1. The Origins

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You know the Gotham Sirens. Catwoman, Poison Ivy and of course Harley Quinn. They are pretty famous for all kinds of stuff. This isn't about how they got together, I'll tell that later. No the main focus is their current status. Such as love lives or who they are facing right now.

We'll start with the origins of the oh so famous Catwoman. Selina Kyle. Till this day we still don't know if she's a hero of bad guy. Her youth was pretty rough. Her mother, Maria commited suicide and shortly after her father Brian drank himself to death. She was seperated from her sister Maggie when Selina was sent to Sprang Hall Juvenile Detention Center for young delinquent girls. Eventually she escaped and landed on the streets. She tried to pickpocket some people outside at a carnival but sadly failed. She was caught by the man who ran the place and he offered her a job at the carnival. She joined the carnival and this is how she learned gymnastics, magic and trickery. When the owner died a tragic death, Selina decided to take her new skills to the streets of Gotham. She started out as a prostitute and watched over a younger girl named Holly Robinson. They both worked for the abusive pimp Stan. When Stan beat Selina up she went to detective George Flannery who sent her to Ted Grant. Grant learned her how to fight and when Selina first saw Batman in action, inspired that her to become Catwoman. Selina went back to Stan to return the favor of all the beating and then took Holly with her. To distinguish herself from the other bad guys she clawed the face of het victims. Stan kidnapped Maggie Kyle which led to his death when Catwoman found out. Batman confronted her and Selina simply kissed him before wounding him, which allowed her to escape. She left Holly with the nun Maggie so she could have a good life.
Since then there always has been a spark between Catwoman and Batman.

Pamela Isley, A.K.A. Poison Ivy. Pamela was the daughter of a wealthy family and studied botany in Seattle. She was a very promising and naive student. Her professor, Doctor Jason Woodtrue, seduced her and was hoping he'd persuade her to become a human test subject for his experiments. These experiments, accordingly to Isley were like torture. Twice she was nearly killed, and she ended up in the hospital for six months. Woodtrue fled the authorities and left Pamela with a changed physiology. The toxins in her bloodstream made her touch deadly and immune to all poison, viruses, bacteria and fungi. She also gained the ability to produce pheromones that can seduce men into doing her bidding. Because the betrayal of a man she has often mood swings when it comes to love or guys. Unlike most villain team-ups, the friendship between Harley and Ivy seems genuinely and Ivy sincerely wants to save Harley from the abusive between her and the Joker. A year later Ivy encounters with a professor, her first instinct is extreme rage. Professor Jonathan Crane seems to be able to calm her down and slowly gains her trust. After a few months she fully trusts him and they became a team. Poison Ivy and Scarecrow.

Now the best known origin story, Harley Quinn. Harleen Quinzel always had an interest for criminal psycholigy which led her to Gotham city's famous Arkham Asylum. Soon she found out that the doctors could not penetrate the mind of a patient. Harleen went undercover as a patient to analyze him. The Joker, which Harleen thought was just a misdiagnosed person, saw right through her disguise, and opened up to her. Het confidence and sharpness in face of the Joker's madness impressed him. On their tenth session he revealed to her that he knew about the fact that her father had been killed by a drunk driver who had had the connections required to get off without any punishment. As a gift to her he gave her the finger of the man who killed her father, he had been brought to justice. He then promised her he'd teach her to become powerful like he had, by failing to care about life's rules.
Harleen's supervisor Dr. Sterano had discovered her crush on the Joker after finding her notes about him. She wanted to publish them under her name. In a rage Harleen tried to kill him but the guards interrupted her. Instead of surrender, she killed of the guards which led to Jokers escape. That same night he took her to ACE Chemicals, where he had been born. He told her this will be the day that Harley Quinn was born. Harleen struggled but he pushed her into one of the chemical vats. He watched her sink to the bottom. Afterwards, he drained the vat, finding Harley, alive but changed. She had lost all touch to reality, which meant she could whatever want. Since then they had been together until he got tired of her.

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