[[/note]] But both Cash and Bolton add this to the list of crimes they committed and don't go easy on them because they're women, even adding the trauma their victims went through because of it and how difficult it is for male rape victims to seek help, with Cash even mentioning that one of Harley's victims [[PoliceAreUseless was not taken seriously by the police when he reported the rape to them,]] [[NoSympathy and laughed at by his friends and family when he told them about it.]] [[DrivenToSuicide This ultimately lead to the victim committing suicide just so he could escape from the trauma of what happened to him.]]

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29228220/chapters/71767401 The Redemption of Harley Quinn]]'' is a fanfic by [[Fanfic/NewTamaran Saberlord]] [[Fanfic/LXGTempestRewrite Oboeshoes]] focusing on ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/PoisonIvy, who have been imprisoned for good in Arkham Asylum, and Harley has been horribly traumatised from gang rape.[[note]]By Two Face and his thugs, who also killed her hyenas.[[/note]] While initially sympathetic, both are forced to confront the darker aspects of their true natures.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: {{Averted}} Harley and Ivy are both guilty of raping men.[[note]] Bolton even mentions that Ivy is Gotham's biggest rapist with her number of victims being in the triple digits.[[/note]] But both Cash and Bolton add this to the list of crimes they committed and don't go easy on them because they're women, even adding the trauma their victims went through because of it and how difficult it is for male rape victims to seek help, with Cash even mentioning that one of Harley's victims was not taken seriously by the police when he reported the rape to them, [[NoSympathy and laughed at by his friends and family when he told them about it.]] [[DrivenToSuicide This ultimately lead to the victim committing suicide just so he could escape from the trauma of what happened to him.]]

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: {{Averted}} Harley and Ivy are both guilty of raping men.[[note]] Bolton even mentions that Ivy is Gotham's biggest rapist with her number of victims being in the triple digits.[[/note]] But both Cash and Bolton add this to the list of crimes they committed and don't go easy on them because they're women, even adding the trauma their victims went through because of it and how difficult it is for male rape victims to seek help, with Cash even mentioning that one of Harley's victims was not taken seriously by the police when he reported the rape to them, [[NoSympathy and laughed at by his friends and family when he told them about it.]] [[DrivenToSuicide This ultimately lead to the victim committing suicide, just so he could escape from the trauma of what happened to him.]]

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: {{Averted}} Harley and Ivy are both guilty of raping men.[[note]] Bolton even mentions that Ivy is Gotham's biggest rapist with her number of victims being in the triple digits.[[/note]] But both Cash and Bolton add this to the list of crimes they committed and don't go easy on them because they're women, even adding the trauma their victims went through because of it and how difficult it is for male rape victims to seek help, with Cash even mentioning that one of Harley's victims was not taken seriously by the police when he reported the rape to them, [[NoSympathy and laughed at by his friends and family when he told them about it,]] [[DrivenToSuicide with the victim committing suicide just to escape from the trauma of what happened to him.]]

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: {{Averted}} Harley and Ivy are both guilty of raping men.[[note]] Bolton even mentions that Ivy is Gotham's biggest rapist with her number of victims being in the triple digits.[[/note]] But both Cash and Bolton add this to the list of crimes they committed and don't go easy on them because they're women, even adding the trauma their victims went through because of it and how difficult it is for male rape victims to seek help, with Cash even mentioning that one of Harley's victims was not taken seriously by the police when he reported the rape to them, [[NoSympahty and laughed at by his friends and family when he told them about it,]] [[DrivenToSuicide with the victim committing suicide just to escape from the trauma of what happened to him.]]

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: {{Averted}} Harley and Ivy are both guilty of raping men.[[note]] Bolton even mentions that Ivy is Gotham's biggest rapist with her number of victims being in the triple digits.[[/note]] But both Cash and Bolton add this to the list of crimes they committed and don't go easy on them because they're women, even adding the trauma their victims went through because of it and how difficult it is for male rape victims to seek help, with Cash even mentioning that one of Harley's victims was [[NoSympathy laughed at by his friends and family when he told them]] and would then go on [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]] just to escape from the trauma of what happened to him.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: {{Averted}} Harley and Ivy are both guilty of raping men.[[note]] Bolton even mentions that Ivy is Gotham's biggest rapist with her number of victims being in the triple digits.[[/note]] But both Cash and Bolton add this to the list of crimes they committed and don't go easy on them because they're women, even adding the trauma their victims went through because of it and how difficult it is for male rape victims to seek help, with Cash even mentioning that one of Harley's victims was [[No Sympathy laughed at by his friends and family when he told them]] and would then go on [[Driven to suicide commit suicide]] just to escape from the trauma of what happened to him. [[/note]]