“My name's Harley Quinn. Like the villainess in Batman. No, it's not a coincidence. I chose it.... Why? Well, because I have fallen in love with the Jokers of this world. Mostly mentally; I'm intrigued with their psyches, but on the rare occasion, I have fallen in love romantically.”
Name: Harley Quinn Rosales (originally Sophia Rosales)
Age: 33
Occupation: Forensic Scientist
Years On: (current) 5 MCU, 2 years Boston PD
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Skills:- Work within a team to document and analyze a crime scene via mapping out the scene, collecting trace samples, documenting
- Usage of forensic technology to analyze various samples obtained from a crime scene (ie: gas chromatography, genetic fingerprinting, spectroscopy)
- Analyzing and connecting the hard evidence to come up with a story for possible causes/ motives for the crime; relaying that story in court and being able to back up evidence during cross examination
- Decent marksmanship with handgun
- For her own indulgences, Harley will first analytically analyze a case and then mull over it from a psychological standpoint. When asked, she will voice her thoughts, but will rarely voluntarily share.
Personality & History:Harley's mother was from Colombia and was sold to a pimp in Boston via a sex traffic trade. Harley was a result of one of her mother's clients and fortunately for Harley, her mother decided not to terminate the pregnancy like a lot of her cohorts did. In her younger years, Harley witnessed different men coming over to their house multiple times in the week and was told to go upstairs to her room until her mother let her out again without an explanation. The one time she asked her mom what was going on, her mother beat her with threats to abandon her, scaring the six year old girl into never bringing the subject up again. The only thing she knew was that those men, whatever they did, left her mother void of emotion, almost always seeking alcohol as a vice as soon as they left. School was the only place where Harley really found answers to her questions. She had a naturally inquisitive mind with a quirky personality, at times socially awkward personality because she rarely paid heed to social norms.
This trend continued into high school, with the addition being her discovery and eventual love for comic books. As a 17 year old, Harley was now old enough to understand her mother's situation, and though her mother refused to speak with Harley about that aspect of her life, they had a loving relationship. However, one day that was cut short as Harley returned home to her mother dead on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head. She was taken away by social services, and later told by police that her mother's case deemed unsolvable. Of course that didn't sit well with the woman. She had never seen her mom's pimp, as he was meticulously secretive about his work, but judging from the often wealthy clients that came to see her mom, she could only assume that this man held some power. She would not be surprised if that power extended into the police force and someone was bribed to tamper with evidence to allow this man to continue his “business”. This began her obsession. Harley managed to enroll in Boston University double majoring in biochemistry and psychology, and later got her masters in forensic science.
Of course, the memories of her mother's business followed her into her adulthood. She remembered those men vividly as if she had met them herself. Every smirk, every touch, every dirty whisper, her mother pretending to enjoy them; those memories haunted her in her childhood and when she was finally old enough, it turned into an obsession. She needed answers; Not even to a particular question. She just had an unsatiated need to study those men, men like them and their motives. Throughout her undergraduate and graduate studies, Harley read plenty of literature about the psyches of different types of criminals for leisure and for research papers. Like a puzzle fitting together, she was slowly able to answer questions about various traits she observed when she was younger with the men her mother met and those outlined in her books. That feeling of finally having an answer to something that puzzled her resembled a high.
It was during one of these seasons, while she was a grad student, she ran into a man that resembled one of her mother's frequent clients. Against better judgment, Harley got herself involved with him. She justified her experience by telling herself that there was only so much she could learn from books and if she was honest with herself, it gave her somewhat of a thrill. It started with seemingly innocent run ins and conversations, and eventually developed into something more. He was manipulative, dark and handsome, with a honeyed tongue and full of empty promises, and yet she thought in some twisted way she was in love. His demeanor, each quirk, his mannerisms, she archived it all in her mind, often recalling her books. It wasn't until a couple of months after that, when he was arrested for the rape and murder of another woman that she was shocked into the realization of what she had gotten herself into. It very well could have been her dead. She was lucky. With the fantasy shattered, she chose to wear her weakness like a badge, not out of pride bur rather as a reminder to herself, and changed her name legally to Harley Quinn, one of her favorite comic book villainesses who fell in love with the Joker.
Shortly after finishing school, she joined the police academy and was sworn into the Boston police department. She was a sub-par police officer, lacking the gut instinct and physical prowess an above average cop usually had. However, her drive to learn kept her with the police force. She wanted to learn how to think like a cop in addition to a scientist, and gleaned what she could from her partners and superiors. A bonus was that she learned how to become a decent shot. Those two goals were the only things that kept her with the Boston Police Department for a couple of years before she transferred to the MCU to fill in for a forensic scientist position in the crime lab at the age of 28. Despite her education, Harley chose to work strictly as a forensic scientist, rather than a criminal psychologist, fearing the repercussions if she tempted herself again. The remnants of her obsession with criminals and their psyches are still present but toned down, and she dedicates her knowledge and efforts into the arrest and conviction of criminals. However, from time to time she finds herself being drawn by the siren song of the mysterious figures that are a part of the criminal underground.
Harley is polished and professional in professional settings with superiors and during trials. With her colleagues, she is a bit more relaxed and light-hearted, often enjoying playful banter and a good laugh. True to her childhood years, the woman is still oblivious to some social norms, that or she doesn't care, no one can really tell. Thus, she is comfortable with doing whatever is needed in order for her to get a job done, even if it means she could potentially face repercussions. Naturally, Harley is a woman who would rather listen than talk, as she is a person who chooses her words very carefully. However, she has learned over time that after a few alcoholic beverages that filter is close to non-existent.
Extras: True to her Latin heritage, Harley loves to dance. Aside from dark and mysterious criminal minds, her kryptonite is salsa music. She also has a small jester's hat tattoo on her inner left wrist in lieu of her name.