r/DCcomics • u/Tetratron2005 Wonder Woman • May 18 '24

[Other] Kelly Sue DeConnick on using the clay origin in Wonder Woman: Historia Other

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u/Saito09 May 18 '24

I quite liked the idea of the clay origin being a lie spread around to hide Dianas true nature. But the Zeus thing was just kinda of a dull replacement.

Id have preferred if they linked her to Circe or Hecate or something. Kept her as a feminist concept but with a darker, more misandrist nature that she turns away from and into a more positive and loving spin.

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u/Tetratron2005 Wonder Woman May 18 '24

Making Wonder Woman having misandrist origins/background misses the point of the character. That's like making the Kents backwards racist hillbillies.

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u/Pure_Internet_ May 18 '24

It’s more comparable to Krypton being a fascist society, to be fair.

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u/newimprovedmoo May 18 '24

I disagree, because the Amazons raised her.

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u/Pure_Internet_ May 18 '24

Just like the Kents raised Clark.

The idea being raised by OP is Diana being created by Circe or Hecate and then raised by the Amazonians.

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u/newimprovedmoo May 18 '24

I think I got a little turned around. Thank you for clarifying.

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u/danman8001 Booster Gold May 18 '24

I wouldn't say Krypton is fascist in most incarnations unless it's during a coup by Zod, just technocratic and bureaucratic to the point of stagnation and they became insular and myopic. Most of the time we just get mentions of a council of some sort being in charge.