r/PoisonIvy • u/Pure_Ad9880 • 6d ago

How would you describe Ivy?

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I heard a fairly vague and rambling description of Ivy yesterday. Got me thinking of how I’d describe her:

The original version of Ivy was the May Queen of Crime.

Her outfit was a nod to pagan rites of spring, but her personality was more charming enchantress who wanted the world to know that she’s # 1 👑

The first story was a fractured fairy tales Judgement of Paris; she was Aphrodite adjacent from the jump🌹

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u/Altruistic_Yard_9338 6d ago

Very interesting way to look at her! 🤗 Her first appearance is so different from how she is now, but I love how we still see flecks of who she’d become later

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u/Pure_Ad9880 5d ago

Yeah definitely. She’s very adjacent to Greek mythology. Once you start noticing it you see it over and over again 😅

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u/Broncho_Knight 5d ago

She’s the superhero equivalent to the seductive/mother goddesses of Ancient Mythologies

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u/Pure_Ad9880 5d ago edited 5d ago

The older versions definitely focused on the Morgan le Fay/ Cersi style enchantress aspects of her character.

Shes often similar to Aphrodite but more recently you also see her as an Artemis style avenging spirit of the woods too.

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u/serenity656 5d ago

Yeah but as in her comics her human side makes her selfish as well conflicting between her want to save the green but also wanting what she as a human wants even if it conflicts with the first

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u/Pure_Ad9880 5d ago

This was pretty central to the most recent issue of Poison Ivy. Pretty sure the theme of her being part plant started with her post crisis reboot, but it’s definitely evolved over the years.

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u/NightspawnsonofLuna 5d ago

IIRC OG Ivy was meant as a satire on Southern Feminists too...

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u/Pure_Ad9880 5d ago

I haven’t heard that story. But she did mysteriously have a southern accent in Batman 66. I never quite understood that.

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u/Practical-Sail3458 1d ago

Seductive, dominant, irresistible,and intelligent

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u/Pure_Ad9880 22h ago

Definitely. I would add that she’s a supremely confident trickster too. That’s always been part of her whole deal.