BatQuinn

BatQuinn is the het ship between Bruce Wayne and Harley Quinn from the DC Comics, DC Animated Universe and DC Extended Universe fandoms.

Canon
Batman first meets Harley when she was still a doctor at Arkham, where she treated some of his rogues before falling head over heels for Joker. Harley having a soft sport for criminals had her disliking Batman and the way he has treated them, beaten up and in need of care before placing them in a cell. Making it easy for Joker to turn Harley into a criminal herself and has no problem being enemies with Batman. Who had tried to earn her of Joker, he realised that Harley would never hear him out on that particular subject. Until she left Joker and found a new lover. Which in turn has Batman and Harley becoming former enemies. Harley's former life and field sometimes has the Dark Knight turn to her for input for a case.

Batman and Harley Quinn
When Batman discovered that Poison Ivy has teamed up with another plant based villain from another universe, he has Nightwing call in the help of Harley Quinn. Despite her trying to leave her criminal life behind her, her friendship with Ivy was the best link they have to finding Ivy and her new leafy partner. Even though Batman soon regrets letting Harley tag along with the trouble she has caused them since she jumped into the Batmobile. Until her leads and the lengths she was willing to go for them started to pay off.

Harley Quinn (2019)
Harley initially is one of Batman's rogue's, often making jokes to try and get a rise out of him. Although it never seems to succeed. Bruce does have some sympathy for her, as he tells her that she doesn't need to be with her abusive boyfriend, The Joker. Harley eventually learns his secret identity and becomes his therapist from time to time, as he clearly needs one.

Fanon
BatQuinn is a smaller pairing in the Batfamily fandom, but it does have a decent sized fanbase. Especially among certain Harley fans, as it is one of her more well known ships, and her most popular fanon ship. Some people view the ship as a crack ship, due to Harley being a former member of Batman's rouge's in the comics, and still a frequent rogue in adaptations. Although Batman has had other rogues as his love interests, meaning it's not as far out there as many may think. Fans of the ship are pleased that some Elseworlds comics will have Harley in love with Batman, and use inspiration from those comics for their fics and art.

On AO3, BatQuinn is the third most written ship for Harley. There are currently 192 written works.

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Trivia

 * There is an earth that has Batman marrying Harley.
 * Before the events of the 2022 Gotham Knights game, Batman asked Harley for her help for a case he was working on. The conversation between them in shown in the prequel comic of the game.
 * Harley had heard rumours of the Dark Knight's death and didn't know that they were true until one of his partners came to her for the information Batman had asked her for. This inspired her to become the Knights new main nemesis, like Joker was to Batman.
 * After she had learned that the rumours were true Harley began to draw dead Batman faces. Indicating that Batman's death may have infected her as well.