Originally Posted by
masterwitcher88
I don't mind stories that explore character ideologies and how it separates and brings them together, when it's done well. But there that prevalence in western comics media that doesn't really allow characters to really grow. You'll have the arch, you'll have the stories of teamwork after that, and them someone will come in or a crisis will occur, and it goes right back to square one. Its stale now. I think legacy characters work for some, but not all. Diana is one of ones that it doesn't work. To me, Diana really isn't 'wonder woman' at least she probably wouldn't actively call herself that, it would be a thing the outside world calls her, and she goes with it. To her, she's just Diana, like how Nubia is just Nubia, she doesn't see this traditional hero thing. It's like a foreign concept to her, at least because she comes from a culture that had very complex characters in their mythology/religion, and she knows it. Also, Diana is immortal, its just harder to do with god-like beings like her or say Thor.
So, to me, it makes sense for Diana to have all of these people around her, but to really defy and differentiate herself from the traditional western comic tropes, is to acknowledge that sometimes people die, and they stay dead. This is a dangerous world with dangerous people and angry vindictive gods it's not always going to sunshine and happiness. It elevates the story; it gets people excited, your heart starts racing, you want to keep reading because you love these characters and you care for their struggles, but the world becomes more real and human, because there are serious consequences to character actions. Not everyone walks away into the sunset. But, also like I said in my last post, big personalities, big powerful people, and not really any tension or conflict, like its stale, to me.
That's my incoherent rant lol, I'm sure I'd get my point across better some other time.
I read books like ASOIAF, the game of thrones books and watch House of the Dragon, if that points you to the type of material/characters I love.