The only thing that keeps bothering me is that they have her still using her sword way too often when it should be used rarely.
I mean what is the point of her using her sword against animals? (dinosaurs!?)
When will they finally make her use the sword only against mindless really powerful monsters like doomsday where there is no other way to harm them and not for any other living thing?
Janin’s art looks phenomenal with Bellarie coloring him. A pity he’s only on for two issues.
At this point I just stopped caring. DC is going full-on with this warrior mode and its annoying. She isn't going to cut anyone in half or slice heads off so I don't see the point in carrying a sword since its made exactly for that. It does seem that in some instances she doesn't use it as seen in Janin's artwork.
«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])
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When did wielding a sword and having feminist values become incompatible or mutually exclusive?
On that same note, you claimed that the art is "desexualised"...is it because the art shows Diana with a small cup? Does she have to have giant boobs in order for you to feel that the art is not"desexualised"?
What is "oomph" in the context of superheroes?
Why does Wonder Woman have to have "oomph" and why are you seemingly equating "oomph" with "big breasts"?
Your overall argument seems to be congruent with what the online trolls complained about when Gal Gadot was cast as Diana ("SHe has no boobs! WW should be built like Gina Carano! Where is the oomph?? She is not va-va-voom enough to be Wonder Woman! She is flat as a pancake!")
Last edited by FutureWonder; 07-04-2020 at 07:44 AM.
For me, 'desexualized' (and how it relates to this art) - the focus isn't on cleavage, butt, or, worse, cleavage *and* butt. The foot on Max's back isn't to give you an upshot of her skirt.
Overall, it feels like a powerful woman in action and not simply a female character posing to show off her assets.
Never, in the general sense.
However, in the specific case of Wonder Woman, the sword isn't her primary and iconic weapon: it's the lasso. Now, the lasso can also be written badly, but to me the focus on the sword by modern DC has been combined with a Diana who is primarily after solving problems by force and violence, and who is a warrior first rather than a teacher, diplomat, or leader.
From the viewpoint of iconography, the sword is also not needed. Her lasso, her tiara, and her dress are more than enough to identify her.
This does not mean that Diana should never have a sword. But there should be an in-story reason for why she is carrying or using it.
«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])