Poison Ivy’s death needs to matter in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and perhaps even shape how the revived Ivy may take shape as a character.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League might be a lesson in killing darlings and not holding treasured icons in such reverence, but it is still important that the payoff for events and characters in a beloved franchise is rewarding and respectful of what came before it. The game’s big story leaks have many eager fans concerned that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League won’t be rewarding or respectful, and hopefully there is context missing that makes it so. One recently confirmed story spoiler, for instance, has a chance to honor the foundations upon which it is built.
Poison Ivy, now known as Ivy in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, has a rich and storied history in the Arkhamverse. Pamela Isley made appearances in all of Rocksteady’s Arkham games with WB Games Montreal’s Origins being the only one she skipped out on, and though her character was relatively static between Asylum and City she was finally written to be much more existentially interesting in Knight, where she meets a solemn death. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League now revives her from infancy, and doing so hopefully won’t unravel the novel development she had previously earned. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Reviving Ivy Can’t Be for Nothing
If Arkham Knight wasn’t initially intended to end Batman’s story in the Arkhamverse that would be surprising to hear due to all the effort Rocksteady went to in bookending characters’ developments and giving closure to many loose ends in the narrative.
