The Logic Problem in Wonder Woman #7
Mar. 27th, 2012 10:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crabby_lionessThis 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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Date: 2012-03-27 06:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-27 07:10 pm (UTC)My husband is a huge Silver Age DC fanboy, frequently arguing with me about why DC is better than Marvel. When I got back into comics a few years ago he'd often ask what DC was doing. I'd flail around helplessly and stammer, "Just don't ask. You don't want to know."
When the DCnU started I broke down and told him about the last three reboots. He was silent for a long time, then said, "So DC is courting the weak-willed beta male market." When I told him about the Starfire debacle he said, "That's it. We are never buying a DC comic again."
DC is supposedly doing all this to woo back older male former comic book readers. Around here at least its failing spectacularly in that regard.