I'm good either way, tbh.
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I'm good either way, tbh.
I mean if Hippolyta has to sleep with a man who would the father be?
[QUOTE=AmiMizuno;5164947]I mean if Hippolyta has to sleep with a man who would the father be?[/QUOTE]
If DC is insistent Diana has to have a father, I'd just make it some mortal lover Hippolyta had a relationship with prior to Hercules enslavement and Themyscira being sealed off.
The only time the Zeus daddy thing was done painlessly was the movie and that's largely because it's background lore.
[QUOTE=AmiMizuno;5164947]I mean if Hippolyta has to sleep with a man who would the father be?[/QUOTE]
She doesn't have to.. it really adds nothing to the story .
...and she can sleep with men and not have them be Diana's father.
I agree. It just seems for some weird reason Dc thinks Diana needs a father for her powers to work. I honestly feel if they want her to be a demi goddess her mother is Ares's daughter
[QUOTE=AmiMizuno;5165412]I agree. It just seems for some weird reason Dc thinks Diana needs a father for her powers to work. I honestly feel if they want her to be a demi goddess her mother is Ares's daughter[/QUOTE]
But that's such an antithesis to the Amazons and their mission. It's better to leave the varying mythological tales to the mythology books and let DCs Amazons be what they're supposed to be.
Clay origin. Preferably with Greek Goddesses bringing her to life, but I’m not opposed to some Greek Gods being involved too.
Ideally, “born” to Hippolyta and Phillipus who are pair bonded / married. Nubia being created at the same time, but “stolen” wouldn’t be too bad either.
[QUOTE=AmiMizuno;5164947]I mean if Hippolyta has to sleep with a man who would the father be?[/QUOTE]
Athena or Artemis in male form? If Zeus can turn into a swan to seduce women, why can’t Athena or Artemis assume the form of a man?
Born of clay is the iconic origin.
Perez's portrayal of that story, with Diana being the soul of the child that Hippolyta was carrying at her mortal death, was beautiful and can't be topped. Throwing that away for the awful Zeus father story is just one of the many missteps of New 52.
[QUOTE=Agent 86;5165586]Athena or Artemis in male form? If Zeus can turn into a swan to seduce women, why can’t Athena or Artemis assume the form of a man?[/QUOTE]
Because they are 2 of the 3 virgin Goddesses? :p
[QUOTE=AmiMizuno;5165412]I agree. It just seems for some weird reason Dc thinks Diana needs a father for her powers to work. I honestly feel if they want her to be a demi goddess her mother is Ares's daughter[/QUOTE]
Didn't DC decided to give Diana a father to make her relatable and have family issues with her amazon sisters and the Gods/Goddesses?
[QUOTE=witchboy;5165640]Born of clay is the iconic origin.
[U]Perez's portrayal of that story, with Diana being the soul of the child that Hippolyta was carrying at her mortal death, was beautiful and can't be topped.[/U] Throwing that away for the awful Zeus father story is just one of the many missteps of New 52.[/QUOTE]
I couldn't possibly agree with you more. :)
The Zeus involvement in Diana's retconned origins has always baffled me. I feel it makes Diana less "special" her being just another half-mortal offspring of the philandering King of the Gods. :mad: :(
[QUOTE=Zahina;5165728]Didn't DC decided to give Diana a father to make her relatable and have family issues with her amazon sisters and the Gods/Goddesses?[/QUOTE]
If by relatable you mean an absent father that becomes the center of your life and a whole tribe of sisters that sell children for weapons, rape and murder men for their sperm yet consider you to be the outsider... then sure, DC did a bang up job of that.:p
[QUOTE=Zahina;5165728]Didn't DC decided to give Diana a father to make her relatable and have family issues with her amazon sisters and the Gods/Goddesses?[/QUOTE]
Yes but Zeus is a rapist and abuser so I don’t know how that makes her relatable. A mother wanted a child is relatable.
[QUOTE=Zahina;5165728]Didn't DC decided to give Diana a father to make her relatable and have family issues with her amazon sisters and the Gods/Goddesses?[/QUOTE]
Think it was just DC caving into people who thought the clay origin was stupid and to be part of the whole "attention grabbing" aspect that defined a lot of the New 52.