Yeah, it'd be one thing if Diana and Nubia had a black father, but this is Hippolyta going solo and sculpting from clay.
This could work. I do like the Amazons giving their blood to the clay figures as part of the creation (like Hippolyta did in the DTV i believe). Diana is of Hippolyta's blood and could inherit her mother's demigod lineage without a father involved.
But I ultimately don't like Diana sharing her moment of creation with anyone, be it Nubia or (especially) Jason, either by clay birth or Zeus origin. If it's the clay birth, just have Hippolyta be the first Amazon bold enough to request this blessing from the Gods, and other Amazons when they want daughters do the same thing. Just have Philippus create Nubia from clay, share her blood, and let Aphrodite do the rest. I think other "second generation" Amazons, of which Diana would be the first, would be Nubia, Mala, Artemis (if she's there and not with the Bana) and Io. Donna's arrival would coincide with a third generation so she has some playmates.
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
I often thing about the Gods should have adapted to the modern world. Like Hera being midwife or Aphrodite being a sex therapist. Because these things are important to many people. So the Gods feed off of that.
Eh, we'll have to agree to disagree on all the Amazons being Kryptonian level powerful.
I like having Themyscria involved on the world stage, to one small degree or another, and if they're all as powerful as Clark Kent that poses some problems and questions that just aren't worth the effort of dealing with.
Like I said, I don't really have a strong opinion on the topic, nor am I terribly concerned with whether Diana is as strong as Clark. I've heard some really great arguments for why she should be, and for why she *has* to be, and I get it. But I think the metatext works just as well if Diana is Clark's equal despite not being as strong as he is. Make no mistake, whether she can bench press (roughly) the same amount of weight as Clark or not, I think she takes him in a fight at least half the time (at least). She's just a much more capable and experienced combatant, probably the greatest superhuman fighter on earth. In my mind, she doesn't *need* to be as physically strong as Clark to equal him. But I totally get why people feel otherwise.
They kept tabs on Man's World and reverse engineered some of our developments.
I recently decided I really like the idea of the Amazons continuing and developing "sciences" that we gave up on centuries ago. Rather than just having sci-fi style guns and other "human" style technology I'd rather see them master alchemy, astrology, enchanting, stuff like that. Not quite science, not quite magic. I think it would give them more of a national identity if they had innovations other than "here's a gun that looks like it came from Star Wars."
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
I don't see why they can't have laser guns. They can have that type of stuff. They should have things on the island that powers things. Like crystals that are the power source. So we would either need the magic sphere or maybe that was what the Wonder Woman contest was originally. One Amazon would leave and take some of our teach and being it back or draw and write about it
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They certainly *can* and they have for most of their history. I'm just thinking it would be a little more interesting if they didn't, and had technology that was very different from what we have. And tying their development into early forms of "science" just seems fitting, while also being a way to give them something distinct.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
True so more mythical tech base? That they have things similar but nothing works the same way has ours. For example. Lights are somehow fire they are able to control and it never goes out on it's our
Yeah. I like the Amazons being advanced, but that doesn't necessarily have to mean sci-fi versions of our own technology. Laser guns and flying cars.....we see that everywhere in fiction. But less common is the society built on alchemy or astrology, and there's some connective tissue there with Greek history. I thought it'd be a way to give the Amazons something distinctly their own you know? Make them stand out a little more. Granted, its not like alchemy is never used in fiction, but its seen a lot less than laser rifles.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
However, to keep with bullets and bracelets they should have guns. I mean it wouldn't be Wonder Woman with how at least some guns. So it wouldn't be a bad thing to see those just not a lot of Amazons use them. Guns are more for the Amazons guarding specific things.
Well, I do love bullets and bracelets so I suppose I gotta agree with that!
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
Trust me, it's not that weird. Barring Wally West as the Flash, Damian (mostly in the hands of Morrison) and JSA related characters, I'm not that wild about excessive legacies or spin off characters either. I'm glad YJ has it's book, but I don't really care for that generation myself.
I do like Donna's generation though (and it's annoying how DC targets them for destruction) so for her sake I like the simple connection she had pre-Crisis to Diana. But I understand how annoying her...well, everything is, so I can't blame someone for not wanting to engage
In my head canon, the other Amazons who wanted to be mothers would start soon after Hippolyta did her miracle thing, so Mala and co. would be born within a few days of Diana.
Of course not all Amazons would come to that decision to become mothers at the same time, so some Amazons could pray to Aphrodite for children around the same time Donna is brought to the island, or in between
Well Donna should be a child reborn who was found by Diana. Who quickly becomes attached. I mean maybe they should be 5 years apart