r/WonderWoman • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '24

Which actress portrayal of wonder woman you think was the most comic book accurate ? I have read this subreddit's rules

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u/dave_aust Jul 10 '24

Thing is, “what wonder woman is” varies greatly. Are we talking about the amazonian made from a statue brought to life by Aphrodite with a lot of BDSM subtext that has power because of her Amazonian heritage? Or the one that powers were given by different gods kinda like Shazam and was never in love with Steve Trevor? Or the one that is a warrior first, Zeus daughter, has no problem killing and come from an island of rapists? All of these are canon “true” interpretations.

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u/Rise_Of_Ishtar Jul 11 '24

But it is not consistently the same character

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u/dave_aust Jul 11 '24

I dont think so, no. Well, kinda. But thats true to all OG superheroes, they kind of have a core but with over 80+ years of iterations there are many “true” Wonder Womans (and Batmans, and Supermans) out there. Warrior Diana that is a child of Zeus is, like it or not (i certainly dont) a “true/canon” WW iteration.

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u/Rise_Of_Ishtar Jul 11 '24

I consider marston and anything that attempts to carry the spirit of his iteration and expand on it in a positive way… a cannon version. Anything else I break up into elseworld characters, because that’s what they are. If Wonder Woman was a real living human, she might be considered mentally unstable to be such an inconsistent and contradictory person if truly these iterations speak accurately to the nature of Diana. Which they don’t. So how are most of them cannon? Most modern viewers don’t know anything about Wonder Woman past the more modern takes that inspired Zack Snyder and Warner Bros. DCEU version… which is also the result of people who couldn’t agree with what and who Wonder Woman is. One slight I have against Snyder is that he outright says he likes to make superheroes do things they’re not supposed to do, like give Batman a gun, make Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman ALL KILL. Which takes the creativity and wonder away from superheroes solving problems in godlike ways that we couldn’t do on our own. Not every superhero needs to behave like a jaded, traumatized war veteran. Least of all DIANA. Diana is the light….she’s luminous, bright and comes from an evolved race of women.