"I'm really sorry, Ivy! But Kite-Man will come around...he always does!"
This, in a nutshell, is why I despise this relationship. Ivy went from being my favorite character in the 1st season to my #2 hated person, next to Harley, who is my #1 hated person. Harley is not "brave" or "admirable". She is NOT some feminist icon, if anything, she's a femcel icon. What she is, is totally selfish & despicable. She of all people should know how it feels to be strung along by a person who couldn't care less about you. Because the Joker did it to HER, and the entire 1st season was basically about her healing & getting over Joker and forging her own identity. Yet she then turns around & (along with Ivy) basically strings Kite-Man along. Ivy could have simply come clean with Kite-Man and admitted that while she cares about him, she is not "in love" with him. But she let it go all the way to a wedding. Even when Kite-man GIVES HER A CHANCE to move on for her sake.
Yet there are still some people here actually cheering these girls on, yuri-fags, shippers, Kite-man haters, femcels, etc.. They BROKE Kite-Man's heart, & very probably humiliated him in front of everyone at what was supposed to be his wedding, & Harley basically says, "eh, don't worry about Kite-Man, he'll get over it. He always does." She is basically saying that she doesn't even consider Kite-Man enough of a person to offer the consideration of even feeling GUILTY for her role in this! In my opinion this is FAR WORSE than what Joker did to her. At least, Joker acknowledged, even if it was in an uncaring & bad light.
Also, Ivy is no better. Harley & Ivy both deserve each other due to their shitty attitudes. I just don't understand what cheap drugs were the writers on when thinking this. Were they having some sort of marathon binge of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. & suddenly thought Ross is Kite-Man? Like, TF were they thinking with this?
They made a character who's whole thing suffering & being a good guy & is loved by many for his great writing, into a plot-device for lesbo-fagging. This is the same shit RWBY did in V6 with it's good villain & turned him into an incel because the fandom & VAs never liked him, or how Korrasami happened & Mako became a massive cuck in the comics later.
Also, The show-runners have admitted that Harley/Ivy was always the end-all goal since start of S2. So if that was the case, WHY set up Kite-Man and Ivy together? They didn't have to allow them to get serious. It could have been a one-sided thing, where Kite-Man is in like with Ivy and he continuously tries to get her attention, but can't. They literally made a better relationship than comics & in this case, Ivy x Harley. In fact, what's the point of Ivy standing up for Kite-man in front of his parents in 2x8, if he's gonna get cucked anyway? What's the point of all this development apart from unnecessary drama?
To make it even worse, Ivy immediately jumping into the arms of her "one true love" IMMEDIATELY after Kite-man dumped her just seems like they were rewarding Harley for all her bad decisions this season. Last season, Harley made mistakes, but she learned from them & became a much better person for it. Here? Yes, she did offer to marry Kite-man & Ivy, but she had been obsessing over lvy the entire time and making really bad decisions that nearly led to the end of the world to take her mind off her. Harley getting rewarded for her actions without learning to let go of her romantic obsession just seems wrong to me. Instead the show-runners thought it'd be a good idea to showcase what ultimately turned out to be ANOTHER abusive relationship, Kite-Man & Ivy. People might not CONSIDER it "abuse" but it very much is, it's Emotional Abuse.
Hell, I don't even find THIS specific Kite-Man as great as compared to his reboot variant (I like him as a character tho), but he was always sincere & always supported Ivy & Harley's friendship. He has never said a bad word about Harley, even though she is always complaining about him. Whenever Harley called Ivy (even when she was in the middle of a date with Kite-Man, or visiting their wedding venue) Kite-Man NEVER COMPLAINED. He dropped everything & went with Ivy, no questions asked. He's the supposed man-child, yet he acts the most mature in this season, all to have this Disney Princess BS happen to him & even then he's the most mature one.
I know everyone was so gung-ho about Ivy & Harley hooking up. But the way they got together, on a bed of deceit & lies & needlessly breaking Kite-Man's heart, is NOT good representation. The 2nd season has made me COMPLETELY dislike Harley's character. Yet I'm sure in the confines of this show, she will be painted as some sort of feminist hero. She is NOT by any stretch of the word. I've been wondering if they are setting Kite-Man up to be the next villain. I can imagine him becoming a big-time villain, conquering Gotham just to show everyone (his parents, & everyone who treated him as a JOKE or played him for a fool. Such as Ivy and Harley) that he is NOT just some bro-ish derp. I hope they don't go this route because it's too predictable.
All in All, I think with this ending the writers have shot themselves in the foot, at least a little.
They have given people what they wanted. the relationship between Harley & Ivy, but to achieve this they have left those characters as liars, infidels, wreck couples, selfish, & they can no longer even play the card "they are supervillains" because they both have recognized that they are not. Hell, This relationship has strayed so far from the romantic idea of Harley x Ivy that the public usually had, as I said in the episode description above, that even some rational ones who shipped these 2 & were major fans of these 2 are happier for Kite-man leaving Ivy than for them.
I'm maybe fanboying here, but they should just end the series here & make a Kite-man show, or a show on other guys like Bane, King Shark, Clayface, or even Psycho.
TBH, re-reading my Disney Princess part, that's what's wrong with the Harley x Ivy ship. They are not allowed to keep developing as their own characters because they're always expected by that fanbase to be coupled together. It's been like that since the new 52 when they decide to turn Harley into their version of Deadpool & Ivy essentially just "Harley's friend/gf".
BTW, if you ever come across a retarded shipper, then remember that she had a fling with:
• Nightwing
• Deadshot
• Lobo
• Shazam (Injustice)
• Batman (I don't know this one that well)
• Wonder Woman
• Red Tool (DC's Parody of Deadpool, who, in a way, got cucked by Ivy)
And here's where it gets better, & these are comic spoilers now onwards for Heroes in Crisis comic & Harley Quinn comic series.
Ivy died 2 years ago in Heroes in Crisis, she's actually laying lifeless on the cover of Volume #7 too.
Now here comes the fun part, since last month, Booster Gold & Harley are a thing, & they have GREAT chemistry.