Jul 20, 2020
diana can’t be friends w people who can’t call her by her name and insist on calling her wonder woman
#diana literally tells everyone to call her diana .#& she’s a first bamed person for sure .#* names#but like it goes deeper than that .#this is a shitpost but also a meta in disguise & someday i’ll go more into it .#just . wonder woman ‘ it’s their word not mine ‘ & yes it’s who she is . one dimension of who she is .#but it’s not a name she chose & it unilaterally describes who she is to others .#it’s an Othering title .#& just that ! it’s a title ! it’s been passed around to others .#so it’s her but it’s not Just her . it’s also symbolic kind of . like how batman is a symbol of fear & hasn’t belonged only to bruce .#except bruce WANTS to be the symbol & also created his mythos .#diana didn’t . & it’s just not reflective of how she sees herself ? i guess ? is the best way to put it .#it’s a title that puts her on a pedestal .#& while one if the only things i loved abt the n52 & her relationship to superman was how much she did not Vibe w the secret identity#thing . meaning she’s usually very open about being wonder woman . that’s not the end of who she is . it’s only the surface .#she knows that title means something different to everyone too & it comes w a lot of projections & assumptions .#it just comes with a lot of weight . & if she’s gna be your friend she needs to be able to set that down .#also it’s just like the equivalent of using ‘ms./mrs.’ or ‘mr.’ all the time it’s too polite & formal .#but yeah ww is a big part of who she is & she consistently struggles w Who she is when she’s not ww. but there’s more to her than the#title . than what basically amounts to a job title . but also a job title that involves basically being so legendary & inspiring .#it’s Tiring !!#ANYWAYS . i have a lot of feelings abt this & someday i’ll go into this when it’s not 930 am after basically no sleep .#but she both is & isn’t ww . & she ALWAYS prefers to be called diana . to have others see & engage w HER . instead of who/whatever#they think of ww as being .#bc it’s impossible to live up to too !#anyways .#PHEW .
