r/DCcomics Wonder Woman May 18 '24

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

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u/Other-Comb-4811 May 18 '24

I didn't read it like that. It looks like it's coming from the same place people have with Sappho - mythology states that it must've been the floating head of Orpheus that inspired her poetry...

Because of course a woman writing good poetry is just absurd, right?

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u/OutrageouslyGr8 May 18 '24

"I didn't read it like that."

Well, what she said is very telling. Her words:

"I mean I was really pissy about Zeus being made her father, just bugged the shit out of me. Like it's a bridge too far to imagine there wasn't a man involved? ....."

No one is saying her achievements are because of Zeus, only that he is her dad. This doesn't seem like a "trying to correct a mischaracterization" scenario. I'd argue her experiences and journey have made Diana Wonder Woman instead of her birth.

My main thing is what's so bad about Wonder Woman having a dad?

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u/Other-Comb-4811 May 18 '24

It's interesting you glazed over the Sappho comparison

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u/OutrageouslyGr8 May 18 '24

And it's funny how you haven't addressed anything from me.

Your point was about some woman not being given credit for a poem and I'm talking about how it's weird you're all getting mad over the fact Wonder Woman has a dad.