Cheetah might be the next female Supervillain to be de-villified

[Koriand'r]

Doesn't disprove my point one bit.

So what's your point? I'm here to give my opinions not disprove yours.

[Agent 86]

A genuine redemption storyline for Barbara / Cheetah would be interesting to see. And I'd love to see Diana genuinely and openly seek to rehabilitate former enemies and potentially even include one of them as part of her regularly recurring group of allies.

I am intrigued about how Barbara would seek to atone for her past sins. Would Barbara be able to free herself of the "Cheetah" forever and return to an ordinary human form? Would Barbara use her archaeological know-how to help the Amazons on Themyscira in some way? Would "Cheetah" join a team of heroes to battle villains?

But, I think a lot of the ... tragedy and interest of Cheetah's storyline (when written well) is that she's essentially "too far gone", either due to Barbara's own emotional and mental issues or because of the influence of the "Cheetah" / Urzkartaga (or other god / being). It's appealing to have a villain who is ... understandable / sympathetic to a degree, but who remains a villain. It allows for more meaningful "conflict" between the hero and the villain because it's not limited to a physical battle, but there is an emotional turmoil there as well.

[Agent Z]

So what's your point? I'm here to give my opinions not disprove yours.

That Circe has not been inching closer to being an an antihero as you claim. If anything she's only become more evil as time went on.

[Koriand'r]

That Circe has not been inching closer to being an an antihero as you claim. If anything she's only become more evil as time went on.

That's your viewpoint and that's fine. I disagree and that's fine too. Maybe it's because I really like Circe and want that to be the case, I don't know.

[marhawkman]

A genuine redemption storyline for Barbara / Cheetah would be interesting to see. And I'd love to see Diana genuinely and openly seek to rehabilitate former enemies and potentially even include one of them as part of her regularly recurring group of allies.

I am intrigued about how Barbara would seek to atone for her past sins. Would Barbara be able to free herself of the "Cheetah" forever and return to an ordinary human form? Would Barbara use her archaeological know-how to help the Amazons on Themyscira in some way? Would "Cheetah" join a team of heroes to battle villains?

But, I think a lot of the ... tragedy and interest of Cheetah's storyline (when written well) is that she's essentially "too far gone", either due to Barbara's own emotional and mental issues or because of the influence of the "Cheetah" / Urzkartaga (or other god / being). It's appealing to have a villain who is ... understandable / sympathetic to a degree, but who remains a villain. It allows for more meaningful "conflict" between the hero and the villain because it's not limited to a physical battle, but there is an emotional turmoil there as well.

Or perhaps someone who tries to do good things even if she can't avoid doing bad things sometimes?