Quote Originally Posted by SiegePerilous02 View Post
Being a part of the JLA isn't a super important part of any of the Big 7's characters, as all of their IPs can function independently. But it's a shared universe and there is a LOT of published material that gets reprints with all of them in the JLA, and it's interconnected to stuff like Teen Titans. Donna is called Wonder Girl as part of the marketing to link her to Diana, and Wonder Woman and the Amazons showed up in NTT as part of her origin during the height of that book's popularity and when continuity was getting more dense.

It never made any sense to alter Diana's timeline to exclude her from the JLA, so that there was a Wonder Girl running around with a lasso and bracelets years before Wonder Woman. And her being a rookie hero compared to Donna, Dick and Wally just feels completely wrong.
For the record, I'm not defending any of these changes. I just think keeping her origin, characterization and supporting cast consistent takes priority over her connections to the JLA and Donna.