This is for Pyperhaylie art jam Twelve Days of Kinkmas 2023 (I know a bit late, but my life is hectic). We have Poison Ivy of Batman the Animated Series finding a very aggressive piece of mistletoe, maybe it just wants a kiss.
Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley was a botanist who led a secret life as the eco-terrorist Poison Ivy. In contrast to the majority of Batman's foes, Ivy had little interest in money or power, but instead was obsessed with preserving plant life, and taking revenge against those who she believed had harmed it. Her ruthless methods frequently landed her in Arkham Asylum.
Holding a PhD in botany from Gotham University, Pamela Isley was once in employment with Chez Gerard, a cosmetics firm, as a examination chemist in charge of developing new fragrances. She also offered a weekly oration series at the university on rare and extinct plant species. She always attempted to protect plants from humans and saved a specimen of a rare flower before the land they grew on was used to build Stonegate Penitentiary.
Later, she either met with District Attorney Harvey Dent, and the two began courting. Unknown to Dent, Isley regarded him as a "murderer" for his part in organizing the diggings of land for the future site of Stonegate Penitentiary. The dig had involved flattening a meadow of wildflowers, containing a rare wild rose that would have become extinct, had she not protected it prior. Suitably, she used an abstract from the rose to produce a rare and lethal toxin, which she transferred to Harvey via a deep kiss. Harvey fell into a coma and was not expected to survive.
As a personal acquaintance of Dent's, Bruce Wayne investigated the crime as Batman. Ascertaining the source of the toxin, Batman confronted Isley, who revealed her nom-de-crime, "Poison Ivy", at her conservatory sanctuary. In the subsequent skirmish, Batman seized the rose as a "hostage," forcing Ivy to surrender the remedy she had developed. Batman succeeded in saving Harvey's life, and Ivy was, ironically, imprisoned in Stonegate.
From a mere chance meeting during a heist at the Gotham Museum, sparked one of Poison Ivy's most distinctive interactions. Harley Quinn, freshly cast out of the Joker's gang, helped Ivy escape the Gotham Police. Though the characters of the two appeared utterly contradictory, their (somewhat) mutual objectives drew them together into a daunting duo. Harley appeared to thrive on the practice of an honestly caring partner, while Ivy appreciated Harley's streak of fun and inventiveness, though she was frustrated by Harley's steadfast dedication to "that psychotic creep," The Joker.
Not long after uniting, they took Gotham by storm with a crime spree. Labelled "The Queens of Crime", their actions went unstopped for a long time. Regardless of his best efforts, Batman was unable to capture both damsels, and only after their home was destroyed by The Joker were they eventually captured by Renee Montoya. During her stay in Arkham, she was part of the mock trial against Batman.
After a few months in Arkham, Poison Ivy managed to manipulate Steven Carlyle, her psychiatrist, into releasing her, after which she locked the man and replaced him with a plant creature she created using his DNA. Ivy then used the monster to commit crimes, while she feigned innocence in the public eye. Eventually, Ivy's crimes were uncovered by Batman, but she fled Gotham preemptively, knowing that Batman would capture her.
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