Harleen

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Harleen tried calling Derek for the third time today in her office but still kept getting no response and only his answering machine instead " Goddamn it" she hung up as soon as it went to voice mail and slammed the phone down on the hook. She then leaned back in her chair and sighed

I guess I shouldn't be too mad at him. He does have valid reasons to be protective over me in regards to treating Arthur, but I know in my heart and soul that I'm not in any danger with him. Truth be told I think I and Arthur have an understanding. A connection maybe? thought Harleen as she stared down at her recently written report file on Arthur and their discussion about the subway murders

Harleen truly believed she is now seeing the real Arthur Fleck as they peel off the clown makeup, the media's reputation of him being a monster and evil incarnate, that and Arthur no longer putting up the facade that the Joker aspect to him is a split personality. Arthur accepted the fact that he is the one that committed these crimes, not something or someone else as justification

She feels that Arthur's descent into madness is a combination of two things - Society and the betrayal of his mother. Society always pushed, prodded, and picked on Arthur just because he was different, an outcast and so weak that he'll just keep taking it on the chin. His mother, Penny Fleck, well what else can be said about her mental problems and the fact she allowed her ex to mercilessly beat Arthur without a second thought and also fill his head with thoughts that Thomas Wayne is his real father

He never had a chance. Not really. The fact that he had to resort to murder and make people fear him to truly be happy is more depressing than all the shit he endured before the subway murders thought a sympathetic Harleen as she continued reading her report of Arthur's thoughts and feelings about the incident

Harleen knows Arthur will never be allowed to walk free from Arkham at the risk of causing more death and chaos in the streets, there's just no way that the mayor or the board of directors will ever allow that to happen. However, that won't stop her from trying to help treat Arthur's condition and change him for the better

In fact, it was better for Arthur to remain in Arkham than continue living a second longer in Gotham. At least under her care and supervision, Arthur will get the understanding and empathy from Harleen as long as he is being truthful with her and not resorting to mind games. Besides no one else will ever come to accept or forgive Arthur for what he has done, he'll always be looked down upon, even with his newfound status, but the only difference is that the Arthur of now will no longer care what they think compared to the old Arthur

" I guess I better hand it in" sighed Harleen as she opened up Arthur's file and placed her notes and report forms neatly inside the file. She then gets up off her chair, tucks the file underneath her right arm and leaves her office

As Harleen walked down the corridors and passing through the orderlies nearby, her thoughts now drifted to the article of The Jokerz spray painting and desecrating the tombstones of Thomas and Martha Wayne. She thought about the gang especially, the other crimes they have committed and idolizing their hero, Arthur

Hell. Harleen thought about the clown movement before The Jokerz were even formed or Arthur calling himself Joker. The entire movement happened because of the subway murders, the people of the lower class had enough of the corrupt system where the rich and the elite always held them back and taking everything from them

It was all because of Arthur's actions on the subway that sparked this movement and the formation of the Jokerz. However, what the people and the Jokerz don't know that Harleen knows is Arthur didn't do what he did to start a movement or be a symbol, he did it for his own benefit and could really care less what those people thought