Paul Dini – “Days of Our Lives” scene that inspired “Harley Quinn” character from “Batman”

Commentary: Lyme disease can affect everyone, even cartoon characters. Harley Quinn, one of the characters from Batman, has participated in the Lyme challenge, and her photo is below. Arleen, who was the voice of Harley Quinn (the best selling female character in comics) has suffered with Lyme for years due to inadequate testing. Multiple systemic symptoms, including searing neuropathic pain has been her companion for years, and yet, when I met her, I was struck by her warmth, sharp wit, and courageous heart. Perhaps Arleen’s courage and perseverance truly makes her “The Superhero World’s Most Successful Woman”. Her full story can be found on Vulture.com. The first line of her dialogue in the 1992 episode of the animated Batman series was a premonition of her life to come. “It is to laugh, huh, Mistah J?”, she says to the Joker, which in this context means “Ain’t that the truth”. Her story is one episode among millions of those affected with tick-borne disease. Although her cartoon character “expressed a syncophantic devotion to superhero fiction’s preeminent bad guy”, it appears that “the bad guy” has now changed names. Arleen has had to be a superhero to put up with the chronic debilitating pain and we send her love and best wishes on her healing journey. This is a clip of her in her prime.

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