Is Steve Trevor Wonder Woman's One True Love?

[Timothy Hunter]

There are a great deal of Superman/Lois Lane purisrs out there in comics, and I may hazard a guess that the majority of Superman fans prefer Superman to be with Lois Lane. I sense similar sentiment with Aquaman fans and Mera or Swamp Thing fans and Abigail Holland.

However, and I might be wrong about this, but I don't think that there are as many Wonder Woman fans who feel so strongly that Steve Trevor should always be paired with Diana

[Gaius]

You're probably right in that there's less in comparison to Superman/Lois. Some reasons being that Steve wasn't a love interest for much of Diana's modern publication history, something which was only restored rather recently. Another is that the original premise Marston setup, "she falls in love with the first man she sees" is rather dated and easy to see why some would want to avoid that.

[Celgress]

I say no simply because he's, well, a non-entity. I'm sorry but the guy sucks and has for literally decades now. I think it is high time Diana was given a new love interest one more worthy of her iconic status. Unlike Lois or Selina (who are interesting in their own right), Steve is nothing without Diana his entire relevancy is tied up with her own. He is not an independent character who can stand unassisted as part of the mythos.

[Agent Z]

I don't hate Steve but I don't see him as Diana's one true love.

[AlexLyo]

I can't say yes because for me there hasn't been the best content to show it so far. We are often told it in some way, but I don't feel I've read enough stories that show it through their dynamic. They've not really had the chance to be and mature together over time, certainly in modern stories, in a way that says to me "ok, these two are absolutely meant to be". I feel I've seen them fall in love multiple times across diff stories and mediums, but I haven't seen the quality of their relationship in depth. There is something qualitatively different about how they could be as a couple that is there in the original stories (a sort of playfulness I like), but it feels like few modern writers have taken time to explore that at length.

I'll sound like a broken record bringing Rucka into it, but I think he set up the means to do something long-term with their partnership in his second run. It really felt movingly romantic in ways I had not seen elsewhere, though it could have done with some flirtatious joy too.

A part of me wants to say yes to the question because I would love to see it, but I feel I can't because I haven't yet. There's also the part of me that wants Diana's relationships with women to be explored too, and short of DC being brave enough for polyamory, we probably can't have both.

[Dr. Poison]

I think these criticisms about Steve not being on par with Lois and Catwoman are simply because of lack of development. It's true that Perez and other Post-Crisis writers sidelined Steve but when he was brought back in the New 52, Geoff Johns and later in Rebirth, Greg Rucka, developed him quite well. He just needs more time to get back his groove so to speak. After entertaining Diana with others with Trevor Barnes, Superman, and Orion, Steve has the best chemistry with Diana IMO.

[Stanlos]

I say no simply because he's, well, a non-entity. I'm sorry but the guy sucks and has for literally decades now. I think it is high time Diana was given a new love interest one more worthy of her iconic status. Unlike Lois or Selina (who are interesting in their own right), Steve is nothing without Diana his entire relevancy is tied up with her own. He is not an independent character who can stand unassisted as part of the mythos.

How do you think Trevor Barnes stacks up? What about Rama? What are your thoughts on Thomas Tressor aka Nemesis?

[Celgress]

How do you think Trevor Barnes stacks up? What about Rama? What are your thoughts on Thomas Tressor aka Nemesis?

Trevor Barnes could certainly work. His job lends itself to Diana's idealism and provides an avenue for agency self-realization without constant dependence.

Rama, no, just no, I don't think Diana should be involved with any gods it seems lazy to me even more so than pairing her with other JLA members.

Thomas Tressor could certainly work. His morally grey character (doing what he thinks is "right" regardless of the dubious methods employed) could play off Diana's hard and fast morals pretty well.

[Psy-lock]

How do you think Trevor Barnes stacks up? What about Rama? What are your thoughts on Thomas Tressor aka Nemesis?

All three are better if you ask me, especially Rama.