This right here. Especially the underlined part. Whenever, I think about this and especially how it has negatively impacted the characterization of Wonder Woman is some rubbish attempt to fit her into a world she was never meant to be part of the more I feel an 'Amazonian temper' build inside.
It boggles the mind the level writers have gone to undermine and distant Superman and Wonder Woman while attempting to shoehorn Batman into her mythos. Nevermind that from the onset, Wonder Woman, as per the man responsible for us having a Wonder Woman in the first place literally stated, that Diana is the feminine response to Superman,
not and
never was or will be Batman.
When Wonder Woman and Superman are written in character it is clear to see how well their mythos blends together. We see them as they should be, noble, compassionate characters. Honorable and inspiring. However, when Diana is pushed onto Batman as per the rubbish animated JL/JLU Bruce Timm, or Zack Synder's BvS, or certain comic-book runs that have come following the Timmverse, we get a Diana that is a standoffish femme fatale. Two things Diana never was meant to be and should never be. No longer is she a compassionate character or a diplomatic one, but she is one that if she is not panting after Batman, she is quick tempered, impatient, irritable, or just some warrior Amazon Princess.
The length that DC has gone in their attempts to distance SMWW is incredible. Even more so is their willingness to allow the destabilization of these two characters usually leading to negative portrayals just to push whatever narrative they are pushing.
The fact that a writer, who has written Wonder Woman, is known to have gone on record to claim that SMWW have nothing in common when the very words of the creator of Wonder Woman proves otherwise, and as such it reveals a fundamental lack of understanding for who Diana is supposed to be or how she should be characterized by this said writer is astounding. All because said writer wanted to push a different narrative. It would be laughable if it weren't maddening. Because it is mindsets like that, the not quite understanding who and what Diana is supposed to represent and be, and the belief that it is okay to change her characterization on a whim, that has led to the dismantling of her origins and her characterization. It is this fundamental lack of understanding that leads to the continuous forced pairing such as with Batman.
However, with the continuous appearance of SMWW through cosplayers, Halloween costumes, and other forms of real life and media representation, it is reinforced that Superman and Wonder Woman are two important of pairing to ignore. The pairing is one that acts as a foil to toxic notions and ideologies of what a relationship should be. Every time a real life couple reinforces that it only serves as a reminder and a positive one for what makes this pairing an ideal.