>>112053122>this is still early Harvey, who is just now making up his rulesI could maybe sort of buy this excuse because Sejic's interpretation of what the coin means to Harvey (a memento given to him by a client) is drastically different than what it actually is in canon, since there's no mention of Harvey's father or child abuse anywhere in the comic. He's leaning more into the characterization of Harvey as someone who uses the coin as a psychological crutch rather than someone who genuinely needs it to be able to function.
But if that's the case, it's still pretty out of character for him to "cheat" either way, because he doesn't get to choose what the coin means for him, and if he does, then the coin is pointless because Harvey can very well make decisions without it. This is a Harvey who seems to have little to no issue making decisions, even with catastrophically evil consequences, and he even has a devil on his shoulder urging him on. This Harvey is just someone who's making up excuses for himself with flimsy justifications.
I get that Harvey's role in the story is to provide a parallel to Harley's own situation and to focus on his struggles could undermine Harley's own story, but I still find his transformation between this story to be too jarring and I'll still argue it fundamentally misses the point of Two-Face's character if he's just an guy who flips a coin to decide between two evil actions, and if he gets to pick and choose whether to follow them or not, even in the context of this being an early Harvey.
