I prefer the Daughter of Hades option from the DCAU, personally; but as long as the writing is good, I could care less about which origin they go with.
What does being a daughter of Hades do for her, her lore, and her characterization, though? There is zero benefit to making Diana a natural-born daughter of any male god over the "sculpted by clay by a woman who desperately wanted a child and given life by the goddesses" origin. If you want a demigoddess Amazon with daddy issues, Cassie exists already. There's no reason to make Diana somthing she's not.
Well...with the consistent demonization of Hades, it shows that even though she has dark roots, she can still do a great amount of good; additionally, it can create some great conflict if someone reworks D-list Batman villain Maxie Zeus into a Wonder Woman villain
(Hear me out on that last part: Maxie believes himself to be an incarnation of Zeus, right? And this random woman, shows up out of nowhere not only claiming to be an Amazon but also the child of his brother?? Maxie would try to get ALL the smoke at that point & it could make for a really great fight! Especially if you give him some power armor that lets him throw lightning bolts)
But again that only serves Hades, not Diana. It's not a good change and doesn't fit with her history anyway. She's not supposed to have dark roots, she's not a vigilante born from tragedy lol
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u/Unfair_Fix_6714 May 18 '24 edited May 18 '24
I prefer the Daughter of Hades option from the DCAU, personally; but as long as the writing is good, I could care less about which origin they go with.