Surrounded by blob monsters and assassins and metahumans, it’s not surprising that Deadshot/Floyd Lawton (or anyone in the Squad, really) might want to protect Harley–she’s barely 5′6″, and a girl. But Floyd’s (surprisingly well-developed) relationship with her is neither as sexist nor as simplistic as that.
Though you might expect him to, Floyd doesn’t protect Harley from the blob monsters. Firstly, there’s no need – they’re both killers. Secondly, she would probably shoot him for trying. Floyd trusts Harley to handle herself, which means he takes care of her, but only when she needs it. More importantly, he trusts Harley to take care of Rick Flag, not once, but twice – the importance of which cannot be overstated, given that his death means the immediate execution of each and every one of them. What Floyd protects Harley from is herself–when she’s distracted by the dead blob thing in the middle of a firefight, when she has a flashback on the stairwell, when she runs straight towards the enchantress without thinking. They’ve barely known each other a day, but Floyd already knows her. He can distinguish between what Harley needs to be protected from (her bad habits) and what she can handle on her own (pretty much everything else) because he sees her as a partner and treats her as such.
Even knowing what she’s capable of, Floyd never makes the mistake of seeing Harley as a ticking time bomb. Everyone else on the Squad (Boomerang in particular) seems to treat her like she’s radioactive–pretty to look at, but hazardous to your health. Floyd is the only person who treats her like a human being, instead of just a pretty weapon. Harley’s even guilty of this herself – hiding her relationship with Joker, masking her vulnerabilities, running headfirst into danger – and she does it mostly with words, her second-deadliest weapon. What Floyd does in Suicide Squad is bypass her words entirely. Whether they’re speaking with words (in the stairwell, during shootouts), through glances (on the helicopter, or on the roof), or through touch (on the car, fighting the Enchantress), Floyd can always tell what Harley’s really saying, which allows her to be her truest self with him. It’s like they operate on a level of understanding that no one else in the Squad can touch, which is why their relationship becomes tactile halfway through the film–they don’t need words anymore.
Wow that got long. ANYWAYS Floyd and Harley are sweet and lovely and perfect and wonderful together (and Will Smith better be in the freaking Harley movie or I’m fighting someone).
Can you believe margot robbie did this stunt on her own without any wires while wearing high heels
we had to hear stories about fucked up shit jared leto was doing for a year for his 5 seconds of mediocrity while this woman was out here actually becoming a gymnast?????
Anonymous asked: I dont know how you feel about it but I am sooo excited for Suicide Squad like... I am dressing up as Harley and everything. I just needed a fangirl moment🤘🤘
Babe, I’ll admit that I’m more of a Marvel girl at heart (the X-Men were my FIRST LOVE okay, I was seven, I’m Committed), but I’m pretty excited too. I was apathetic at best and then I watched a trailer with Harley Quinn in it and like. Let me tell you a thing. I’ve watched worse movies for the sake of one snarky badass female character.
And that scene in the trailer where everyone’s ordering drinks and the one guy just goes “Water” and Harley points at him and say “That’s a good idea, honey” just??? Makes me so happy for some reason????
So YEAH the tl;dr of this is that I’m gonna watch the FUCK out of this movie for Deadshot being deadpan (*snicker* I’m hilarious) and Harley being Harley.
Ugh, just when I thought that there was going to be a little bit of fun in the DC Cinematic Universe with this movie, this news comes along. Say what you will about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but least there’s a bit more variety to it.
Can’t we just have a tiny bit of joy or color instead of trying to be “realistic” and “dark”? Please?
Remember all the shit we found out about how Ledger played as the Joker? Maybe needing therapists on set is a fucking sign that you’re doing something very fucking wrong and hurting your actors.
I know this revolves around Arkham Asylum, which is home to the most fucked criminals in the DC Universe, including the Joker and Harley Quinn, so it’s probably gonna include some fucked up stuff. But if you get to the point where need to bring in an actual therapist onto the set, maybe that’s a sign that you need to dial things back a little bit. No, not a little bit, a whole fucking lot.
DC needs to take a serious step back.The Joker has never been an easy role for the actors who have played him,never. Jack Nicholson was scared for Heath when he took that role that eventually killed him. Step down DC, you are putting your actors lives at risk for the sake of “gritty reality” that, to be honest, I don’t think that most people even want. You can make good movies without scarring and damaging the people that are portraying them.
you know what would be best, DC? A Wonder Woman movie.
Do people actually even like watching these “dark, gritty” movies? I’d much rather have some hope and humor mixed in with superhero/-villain movies. If I wanted dark and gritty, I’d just read the news.
Yeah it really stinks, but I just wanna add that they are making a Wonder Woman movie as well as an appearance in Batman vs Superman. But yeah, I agree with the last comment. I think they’re trying to recreate the success of the Dark Knight Trilogy, but don’t understand the same formula can’t be applied everywhere.
I would like to take the optimistic route and say the therapist is there to ensure that various mental health issues are portrayed as accurately and tastefully as possible.
I really would like to.
I would love for that to be true. But my gut says it’s not.
