A few things that came up today

1. If I have a stunned character in play in the recruit step via Miss Ivy can I recruit another Character of the same name and KO the stunned one.

2. for the purpose of Cracking the vault do I control face up plot twists like beat down or what ever for the purpose of this card. IE if I have a face up beat down and it is played would I discard any in my hand?

1. Ivy only stops the affected character from being KO'd during the recovery phase of the turn he was stunned. So you would be able to recruit another of the same character and KO the original, though it seems kindof pointless unless that character was the only one you had.

2. yes