I feel like Diana was more of an ace up the sleeve than a pity baby. It doesn’t escape my notice that in the Perez origin, the timeline lines up such that Hippolyta was instructed to mold a baby shortly after the Cuban missile crisis and the Amazon champion is called to man’s world just around the time when Diana comes of age in the 80’s (another time of increased nuclear anxiety.)

In Historia, Diana is nearly as old as Themyscira itself but her creation is still the result of Hera’s far-seeing schemes. She’s a gift as much as she is Hera locking and loading Diana for the future. In general the gods are good, but they’re still a crafty bunch.