JonnyQuest037
DCAU Historian
I think it's safe to say that by the time they did Mad Love, Bruce Timm had also come to enjoy the character. You don't agree to draw a 64-page comic about a character you're indifferent about.Paul Dini loved the character and kept shoving her down the producers' (and the fans) throats, and they came up with Mad Love to justify his obsession.
I'm not really sure what you mean by "justifying his obsessions." And what would "justify" his "obsession" in your mind? What's the matter with Dini writing characters just because they interest him? Does every character he writes have to pass some sort of fan litmus test first?Just as long as we're keeping score on Paul Dini obsessions, I don't think STAS ever fully justified his obsession with Mr. Mxyzsptlk (although Gilbert Gottfried helped out a LOT there) and NOTHING ever really justified his obsession with Zatanna.
And what, pray tell, would the Creeper have done in his episode if he wasn't pursuing Harley?There was no need for her to be in Joker's Millions or Beware the Creeper or Girls Night Out, and the Mad Love episode pales in comparison to the superior comic book.