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Are Matt Hagen (Clayface) and his "assistant" lovers in BTAS?

I'm currently rewatching Batman: The Animated Series and noticed in the episode Feats of Clay that the assistant (I couldn't remember his name) of Matt Hagen seems to be a little bit more affectionate than you'd usually see in a friend. I could be seeing things but I never noticed that as a kid.

If true that would make the story even more sad. But I guess good for him for getting out of that abusive relationship. Matt sees him mourning in the end and just laughs madly.

Now I wonder what else I've missed. I was wondering about Maven and Selina Kyle but they seem to be more distant. Not to mention Selina's open flirtations with Bruce and Batman.

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  • To be honest, I've never felt that. I felt like maybe as well as being his assistant, Teddy was also a huge fan of Hagen. His respect for him, as well as his pity for how Hagen has spiralled is what I pick up from him. It's like a friendship that's devolved to be completely one-sided from a friend who's been there through the years, through the thick and thin. It's essentially a case of watching his friend dealing with addiction, and sinking lower and lower in his self-destruction, and into a life of crime.

    I agree that there doesn't seem to be anything with Selina and Maven either.

    If you compare it to Harley and Ivy, they're a lot more overt with their references to their relationship, so I never would have thought that Matt and Teddy were involved with each other.