On Twitter you often come across people discussing the confessional sequences from
Heroes in Crisis--usually mocking them--and it made me recall the one they gave Wonder Woman. I remember this was discussed when the comic first came out, but I'm curious how people feel about it now.
I think there's a germ of an interesting idea here--that Diana is so selfless she doesn't want to burden anyone with her problems. But this weird anecdote about Hippolyta shot with an arrow and Diana hiding in her room just seems...off.
I guess King is suggesting a child being raised by warriors would be somewhat traumatic for her, but that seems to kind of miss the point of Themyscira. It's supposed to be the peaceful paradise that sheltered Diana...not a war-torn land of brutality. I also have to ask how and why Hippolyta was even shot? By who? When?
A lot of the confessional bits from
Heroes in Crisis boil down to:
a) "I really know something about this character & have something insightful for them"
b) "I only THINK I know something about this character"
c) "I know f***-all about this character, so I'll pull something out of my ass"
d) "make a joke"
Diana's feel like Option B.
Like I said, there's something potentially interesting here. But it's an idea I think would be served better by someone with a greater understanding of her character. And I don't think Tom King is that guy.