Should Hippoltya had been Golden Age Wonder Woman?

[AmiMizuno]

What do you guys think? Should they have instead used Polly ?

[Gaelforce]

I've never liked Hippolyta as a previous Wonder Woman. It turns Diana into legacy hero which never sat well with me.

[Largo161]

I've never liked Hippolyta as a previous Wonder Woman. It turns Diana into legacy hero which never sat well with me.

My sentiments exactly.

[AmiMizuno]

I have to say it's a interesting idea. However, I don't want the mantle of Wonder Woman to seem like it's a mother and daughter thing just yet. I mean it would be interesting if there was an amazon acted and it wasn't Paradise Island but Banas.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I'm cool with it.

[CRaymond]

Way, way older.

Hippolyte should've been the Wonder Woman of the Ancient world, a contemporary of Heracles, Theseus, and others.

[Sacred Knight]

I've never liked Hippolyta as a previous Wonder Woman. It turns Diana into legacy hero which never sat well with me.

Nope for this reason as well.

[OBrianTallent]

I did not mind when they did the Polly as Wonder Woman and I loved her interaction with the JSA, but I think I would prefer her (should she go back in time) either just using her name or calling herself Amazon. Just not necessarily Wonder Woman and not in the WW outfit.

[Koriand'r]

I did not mind when they did the Polly as Wonder Woman and I loved her interaction with the JSA, but I think I would prefer her (should she go back in time) either just using her name or calling herself Amazon. Just not necessarily Wonder Woman and not in the WW outfit.

Without the Wonder Woman outfit and name there's no point. We still wouldn't have a Golden Age Wonder Woman. We do now, it's Diana, but for my money the Hippolyta time travel thing was so much simpler. So far what we've got now is a mess and a miss.

[donnafan]

Without the Wonder Woman outfit and name there's no point. We still wouldn't have a Golden Age Wonder Woman. We do now, it's Diana, but for my money the Hippolyta time travel thing was so much simpler. So far what we've got now is a mess and a miss.

Hippolyta going back in time was a retcon fix for the issue of Wonder Woman in the past inspiring heroes like Donna Troy. Basically a WW had to exist in the past to inspire. Enter time traveling Hippolyta. I agree that it was a simple fix for this glaring issue created by Post-Crisis WW timeline but, like all DC timeline fixes, tended to cause more issues than it actually solved. Don't get me wrong, I liked seeing WW back in the JSA and I didn't mind the fix but, I can see where others wouldn't like the idea due to the Diana being legacy.

[Nyssane]

I've never liked Hippolyta as a previous Wonder Woman. It turns Diana into legacy hero which never sat well with me.

I feel completely the same.

[Stingo]

What do you guys think? Should they have instead used Polly ?

Yes. Despite the mantra of "everything happened" being brandied about by some people, I see a lot of potential JSA and All-Star Squadron history possibly being wiped away with this new timeline.

[Koriand'r]

Yes as long as the time travel aspect is kept and Diana was actually first. I can't recall another non-linear legacy situation so that makes it extra interesting.

[KangMiRae]

Yes. Despite the mantra of "everything happened" being brandied about by some people, I see a lot of potential JSA and All-Star Squadron history possibly being wiped away with this new timeline.

Agreed. Dislike it not being Polly in the Golden Age with the JSA, although I'll go with whatever they're doing for now. It's just quite some history being wiped that bugs me.

[kjn]

Having Hippolyta active in Man's World before Diana messes too much with Diana's origin. I don't see time travel or time loops as a good solution, since they intrinsically break the narrative contract unless they are the key to the story (and even then are really tricky to get right).