Great story!

*giggles* Oh, I loved this. Reading the descriptions and the dialogue - this is what writing for the J is about, right here!!
Giving him a medical must be an utter **. Ain't he a piece of work? Still talking with a tongue depresser in his mouth and giving backchat with the reflex hammer.
You've got him nailed and I bow to your ability. In my head as I read I can hear him talking (not that that's anything new, especially - since TC I've been hearing him almost constantly for 6 months.. :P ) but you've got all the nuances and mannerisms that make him so much fun.
Kudos! And may there be much much more.

And to tell I've missed this fanfiction, in all my researchs for a good Joker/Harley fic! (tears) This is BRILLIANT! The short, vignettes-lenght of the chapters, combined with the focus each one shows for its subject, really hooks me. It's fast and strong, and leave me wanting for more.

Not to say, I'm awed at your characterization of the Joker. God knows I'm barely able to portray him for 3 sentences alone, and most of the time have to rely on Harley's POV to assure myself he's IC...but you? You make it sound easy, flowing. Make the Joker talks? Piece of cake.

On this subject, I have a few favourite lines that I want to highlight:

"No, he didn’t want her dead all the time. Sometimes it was even as though he liked her. Occasionally he could have been persuaded that they belonged together. Once or twice the thought occurred to him that he might have glancingly loved her from time to time. But to expect him to form a coherent opinion on the subject was really far beyond tall order! That was “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” territory! Batsy knew that. Why couldn’t the rest of these morons read the cue card that was being held up before their earnest little faces?"

How to do you solve a problem like Maria...oh my. I thought I had been touched by fanfiction's light at the moment. You nailed the problem right in the heart; there's no way HE, lesser US, will ever know.

"His mind was moving too fast for his face to follow, and so each expression had a time delay of nanoseconds, being slightly out of date the moment it appeared."

Perfect. I can picture him. Super-sanity at work, so fast his physical self can't follow.

"And even though he was the one on the other side of a heavily secured door, the guard had the distinct impression that that meant very little."

That's downright creepy. I had my eyes wide like saucers at that sentence...he's so terrifying than the surroundings mean very little. Ow.

"I don’t go around calling you Charlie-Pooh, now do I?"

No you don't, but you had me bursting in giggles. =D

As for Harley, she's perfect. Her "Maybe, said a thought, moseying into her mind and reclining on a couch, the same stuff in brace-glue was in Mr J’s chem-bath…" had me screaming "this is not about love anymore, this is about super, destructive obsession!"

And well, isn't that part of the truth?

A very good read. I hope you continue soon--I'll be the first to check for it. If you intend to make this an all JHQ fic, just tell me and I'll add you in the Mad Love c2 community. ^_~.

I really liked this chapter too. This is a great fic.

~Fiona Fargazer~

It's taken me a while to actually write this, because the last line, Joker's parting shot, made me almost fall off my chair laughing. It's so him. You give me far too many compliments for my story - it's way beyond time you got them all back, and in spades.
I love your Joker. He's exactly as loopy and vicious as he should be, and the reactions of the guard are just right. Poor guy...who'd want that job? (shush. honestly, and I wouldn't want to GUARD him... :P )

Your turns of phrase also have me mesmerised: this one I'll keep for a rainy day... "all white limbs and attitude"...fabulous.

I love your depiction of the Joker! All the creepy details really make this character stand out. Also I like the build up of tension. Starting off with the plan but not tellin us what it is. The Joker's dialogue seems very much in character as well.

I look forward to reading more of this...

Pretty good. I liked chapter five the best so far with the Joker pretenting he hurt himself.

~Fiona Fargazer~

A very interesting series of snippets - your work with Harley and Ivy is solid and gets the job done, and the vignette Joker is outstanding, but the most recent chapter is the best - it is straight up solid creepy.

Very well done. I can't wait to read more. Also, I recommend you keep the title. It's quite clever, and has a nice ring to it.

I demand more on the basis that your writing style is wonderful - it reminds me of old fairytales and you have a marvellous turn of phrase "less experienced maniac" indeed...as if he was anything other than a world-class... ^_^

*bows* More, I say! Don't make me get out my thumbscrews...

Harley, Harley, Harley...when's she gonna learn?

Anyway, great fic. A little short, but great.