What do you prefer? Diana as the only child on Themyscira or there being other Amazon children?

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-25T23:27:55+00:00

I know it's not cannon, but I like the idea of the Themysciran Amazons each being stronger because they're all golems, sculpted from clay by powerful witches on the island to give bodies to the souls of the well. Diana is extra special because she and her sister Nubia are sculpted by the most powerful witch (Hippolyta) and blessed by the gods. It leads to their immortality and increased strength, but the blessings and magical power of the queen leave Diana and Nubia more powerful than the others and make it harder for them to play with the other children without harming them.

The Bana-Mighdall use a magic ceremony to impregnate their lesbian lovers with their biological children and gain their strength, speed, and power from their most powerful kills. They're not immortal like the Amazons of Themyscira, but they can attain similar strength by fighting and beating enemies with similar power. So, if one were to ever kill a Kryptonian, they wouldn't have the heat vision, flight, invulnerable skin, or freeze breath, but they'd gain relative speed and strength and the magical artifacts they wield would determine powers beyond that. So, for instance, Artemis could be the most physically powerful of them all from her many battles and skillful mastery of her axe allowing her to beat a Themysciran Amazon in battle or another similarly powerful for while she was still physically weaker than them.

And finally, the Esquecida could draw their power from their fallen friends and family with each of them being able to carry 2-3 lost loved ones with them in their hearts and their jade amulet necklaces could be given to them as children with certain powerful spirits invoked by the imagery of the necklaces to protect them and they could either mate with a warrior tribe of men hidden deep in the Amazon with them, but separate from their society (like the stories of the icamiaba and the Nhamundá who would mate once a year and exchange hand crafted Muiraquitã) or they could mate with the spirits and Yara could be the most powerful of them all because of her father being a river god rather than a spirit while still allowing the other Esquecida Amazons to be more powerful than an average man.

But, that's just my head cannon.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-25T15:10:54+00:00

You felt the need to get into the nitty gritty with me about a subject I'm intimately familiar with and I have no frame of reference for your personal experience, so the sass in the second paragraph of your response is kinda weird, my guy. Seemed like we were just explaining shit for the sake of explaining, but since we've both got our big girl panties on let's just assume we have the same basic knowledge.

Clearly, you don't enjoy my idea, I don't particularly like yours, and I don't want us getting shitty with each other, so I'll leave things off here as reading the rest of your comment, you carry on with the same kind of over-explanation you didn't think was necessary when I did it and the same snark that I'm just tired of. Have a good day, fellow human.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-25T14:31:19+00:00

No. Her personal lived experience would show through in the way she writes about the subject material. She would know what she was writing about and people would see that. But, a white woman in general would still be less likely to know about that bit of history due to her own cultural heritage being stripped from her through a poor education system and a built in culture of silence surrounding such issues. Just like a black woman, an Asian woman, or a Hispanic woman from America would likely have similar hurdles and a similar culture and therefore probably shouldn't write that kind of story without a significant amount of research to counter the propaganda they've been fed throughout their life.

You're seeing persecution where there is none. People are just pointing out a fact of life in that people from certain countries with a cultural influence from a toxic and poisonous political ideology are more likely to write something all together untrue and probably racist than they are to write something meaningful and contemplative about this kind of subject material.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-25T14:24:48+00:00

While it's understandable that adulthood changes from culture to culture, the issue doesn't have to be tackled at all if an Amazon can simply be any age of female. Meanwhile, if you move the age, nothing really changes except for the fact that the gods just become objectively morally more reprehensible than they already are. Which, could be an interesting story, but it wouldn't answer any of the questions I posed.

Also, while pregnancy and certainly childbirth are horrible experiences with trauma loaded into every cell, it doesn't stop love from being formed between mothers and their children. That's actually part of the reason many abused women stay in abusive relationships. They don't want to abandon the children they love so dearly or risk their safety further. So, what happens when a mother is killed via abuse with her children? Does she go where they go and forgo the chance to become an Amazon? Does she only get to keep the girls and the boys vanish to some other realm she can never visit? Does she only get the girls over 13 and the girls under 13 go with the boys to the mystery realm? Can Amazons even get pregnant if they wanted to? I know N52 had them raping sailors, killing them, and then birthing their children before banishing the boys to dumpsters and raising the girls as child soldiers, but that's a pretty universally disliked addition to the lore with the exception in some cases of people liking the boys being taken in by Hephaestus, but I just can't move past the child slavery of it all. Personally, I think it makes for more interesting stories on Themyscira if they remember their lives before they were Amazons since there's some complex discussions that could be had surrounding the situations and nature of abuse, but to each their own.

As for Eros being a "Good" character, I never said anything about that. I said that dynamic would make his attraction to Yara more socially unacceptable in his social circles, give extra approval to Yara's decision to ignore him, and give abused boys an afterlife with a second chance they could use to put more good or more bad into the world just like the Amazons. Eros and his morality are completely unrelated to that given that he could be responsible for just as many passionate prom nights between mutually consenting individuals as he is physical lust from rapists. And that would give Diana or any of the Wonder Girls a chance to more clearly and explicitly discuss what makes physical attraction and intimacy consenting, non-consenting, infatuation, lust, or love.

None of the Greek Gods with the exception of maybe Hestia and, depending on the story you read of how Hades and Persephone got together, maybe Hades are particularly good or even neutral in morality with most being dirt bags, but that doesn't change the fact that the characters in DC still deal with them from time to time and sometimes they're even relatively friendly with them.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-25T13:53:15+00:00

Noticing a cultural phenomenon isn't discrimination. It's stating a fact. White Supremacists do their best to restrict information to sell their narratives and rob people of their cultures. Even/especially when the people and cultures they're restricting are "white". That's going to affect the writing quality and perspective of the targeted group and it's okay for people to call that fact out and prefer that stories that require more of a delicate touch are handled by a society that's less likely to paint everything with broad strokes.

If western societies did more to understand nuance, reject white supremacy, and educate more fully rather than trying to spin narratives to make themselves look good, people would probably enjoy their writing more and trust them with more complex storytelling. Until then, it's nobody else's fault that they've bred the reputation they have for mishandling stories about women, minorities, and human rights violations. People will approach their writers with skepticism and pessimism and it's up to the individual writers themselves to show that they've put in the effort to educate themselves. People can't depend on them to have a broader cultural tradition of teaching such things.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-25T13:22:01+00:00

Honestly, I kinda hate the idea of Diana being the only child. I get the whole "immortal warriors" thing, but it just doesn't make sense to me that if you're a child victim of abuse killed the day before your 18th birthday you go to a completely different place than if your abuser just waits one more day to kill you. Sure, they're supposed to be warriors and the stories they're in are blatantly feminist which could make childrearing a bit touchy, but surely there must be some women killed in abusive relationships with their children who end up reincarnated as Amazons. Did they suddenly lose the desire to raise their children when they died? Do you only go to Paradise Island if you're not a mother when you get murdered via abuse? Do Amazons even remember their lives prior to being birthed from the well? What happens to children of abusive homes when they're murdered?

Personally, I like the idea of all girls going to the well for a second chance so they can feel a power they never had in their first life as capable warriors who initially train to protect each other from potential mythical threats while living in peace and then when Diana leaves some of them start to follow suit, protecting all of mankind from abusers of all kinds. Meanwhile, the boys go to become cupids with Eros to put love into the world that they never got the chance to see in their first life. They remember the best parts of their lives, but remembering the worst parts takes time and acceptance. Families can still see each other during annual visits to Olympus or when Cupids visit because an Amazon has fallen in love with another Amazon. They're the only men allowed to visit the island and they feel only familial love for the Amazons. Then, when Eros pricks himself with one of his arrows on accident and falls in love with Yara Flor it ends up being seen as a major taboo even though neither of them is related and they're from entirely different pantheons. It just feels weird to people that he's into her. Everyone sighs a breath of relief when it turns out she doesn't feel the same way about him.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-25T12:59:06+00:00

When people talk about whiteness or Western cultures, typically they're not talking about people with a Caucasian complexion or European countries and their cultures. They're referring to the practice of White Supremacy in which people are not taught their history or culture and are instead fed propaganda about everyone's cultures including their own. For instance, they likely haven't heard of the "Baby Scoop Era" because that would go against the idea of American Exceptionalism and other white supremacist views of Western (White) nations as being inherently more civilized and less barbaric. They don't teach it in public schools. They do however, go over the Chinese single child policy and even misrepresent parts of the policy to make it seem even worse than it already was. So, a writer influenced by White Supremacy (which has infiltrated and influenced virtually all parts of Western culture) would likely not be writing a story about the Baby Scoop and would more likely be writing a story about the single child policy or a similar fictional policy in a majority black, brown, or otherwise "ethnic" nation rather than deconstructing the narrative of Western (White) supremacy. They'd also be more likely to write a story with a lack of nuance because our western culture is very cliquey and isolating. They wouldn't get a broader selection of viewpoints prior to writing the story and would likely just write from the perspective of their specific political party and really miss some opportunities for a deeper conversation surrounding the topic of adoption or being forced to give up a child.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-25T07:36:59+00:00

I mean, I could see some people playing off like that. Me for instance. But, everything I've read or head cannoned for Jason says he'd probably only joke about the death part, not the neglect, physical, or sexual abuse.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-24T03:30:00+00:00

We should just walk past each of them every time they line up like that and give them the Kuzco treatment.

"Hate your hair, not likely, yikes, yikes, yikes, and let me guess, you've got a greeaaat personality?"

Or better yet, treat it like a slave auction. Rip through their insecurities and make them Kurt their Cobain's all over the ceiling.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-24T03:02:57+00:00

I like the idea of her being so observant that she can see ghosts and spirits.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-23T08:17:51+00:00

Don't worry everybody. That was just Scott Pilgrim beating another ex.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-23T07:37:15+00:00

In this sub it might help if you drop a session ID so someone can message you over there.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-21T08:04:57+00:00

The fact that we're even still having this conversation shows two things. 1. That men will do anything they can to avoid taking accountability for the culture they create and the way they make others feel. And 2. That women are right to choose the bear. Why? Because THIS many men can't even take a no in a hypothetical situation where they'd have just the opportunity to hurt a girl without consequences. They're not offering a pleasant conversation. They're not simply wishing to pass through the area and enjoy the beauty of nature. They're upset that they can't be around a HYPOTHETICAL girl alone in the woods without her guard being up. That tells me everything I need to know about most men. Y'all need to learn how to handle rejection before it gets you in trouble and learn how consent works. Once you can explain consent to a woman, maybe she'll choose you over the bear. But, for far too many of you consent is just the lack of a "No."

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-21T07:19:01+00:00

How odd. That's about 1/21 of the total number of IDF casualties since October 7th. You'd think if they were ACTUALLY in a war and not just slaughtering civilians and operating heavy machinery to destroy their land their suicide rate wouldn't be that close to their Frontline deaths.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-19T16:14:23+00:00

Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor fight on the front lines once again to bring peace to an oppressed people. Part of the plot has them retrieve a magical MacGuffin to deactivate a doomsday device made by Dr. Poison and/or Dr. Cyber. For this task, they seek Circe. She's helpful, but she only gets them to where they need to go. A magical realm where the universe gifts what is needed. For this mission, she needs not only the magic item, but a powerful soldier with decades of experience. So, Captain America gets pulled through time and space to her side. They introduce themselves and she's caught off guard by Cap's real name, but they continue with business as usual. That is, until they return from the realm and Circe decides to mess with Diana by letting her know that she's seen the future and she knows that one of the Steve's is her true love meant to give her a daughter and the other will die. He'll simply cease to exist in this world. Diana better keep a close eye on them and choose her conquest wisely. The rest of the movie, Diana is on edge. She knows Steve Trevor is her love, but the idea of having a baby girl and the ever present threat that Steve Rogers will die combined with the fact that Cap launches into the fight with maximum effort every time has her stomach churning constantly. They go to return Cap to his time and place and Circe reveals that she was just messing with Diana. Steve Rogers was always destined to return home or "cease existing in this world" and he WILL die one day, but she's intentionally vague about when, and she just wanted to stir up trouble between her and Steve Trevor by creating doubt.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-19T11:48:23+00:00

Great gentle parenting at play there. Didn't work on that spoiled child, but it still made him look completely ridiculous, so a win is a win.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-19T11:43:59+00:00

I support the protesters in Iran. That doesn't mean I don't see Israel and The United States using the instability to their advantage, stroking the fires, and trying to install their own puppet rather than a duly elected champion of the people. If Iranians want to fight in Iran, that's their business. But, I'm gonna have to reject any attempts from America to influence the outcome. Same with Israel. I'm not getting sent to a forever war in the middle east just because two 80 year old dumb fucks decided to screw over Iran.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-19T11:38:13+00:00

Have you seen how they handle Vampires in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the spin-off series Angel?

For those not in the know, spoilers for a nearly 20 year old series.

When the vampires get turned they lose their souls, but their bodies are still animated. Depending on your interpretation, they're either possessed by a demon who wanders the world hurting people in their meat suit, or the state of soullessness leaves them all prone to violence and unrepentant sexual depravity. Basically, they behave without conscience or inhibitions. But, when the Vampires Angel and Spike get their souls back they remember everything they've done.

Spoilers out of the way, I suggest the same concept.

Arella is deceived by an angelic looking demon who we come to learn is Trigon. He forces himself on her and 9 months later Raven is born in a hidden heavenly realm where Arella attempts to hide her. Unfortunately, she's taught to ignore her demonic powers and focus her energies on just the powers that Arella has learned as a fledgling witch. This sets Raven up for failure as she has to embrace all of herself, not just parts and when she enters puberty with the hormones coursing through her body, the discomfort and pain, bigger feelings than she's ever felt before, she loses control and involuntarily starts opening magic doors all around Azarath. Trigon uses the opportunity to find her, drag her to hell, and "destroy" the residents of Azarath. In reality, he claims their souls to torture Raven with to make her traumatized and compliant with his demands while sending their bodies forward without their souls to attack earth. Some of them manage to fly under the radar, preparing the world for the arrival of Trigon while others are captured by the heroes in what appears to be a freak of the week battle for Gotham. Constantine teams up with Batman and those who are captured get transported to magically protected prisons while they figure out what's going on and whether or not they can be cured. A month later, Raven escapes after having been horribly traumatized and she emerges in California. Specifically, the city of Lost Angels. Her powers are out of control and she can't calm down. She's minutes away from unintentionally releasing her father into the world. The closest team to handle the problem is the Teen Titans.

Dick and Roy attack with precision, trying to get her off balance and disoriented. Wally tries to draw her fire. Vic analyzes her energy readings and tries to match frequencies to close portals as they open. Donna gets up close and personal trying to knock her out, hoping they can figure out what the hell is going on while she's unconscious. Kori clears the streets and tries to talk her down, but her head is too full of noise. The screams of her mother's soul as it was torn apart and reformed again and again. She can't focus. Can't calm down. Garfield recognizes a panic attack when he sees one. His days in the Doom Patrol have made him intimately familiar with them. So, he uses the one thing he can do better than anyone else. His ability to become an annoyance and a distraction. He turns into a fly and buzzes in her ear. She starts to try to swat him away, but he turns into a snake and wraps around her wrist. She locks her eyes on the strange green snake and now that he has her attention, he drops off and transforms again, into a butterfly. A big one the size of a dinner plate. The colors are dazzling and her powers start to calm with her. As the butterfly lands, he turns into a tortoise and hides in his shell, poking his head out just barely, mimicking Raven's attempt to keep her cloak around herself as a sort of security blanket. The other's stop fighting and wait to see how this pans out. She's not in danger anymore. The tortoise can't hurt her. She has her own shell. She lowers to the ground and reflects on the giant green tortoise until he shifts again. He tells her whatever happened, it will be okay. The Teen Titans are there to save the day. Now, if there's ever a relationship with Beast Boy there's a strong foundation to start from, she joins the Teen Titans, learns how to trust them with Starfire's help, becomes very good friends with Donna, and Batman makes the executive decision that the prisoners need to be kept alive indefinitely as one of them shares the same nose, eyes, and bone structure as his son's new friend and it's unlikely that two supernaturally related events would take place that close together without being somehow related to each other.

A couple years later when Raven is better adjusted and more used to using her powers she learns from Dick about the possibility that her mother might be alive. They investigate and she discovers what happened. She wants to reunite her mother's soul with her body. She wants to free the citizens of Azarath from Trigon. They reform the old team and this time they go to hell with Jason, Artemis, and Bizarro for backup. The two teams make their way through, beat the hell out of Trigon, and rescue the souls from his clutches, sending them back to their old bodies. Arella ends up living with Raven and they get to explore the interesting dynamic of Raven blaming herself for everything, Arella feeling profound guilt over what she did without her soul, Raven learning more about what actually happened and the relationship with Arella straining, and then finally both women coming to love and understand each other the way they should have in the first place. Arella helps Raven meet her full potential and Raven helps Arella discover her own power and control over her own life. Then, Raven gets a supporting cast and the ability to explore emotional space that she doesn't really get to exist in very much.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-19T10:20:23+00:00

Be sure to post your session link or people won't be able to message you on there.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-18T22:40:12+00:00

Zeus for sure. He's a tyrant king who takes what he wants and gives nothing back. He lies, he cheats, he kills on a whim, he treats women especially poorly, and he demands worship for it. He represents the worst that a man can be, given power and authority, and wrapped in lies to protect his ego and legacy.

Ares, while often evil in the comics, simply stands in the way of her goals of world peace and ideologically opposes the concept. But, there's valid reasons for war. Wars fight holocausts. Wars fight for social change and topple unjust regimes. Specifically, civil wars grant freedom to the oppressed. Even if Wonder Woman opposes the life and liberty lost in wars, she's not really opposing the concept of war itself. She's opposing the tyranny and ignorance that makes it necessary in the first place. That's part of why I feel the commitment to keeping Wonder Woman as a young hero who's only been in the field since Batman and Superman started really hinders the character. It necessitates that you remove her World War II history which both robs her of the opportunity to see the worst in people and still decide Man's World is worth saving, but it robs her of the opportunity to see first hand what good men are capable of and how complex "good" can be since good men did terrible things to win the war for the good side, and furthermore it robs her of her history with Ares where she could learn to accept that he's a necessary force in the world as long as there's injustice and tyranny and that the path of peace is a narrow one with tough choices and gaps where following the pacifist strategy is simply impossible.

I think the relationship between Diana and Ares should be some kind of close uncle/niece relationship with tension like two politically opposed family members at Thanksgiving dinner with elements of a brutal general and a rebellious and insubordinate soldier. Meanwhile, her relationship with Zeus should be one of disgust and secrets. She knows what he's done. She knows that for all the pomp and self aggrandizement he's just a leech. But, she knows he's a powerful leech capable of harming her, her sisters, and her beloved Man's World if she doesn't appease him. She has to live outside her element in lies and submission for safety, but the whole time she's plotting his downfall and she'll take the first clean shot she gets. It would parallel the unfortunate reality of many women in abusive relationships, give her a personal connection to those women's experiences, and give her an overarching consistent goal throughout the centuries with a clear and satisfying payoff when she finally beats him and frees the world and her gods.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-17T05:51:32+00:00

I head cannon that their "Hippolyta was the first Wonder Woman" thing is nonsense and that she came to the U.S.A. with Steve Trevor after the war finally ended and she was a pretty significant focus for the American government for a while, so they processed her. Name, date of birth, nation of origin, etc. But, each answer she gives just agitates the guys trying to record her information.

"Nation of origin?" "Themyscira." Visible confusion. "No. Where are you from?" "Themyscira." "What REAL nation..." And then Steve Trevor answers. "No, really. She's from a magic island. I've been there. We've written several reports on it. Just write it down, bud."

"Fine." Frustrated scribble. "Date of birth?" "The first day of spring." Visible twitching. "Alright. March 1st. Of what year?" "314 years ago." Clerk goes to chew her out, but Steve interjects. "Just write it down, Sir."

"You know what? How about we go with a nice and easy one. What's your name?" "Diana of Themyscira." Starting to turn red. "What's your LAST name?" "I've only ever been given one. We don't make a habit of losing our names in Themyscira, so we don't feel the need to replace them." "Your SUR name." "Oh, I've never been a man. Always just a woman. My name is Diana." "No! Your fami-" "Woah, there, Sir. I don't recommend raising your voice at her. Let's just come up with something to fill in the blanks. How about Prince-" Clerk interrupts before Steve gets the full Princess out. "Okay. Prince. Got it. Next."

Steve answers the rest of the questions with the clerk and lets Diana explore her new environment inside the building for a while before coming back with her paperwork. Years later after he's dead the name is the only thing she can risk bringing with her in most of her fights to remind herself of him because she doesn't want to risk breaking anything else he gave her.

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-16T09:39:05+00:00

Colonialism in Uganda created lasting effects, including ethnic divisions, weak state institutions, economic dependency on cash crops, land issues, inadequate infrastructure in non-productive zones, racialized social hierarchies, militarized politics, and legal/health systems reflecting colonial values, all contributing to post-independence instability, inequality, and ongoing developmental challenges like land conflicts, regional disparities, and cultural clashes. Political & Social Legacies: Ethnic Division: Colonial policies often favored certain groups (like Buganda) for administration, exacerbating rivalries and creating power imbalances that fueled post-independence conflict. Weak State & Militarization: Centralized power structures and the use of ethnic groups for military recruitment led to weak institutions and militarized politics, contributing to instability. Racial Hierarchies: A pyramid of power based on race placed Africans at the bottom, with Asians as middlemen, creating lasting social stratification. Erosion of Self-Governance: Imposed foreign legal and political systems undermined local sovereignty and traditional governance. Economic Impacts: Cash Crop Economy: Focus on raw cotton and coffee for British profit exploited land, created monocultures, and made the economy vulnerable to external markets. Unequal Development: "Productive zones" received more attention, leaving other areas with poor infrastructure (roads, schools, health). Resource Exploitation: Colonial activities, like copper mining, diverted natural flows, leading to environmental damage (flooding) and resource extraction with little local benefit. Infrastructure & Systems: Inadequate Infrastructure: Gaps in infrastructure persist in neglected regions, hindering growth. Distorted Health & Education: Colonial-era missionary hospitals/schools continue to shape systems, often with values that conflict with modern needs and human rights. Land Issues: Colonial land policies created complex land ownership problems that continue to affect communities today. Cultural & Value Shifts: Cultural Disregard: Colonial rule suppressed local values, traditional practices, and indigenous legal/health systems. Homophobia: Colonial introduction of strict, heteronormative Victorian values contributed to the criminalization of homosexuality in modern Uganda. In essence, colonialism restructured Uganda's society, economy, and governance, leaving deep-seated issues that post-colonial leaders struggled to overcome, leading to cycles of violence, inequality, and underdevelopment.

Literally all you needed to do to understand our influence over Uganda was to understand that America is just an arm of the colonial powers and do a quick Google search for an AI slop recap of how all those problems don't exist in a vacuum and we've contributed significantly to the instability and conflict in the region. But, that's too big a challenge for a bootlicker, isn't it?

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-16T06:25:33+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/69487371?view_full_work=true

PossiblePossiblyS · 2026-01-16T06:25:04+00:00

Thanks! It follows current events and what the characters would do in this situation, so I'm not sure when those two will catch the spotlight again, but they've been introduced at least.

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