Poison Ivy Appreciation 2020

[MentalManipulator]

This is the 2020 Appreciation thread for our favorite femme fatale villain/antiheroine, Pamela Lilian Isley, a.k.a. Poison Ivy

A continuation from http://https://community.cbr.com/sho...reciation-2019

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Poison Ivy (Pamela Lillian Isley) is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in Batman stories. Poison Ivy was created by Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff, and made her debut in Batman #181 (June 1966).

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She has teamed up on occasion with fellow villains Catwoman and Harley Quinn, with Harley being her close friend, recurring ally and sometimes romantic interest. She is a Gotham City misanthropic botanist and biochemist who is obsessed with plants, ecological extinction, and environmentalism. Ivy typically wears a green one-piece outfit adorned with leaves and often has plant vines extending over her limbs. She uses plant toxins and mind-controlling pheromones for her criminal activities, which are usually aimed at protecting endangered species and the natural environment. She was originally characterized as a supervillain, but as of the New 52 and DC Rebirth, she has periodically been depicted as an antiheroine, often doing the wrong things for the right reasons.

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I hope we have a great year for the character. She's featured with her gal pal/love interest Harley Quinn in the books and cartoon for adults in the DC Universe streaming service in a prominent role. Let's hope for more to come! I'm hoping for her debut in the new DCU movies.

[K7P5V]

BTAS Poison Ivy is still the best...





No argument at all, at least from me.

[MentalManipulator]

She is indeed perfect in it.

I do quite like her in the new Harley cartoon. She's less evil but has a very dry sense of humor.

[Confuzzled]

There was a lot of Ivy in this past week (quite literally if you read Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy #5).

[John Venus]

I watched clips from the 'House and Garden' episode from B:TAS the other day. Reminds you how twisted Ivy is. That's what I like about Ivy. She wants things that anybody else would want (family, companionship) and her goals about the environment are noble and yet she goes about it in a dangerous, twisted way.

[kjn]

An interesting proposal for Poison Ivy found over on Twitter:

Poison Ivy should be punted off Batman and become a major Wonder Woman character.

Not because she's a female character and bisexual, though that's a nice plus, but because of her fascination with and need to champion the environment. No matter how bloody the means.

I have had similar thoughts as well, and in many ways the modern Poison Ivy makes much more sense as a Wonder Woman-connected character than a Batman character. Ivy's power level is simply far too high for Batman, and both Ivy and Wonder Woman should be characters that have a lot to say about feminism and our relation to the natural world.

But I'm not sure it's a good idea.

The first is how DC currently handles Wonder Woman. The character has been removed very far from her feminist roots. I see no way that DC will be ready to handle a Wonder Woman who becomes far more feminist and far more radical in her critique of civilisation. They work extremely well in temporary teamups, postapocalyptic stories, and the like, but I'm not sure they will work well long-term.

The other, and perhaps more important argument, is that Batman simply makes sense as an antagonist for modern Poison Ivy. Batman (and Bruce Wayne) is the champion of the modern city, the industry, glass, concrete, and other elements of modern human civilisation. Poison Ivy is a new Demeter-like character, a champion of nature, both generous and vindictive. They make sense as antagonists for each other.