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I see that they are pairing up Wonder Woman and Superman. I don't read comic books for a couple of decades now, but didn't they make her a lesbian a couple of years ago??? I do think they are a natural pairing though....I'm also sure the idea has been around since they both existed :)
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What???
I read Wonder Woman and I haven't heard that! Honestly, I don't read superman comics as I don't really find them fresh; they have stale characters- but maybe I should have a look.
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No, Wonder Woman has never been a lesbian. Maybe you have her confused with Xena: Warrior Princess. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena:_Warrior_Princess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xena
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Rumors and suspicions...
...as far back as the early fifties, especially during the introduction of the Comics Code, it was suggested by Dr. Wertham that Wonder Woman indeed was a lesbian, which sort of fit with some of the mythology of the Amazons, and fit into his paranoia about comics corrupting kids.
There seems to be a subtext of Sapphic love throughout the years, and a couple of years ago, NBC had a failed attempt at a television comeback. Elizabeth Hurley portrayed a villainess who apparently was going to have a friendly rivalry that was to have strongly hinted that Diana Prince was just as interested as she was in beginning a relationship.
Of course, some of us are old enough to not only recall but to have availed ourselves of the ten cent cover price. In my budding interest in art, I occasionally would redraw the guys as girls, but no career followed me into adulthood. And like so many of us, I wondered what it would have been like to BE Wonder Woman, but my thoughts would always stray to a relationship with the Black Canary.
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Maybe I imagined it?
I just could have sworn that during a revamp a few years ago they were going to take her character in that direction. Maybe I'm confusing her with another female super hero?
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I don't think it will last
The DC guys say this SM/WW pairing is "the new status quo" and that "it's not a gimmick." But I don't think it will last. There's several reasons for that.
First, the commercial one: if they are a couple, well, why aren't doing things together instead of each having his/her own book, rogues gallery and such? It does not make sense, commercially.
In terms of personal relationship, well, they are both dominant personalities, but they have very different outlooks.
SM is an immigrant (from another planet!), raised in a family farm, rural middle class, not a lot of money. Family did a lot of heavy labor (it's a farm!), although Clark made it easier. Lost both parents young (Golden Age and "New 52" continuity), had to make it professionally without a family "safety net." Lived in a tenement in Metropolis for a while (New continuity). Works as a journalist, biggest enemy is a dirty corporate CEO. Does not believe in capital punishment. Does what he does out of a sense of moral duty, a sort of volunteer work. He's kind of a bleeding-heart.
WW is an aristocrat (Daughter of a Queen and a God!), raised with a golden spoon in her mouth and the adulation of an entire island-nation. Never had to work for her keep. Militaristic. Has no problems with killing in combat and capital punishment. Does what she does for political reasons and "noblesse oblige."
In short: Superman, if he declared a vote, probably would be a Democrat. Wonder Woman, if she were a U.S. citizen (and not the heir of a throne, that is, monarchist by default), would probably be a Republican. I simply don't see them being too close to each other as working long term. Too many points of friction.
I think the idea of a SM/WW pairing has been around a long time. It gained some traction after the infamous Larry Niven humorous essay "Men of Steel, Women of Kleenex," where he pointed out that Diana is one of the few women capable of, well, [i]surviving[/i] sex with Kal-El. DC has dabbled with the idea now and then -- there was *one* date back in the John Byrne/George Pérez days, and a number of "Elsewords" pairings.
My take? It's a sort of a gimmick, yes. But it's also a "take that" to the people who keep bringing it up: they will do it for some time, and eventually they will break up for the reasons I outlined above. Sort of like the (terrible) "Knightfall" saga was done to shut up all the whiners who kept complaining that Batman should use a hi-tech armor, that Batman should abandon his no-kill code and such. They will do it, show the readers *why* it doesn't work and break it up.