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So much fucking false-flagging in this thread.
The fact is, Harley is mainly popular with normies because of BTAS, where she didn't actually kill anyone and her focus episodes were usually fun romps, except for Mad Love which ends with her getting pushed out a goddamn window, so a generation of fans is conditioned to sympathize with her.
DC doesn't understand WHY she's popular, just that she is, so with the all-new, all-edgy nu52, they greenlit a one-shot that has her casually committing mass murder, but it's non-canonical for any number of reasons you can pick:
>Because Rebirth has restored the pre-Flashpoint continuity, so the vast majority of early nu52, when they still believed it was a 'clean slate' that would last, is no longer canon
>Because the ability to hotwire thousands of hand-held gaming systems into IEDs is both OOC, and waaay outside of Harley's actual skill set. The psych major who forgets to gas up the Jokermobile is able to mass-MacGyver a shipment of DS Lites into full-on car-bombs? Pfft.
>Because between the Suicide Skwad book and Harley's ongoing, fans couldn't keep track of what is or isn't canon to that version of Harley to begin with.
Does WB/DC pander to Harley fans? Yes, obnoxiously so, but my point is the "kill-crazy murder-spree Harley" is a relatively recent thing, and seems more born out of how EVERYBODY was made edgier in the nu52.
