Do you think there's any Wonder Woman story where she's daughter of Zeus that is objectively good? I think 2017 movie qualifies but can't think of anything else.
Do you think there's any Wonder Woman story where she's daughter of Zeus that is objectively good? I think 2017 movie qualifies but can't think of anything else.
Haven't read it personaly but most dig Azzarello's run on Wonder Woman which introduced that retcon
What does WW's origin have to do with the quality of a story? An origin doesn't define who WW is as a person?
@Leader Vladimir Yeah, but many dislike that version of her origin and claim it has no good stories so I want to know more objective opinions about that
Opinions, by their very nature, are subjective and there is no objectively correct way to measure a story's worth. If you like something, it's fine. If you don't like it, that's fine, too.
I don't think we will ever get that
The objectivity of what is good art and weather objectively good art exists or not is a major debate in philosophy.
I don't think quality of art is or can be objective, but I enjoyed that initial Azzarello run. I also understand why Wonder Woman fans would react to some parts of it with anger! What Azzarello did to the Amazons is comparable to making Jor-El tell Kal to rule Earth without mercy! But I always liked Azzarello's take on Diana, her friends, and on the Olympians a lot, and Zeus being her birth-father is a big part of the story.
For whatever it's worth, Azzarello did make that part of WW's origin important to the story he was telling. He didn't change the origin just because he felt like it.
There was a of of praise for Azzarello's portrayal, but a LOT of hate as well.
The hate wasn't purely about the parentage, though: it's about DC's direction for the character in general. Wonder Woman is a woman from an island of women who was given life by goddesses.
And now? Men introduced in her origin everywhere. Suddenly she's not a special creation but just another demigoddess, written like a Hercules with tits. Violent and grim, even worse when she became war. She gets many half brothers and an even more powerful boyfriend. The Amazons, who had a rich history as survivors of sexual violence, suddenly become rapists.
Even if there were "good storylines" or "nice art", they completely threw out every part of her character. But nobody reads Wonder Woman and swords are kewl so DC ran with it.
As much as I hate the continuity issues it causes, I'm glad they're finally fully ditching the daughter of Zeus angle even though a lot of damage has already been done.
What do you think?