Originally Posted by
Tzigone
Maybe theoretically not, but in practice "a close relationship" with heroes in the same "family" overwhelmingly means one center and the rest satellites, or at least that's how I perceive it. Also, it tends to keep the younger as "junior" members - receiving guidance, but never giving it, not an equal hero, but always "looking up" which is a place I loathe for any adult hero. I am very much on-record with numerous families that I prefer the younger heroes to leave to their own cities and rarely see their older counterpoints in "work" situations (social is okay) and that I prefer they not all be one big family (and please not create characters more in the family, even if I like a lot of them already).
I am also very much a fan of the Donna was developed as not close to Diana in the old days, and don't want that changed. I similarly hate Kon being cast in the "son" role, rather than the most distant "cousin" role with Clark. It makes those figures among the most important, if not the most important relationships in the younger heroes' lives, leaving by the wayside the independent (not connected to the "central" hero) relationships that (in both Donna and Kon's cases) I originally loved and that were what attracted me to the character in the first place. Cassie can be tight with Diana as a mentor figure - that's her history. It's not Donna's, and I don't want it to be. I know others strongly disagree, but that's my feelings on the matter. It's not the character history or relationship dynamic I liked in the first place, it doesn't add anything to Donna that I think valuable, I think it's likely to put/keep Donna to a more supporting role even if she got more use and to diminish other relationships that I value for Donna by making Diana the central one (at least the one with the most page-time). Also, I love a strong friendship/family dynamic, but I often hate a retconned one - be that Kon and Clark, Wally and Barry, or Donna and Diana. Actually, or Bruce and Alfred - though that one is very much beloved.
I have no problem with others loving the idea of Donna and Diana always being close, but it's not for me and there's nothing about it that sounds advantageous to Donna to me. I would much rather see her her existing/historical relationships to her mother or the Titans or see her forging connections with civilian characters (I seriously want to see more "ordinary" people as supporting casts and important relationships for heroes, in general) and for those to be the central relationships. Likewise, I feel like I want to see more Steve and Etta and not even more heroes/villains in Diana's circle of those closest. With her mother and other Amazons and Cassie, she has a good number of people already, and if there were more relationships to be featured, I'd focus on those she already has historically strong ties to or more "ordinary" people like Vanessa (though maybe ones her own age).