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crabby_lioness) wrote2012-03-27 10:53 am
crabby_lioness) wrote2012-03-27 10:53 am
The Logic Problem in Wonder Woman #7
This is a sequel to my post yesterday http://crabby-lioness.livejournal.com/86813.html and to this post on noscans http://noscans-daily.livejournal.com/513387.html If you're not up on the latest attempt to make Wonder Woman "edgy" read them first. I say "edgy" and not "realistic" because I'm about to discuss why it doesn't work.
If all the females are having reproductive sex once in their lives and magically all getting pregnant at the same time, BUT 49% of the babies are males (that’s standard) who are discarded, that means the population is shrinking by HALF with every generation. That’s not going to work. Didn’t these men even check their biology before writing this crud?
I solved this problem in my headcanon 30 years ago. The Amazons magically gather unwanted female infants who have been abandoned to die — a horrific practice that occurs throughout the world and even occurred in this country as late as the early 20th Century. That solves the problem elegantly in a way that enhances their reputation instead of diminishing it.
If all the females are having reproductive sex once in their lives and magically all getting pregnant at the same time, BUT 49% of the babies are males (that’s standard) who are discarded, that means the population is shrinking by HALF with every generation. That’s not going to work. Didn’t these men even check their biology before writing this crud?
I solved this problem in my headcanon 30 years ago. The Amazons magically gather unwanted female infants who have been abandoned to die — a horrific practice that occurs throughout the world and even occurred in this country as late as the early 20th Century. That solves the problem elegantly in a way that enhances their reputation instead of diminishing it.
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I don't follow comics, just the TV and movie adaptations usually, so I don't have any affiliations one way or another, but looking at the way DC is going lately... Batman is so faux dark and introspective that it would have even Kurt Cobain yelling at it to cheer the hell up; and now this. At least Marvel's kept its sense of humour. This summer, when I'm watching Robert Downey Jr throw himself repeatedly at a giant flying robot snake, I shall spare a thought for the DC fanboys. Actually I probably won't, as I'll be too busy watching Robert Downey Jr throw himself repeatedly at a giant flying robot snake. But you get the drift. ;)
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Although with both the Hulk and Fin Fan Foom there, shouldn't there be some giant purple shorts around somewhere? Everything is better with giant purple shorts. :P
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(god, I miss Nextwave).
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They seem to be dressing him in purple shirts. Whether that's a nod to the shorts, I don't know.
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In that case the purple shirts appear to be not only a nod to the giant purple shorts but to the New Age. Purple is the color of the crown chakra and the symbol of a fully enlightened individual.
That's far cooler than yet another round of "I must not get angry!" While the original is nice in small doses, it gets old eventually.
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I do still love the old TV series, which of course is very much about "Don't make me angry!", and a largely uncontrollable Hulk. That has been done, though. It would be good to see something a bit different.
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I can get behind that.