Warning! SPOILERS for Batwoman season 3, episode 10, "Toxic."

A recent episode of Batwoman set up a happy ending for the Arrowverse versions of Poison Ivy and Renee Montoya, which has long been denied Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in DC Comics' prime reality. This has been a sticking point for Poison Ivy fans for many years, as DC Comics' editorial team seemed determined to keep Dr. Pamela Isley trapped in a villainous role, despite multiple stories chronicling her growth into an anti-hero. They also denied her the right to have a monogamous romantic relationship with Harley Quinn, making recent developments in the Arrowverse all the more irritating to these fans.

Batwoman season 3 introduced Poison Ivy into the Arrowverse with a slightly modified background. In the reality of Earth-Prime, Dr. Pamela Isley was in a committed relationship with her college girlfriend, Renee Montoya, when she first became the ecoterrorist Poison Ivy. Apart from this change, Pamela was still the same passionate, nature-loving woman with plant control powers that she was in the comics. Her reign of terror ended after Renee Montoya, then a Gotham City beat cop, became aware of her plans to destroy the Gotham City Dam and approached Batman for help. Montoya helped entrap Isley, using a meeting to discuss their failing relationship to inject her with a desiccation formula Batman had created, which forced her into a state of torpor.

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The Arrowverse's Poison Ivy (Bridget Regan) returned to her original plans after her body was recovered and rehydrated by Renee Montoya. Her scheme was thwarted by Batwoman, but the Scarlet Knight saw no point in punishing Pamela any further. Near the end of the Batwoman season 3 episode "Toxic," Pamela found herself in a cargo plane with Renee Montoya, who explained that she had made a deal with Batwoman to secure freedom for them both and that they were flying to a remote island called Coryana, "where plants are worshiped and industry doesn't exist." It was paradise for Poison Ivy and she agreed to give up her plans to destroy Gotham City after learning that Montoya had abandoned her career to give Pamela this chance at happiness. While it remains to be seen if this happy ending will stick, it is more of a chance than Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn have been granted in the world of comics.

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For many years, the possibility of romance between Poison Ivy and her longtime partner-in-crime Harley Quinn had to be hinted at, due to DC Comics' policy of not depicting lesbian romances in mainstream superhero comics. While a romance was eventually established in the 2013 Harley Quinn comic, their relationship was an open one, which bothered those fans who felt this played upon tired clichés that LGBTQ individuals were incapable of monogamous relationships. More recently, writer San Humphries reported being denied the right to use Poison Ivy during his time writing the Harley Quinn comic and the two were definitively broken up in Harley Quinn #10, just after the two characters were finally reunited following Ivy's rebirth.

Ironically, the only comics depicting Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy as a committed couple are set in alternate universes. The two are married in the reality of Injustice 2, where Harley and Ivy enjoyed a cheesy wedding in Las Vegas officiated by an Elvis impersonator. The second season of HBO Max's Harley Quinn animated series also ended with the gal-pals riding off into the sunset together, with the police in hot pursuit. These stories have all satisfied those Poison Ivy fans who want to see Pamel Isley blooming in all aspects of her life, but it remains to be seen if the happy ending offered by Batwoman will last.

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