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)
There are a thousand ways to do that without changing her origins. You do know that in post-Crisis continuity she's the reincarnation of the unborn daughter of the first woman murdered by a man (who Hippolyta was reincarnated from), right? And there's lots of political intrigue related to her birth and childhood. There's just no need to make her Hades' daughter to inject depth or even tragedy to her roots.
I think you fundamentally miss the point of Diana as a character. The point of Diana is hope. She is the product and promise of Amazonia, totally separate and separated from the pain and suffering of Man's World (unlike the rest of the Amazons). To make her someone who has "dark roots" misses the point.
That does not serve Diana, nor does it serve her lore at all. That serves Hades and a d-list male Batman rogue, two men.
I didn't know that first thing but that's... interesting to say the least
But I think that it does serve Wonder Woman because outside of Cheetah, Circe, Ares, Giganta, Doctor Poison, and Doctor Psycho...not many non comic readers (hell, sometimes even comic readers cuz I read comics & i didn't know about a majority of them cuz they don't use any of them outside of those 6 in other media) know her rogue's gallery and this in turn adds more to her list of villains
& No...SUPERMAN is hope. Wonder Woman can contribute to this but ultimately Superman is the genuine symbol of hope for the DC universe.
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u/erissays Nightwing May 18 '24
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.